The Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions dropped an absolute bomb on Thursday Night Football, a wild 41-31 shootout in Week 2 that had everyone scrambling for their fantasy rosters. If you missed it, you absolutely missed Josh Allen putting up an insane 40.82 fantasy points, doing things that make you wonder if this dude is even playing the same game as everyone else. This wasn’t just a good game, this was a statement.
Allen Is On A Path To Absolute Domination
Allen’s stat line against Detroit was bonkers: 248 passing yards with three touchdowns, plus another 69 rushing yards and two more scores on the ground. That’s five touchdowns right there in one game. When you stack that on top of what he did in Week 1, demolishing a strong Houston defense, the picture becomes super clear. This guy has nine total touchdowns in two games! Forget his MVP from a few years back or his Hall of Fame resume, which is already built. This feels like the season where Allen goes full 2007 Tom Brady or 2013 Peyton Manning, absolutely wrecking the game and obliterating everything in his path. Seriously, how do you even stop that?
Kincaid Blowing Up, Detroit’s Offense Is Pure Fireworks
While Allen was tearing it up, Dalton Kincaid was having himself a monster night too, snagging seven receptions for 95 yards and a touchdown. This is huge, especially coming off his five reception, 130-yard performance against Houston in Week 1. Last year, Kincaid was stuck at 38% of snaps, apparently for some knee maintenance. Now, he’s up to a full 69% of snaps in this fresh season, and you can see why. A healthy Kincaid is going to smash his ADP and easily be a league winner for anyone smart enough to grab him. Talk about an early season steal!
And let’s not forget about Detroit. Their offense is a glorious carnival, no doubt about it. Jared Goff slung it for 327 passing yards and four touchdowns. Amon-Ra St. Brown was a beast with nine catches, 142 yards, and two scores. Jahmyr Gibbs added 113 total yards and a touchdown. They were flying. But man, their defense is leaky. With injuries and the Terrion Arnold situation, the secondary is down four key players from three months ago. Tyler Shough had his way in Week 1, and Allen and his crew found no answers. A leaky defense combined with a fun offense is always a winning formula for fantasy, though, so grab your Lions playmakers while you can. Also, shout out to Keon Coleman, who looked solid with six catches for 63 yards after DJ Moore left with a shoulder issue. He secured all six of his targets. At only 2% rostered, maybe he’s ready to be a productive NFL player this season. Player development isn’t always linear, right?
So, what are we looking at here? We’ve got a Bills team that’s showing early signs of an unstoppable force, and a Lions squad that’s going to keep putting up crazy offensive numbers every single week. We’ll be praying to the fantasy gods for clean weather when the Lions play at the Bears in Week 17, because that game has “fantasy explosion” written all over it. Get ready for more fireworks, folks, because this season is just getting started!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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