We're back in on Jayden Daniels for the Week 2 NFL DFS slate. Of course. He's a Fantasy cheat code, as Week 1 put on full display.

What about Week 2 rankings update? How do we handle the Miami Dolphins backfield on Thursday Night Football? If you're not here for DFS, you can find the rankings update at the bottom of today's newsletter.

And when you have time, the podcast that I recorded with Dan Schneier of FFT and Danny Kelly of the Ringer Fantasy Football Show today was fantastic. You can find the most-recent Beyond the Box Score episode here.

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Tier 1 -- Cash Game Considerations
Jayden Daniels ($6,200)

Tier 2 -- Preferred Tournament Options
Justin Fields ($5,400), Patrick Mahomes ($7,000), Jayden Daniels ($6,200), Kyler Murray ($6,600), Jared Goff ($6,400), Matthew Stafford ($6,000), Anthony Richardson ($6,800)

Tier 1 -- Cash Game Locks
Jordan Mason ($5,200) if CMC is out

This is not an easy matchup on the ground, which is where the bulk of Mason's touches came. You absolutely could consider fading him in tournament play. We could see 20 rushes for 57 yards and Deebo Samuel sniping him at the goal line. There's a LOT to like at RB this week. Fading Mason at massive rostered rates for slightly more expensive backs at low rostered rates could swing things in a massive way if San Fran's production comes through the air. If you're building a lineup in a contest where the goal is to finish in the top 10 percentile of contestants, then it might make sense to take a different route at RB. I honestly may do that in every single DFS tournament lineup that I build for Week 2. This is such an intriguing opportunity to gain easy leverage on the field of competitors.

You wanna know the perfect price-point pivot off of Mason and Dobbins? Absolutely no one is going to want to play him. It's Najee Harris against the Denver Broncos defense.

I also think that simply paying up at RB and down at WR is a really intriguing way to build DFS tournament lineups. With Mason and Dobbins available, I think people are going to be paying up for Cooper Kupp and Rashee Rice and maybe some of the other pricey wide receivers. There are a lot of cheap wide receivers who I love on this slate. You could pay up for Kyren Williams, he provides direct leverage off of Kupp. You could pay up for Breece Hall or Jonathan Taylor. Jahmyr Gibbs provides direct leverage off of Jameson Williams and Amon-Ra St. Brown! There are so many interesting avenues for contrarianism on this slate, if that (losing money, probably!) is your cup of tea!

Tier 2 -- Cash Game Consideration
Alvin Kamara ($7,000), J.K. Dobbins ($5,400), Isiah Pacheco ($6,900), Kyren Williams ($6,800), Jerome Ford ($5,900), Breece Hall ($7,400), Jonathan Taylor ($7,700)

Tier 3 -- Preferred Tournament Options
Kyren Williams ($6,800), Jahmyr Gibbs ($6,600), Najee Harris ($5,500), Jonathan Taylor ($7,700), Breece Hall ($7,400), Brian Robinson ($5,800), James Conner ($6,400), Isiah Pacheco ($6,900), Tony Pollard ($5,900)

Tier 1 -- Cash Game Locks
Cooper Kupp ($7,600)

You can watch all 21 of Kupp's Week 1 targets here. What do you think? Is he back?!

Everything that I said about Jordan Mason applies to Kupp. He's obviously too cheap, but what if he doesn't score touchdowns? He can't possibly have more targets than last week, right? What if has a similar line but without a touchdown? If Kupp scores fewer than 30 PPR points, it's well within reason that CeeDee Lamb or Amon-Ra St. Brown could outscore him. Either of those two could go for 40+ in Week 2.

Kupp is a lock for cash game builds but is not necessarily a must for tournament lineups. He might even be optimally faded. Good for him if so.

Another cash game lock:

Rashee Rice ($6,700)

What is this price point? On a full-PPR site, we're really leaving Rice priced under $7k? DraftKings, y'all had a whole week. He played the first game of the season. We're gonna price a 30% target share player attached to Patrick Mahomes at $6,700? This is silly. He could easily outscore Kupp. He's $2k cheaper than Lamb, he could outscore him by 10-15 PPR points if the touchdowns end up in his hands. The Bengals made the New England Patriots offense look competent in Week 1.

