Atlanta Falcons at Pittsburgh Steelers — 1:00 PM ET
- Favorite: Pittsburgh -5.5
- Game Total: 41.5
- Implied Point Total: Pittsburgh 23.5, Atlanta 18
Falcons Fantasy Notes
RB Bijan Robinson
As the consensus 1.02 in fantasy drafts, Robinson rushed for almost 1,500 yards and added 820 yards through the air on 79 receptions last season with 11 total touchdowns. Clearly, he’s the focal point of the Falcons’ offense along with Drake London. Entering his age-24 season in 2026, Robinson is clearly in his prime production window. In his three seasons, Robinson hasn’t missed a single game — yes, we’re counting the one game where Arthur Smith weirdly played him during “migraine-gate” in 2023.
Fantasy Advice: Robinson is a must-start every week he’s active.
WR Drake London
Despite some shoddy quarterbacking throughout his four NFL seasons, London has been a beacon of consistency. With four straight 100-target seasons to start
his career and an elite target-earning profile, London is one of the best receivers in the league. Will the shoddy quarterbacking continue? Well, Tua Tagovailoa (oblique) just hit the injury report on Thursday, so there’s that. Michael Penix Jr. has put forth two full practices, so they could just start Penix and that’s that.
Fantasy Advice: Although I admittedly talked a lot about the quarterbacking, London’s fantasy value is pretty much tied to that. He’s a solid low-end WR1, though, who has honestly played through worse. YOU try catching passes from Desmond Ridder.
TE Kyle Pitts
There aren’t many offenses in the NFL that value the tight end quite like ones operated by Kevin Stefanski. With a strong sample size of players like Austin Hooper (when he was good and made a ton of money), David Njoku, and last season’s rookie breakout Harold Fannin Jr., his (and by extension offensive coordinator Tommy Rees) offenses have been very favorable to the tight end, especially for fantasy football.
After a 2025 re-breakout where he put up a 21% TPRR and 1.71 yards per route run while finishing as TE2 last season, Pitts is in prime position to be a top-six fantasy tight end for the foreseeable future in this Falcons offense.
Fantasy Advice: With Tagovailoa possibly starting for the Falcons, he may have to get the ball out quickly against the Steelers’ pass rush, so Pitts could be the beneficiary alongside Robinson for quick targets. Pitts is a TE1 through and through, but there’s a little risk involved this week.
Steelers Fantasy Notes
QB Aaron Rodgers
Our favorite tinfoil hat enthusiast, who is definitely married, by the way, Rodgers returns for what he says is his final season in 2026. He’ll do so with a new/old head coach that he spent more than a decade with and also won a Super Bowl with, Mike McCarthy. What can we expect from Rodgers this season? Well, he was fantasy’s QB23 last season, looked a bit washed as he couldn’t get the ball downfield and had no desire to stand in the pocket for more than a second. It’s probably not getting much better in his age-42 season.
Fantasy Advice: Against a Falcons’ defense that came on strong as last season ended, I’m probably not even taking the shot with Rodgers, even in two-QB leagues. I’d rather start a position player. That should tell you everything you need to know for single-QB leagues too. It’s not worth it this week.
RBs Jaylen Warren & Rico Dowdle
It seems like Pittsburgh has been running back hell for as long as I can remember, probably since Le’Veon Bell toted the rock for the Steelers. Anyway, what is this, Year 5 of me asking (begging) for Warren to get the backfield to himself? Head coach Mike McCarthy dialed up an old friend in Dowdle and brought him to the Steel City, so we as fantasy managers get to deal with this for another season!
Anyway, Dowdle is probably the best pure rusher right now, but Warren has been in the system for years in Pittsburgh and has the leg up in receiving skill. But we’ll see how this backfield shakes out, because we’ll get all the information in Week 1 and work from that.
Fantasy Advice: Against the Falcons, both Warren and Dowdle are capable flex plays against a middling Falcons’ run defense from last season.
WR D.K. Metcalf
In 2025, Metcalf continues his brand of being a wide receiver with insane athletic gifts who probably should produce more than he do, although he produces just enough so people don’t ask questions. But I see, D.K., I see. Metcalf was WR26 last season as Rodgers’ top target in the passing game with a 59-850-6 campaign. It feels like Metcalf should be better; however, Rodgers is declining fast, so it’s a trickle-down effect. Oh well. At least Metcalf will have a handful of spike-week games, like that one in Dublin last season. We’ll always have Dublin ...
