MOTW - Week 2

Good News: If I stick by the rule that a GAMECHANGER's actual points need to be 50% over or 30% under his projection, I technically went 5-1.

Bad News: But 2 of them went the opposite way of what I predicted...

So my GAMECHANGER calling record stands at 3-3 and some of them did swing the matchups pretty dramatically. McCoy took Eric's team from a blowout to a 3 point loss, Myers brought Cho close enough to breathe easy before the Monday night games, and David Wilson's horrendous performance not only cost the Giants a win, but David's team as well.

But the most important thing is that football, and fantasy, is back! And one week into the season, everyone still has hope that their team can win the whole thing. Let's take a look at 2 teams that started on the right foot:

MOTW
2. Funky Fresh (David Yim) vs. 5. taeyeon (Mike)
QB: Russell Wilson has played 2 games against San Francisco in his short career. One game, in SF, he had 122/0/1 and netted less than 5 fantasy points. The other, at home, he had 171/4/1 and netted 30 points. Seattle has always seemed like a completely different team away from home but what do you make of these stats? Meanwhile, Romo takes on the revamped Chiefs team that started off with a demolition of the hapless Jags. Although they were awful as a team last year, they sent 4 members of their defense to the Pro Bowl. I want to give the GAMECHANGER label to both these QBs, but there's just too much risk on both sides. Edge: Even
WR: Both these teams had a WR no-show last Sunday and there's no reason to believe that they'll be much better this week. With all other things holding even, it looks like Demaryius will take David's team over the top against a shaky Giants pass defense. I wish I had more to say on these players but I don't know what else there is to say: These WRs aren't very exciting. Edge: David
RB: All 4 of these RBs scored double digit points in a weak week for the run game. Bush and Charles exploded and propelled Mike's team to a win last week but can they keep up that kind of production? With tougher matchups this week and each dealing with a nagging injury, David's power runners should be able to take Mike's speedy backfield. Edge: David
TE: Jimmy Graham is without doubt the best fantasy TE in the league, no matter how meager his performance was last week. With that being said, I'll make a statement: Owen Daniels will crush Jimmy's production. Daniels established himself as a red zone threat last week and was the clear 2nd option after Andre Johnson. Against a Titans team that's not necessarily a defensive juggernaut in a home opener, Owen Daniels will be a GAMECHANGER. Edge: David
K/DEF: Both kickers play for high-powered offenses that do occasionally stall in the red zone so it's a wash, although you must give consideration that Bryant will be playing a dome. But the real deciding factor will be the defenses. While San Francisco is arguably the best defense in the league, they got hammered by Rodgers last week and must travel to Seattle, where they got hammered last year as I mentioned before. Houston gets their crowd behind them for the first time this year and will have plenty of chances to hurt Locker (get it? Sorry.. no more corny jokes). Edge: Mike

Winner: David Yim
Mike rode 41+ points from his backfield to a relatively comfortable week 1 win and was able to make up for the deficiencies from his wide-outs. I can't see him doing that again as David's variance-resistant team takes home his second straight win.

GAMECHANGER record through week 1: 3-3

MOTW predictions through week 1: 2-4

Good luck to all!

Simon Kim