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6 Stats You Must Know For Week 2 Fantasy Football (Sneaky Starts)

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Sep 19, 2026
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Aaron JonesAlec PierceC.J. StroudCarson WentzChuba HubbardDalton SchultzDameon PierceDavid MontgomeryMatthew GoldenNico CollinsWoody Marks
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Aaron Jones

PositiveUsage5:25

Aaron Jones is a premium sneaky start, ranked as RB21 (three spots above consensus). He averages 15.6 touches per game without Jordan Mason compared to 11.2 with him. With Mason out, Jones is expected to handle the bulk of the workload, including goal-line and between-the-tackles touches, against a vulnerable Bears defense. He is also projected to score a touchdown.

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Alec Pierce

PositiveSleeper4:57

Alec Pierce is ranked as WR38 (12 spots above consensus) for Week 2. Despite a modest 10.1 PPR points in Week 1, his underlying usage is impressive, drawing a target on 27% of his routes—a team high. He is no longer just a decoy/clear-out option, having been used as a focal point with a 65% route share. He is fully removed from the injury report and expected to see a full diet of routes against the Chiefs. He is a strong flex play and is projected to exceed 39.5 receiving yards.

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C.J. Stroud

NegativeProjection8:02

Carson Wentz is ranked ahead of C.J. Stroud for the current week due to matchup factors.

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Carson Wentz

PositiveProjection6:54

Carson Wentz is the QB streamer of the week, ranked as QB23. He averages 16.8 PPR points per game as a Viking in games with 15+ pass attempts. He is in a favorable spot against the Bears, who recently allowed Bryce Young to set a career high in fantasy points. He is ranked ahead of C.J. Stroud for the current week.

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Chuba Hubbard

NegativeProjection6:34

Chuba Hubbard finished as the RB10 with 23.7 PPR points against the Bears, highlighting the defense's vulnerability to running backs.

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Dalton Schultz

PositiveValue10:16

Dalton Schultz is a top-tier tight end streamer for Week 2, ranked as TE13 (two spots above consensus). He is the favorite to lead the Texans in targets without Nico Collins, and the Bengals defense has allowed a league-high 18.9 points per game to tight ends over their last 10 games.

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Dameon Pierce

PositiveSleeper8:17

Dameon Pierce is a recommended 'down-bad' start at RB (ranked RB41). He averages 13.8 points per game with 3+ targets, and his target share increases from 2 to 3.5 in games without Nico Collins. He also saw a significant role increase, playing 40 snaps compared to David Montgomery's 39, with the Texans organization planning a significant role for him following a strong offseason.

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David Montgomery

NegativeUsage9:06

Historical target stats for Dameon Pierce are noted to be from a period before David Montgomery was on the roster.

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Matthew Golden

PositiveSleeper0:42

Matthew Golden is a strong WR3/flex play for Week 2, ranked as WR27 (five spots above consensus). He excels against cover-two defense, recording 9.2 of his 15.5 PPR points against that coverage in Week 1. He leads the Packers' WR room in routes run (40), targets (12), and first-read targets (10), benefiting from a team that is playing faster and passing more due to a struggling run game and poor offensive line play. Additionally, he is projected to exceed 49.5 receiving yards in his upcoming matchup.

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Nico Collins

NegativeUsage8:00

Nico Collins's absence is a key factor in target distribution for the Texans, specifically increasing the target volume for teammates like Dameon Pierce and Dalton Schultz.

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Woody Marks

PositiveSleeper9:34

Woody Marks is a recommended PPR sleeper start because the Bengals defense has allowed 59 targets to running backs over their last 10 games, the fifth-most in the NFL. He is projected to farm underneath targets and could realistically reach 8-14 PPR points.