Fantasy Advice: Unless every game Metcalf plays is in Dublin this season, Metcalf is just a floor-based flex play with sporadic upside.
WR Michael Pittman Jr.
Pittman joined the Pittsburgh Steelers in an early-offseason trade, and he now provides Rodgers with two big (literally) options at outside receiver to potentially help with Rodgers’ waning efficiency and downfield accuracy. I’ve long called Pittman “a walking bag of 110 targets,” and he got EXACTLY that last season for the Colts, finishing as WR18. He may not be long for that nickname this season, or at least however long Rodgers decides to sling passes for.
Fantasy Advice: Pittman is the consummate floor play for fantasy managers, but there isn’t much ceiling as there used to be when Pittman was a Colt. That said, Pittman is a low-end flex play against the Falcons, whose secondary has been pretty bad over the last season and change.
TE Pat Freiermuth
I have to say, I’m a little Freiermuth-curious this season, just because we know Rodgers loves his tight ends. Gone is Arthur Smith from micromanaging every single snap from a group of 11 tight ends and two quasi-fullbacks. But Freiermuth has a chance to reclaim some of his receiving value as the third target after Metcalf and Pittman, so as cheap as he’s been, he’s somebody I’m curious to see how he is incorporated by McCarthy.
Fantasy Advice: I don’t know if I’d start him outright in my fantasy leagues, but he’s worth a stash to see if he’s going to be used more than he was in previous seasons.
New York Jets at Tennessee Titans – 1:00 PM ET
- Favorite: Tennessee -1.5
- Game Total: 38.5
- Implied Point Total: Tennessee 20, NY Jets 18.5
Jets Fantasy Notes
QB Geno Smith
Stuck in the Pete Carroll/Chip Kelly vortex last season in Las Vegas, Smith had one of his worst seasons as a pro, with a career-high 17 interceptions and just 19 touchdown passes. With a fresh start on the Jets, the team that drafted him in 2013, Smith should have a much better offensive line and more athletic weapons across the board to have a solid bounce-back season in 2026.
Fantasy Advice: Even against the Titans, Smith is a very hard player to have any sort of confidence to start in single-QB leagues. Keep Smith out of lineups unless it’s necessary in two-QB leagues.
RB Breece Hall
Last season was Hall’s fourth in the NFL. Despite achieving his first 1,000-yard season in 2025, his receiving work has fallen hard in the past two seasons. Hall went from 95 targets in 2023 to just 48 last season. Despite obvious offensive deficiencies with the Jets, especially their quarterbacking, Hall has still been productive for fantasy. After his RB2 finish in 2023, he’s finished as a top-20 running back in the last two seasons. With that said, we know there’s more meat on the bone for Hall in terms of his fantasy potential, but Smith at quarterback could bring Hall’s receiving work back to a solid level in 2026.
Fantasy Advice: With Hall facing off against a rebuilding Titans defense, I like Hall to produce nicely now that he’s been practicing in full from his previous groin injury. Consider Hall a solid RB2 option with some RB1 potential if the receiving component returns to form.
WR Garrett Wilson
We have to give props to Wilson, one of the better wide receivers in the league from a skill and talent standpoint. With that said, it looks like he’s on the Terry McLaurin career arc: a receiver who runs almost every route and is targeted a ton, but the team environment bogs him down so he can’t ascend to the elites at the same position. There’s nothing wrong with that when we’re trying to compile fantasy points!
When Wilson is on the field, he’s hyper-targeted by whoever is at quarterback. His first-read target rates for his first three seasons were well above 30%: 33.1%, 36.9%, and 31.7%. In his truncated 2025 season, Wilson was at a massive 43.9%. It’s pretty clear that with very little in the way of viable receivers for the Jets, they were just looking Wilson’s way with volume and intent. Enter Smith at quarterback this season, who should be a huge upgrade from last season, so Wilson should be able to do what he does best: earn targets, make catches and help our fantasy teams.
Fantasy Advice: Against the Titans, who were bottom-five in EPA per pass attempt last season, I like Wilson as a high-end WR2 in a pretty good matchup this week.
