Remember how much fun Week 1 was, with all those fantasy studs scoring all those points and making all those fantasy managers feel so warm and fuzzy? Week 2 kept the good feelings going on Thursday night with a barn-burner between the Lions and the Bills but the warm and fuzzy feelings turned to cold, hard, ugly defensive football beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon. Offenses looked sluggish, defenses reigned supreme and kickers were the only ones generating fantasy points for their managers. At least that’s how it felt after the constant fireworks of Week 1.
Things started to heat up in the 1:00 slate, with one of the best catches of the season (yes, we know it’s Week 2), made by our featured athlete this week: Ja’Marr Chase.
Farm to Ja’Marrket
In Week 1, Chase looked like he ought to be working on the farm, finishing with just two catches for 12 yards in the Bengals’ win over the Buccaneers. Fantasy managers were grateful that Week 2 was a different story. He was targeted early and often by quarterback Joe Burrow, pulling in seven receptions for 75 yards and two scores, including an early candidate for touchdown catch of the season.
Chase got turned around on a ball chucked toward the pylon, made a mid-air adjustment and somehow managed to keep his tippy-toes in bounds just long enough to earn the touchdown reception. It was a true “ARE YOU KIDDING ME,” moment from the all-pro wide receiver.
JAMARR CHASE CATCH OF THE YEAR 🤯 pic.twitter.com/T5nIoCorLh
— Sleeper (@SleeperHQ) September 20, 2026
Chase finished with this and another touchdown catch to post a huge bounce-back in Week 2 after his season-opening dud as he led the Bengals to a lopsided win over the Houston Texans and a 2-0 start. Chase has always been a slow-starter in Week 1 and it’s never seemed to impact his season-long numbers. Patient fantasy managers were rewarded on Sunday with 26.5 PPR fantasy points.
Meanwhile, it was a bad day to be a quarterback as starters around the league either under-performed (Drake Maye, Trevor Lawrence, Justin Herbert – again) or suffered an injury (Jayden Daniels, Caleb Williams). Meanwhile, running back roles across the league began to become more clear, though there were some backfields that got even more confusing – looking at you, Seattle Seahawks.
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