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Episode Transcript

395
0:00What's going on, man? Welcome back to
0:02the basement. I'm Ron and today we're
0:04going to talk through my six sneaky
0:05starts and stats for week two of the
0:07fantasy football season. This is where
0:09we go dumpster diving past the top 24
0:11running backs and wide receivers by
0:13expert consensus rankings and give you
0:15some players off the beaten path to put
0:18in your lineup if you are down bad, if
0:19you're in a 14-team league where
0:21everything is pretty disgusting in terms
0:24of putting players in your flex, or if
0:26you lost a Zay Flowers or Nico Collins
0:28or a Jordan Mason and are scrambling
0:30this week. This video is a great way to
0:33buy a win in a tough spot. You can also
0:35use it for DFS or anything in that realm
0:38as well. As always, if you enjoy, leave
0:40a like, subscribe if you're new. And our
0:42first sneaky start and stat of this
0:45video is Matthew Golden. He is my wide
0:48receiver 27. He is on the road versus
0:50the Jets this week. I am five spots
0:53higher than consensus. Of course, if you
0:55want my entire rankings for this week,
0:58you can find that over on the Patreon on
1:00patreon.com/ronstewart.
1:01My rankings, my rest of season rankings,
1:04waiver wire article, dynasty content,
1:06start/sit streams every Sunday. All that
1:08can be found in the description and the
1:10comment section below. Now, why I like
1:13Matthew Golden this week,
1:15here is the stat. And this is how this
1:16video goes. We have a graphic here.
1:19The stat is the top part and you have a
1:20little blurb here. This is essentially
1:22an article in video form. But that's
1:23really what this channel is.
1:25The stat here for Matthew Golden is he
1:27has a 2.95 yards per out run versus his
1:30cover two. That is 11th of 113 wide
1:33receivers over their last 10 games. Now,
1:35I do want to shout out
1:37all of this data
1:39is compiled from PFF. Fantasy Points is
1:42awesome. Uh Establish the Runs, Pat
1:45Thorman has a snaps and pace article.
1:47You have Rich Reebar over at Sharp
1:49Football Analysis that has a lot of good
1:51stats.
1:52All in all,
1:54this is where we're pulling all of this
1:55data from.
1:57So, with Matthew Golden, as we get a
1:58little bit deeper here, the Packers are
2:00kind of set up where
2:03they've always been run heavy and slow
2:04on the ball, but last week they were the
2:0610th fastest neutral pace team with the
2:07sixth highest pass rate over expectation
2:09in week one. This is a team that's going
2:11to play fast and throw the football. I
2:13know that that's crazy and out of left
2:15field, but the run game just isn't good
2:17enough. This is a bottom-five offensive
2:19line. Marshon Lloyd looks terrible. This
2:21is not a team that's going to be able to
2:22sit on the ball and just run the ball
2:25against the Jets. They are going to
2:26throw the ball to score. And Matthew
2:28Golden
2:30is going to be in the center of that.
2:31When we talk about cover-two defense,
2:34this is a Jets team they were one of
2:36three teams to run more cover-two
2:38coverage than the Vikings in week one.
2:41Of course, the Packers played the
2:42Vikings. Matthew Golden ate against
2:44cover-two.
2:45Of his 15.5 PPR points, 9.2 of those PPR
2:49points came against cover-two in week
2:51one. Matthew Golden is very good against
2:53this coverage. And while Christian
2:54Watson had the blow-up game here for the
2:56Packers,
2:57Matthew Golden led the Packers wide
2:59receiver room in routes run at 40,
3:01targets at 12, and first read targets
3:04with 10 of them. He is an awesome play
3:06this week. He's a strong wide receiver
3:08three {slash} flex play. This is a team
3:10projected for the 10th most points
3:11versus a Jets team that has allowed the
3:1313th most fantasy points to wide
3:14receivers over their last 10 games. So,
3:16that's like week one of 2026 and then
3:19like week 18 through week 10 of 2025. Of
3:23course,
3:24big fat disclaimer, it's week two. We
3:27don't have all the data in the world.
3:28We're using some data from 2025. Aaron
3:30Glenn has since taken over play-calling
3:33duties, but it's a lot of the same
3:34scheme here. Matthew Golden, fire him up
3:37if you got him this week. Then we have
3:39Alec Pierce. And I think that people
3:41don't understand what they really have
3:42in Alec Pierce. Similar to Matthew
3:44Golden where week one happens
3:47and maybe they have a decent game, but
3:49it's the underlying usage that is really
3:52impressive. Alec Pierce for me is my
3:54wide receiver 38. He is on the road
3:56versus the Chiefs this week. I am 12
3:58spots higher than consensus. I think
3:59everyone is sleeping on Alec Pierce
4:01because last week he was good, but he
4:03had 10.1 PPR points. But the stat for
4:06Alec Pierce is he drew a target on 27%
4:09of his routes, a team high in week one.
4:11Now, this is a player in Alec Pierce
4:13that usually is going to be a clear out