Titans Fantasy Notes
QB Cam Ward
We’ll just say Ward tried his best. There is a new regime now in Tennessee, with new head coach Robert Saleh and offensive coordinator Brian Daboll. The Titans provided Ward with weapons, such as a top-five overall pick in Carnell Tate and free-agent Wan’Dale Robinson, so at least the cupboard is getting fuller. But now come the expectations with the weapons provided. The Titans certainly haven’t been known for being a passing offense lately, but perhaps Daboll can guide Ward and the ship into some uncharted waters in 2026.
Fantasy Advice: Ward is a wait-and-see option if you drafted him, but you can’t start him this week against the Jets.
RBs Tony Pollard & Tyjae Spears
With four straight 1,000-yard seasons, it’s wild to think of Pollard as a beacon of consistency, but here we are in 2026. Daboll-directed offenses have typically used one back as a workhorse, but Spears has proven to be at least a little dynamic and a plus in the receiving game. I wouldn’t be shocked if it was Pollard as the workhorse and Spears just spelling him, but I wouldn’t be shocked if the Titans just employ a 50/50 split, what we call “the devil’s backfield.”
Fantasy Advice: At the very least, Pollard is worth flex consideration, but Spears is best left on benches until we see his utilization first in Week 1.
WR Carnell Tate
If new offensive coordinator Daboll truly “knows ball” and installs Tate as the alpha in Week 1, we’re in for a good time. Tate has to deliver on his end, too. He’s an elite separator and has solid size as well at 6-foot-3, 195 lbs., plus he was very productive at Ohio State with some of the best target competition you’ll find anywhere in the country. As the fourth-overall pick in the NFL Draft, Tate may get an immediate head start on the rookies by getting on the field right away.
Can he get 75% routes this week against the Jets? That would be an impressive sign of what the Titans think he can do and be in his rookie season if he bypasses the typical rookie ramp-up of some work into a full-time role well into the season.
Fantasy Advice: I think it’s somewhat difficult to have to depend on Tate in one of your flex spots in Week 1, but any start in fantasy is a bet on talent. Nevertheless, I would at least hold off for a week until we see the kind of role Tate will have at the outset. I have him as a deep-league flex play against the Jets.
WR Wan’Dale Robinson
We keep discounting Robinson for some reason, and he keeps putting up excellent seasons to put our noses in the dirt! It turns out that maybe we should buy into the fact that Robinson might be an altered version of Jarvis Landry! Robinson has put up a 92- and 93-catch season in his last two years and reunites with Daboll. There will be a little more target competition with Tate and veteran Calvin Ridley, but Robinson was a highly-paid free agent who will be productive for quarterback Cam Ward and bring some legitimacy to this offense in 2026. The Titans didn’t exactly look the best in preseason, but I’m not totally shaken.
Fantasy Advice: Against a reconfigured Jets defense in Week 1, I’m slotting Robinson in my flex spot, with some WR3 placement in PPR leagues where Robinson shines the most. Robinson could be the main target earner at the beginning of the season if Tate is slow off the blocks to start the season.
TE Gunnar Helm
Selecting Helm at the end of drafts this summer was primarily centered around being a bet on Daboll AND the Titans becoming a much more competent offense in 2026 with Ward in his second season. There’s no Chig Okonkwo in Tennessee anymore, so the tight end room is Helm’s. In a limited sample size, Helm posted a 1.45 YPRR and earned a target on one of every five routes run, so the target-earning is at least in the vicinity for Helm entering his second season.
Fantasy Advice: No team allowed more fantasy points to the tight end position last season than the Jets, but it’s very hard to recommend Helm this week over more established, higher-floor options for managed leagues. I’m totally good with him as a DFS play, however.
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings - 4:25 PM ET
- Favorite: Minnesota -1.5
- Game Total: 46.5
- Implied Point Total: Minnesota 24, Green Bay 22.5
Packers Fantasy Notes
QB Jordan Love
Love has been one of the best real-life NFL quarterbacks, but for fantasy, he hasn't been better than a QB15 since 2023, when he threw the ball 579 times. For fantasy, he's one of those quarterbacks that people think is better than he is, and that's just not true. Without passing volume, Love is just a game-manager. Nothing wrong with that for the real-life game, but in a game of compiling statistics, Love's game doesn't translate well or consistently.
Fantasy Advice: Against the Vikings, Love isn't a recommended play this week as the target of the Brian Flores defenses in Minnesota.