Tier 2 -- Cash Game Consideration
Jameson Williams ($5,300), Malik Nabers ($5,900), Amon-Ra St. Brown ($8,100), CeeDee Lamb ($8,800), Wan'Dale Robinson ($4,300), Demarcus Robinson ($4,000)

We saw 12 targets and 44 receiving yards for Wan'Dale Robinson in the Giants season opener. You can watch those here.

Tier 3 -- Preferred Tournament Options
Jalen McMillan ($3,600), Tyler Johnson ($3,300), Demarcus Robinson ($4,000), Amon-Ra St. Brown ($8,100), CeeDee Lamb ($8,800), Rashee Rice ($6,700), Terry McLaurin ($5,700), Marvin Harrison Jr. ($6,900), Brandon Aiyuk ($6,500), Amari Cooper ($6,200), Luke McCaffrey ($3,800), Mike Evans ($7,500), Jameson Williams ($5,300), Cooper Kupp ($7,600), Ladd McConkey ($4,900)

Tier 1 -- Cash Game Consideration
Trey McBride ($6,000)

This is a lock, for me, at least. I wonder if we might see low-ish rostered rates for McBride, too. Recency bias might put people on Isaiah Likely (even with Mark Andrews only $200 more expensive). And Brock Bowers is just $4,400, I could see him being popular. Please, let me get low rostered rates for McBride against the Rams defense at a reasonable price point.

You can watch all of McBride's Week 1 targets here.

Tier 2 -- Preferred Tournament Options
Trey McBride ($6,000), Colby Parkinson ($3,100), Mark Andrews ($5,000)

Tier 1 -- Cash Game Considerations
Jayden Daniels ($7,900)

Tier 2 -- Preferred Tournament Options
Patrick Mahomes ($8,700), Jayden Daniels ($7,900), Justin Fields ($7,000), Kyler Murray ($8,000), Anthony Richardson ($8,500), Jared Goff ($7,800), Matthew Stafford ($7,500)

Tier 1 -- Cash Game Locks
Jordan Mason ($5,500) if CMC is out

Tier 2 -- Cash Game Consideration
J.K. Dobbins ($6,800), Jerome Ford ($6,300), Isiah Pacheco ($7,400), Alvin Kamara ($7,800)

Tier 3 -- Preferred Tournament Options
Kyren Williams ($8,000), Jahmyr Gibbs ($7,900), James Conner ($6,500), Jonathan Taylor ($8,200), Brian Robinson ($6,200), Breece Hall ($8,500), Najee Harris ($6,600), Tony Pollard ($6,700)

Tier 1 -- Cash Game Locks
Cooper Kupp ($7,700), Rashee Rice ($6,900)

Tier 2 -- Cash Game Consideration
Jameson Williams ($5,700), Malik Nabers ($6,400), Wan'Dale Robinson ($5,400), Tyler Johnson ($4,000), Chris Godwin ($6,200), Luke McCaffrey ($4,300)

Tier 3 -- Preferred Tournament Options
Tyler Johnson ($4,000), Tank Dell ($6,100), Jalen McMillan ($5,200), CeeDee Lamb ($9,100), Amon-Ra St. Brown ($9,000), Marvin Harrison Jr. ($6,500), Luke McCaffrey ($4,300), Terry McLaurin ($6,000), Demarcus Robinson ($5,200), Amari Cooper ($6,300), Mike Evans ($8,000), Rashee Rice ($6,900), Cooper Kupp ($7,700), Brian Thomas Jr. ($5,800), Brandon Aiyuk ($7,000), Ladd McConkey ($5,700)

Tier 1 -- Cash Game Consideration
Trey McBride ($6,200)

Tier 2 -- Preferred Tournament Options
Trey McBride ($6,200), Colby Parkinson ($4,800)

*Be sure to check back for updates.*

QB -- Jayden Daniels
RB -- Jordan Mason
RB -- Jonathan Taylor
WR -- Jameson Williams
WR -- Rashee Rice
WR -- Cooper Kupp
TE -- Trey McBride
FLEX -- J.K. Dobbins
D/ST -- Steelers

Designed for large-field tournaments

QB -- Kyler Murray
RB -- Jonathan Taylor
RB -- Tony Pollard
WR -- Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR -- Tyler Johnson
WR -- CeeDee Lamb
TE -- Trey McBride
FLEX -- Kyren Williams
D/ST -- Titans