4:15option, decoy style player. Maybe on a
4:19low target volume he will
4:22rein in some balls,
4:24make some splash plays, but that's about
4:25it. In this game, he was used as a real
4:28focal point. He had a 65% route share.
4:31He has been fully removed from the
4:33injury report this week. This is a team
4:34that is desperate for a win on the road
4:37versus the Chiefs in a primetime spot. I
4:39think he's going to play a full diet of
4:41routes. Now, I will say
4:43it's not the best matchup in the world.
4:46On paper, the Chiefs are tough. They did
4:48have Mansour Delane, their first round
4:50corner, go down with injury. Seems like
4:52he's going to play in this game.
4:53Legerius Sneed looked good as well in
4:55the primetime spot against Denver, but I
4:57do think Alec Pierce, this is less of a
4:59defensive matchup exploit and more of a
5:03he garnered a lot of targets on a small
5:06route share, and that route share is
5:08going to climb in this game. So, just
5:09based on usage, I think he is a good
5:12strong flex play. Right, wide receiver
5:1438 is like a high-end wide receiver
5:16four. So, if you're in a three wide
5:17receiver one flex league, I think Alec
5:18Pierce as a boom-bust flex makes a lot
5:21of sense. Now, this is probably our most
5:23premium play of the week.
5:25It's Aaron Jones.
5:27And I know we talked about this video
5:28being dumpster diving, but Aaron Jones
5:30really is dumpster diving because yes,
5:31he is the consensus RB 24. He is my RB
5:3421 on the road versus the Bears. So, I'm
5:36three spots higher than consensus. He is
5:39right on the fringe of that top 24
5:42borderline that we talked about. But
5:44Aaron Jones is the guy you probably
5:45drafted in like the 10th or 11th round.
5:47And I just want to give you the
5:48confidence to play him. The stat here
5:51for Aaron Jones is he has 15.6 touches
5:53per game in games without Jordan Mason.
5:56He has 11.2 touches per game in games
5:59with Jordan Mason. So, we should get a
6:01workload of 15 plus touches here. The
6:03Vikings were 15th in running back usage
6:05this last week. Aaron Jones now instead
6:07of having to split that with Jordan
6:10Mason, it's mostly going to go to Aaron
6:12Jones. Sure, do they have Demone
6:13Clayborn? Do they have DJ Dallas? Sure,
6:15but these are all
6:17really pass-catching backs that are
6:19mirror more of Aaron Jones' skillset
6:20than Jordan Mason's skillset. So, I
6:22think a lot of the Jordan Mason usage is
6:23between the tackles touches, the
6:24goal-line role. That's going to go to
6:26Aaron Jones, and he's in a spot to smash
6:28this week. He's going to have 15 plus
6:30touches most likely against a Bears
6:32defense that let the Panthers score 37
6:34points. Chuba Hubbard finishes the RB10
6:36with 23.7 PPR points. I am all over
6:40Aaron Jones this week. I'm even starting
6:41him in YURDY league mates with the BDGE
6:44guys, the content league that I am in.
6:47Then we have our fourth
6:49sneaky start. Now, for all of these
6:50videos, we will have a QB streamer of
6:52the week and a tight end streamer of the
6:54week. Carson Wentz is my QB streamer of
6:56the week. He is my quarterback 23 on the
6:58road in this same matchup against the
7:00Bears. He is rostered in just 7% of ESPN
7:03leagues. And the stat for Carson Wentz
7:05is he averages 16.8 PPR points per game
7:09as a Viking in his six games with 15 or
7:12more pass attempts. 16.8 points per game
7:14is a fringe QB1, and he is on the road
7:17versus the Bears with the third highest
7:19over/under of the slate. He is a road
7:20underdog, most likely going to have to
7:22play from behind, and keep up with this
7:24Bears offense that wants to just score
7:27points. The Bears are coming off a game
7:29where they allowed Bryce Young to score
7:3131.4
7:32fantasy points, his best fantasy outing
7:35in his career without needing overtime.
7:37The only two games that Bryce Young has
7:39more fantasy points than he did last
7:41week versus the Bears was two dome games
7:45on the road versus the Falcons in
7:47overtime. So, in terms of a first
7:49quarter through fourth quarter, Bryce
7:51Young set a career high last week. I
7:52think Carson Wentz is set up in a really
7:55strong spot this week. And I think I
7:57would even move him up because since I I
7:58ranked him at QB23, with Nico Collins
8:01out, I probably put him ahead of C.J.
8:03Stroud.
8:05After this research, I might even put
8:06him ahead of your Bryce Youngs. And I
8:09think it gets really close with like
8:10Malik Willis and Tyler Shuck in terms of
8:12Carson Wentz's outlook this week. Then,
8:14our fifth sneaky start of the week,
8:18Dameon Pierce. This is your down-bad
8:20start of the week at running back. You
8:21lose Dameon Pierce. Let's say the rest
8:23of your bench is cooked, right? You're
8:25looking at the rest of your bench and
8:26it's like I'm trying to think of what
8:28even terrible options would look like,
8:30but it's like George Holani, it is
8:32Bralon Allen. It's just pure handcuffs.
