Week 1 Fantasy football overrreactions: Early Week 2 waiver wire adds, winners, losers, more

They say The Masters is a tradition unlike any other, and for golf fanatics like myself, that's true, but Week 1 of the NFL season is the equivalent for Fantasy Football managers. All the players you drafted who scored a lot of points in Week 1 made you look like the smartest manager in the room. All the players — like Terry McLaurin for example — who didn't score led you scrambling to your waiver wire. Or worse. You might already be looking to sell these players for pennies on the dime.

Don't do that. We're here to accomplish two things right now. We're going to parse through the key Week 1 overreactions and tell you which ones matter and which ones don't while also taking a look at some of the early Week 2 waiver wire options. We'll break down some of the players who matter, those whose Week 1 was more of a fluke and what changes in offensive scheme, play calling and volume could define the 2026 season.

Is this an overreaction? Maybe. But Bears head coach Ben Johnson did tell us before the season that he's looking to break the single-season scoring record and it certainly…

Original source: https://www.cbssports.com/