Tier 1 -- Locked-in

QB1 - Josh Allen
QB2 - Lamar Jackson
QB3 - Jalen Hurts
QB4 - Patrick Mahomes

Tier 2 -- Upside to finish as the top scorer in Fantasy, but there's risk

QB5 - Jayden Daniels
QB6 - Anthony Richardson
QB7 - Kyler Murray
QB14 - Justin Fields

Tier 3 -- Betting on touchdowns with pocket passers

QB8 - C.J. Stroud
QB9 - Jared Goff
QB10 - Matthew Stafford
QB11 - Tua Tagovailoa
QB12 - Brock Purdy
QB13 - Dak Prescott
QB15 - Baker Mayfield
QB16 - Joe Burrow

Tier 4 -- Fine to start if needed, I would not want to use these players

QB17 - Trevor Lawrence
QB18 - Justin Herbert
QB19 - Daniel Jones
QB20 - Deshaun Watson
QB21 - Caleb Williams
QB22 - Derek Carr
QB23 - Aaron Rodgers
QB24 - Geno Smith
QB25 - Kirk Cousins
QB26 - Sam Darnold
QB27 - Jacoby Brissett
QB28 - Malik Willis
QB29 - Bo Nix
QB30 - Will Levis
QB31 - Bryce Young
QB32 - Gardner Minshew

Tier 1 -- Locked-in

RB1 - Bijan Robinson
RB2 - Saquon Barkley
RB3 - Breece Hall
RB4 - Jonathan Taylor
RB5 - Kyren Williams
RB6 - Isiah Pacheco
RB7 - Jahmyr Gibbs
RB9 - Derrick Henry
RB10 - Joe Mixon
RB10 - Jordan Mason if CMC is out
RB11 - James Cook
RB13 - Alvin Kamara
RB14 - Kenneth Walker
RB15 - J.K. Dobbins
RB16 - James Conner
RB18 - Rachaad White
RB19 - David Montgomery

Tier 2 -- Role and matchup both check out, but can we trust the offensive environment?

RB17 - Josh Jacobs
RB21 - Rhamondre Stevenson
RB22 - Jerome Ford
RB25 - Najee Harris
RB28 - Brian Robinson

Tier 5 -- I have several concerns

RB20 - Travis Etienne (matchup/role)
RB23 - D'Andre Swift (matchup/offensive environment)
RB24 - Zack Moss (matchup/offensive environment)
RB26 - Aaron Jones (matchup/offensive environment)
RB27 - Tony Pollard (matchup/offensive environment)

Tier 6 -- I also like to live dangerously

RB12 - De'Von Achane 
RB33 - Tyjae Spears (he could see a ton of targets in this spot)
RB34 - Bucky Irving
RB35 - Jaleel McLaughlin
RB36 - Jaylen Warren
RB38 - Tank Bigsby
RB40 - Jaylen Wright (Truly a shot in the dark bet on upside type of play. But if Achane is limited or leaves with injury, Wright could erupt.)

Tier 7 -- Desperation plays

RB29 - Devin Singletary
RB30 - Ezekiel Elliott
RB31 - Javonte Williams
RB32 - Austin Ekeler
RB37 - Alexander Mattison
RB39 - Jeff Wilson Jr. (he feels like the "safest" of the Miami running backs tonight. And he may very well end up being the best play. If Achane isn't able to handle a full workload, we could see Wilson leaned on to keep Miami's offense on track in an important game. If you feel conviction about the Dolphins leaning on JWJ, feel free to start him. I could see moving him as high as RB29.)
RB40 - Zamir White
RB41 - Gus Edwards
RB42 - Chase Brown
RB43 - Chuba Hubbard
RB44 - Zach Charbonnet
RB45 - Rico Dowdle

Tier 1 -- Locked-in

WR1 - Tyreek Hill
WR2 - Cooper Kupp
WR3 - CeeDee Lamb
WR4 - Amon-Ra St. Brown 
WR5 - Rashee Rice
WR6 - A.J. Brown
WR7 - Ja'Marr Chase
WR8 - Justin Jefferson
WR9 - Deebo Samuel
WR10 - Mike Evans