8:34You lost your RB2. I think Dameon Pierce
8:37is a decent start this week. I have him
8:39as my RB 41. It's not even so much that
8:41I'm way ahead of consensus. I'm only
8:43plus one ahead of consensus, but I do
8:44love this matchup versus the Bengals.
8:47The stat here is he has 13.8 points per
8:49game in games with three or more
8:51targets. His targets jump from two to
8:543.5 in games without Nico Collins. So,
8:57it's so facto, if he can get 3.5 targets
9:00in a game without Nico Collins this week
9:02because Nico Collins is hurt, Dameon
9:03Pierce should be a decent start. Now, of
9:05course, that stat is from his time
9:07without David Montgomery, but we did
9:08just get a week two article from Jeremy
9:11Fowler on ESPN, like one of their
9:12insiders, saying
9:15This is the quote. I'm looking at
9:16Montgomery's 3 yards per carry against a
9:18Bills defense that was miserable against
9:20the run last season and the fact that
9:21Dameon Pierce was on the field for 40
9:23snaps compared to Montgomery's 39. The
9:25Texans were very impressed with the way
9:27Pierce performed during the offseason
9:28and they plan a significant role for the
9:30ball carrier in the offense. Now,
9:34the Bengals. This This also a really
9:35good stat is the Bengals have allowed 59
9:38targets to running backs in their last
9:4010 games, the fifth most in the NFL,
9:43which should open things up for Woody
9:44Marks underneath. Essentially, the
9:46Bengals defense is prone to allowing
9:48running backs to farm targets
9:50underneath. I think that is going to be
9:52a really favorable spot for Woody Marks
9:55in what should be a spot where the
9:57Texans have to keep up with the Bengals
9:59offense. Sure, can the Texans defense
10:01limit the Bengals offense? We'll see how
10:02that goes, but this would be a defense
10:05for Woody Marks to farm two, three, four
10:07catches underneath and get you somewhere
10:09in the range of eight, nine, 10, 12
10:1314 PPR points in this game. And then our
10:16tight end streamer of the week is in the
10:18same matchup, Dalton Schultz. He's my
10:20tight end 13 at home versus the Bengals.
10:22I'm two spots higher than consensus. His
10:25stat of the week is just simply the
10:26Bengals. The Bengals allow 18.9 points
10:29per game to tight ends, the most in the
10:30NFL over their last 10 games. He's
10:33rostered in only 19.7% of ESPN leagues,
10:35so he should be available in a lot of
10:37places here. He's the favorite without
10:39Nico Collins in this game to lead the
10:40Texans in targets versus
10:43a team that is just brutal. They've
10:44allowed 876 receiving yards to tight
10:47ends over that 10-game span. The next
10:50highest is 715. So, they're averaging
10:52like 150 more yards to tight ends than
10:55anyone else.
10:56It's not like they're in a division,
10:57right? This is a Bengals team in a
10:58division. So, in terms of like who could
11:00they have played over those 10 games?
11:01They're playing the Steelers, Ravens,
11:05Browns. So, I guess we're talking like
11:07Harold Fannin,
11:08uh Freiermuth, and then we're talking
11:10about like washed Mark Andrews, maybe
11:12Isaiah Likely last year. But it's not,
11:14you know what I mean? It's not like
11:14they're in a division with uh George
11:16Kittle and a bunch of like monsters at
11:19tight ends or uh I'm trying to think of
11:21like who could be a division that would
11:23farm tight end usage across the board.
11:26The Bengals are really just susceptible
11:27to running back targets underneath and
11:28then the tight end position in general.
11:30Dalton Schultz, his splits without Nico
11:32Collins aren't great, but you can focus
11:34in on he has 47 yards per game in nine
11:36games without Nico Collins versus 38
11:38yards per game in 41 games with Nico
11:40Collins. So, he gets a lot more
11:41receiving yards without Nico Collins.
11:43That is a weakness for the Bengals here.
11:46The Texans should score points. They
11:47have the 11th highest team total this
11:49week. Dalton Schultz is a really strong
11:51play. Somebody that I'm also playing in
11:53your idiot league mates. Now, that
11:55brings us here
11:57to
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12:07Golden than 49.5 receiving yards. And we
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12:38and then we can ride together on Matthew
12:40Golden higher than 49.5 player receiving
12:42yards, Alec Pierce higher than 39.5
12:45player receiving yards, and Aaron Jones
12:47touchdown, and Woody Marks higher than
12:501.5 player receptions. $50 when you 600,
12:53but
12:54you guys can be a little bit more
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13:00have some fun with these videos every
13:02week as we are dumpster diving and
13:03having some fun things to sweat during
13:06the Sunday games. As always, if you
13:08enjoy, leave a
13:09like, subscribe if you're new, and I'll
13:11see y'all in the next one.
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