The Raiders' Geno Smith threw for 362 yards against Mike Vrabel's
Patriots and Miami has better receivers. Tagovailoa and the entire
offense had a horrible day in Indianapolis, failing to score in
the first 56 minutes, but rebound here. The Patriots were tough
against the run (Ashton Jeanty 38 rushing yards), but sieve-like
against the pass.
Prescott "owns" the Giants with a career 13-2 record and averaging
261 yards and two touchdown passes over his career. He's also
much better at home with a 103.6 QB rating at AT&T Stadium. Jayden
Daniels had no problems in Week 1 against the Giants and Prescott
figures to have a good day too.
Do I really have to tell you to start "Joey Franchise?"
Sure, he had the third worst game of his career (70 games), but
he won't have Myles Garrett up in his face this weekend.
The Jaguars were ranked 28th last season in fantasy points allowed
to opposing QBs and Burrow has a monster day.
Although Penix had a very nice opening day, he has three things
going against him this week. 1) He may be without his top-two
receivers, Drake London and Darnell Mooney (missed Week 1 due
to a shoulder issue). London is also dealing with a shoulder injury
which kept him off the field for the final drive with the game
on the line. 2) In 2024, the Vikings led all defenses in interceptions
(24). 3) The Minnesota defense was fifth in sacks last season.
Yes, Jones had his best day in two years last Sunday (32.2 points),
but that was against the Miami Dolphins defense which may be one
of the worst in 2025. This week he steps up in class and faces
the Denver Broncos and Patrick Surtain II. They held No.1 draft
choice Cam Ward to 12-for-28 for 112 yards and zero touchdowns.
You can start Jones in Week 3, but not now.
Don’t believe for a minute that Rodgers wasn’t hyped
up to face the team that embarrassed him by having him travel
across the country to be told he wasn’t in their plans anymore.
He took it out on them by throwing four touchdown passes. He’ll
have a bit of a letdown here and let the running game do more
than in Week 1. He won’t be horrible, but there will be
no top-10 production this weekend.