Tier 2 -- Slightly more risk, but probably gonna deliver a big score

WR11 - Garrett Wilson
WR12 - Jaylen Waddle
WR13 - Nico Collins
WR14 - Brandon Aiyuk
WR15 - Chris Olave
WR16 - DeVonta Smith
*WR19 - Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR21 - Zay Flowers
WR22 - DJ Moore
WR23 - Keenan Allen
WR24 - Chris Godwin
WR25 - Amari Cooper
WR26 - Stefon Diggs
WR27 - Terry McLaurin
WR28 - Jameson Williams
*WR30 - Xavier Worthy
WR32 - Tank Dell
WR34 - Jayden Reed
WR37 - Brian Thomas Jr.
WR38 - Ladd McConkey
WR39 - Rashid Shaheed

*A note on Worthy and Marvin Harrison Jr.:

These two rookie receivers bring extremely wide ranges of outcomes. Either one could go for zero points. MHJ almost did it last week! You can watch all of his Week 1 routes here. The way that Arizona used him in Week 1 was suboptimal for his Fantasy outlook, there's no way around it.

Similarly, Xavier Worthy was also used primarily as a space creator in Week 1. The main difference was that his coach schemed up touches for him and his QB found him when he was streaking wide open to the end zone.

If this role sticks, though, it will be a lot for Worthy to overcome for Fantasy purposes. He ran a 'go' route on almost half of his preseason routes. That carried over to Week 1.

Worthy + Patrick Mahomes + Andy Reid may be enough to just buck any previous trends. I hoped for more pre-snap motion and designed short-area catch-and-run targets. You can watch his three pre-snap motion routes here. Maybe more are coming. Maybe Hollywood Brown will fill more of a clearout role for this offense when healthy. I wouldn't bail on Worthy out of fear of this note. It's just worth noting. If you can sell him really high, go for it. I'd trade him for Chris Olave, for example.

Tier 3 -- Offensive environment or matchup concerns keeping them out of Tier 2

WR17 - Malik Nabers
WR20 - Davante Adams
WR29 - DK Metcalf
WR30 - Drake London
WR32 - George Pickens

Tier 4 -- Super solid projections (even if there's not quite as much blow-up game potential)

WR18 - Michael Pittman
WR35 - Diontae Johnson (I know)
WR43 - Joshua Palmer (I knowww)
WR46 - Demarcus Robinson
WR47 - Greg Dortch
WR54 - Wan'Dale Robinson
WR55 - Andrei Iosivas

Tier 5 -- I have no idea what to expect from this group, but it could be fun!

WR40 - Khalil Shakir
WR42 - Courtland Sutton
WR44 - Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR45 - Keon Coleman
WR50 - Jalen McMillan
WR51 - Jerry Jeudy
WR53 - Adonai Mitchell
WR57 - Quentin Johnston

Tier 6 -- Desperation plays

WR41 - Calvin Ridley
WR48 - Christian Watson
WR49 - Brandin Cooks
WR52 - Tyler Lockett
WR56 - Allen Lazard
WR58 - Jakobi Meyers
WR59 - Romeo Doubs
WR60 - Gabe Davis

Tier 1 -- Locked-in

TE1 - Trey McBride
TE2 - Sam LaPorta
TE3 - Travis Kelce
TE4 - Mark Andrews
TE5 - Dalton Kincaid
TE6 - George Kittle
TE10 - Isaiah Likely (Sure, start him ahead of anyone other than McBride, LaPorta, or Kelce if you are feeling it)

Tier 2 -- Don't love the matchup/game set-up

TE7 - Kyle Pitts
TE8 - Evan Engram
TE9 - Brock Bowers

Tier 3 -- Streamers

TE11 - Dallas Goedert
TE12 - Dalton Schultz
TE13 - Colby Parkinson
TE14 - Pat Freiermuth
TE15 - Hunter Henry
TE16 - Taysom Hill
TE17 - Tyler Conklin
TE18 - Zach Ertz
TE19 - Tucker Kraft
TE20 - Noah Fant

If you haven't listened to the podcast version of Beyond the Box Score, it's good stuff! And if you want to learn about what went into one of the grossest weeks in recent history at the quarterback position, I created a thread detailing each quarterback's underlying Week 1 information.

I also created a RB mega-thread, if you want to learn more about some of the underlying information that contributes to the end result at the Fantasy RB position.

If you have any feedback on the newsletter, feel free to send them my way. Thank you for reading! And please, do check out Beyond the Boxscore on FFT! Dan and I put a lot of work into that podcast project and aim to make it fun and accessible for any level of NFL fan!