RB MarShawn Lloyd
With Josh Jacobs on the Commissioner's Exempt list, Lloyd will get his first opportunity in a regular-season game since 2024, as he has seven total touches of the football in his NFL career. Still, he looked decisive and dynamic during the preseason, and he's the closest thing the Packers have to a traditional workhorse-type running back. He'll probably have Chris Brooks work in with him, but Lloyd should get the bulk of the workload for the Packers against the Vikings in Week 1.
Fantasy Advice: The Vikings allowed the eighth-fewest fantasy points to running backs, so it's a tough matchup for Lloyd here in Week 1. For the volume alone, Lloyd is a decent RB2 play, but one with a low floor.
WR Christian Watson
In June, Watson got a hefty four-year extension to stay with the Packers and be their top wide receiver this season. We know he has the juice, as he's been insanely efficient, with at least 2.25 yards per route run or better in three of his four NFL seasons. But he's run just 1,058 total routes in that span, missing time in each season of his NFL career. Can Watson stay healthy? Will the Packers' offense consolidate touches after Romeo Doubs left for New England and Dontayvion Wicks was traded to the Eagles? We'll finally get answers to the buzz around the Packers. Are they going to increase their pass volume in Week 1 when they travel to Minnesota, who allowed the fifth-fewest fantasy points to opposing receivers?
Fantasy Advice: The boom-or-bust nature of Watson is omnipresent, but the hope here is that Watson can be a little more than a downfield, explosive player. Maybe he'll run some shorter-aDOT routes and earn targets in the intermediate range? Either way, Watson is a high-upside WR3 option for Week 1, as he can make his fantasy week with one catch and a run to the house.
WR Jayden Reed
Jayden Reed has been a primary slot player for the Packers and is likely to remain that even with some clearing out of the receiving room following the Packers not bringing back Doubs and trading away Wicks. Reed has always been very efficient, with three seasons of 1.83+ YPRR, but he missed 10 games last season. Now in 2026, the hope is that the Packers condensed their receiver room and will increase their team pass attempts this season. I'll believe that when I see it, but the thought is nice for us fantasy managers who want the Packers to unleash their skilled receivers.
Fantasy Advice: Reed is a pure flex play against the Vikings, as the Packers still have quite a bit of target competition within their ranks this season.
WR Matthew Golden
If you drafted Golden last season, you were burned. The Packers practice patience more than any franchise in the NFL. It's what Green Bay does. They preach drafting and developing talent, and it's something they've done going back to Davante Adams and Jordy Nelson. Last season's first-round pick was just a few complete deep passes from a whole different discussion about him for fantasy football this season. With just 40 targets and 29 receptions in 2025, along with sporadic time on the field, Golden's rookie season was a dud. But he has speed, shiftiness and the backing of the team, so he can definitely be a huge value if the Packers feature him more.
Fantasy Advice: Given Golden's standing in the passing game for the Packers, it's probably a good idea to give it a week before trotting Golden out there in fantasy lineups, but he's very much a boom-or-bust flex option in deeper leagues if you have to start him.
TE Tucker Kraft
On his way to break fantasy football after seven games, Kraft suffered a torn ACL and was out for the season after Week 9 against the Panthers. Now that he's officially off the injury report for Week 1, it's go time for Kraft to begin his rise yet again. Will the thinning out of the Packers' receiving corps benefit Kraft, who could be Jordan Love's top target in 2026?
Fantasy Advice: As one of the best catch-and-run targets in the NFL, Kraft is a must-start tight end against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1.
Vikings Fantasy Notes
QB Kyler Murray
After a Week 5 foot injury last season, Murray didn't play another game all season and was traded to the Minnesota Vikings in the offseason. Now with Minnesota, he gets a new lease on life with quarterback whisperer and head coach Kevin O'Connell, plus weapons like Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, T.J. Hockenson and more. In seasons where Murray played at least 14 games, he has never finished below QB10, so hopefully health is on his side this season for the Vikings and fantasy managers.
Fantasy Advice: Against the Packers, who are without Micah Parsons and lost a handful of defensive players from last year's team, Murray is a worthwhile low-end QB1 for Week 1.
RBs Jordan Mason & Aaron Jones Sr.
