As we head into week two of the 2009 NFL preseason there are some interesting position battles heating up, especially at quarterback. There are a couple of rookies trying to fight their way into the starting lineup and some veterans who will need to step it up just to keep their jobs.
Let’s take a look at some of the more intriguing match ups where a solid performance this week would go a long way toward which QB gets the start on opening day.
Pittsburgh should feel slighted by some NFL betting picks that have selected New England to win the Super Bowl, even though the Steelers are the defending champions. But they seem to be relaxed heading into the preseason, and they’ll head to FedEx Field on Saturday to meet Washington, who have high hopes for the season.
This is our waiver wire pick-ups column. The staff will scour the free agent pools in fantasy land for the best available talent every week. Availability, of course, depends on the league. We’re using 12 team, 15 roster spot leagues as the median, but we’ll look for roster candidates for leagues of all shapes and sizes. Grab the following before NFL Week 3.
The Week 3 Rankings Are In!
Week 2 is in the bag, degenerates! Now comes the fun part. The Packers and Cowboys proved once again that they are the cream of the crop in the NFC, while the AFC continues to be a jumbled mess of corpses and tomfoolery. While the Raiders won’t make any noise in the standings, RUN-DMC showed up with a huge effort that proved to be the best rushing effort of the day.
Each week, the CappersPicks.com staff brings you players you need to be paying attention to: Remember – fantasy football championships are often won by those who live eat and breath fantasy football. Here are the Week 2 Fantasy Studs & Duds for NFL games that went on in week 2.
Here’s the week 2 report to help you with your fantasy football teams. We scoped out the leagues post game newswires to bring you an up to date list of important team injuries for week 2 of the NFL football season. The NFL week 2 injury report, or as we’ve always called it, “The Sunday Shelf”.
The Arizona Cardinals, (1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS, 0-1 O/U) took one small step toward what they hope will be their first postseason appearance since 1998.
There are lots of intriguing lines in Week 2 and we asked two of our writers to send their thoughts on some of Sunday’s games.
The New England Patriots (1-0 SU, 0-1 ATS), who are kind of disheartened that they have to go forward with a new quarterback, will travel to the New York metropolitan area on Sunday as they take on the New York Jets (1-0 SU & ATS), who are tickled to death about their new QB, in an NFL contest that is scheduled to kick off at 4:15 PM ET at Giants Stadium (artificial turf) in East Rutherford, NJ.
Talk about bad blood!
When the San Diego Chargers (0-1 SU, 0-1 ATS, 1-0 O/U) and Denver Broncos (1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS, 1-0 O/U) met last Christmas Eve for a late season matchup that meant little to the Chargers, little did anyone know that the heated confrontation between the two teams would spark some strong hostility (hatred?) that would linger the entire offseason.
The Baltimore Ravens (1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS, 0-1 O/U) got the John Harbaugh era started off on the right foot in their season opener last week, beating their NFC North rivals, the Cincinnati Bengals 17-10 at home on Sunday.
The Washington Redskins (0-1 SU & ATS) had a hard time getting things going with their new West Coast offense in the season opener. On Sunday they will try to straighten things out as they play host tot he New Orleans Saints (1-0 SU & ATS) in an NFL contest that is set to get underway at 1 PM ET at FedEx Field (natural turf) in Landover, MD.
The Miami Dolphins (0-1 SU & ATS), who won just one game last year, got close but didn’t quite make it in their season opener. Now they take to the road against the Arizona Cardinals (1-0 SU & ATS), who were energized by a strong opening-game performance, in an NFL inter-conference game that is set to take place at 4:15 PM ET at University of Phoenix Stadium (natural turf) in Glendale, AZ.
The 2008 regular season couldn’t have gotten off to a better start for both the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers who picked up SU road victories as double-digit underdogs. Now they’ll meet up in this afternoon’s Week 2 NFL betting affair looking to show its detractors that last weeks performances weren’t a fluke.
(By D. Bachman Fantasy Football Editor)
Looking for Fantasy Football – NFL Ratings – Player Rankings Week 2 – Internet Fantasy Predictions then look no further than Dave B’s weekly fantasy football player ratings and rankings for all positions except Kicker of course.
The Jacksonville Jaguars (0-1 SU & ATS), who were turned back in their season opener, look to bounce back in their 2008 home debut as they play host to the Buffalo Bills (1-0 SU & ATS) in NFL action that is set to begin at 1 PM ET at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium (natural turf) in Jacksonville.
