Welcome to Week 1 of The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview, by Rich Hribar.
Months and months of fantasy preparation were poured in over the summer and all that work is about to be put to the test as Week 1 of the NFL football season is finally upon us.
The NFL is inherently a fluid game, with things in constant motion. What was yesterday is not always tomorrow and then will be different in the middle of the season. There is always a lot of ambiguity in the first week of a new NFL season.
So with a fresh start to a new season, taking an evidence-based approach is easier said than done.
Especially in this unique setting that is the 2020 NFL season.
This year, we have a lot of things in motion. With no preseason and a reduced offseason period, Week 1 is more ambiguous than ever before. We have to scour tea leaves of practice reports for information, have to worry about potential stamina and injury issues, players not having live in-game reps to this point, and of course, the lingering virus that has shaped our world over the past several months.
This article will be updated throughout the week to reflect major news or injury implications. I encourage that you use the game by game tables and data points here in conjunction with the player rankings that will be available every week this season each Wednesday and enjoy the games.
Click the matchups below for the individual game previews.
Week 1 Matchups
HOU at KC: Thursday, Sept 10 – 8:20pm ET
SEA at ATL: Sunday, Sept 13 – 1pm ET
NYJ at BUF: Sunday, Sept 13 – 1pm ET
LVR at CAR: Sunday, Sept 13 – 1pm ET
CHI at DET: Sunday, Sept 13 – 1pm ET
IND at JAX: Sunday, Sept 13 – 1pm ET
GB at MIN: Sunday, Sept 13 – 1pm ET
MIA at NE: Sunday, Sept 13 – 1pm ET
CLE at BAL: Sunday, Sept 13 – 1pm ET
PHI at WFT: Sunday, Sept 13 – 1pm ET
LAC at CIN: Sunday, Sept 13 – 4:05pm ET
TB at NO: Sunday, Sept 13 – 4:25pm ET
ARI at SF: Sunday, Sept 13 – 4:25pm ET
DAL at LAR: Sunday, Sept 13 – 8:20pm ET
PIT at NYG: Monday, Sept 14 – 7:15pm ET
TEN at DEN: Monday, Sept 14 – 10:10pm ET
