Fantasy Football Breakdown of Every Week 1 Game (Rankings, Matchups & More!)

Matthew Freedman, Dwain McFarland and Zain Dhanani go through the entire Week 1 slate game by game for fantasy football — spread, total, implied team totals, weather, injuries, and where Fantasy Life's projections disagree with the market — then land on the specific players they're starting and sitting in each one.

It opens in Australia with the 49ers and Rams, including a genuinely absurd detail about the Rams chartering an A380 and flying in a day before kickoff while San Francisco has been there a week. Then Buccaneers at Bengals, Saints at Lions, Ravens at Colts, Bears at Panthers, and Cardinals at Chargers.

The afternoon slate brings Packers at Vikings, Bills at Texans, Commanders at Eagles, Falcons at Steelers, Browns at Jaguars, and Dolphins at Raiders. Then Jets at Titans, Cowboys at Giants, and Broncos at Chiefs to close it out.

Along the way: which receivers are walking into bad coverage matchups, which running backs are running into front sevens that got significantly better this offseason, the situational trends that actually move a game total, and the handful of starts nobody else is making this week.

If you've got a lineup decision you can't settle, the game is in here.

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:38 - 49ers vs. Rams (in Australia)
00:22:01 - Buccaneers at Bengals
00:34:54 - Saints at Lions
00:49:16 - Ravens at Colts
01:03:49 - Bears at Panthers
01:20:33 - Cardinals at Chargers
01:34:07 - Packers at Vikings
01:47:35 - Bills at Texans
01:57:58 - Commanders at Eagles
02:07:58 - Falcons at Steelers
02:18:06 - Browns at Jaguars
02:27:18 - Dolphins at Raiders
02:36:53 - Jets at Titans
02:44:03 - Cowboys at Giants
02:57:11 - Broncos at Chiefs

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