Fantasy football risers and fallers after Week 2: What’s real, what’s not?

Every year, Week 1 tricks us into thinking we have our answers. Then Week 2 reminds us the NFL season is long. You don’t want to overreact to everything that happens in the first couple of weeks, but we get a barrage of new information that shifts our stances. Injuries are the biggest mover, but changes in roles and scheme fits can impact things more than we realize.

It turns out the Chicago Bears don’t have the best offense in NFL history. The Dallas Cowboys aren’t as bad as Week 1 might have led us to believe. Ja’Marr Chase, despite his dud in Week 1, is still a really good player. And the Los Angeles Chargers … well, maybe they just aren’t as good as we had hoped.

Week 2 provides new insight, and with that, adjustments in player values. Let’s take a look at some of the biggest risers and fallers in fantasy football heading into Week 3.

WEEK 3 FANTASY RANKINGS: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | D/ST

Purdy is playing lights out through the first two weeks. He is currently leading all quarterbacks in EPA (expected points added), CPOE (completion percentage over expectation)…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/sports/