SportsLine Model Reveals Week 2 Fantasy Football Rankings: Fade Juwan — SkimNews
Get the Sports newsletter
Daily sports — scores, transfers, the storylines from the leagues you actually follow. Free.
- SportsLine's model simulates every NFL game 10,000 times and revealed its Week 2 2026 fantasy football rankings, with the model having previously outperformed human experts and called breakout seasons for players like Derrick Henry, Christian McCaffrey, and Alvin Kamara.
- Saints tight end Juwan Johnson is being faded by the model for Week 2 against the Ravens, who allowed the fewest tight-end touchdowns in 2025 and held Colts TE Tyler Warren to a career-low 13 yards in Week 1; Johnson falls outside the model's top 15.
- Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield is ranked as a top-10 fantasy quarterback for Week 2 versus the Browns, who allowed Trevor Lawrence to throw four TDs in Week 1 while registering just one sack and two QB hits; Mayfield faces his former team.
- Week 1 overachievers flagged for Week 2 radar include QB Tyler Shough (410 yards, 3 TDs), plus Kyle Monangai, Christian Watson, and Dalton Kincaid, each with at least 124 scrimmage yards.
- Week 1 underperformers Tony Pollard, Terry McLaurin, and Jerry Jeudy are in the start-sit debate, with the source noting their prior seasons also lacked huge impacts.
- Injury concerns include A.J. Brown (ankle) and Sam Darnold (glute), both ruled out for Week 2, with several other fantasy-relevant players holding uncertain status.
- An unnamed wide receiver is projected by the model to finish in the top 20 of Week 2 rankings, ahead of Davante Adams and Tee Higgins, with the full identity held behind the SportsLine paywall.
Why it matters: For fantasy players weighing Week 2 decisions, the model pins two concrete contrarian calls — fading Juwan Johnson into the league's stingiest TE defense and starting Baker Mayfield against a Cleveland secondary that just yielded four TDs — while flagging A.J. Brown and Sam Darnold as confirmed absences that ripple through lineup construction.
Ask SkimNews
