Week 2 Preview | Fantasy Football Podcast 9-18-26

Week 1 gave us breakouts, busts, and plenty of reasons to overreact. Now comes the hard part: figuring out what was real.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the biggest fantasy football start-sit questions for Week 2, including Justin Herbert, Kyle Monangai, Jalen Coker, George Kittle, and more.

We’re also revealing sneaky Week 2 starters, running Drake Maye, Christian McCaffrey, and Travis Etienne through the Panic Meter, planting flags on Terry McLaurin and Dak Prescott, and identifying buy-low trade targets.

Plus, find out how the Draft Sharks Team Dashboard, Who to Start tool, and Free Agent Finder can help you make the right lineup and roster decisions for your league.

Get your Week 2 lineup set before kickoff.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:45 Start or sit Justin Herbert

3:05 Start or sit Jadarian Price

6:32 Start or sit Kyle Monangai

8:12 Start or sit Jalen Coker

11:17 Start or sit George Kittle

13:18 Start Aaron Jones

15:00 Start Quentin Johnston

16:28 Start T.J. Hockenson

18:33 Panic Meter: Drake Maye

21:34 Panic Meter: Christian McCaffrey

24:25 Panic Meter: Travis Etienne

27:42 Week 2 flag plants

31:51 Week 2 trade targets

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 2 rankings
• Fantasy football start sit
• Fantasy news
• Don’t Trust the Boxscore
• Week 1 usage takeaways
• Trade targets
• Your team-management hub

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.