Preparing for Week 2
Week 1 is in the books, and it’s time to move to week 2. I hope you had success with your dynasty teams, and you are fast and furiously getting ready for week 2. Reflecting on Week 1, there are usually players who got injured and players who outperformed expectations. I don’t focus much on players that perform under expectations, as that will correct itself, and even thinking about it is time I want to spend on the other items, running my teams. I’m fortunate that I don’t have many shares of Kittle, and the one share I had happened to be on a championship team that is now 0-1, so the urgency to fix the problem was on my mind. This happens to be a short bench 1TE league with no premium, so I only carry 1 TE. I did notice Strange on waivers, so that was my plan until I got offered a deal for Mark Andrews without giving up anything on my team that felt critical. The Purdy injury, which I confirmed when I saw the betting line move 3 points in several hours, I realized it’s likely we’ll see Mac Jones. I have lots of QBs on my teams that are good, so it shouldn’t affect me, but it sure will change the dynamics of other owners’ teams. I took a moment to consult my QB sheet to see how we are comparing to last year. I record starting QBs by name and team each week since 2022. Last year, week 2 featured Malik Willis taking over for Jordan Love, but all other week 1 starters were starters week 2. Mac Jones for Purdy would keep things exactly the same. I also looked at week 3 to see what happened, which reminded me that when I saw Dalton playing, I realized that the Panthers were awful in weeks 1 & 2 last year. I did add some team-specific players, but really, I added Mac Jones and LeQuint Allen as standard roster adds for week 2. I now go through each team and make sure my Thur night players are in the restricted positions and my Sunday night and Monday night players are in the flex. I went 28-28 in week 1, so I’m looking to improve in week 2. Jump into the Discord and post your questions in the Dynasty Thread.