Week 2 Starts/Sits: Palmer flying high again in Windy City

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To help your Week 2 cause (full season or daily), here's a few players I expect to be better or worse than expected. Best of luck this weekend!

STARTS

QB - Carson Palmer, Ari at Chi ($34 in DFS) - I'm doubling down on Palmer after listing him here last week. After a top 3 fantasy QB outing vs. New Orleans in the opener, Palmer now has the pleasure of facing a Bears defense that allowed a 140.5 QB Rating (third-highest in the NFL) to Aaron Rodgers in Week 1. There are 15 more expensive signal callers in the Yahoo DFS game, yet he's ranked seventh in our Week 2 rankings. Jump all over that market oversight.

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 RB - Joseph Randle, Dal at Phi ($23) - The inevitable happened in the Dallas backfield in Week 1, which is that Randle outplayed Darren McFadden. Randle also received 19 touches (12 more than Run-DMC), establishing himself clearly as the lead back, even if some measure of a platoon system will remain a constant. Assuming another workload that will push 20 touches, I like Randle's upside potential in a game that Vegas pegs to easily be the highest scoring matchup of the week (55.5 O/U). With Dez Bryant out for several weeks, I expect Dallas to lean even more on the running game, and also try to utilize Randle (did you see that sweet one-handed, on-the-run catch he made in Week 1?) and Lance Dunbar in the passing game (Philly was especially susceptible to RBs in the passing game last season). With something like 65-75 rushing yards and 35-40 receiving yards, I can see Randle reaching the century mark in yards from scrimmage for the second consecutive week.

 RB - Ameer Abdullah, Det at Min ($22) - Abdullah made a splashy NFL debut in Week 1, rolling up 94 total yards and a TD, while busting long gainers of 24 yards on the ground, a 36-yard catch and a 48-yard kickoff return. Had the Lions opted to give him more than 11 touches, they might have left San Diego with a win. The Lions are being coy about how much Abdullah's role might expand going forward, but the logic is that more Abdullah equals more job security for the head coach. Even on another 11 touches, I'd like Abdullah's chances against a Minnesota defensive front that was abused for 60 minutes by Carlos Hyde and the 49ers' front line. The Vikings' edges crumbled like dried leaves on Monday night, and it's tantalizing to think about Abdullah getting perimeter shots against this defense.

WR - Steve Smith Sr, Bal at Oak ($22) - Smith was a sit last week for the obvious reason of facing a Denver defense with a fantastic pass rush and two excellent cover corners (Chris Harris and Aqib Talib). With that set-up, and Smith being the clear top threat in the Baltimore passing game, I felt the Broncos could easily devise a plan to put the clamps on him. This week, though, the set-up is a thing of beauty for Smith, as Oakland is decimated by injuries in the secondary (Nate Allen, Charles Woodson, D.J. Hayden). With inexperience rampant in the Raiders pass defense this week, I can easily envision Smith blowing the top of the coverage at least a couple times.