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Fantasy football 2017: Week 2 starts, sits, pickups and drops

By Colton Wesley

JACKSONVILLE, FL - AUGUST 17: Jameis Winston #3 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers attempts a pass during a preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field on August 17, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, FL - AUGUST 17: Jameis Winston #3 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers attempts a pass during a preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field on August 17, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /
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It’s week two for fantasy football. Let’s have a look at some matchups and see who can help your team to victory in week two.

JACKSONVILLE, FL - AUGUST 17: Jameis Winston #3 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers attempts a pass during a preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field on August 17, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, FL – AUGUST 17: Jameis Winston #3 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers attempts a pass during a preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field on August 17, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /

As a reminder from last week, here’s how this works. Let’s get to the picks.

Quarterback

Start: Jameis Winston (vs. Chicago, start percentage: 53.7%)

The Buccaneers got some extra prep time after their week one contest was postponed due to Hurricane Irma. They have Mike Evans and DeSean Jackson and are taking on a Chicago team that is completely re-tooling its secondary. Winston should have a big game.

Sit: Dak Prescott (at Denver, 59.7%)

Denver’s secondary is the best in football. Prescott’s offense is good, but other quarterbacks have better matchups this week, so while Prescott will score points, he won’t score enough to be a top-10 scorer this week.

Pickup: Carson Palmer (at Indianapolis, on a team in 13.6% of leagues)

I’m doubling down on Palmer after he threw three interceptions last week. He doesn’t have David Johnson to hand the ball to this week, so he’ll probably be expected to throw more. The Colts’ defense gave up 46 points to the Rams last week and the Cardinals have the receivers to score points.

Drop: No one. Only 15 quarterbacks are on rosters in over 50% of leagues, and none of them shouldn’t be.

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