Carson Wentz (QB, WAS) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 12% of Leagues

ANALYSIS: This feels like Carson Wentz was waiting all the summer only to finally did this on his very purpose just to make us all feel bad. Not me, as I've rated Wentz a bit above the consensus opinion for all of his career, but definitely those out there that have been throwing shade at him for a long time now. Then, Week 1 arrived and Wentz put up a top-3 performance at the position.

Not bad, Carson! The Commanders might have only edged Jacksonville (a dubious opponent to say the least) by six points, but a win is a win is a win. Wentz fell short of reaching 30 FP by this little, finishing W1 with 29.7 FP to the tune of a magnificent 313-yard, 4-touchdown, two-interception outing.

Wentz attempted the fifth-most passes of the week with 41 (pending MNF) but his 65.9% completion rate ranked second-highest among the six players with 41+ attempts (Stafford was the only one to top it). Wentz also added 12 rushing yards, although he needed to scramble the rock six times to reach that mark.

The Commanders receiving corps operated smoothly on Sunday and was helped by an extraordinary Antonio Gibson catching 7-of-8 receptions for 72 yards on his way to helping Wentz reach that top-3 finish. Curtis Samuel and rookie Jahan Dotson left Terry McLaurin in the dust by catching a combined 11 passes for 95 yards and three touchdowns compared to the latter's two-reception, 58-yard, one-touchdown effort.

It's fair to assume Wentz will experience some regression and that the pairing of Samuel and Dotson will also get back down to Earth a bit--on the positive side of things, though, McLaurin should increase his numbers and TE Logan Thomas will get better as gets healthier and closer to his 100% version.

All things considered, Wentz should definitely not be available in nearly 90% of Yahoo leagues, so you know what to do.

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