Not many teams have looked better than the Seattle Seahawks did in Week 1, putting up a dominant performance in the Thursday night opener. The San Diego Chargers looked decent in their own right -- for three quarters, after which point they lost their lead and the game.
Fantasy football start/sit advice, Week 2: Seahawks vs. Chargers
Not many teams play a first game of the season as well as the Seahawks did a week ago, and now they have an extra half-week rest against the Chargers Sunday.
Jeff Gross
Sunday at 4:05 p.m. ET in San Diego, the two teams face off for Week 2, and fantasy intrigue abounds:
Seahawks
Start in every league: Russell Wilson, Marshawn Lynch, Percy Harvin, Steven Hauschka, Defense/special teams
Start if you’re desperate: ...
Bench: Doug Baldwin, Zach Miller
What's not to like about Wilson Sunday? Improved offense, bad opposing defense. Good times. ... Any worries about Lynch vanished in his great opening-night performance. ... As long as Harvin stays healthy, he stays in fantasy lineups. ... Hauschka could unseat Stephen Gostkowski this season as the top kicker. ... The Seahawks' defense is a must-start just about every week.
There aren’t middle-of-the-road fantasy plays in Seattle. If Harvin ever goes down, Baldwin becomes interesting, but absent that he’s tough to rely on. ... Miller is just a guy among the tight ends.
Chargers
Start in every league: Ryan Mathews, Keenan Allen
Start if you're desperate: Malcom Floyd, Antonio Gates, Nick Novak
Bench: Philip Rivers, Danny Woodhead, Ladarius Green, Defense/special teams
The Seahawks will be a little worse on the road, and Mathews is reliable enough when he’s healthy that he’s still a fine back-end starter. ... Giving Allen a one-week writeoff after his awful 2014 debut game; he’s still a flex play at worst.
The problem with Floyd has always been an inability to stay on the field, and things look good for him so far in 2014. ... Gates played through some injury concerns Monday, and looks like he’ll do the same Sunday; he’s a high-end TE2. ... Novak is on the higher end of NFL kickers.
It’s really hard to trust Rivers going against Seattle. There are better options. ... Woodhead and Brown were both fantasy no-shows in Week 1; they need to show something or become irrelevant. ... For all the preseason talk Green got, he’s still behind Gates in the pecking order. ... Nope, not the Chargers’ defense.
