Daniel Jones has more fantasy points than Russell Wilson. Clyde Edwards-Helaire has more fantasy points than Jonathan Taylor and Christian McCaffrey. Noah Brown, Jahan Dotson, Garrett Wilson and Corey Davis are all top-20 wide receivers. Besides the top tight ends like Travis Kelce, Mark Andrews and Darren Waller, it seems as though the fantasy gods are rolling dice to determine how other tight ends will score each week. That's power of the small sample size. I don't blame you if you're on tilt or close to it. We have to continue to hold firm for another week or two to let the fantasy universe's checks and balances to bring some order to the chaos.
There are anomalies every year. In 2021, Zach Pascal had 35.1 fantasy points through two games, making him the WR18 to that point. He finished with 94.5 points (WR74). Unless you have really deep benches in your league, you're better off sticking with proven talent in these first few weeks both in who to start and sit, as well as your waiver wire adds. Churning the end of bench is smart; dumping half your roster is not. That doesn't mean guys like Dotson or Wilson are bound to fall off, we just have to maintain a skeptical attitude until they flesh out their range of potential outcomes.
This message of exercising patience is similar to one I wrote about in my Week 2 Cheat Sheet, but it bears repeating.
