Do you feel that? The crackle of electricity in the air? Fantasy football season is here, y’all. Thursday night, the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs will do battle at Arrowhead Stadium—and another season of fantasy football will begin. Now, we’ve already made an effort to help you prepare for the upcoming season with Week 1 Rankings here at Bleacher Report. But we’re going to try something different in 2023. Each week we’re going to go game-by-game. We’re going to look at the injuries that could affect that matchup and pick out one must-start name.
We’ll also select one must-sit figure and single out a player who should be considered for a trade, either now or in the near future. And we’ll highlight one stat that fantasy managers should know about the teams in each game. In short, we’re going to provide a one-stop shop for all the information you need to bring home a win that week. So, let’s get after it.
Per Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce has a bone bruise in his knee, leaving his status for Thursday in doubt. Chiefs wideout Kadarius Toney has been a limited participant in practice the past few days as he recovers from offseason knee surgery.
Jared Goff, QB, Detroit Lions [DraftKings DFS Value: $6,000]: Fantasy managers using Goff as a low-end weekly starter or part of a platoon couldn’t ask for a better matchup to start the season. The Lions will have to throw to keep up with Kansas City, who were third in fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks last season.
David Montgomery, RB, Detroit Lions [DraftKings DFS Value: $5,700]: The same shootout potential that helps Goff in this game hurts Montgomery. Detroit may try to establish the run to keep Kansas City off the field, but this feels like a game in which the running back will need a touchdown to salvage a decent fantasy day.
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