This Vikings backfield is incredibly interesting, as Minnesota brought back Jones instead of trading him, so we could have the same 1-2 punch from last season with Jones and Mason. However, with Jones another season older and further into his 30s, Mason could assume more of the workload. If so, he'll do just that in an offense that brought in Kyler Murray. That quarterback upgrade should at least boost the offensive environment a bit for the Vikings and raise the touchdown equity substantially for both in the backfield.
Fantasy Advice: Against the Packers, Mason as the early-down option and Jones as the passing-down back can work well together. For fantasy, it can be slightly messy. Both are viable flex plays, but Mason is the upside play despite not having much receiving work on his ledger. Jones is a floor play and a bit more volatile, because if Mason takes the job and literally runs away with it, it could make Jones' work more sporadic through the season.
WR Justin Jefferson
We can definitely give a pass to Jefferson for last season's drop-off, as nobody could reasonably be expected to produce with the kind of quarterback musical chairs Minnesota experienced. He's not all-of-a-sudden a "bad" receiver, which is why he was still a pick at the end of the first round and sometimes at the beginning of the second. If a "bad" season is 84-1048-2, then there are a lot of wide receivers around the league who would do anything for that bad season.
Fantasy Advice: Against a shaky Packers secondary that was below average against wide receivers, going up against the planet's best wide receiver at home seems like a mismatch. Jefferson is one of my favorite plays of the week and a WR1 this week.
WR Jordan Addison
The winner of the Fred Biletnikoff Award in 2021, Addison also succumbed to the less-than-stellar quarterback play in Minnesota and had by far the worst season of his career in 2025. There's ample room for a bounce-back season, and he was priced in fantasy drafts like late-stage Tyler Lockett in the 10th round of drafts for some reason. I don't get it and probably never will!
Fantasy Advice: Against a susceptible Packers defense that's super thin at cornerback, Addison is a solid flex play for fantasy managers shrewd enough to make it.
TE T.J. Hockenson
Hockenson has fallen off a little bit since his heyday in 2022 and 2023, when he earned 123 and 124 targets, respectively. He's fallen into the Dallas Goedert cone of influence, where Jefferson and Addison have siphoned off so many targets that there's not much left for a third target. It's not like Hockenson is elderly either; he's heading into his age-29 season. Dropping to a career-low 15.3% TPRR is shockingly low for somebody of his talent, but the majority of his talent just isn't there anymore.
Fantasy Advice: The Packers are a middle-of-the-road team when it comes to defending fantasy tight ends, but even then, I'm still not starting Hockenson in the vast majority of leagues in Week 1.
Washington Commanders at Philadelphia Eagles - 4:25 PM ET
- Favorite: Philadelphia -6
- Game Total: 44.5
- Implied Point Total: Philadelphia 25.25, Washington 19.25
Commanders Fantasy Notes
QB Jayden Daniels
It's truly been a tale of two seasons for Daniels, as he led the 2024 Washington Commanders team to the NFC Championship and had a magical rookie season to finish QB5. Last season, Daniels only played seven games and was pretty disappointing in his second campaign. This season, the Commanders added Rachaad White, Stefon Diggs and Chig Okonkwo to the offense. That should help Daniels not have to play hero ball and try to will Washington to win by himself.
Fantasy Advice: You drafted Daniels as a starter, and even in a tough matchup against the Eagles in Philadelphia, Daniels has the talent to make it work.
RBs Jacory Croskey-Merritt & Rachaad White
This backfield feels like it could be messy most of the season. Of course, the Commanders would prefer that Croskey-Merritt would just be a three-down, do-it-all back, but White is at least moderately competent on the ground and a very solid pass-catcher. Both backs will be used, as will Jeremy McNichols (and maybe Kaytron Allen?), and we'll see if we get any extra information about this backfield throughout this season.
Fantasy Advice: At the very least, JCM is a low-end flex play, but I would leave White out of starting lineups at least for Week 1 against Philadelphia.
WR Terry McLaurin
With production you can set your watch to, McLaurin has been a mainstay each season as a fantasy WR2 for pretty much his entire career. Last season was the first time McLaurin missed more than three games, as he was sidelined for seven games in the first half of the season. A healthy Daniels and a healthy McLaurin made magic in the Commanders' NFC Championship Game run in 2024, so that's the ceiling. But can they get back to that? Or anything close?
Fantasy Advice: Against the Eagles, their talented secondary will focus on McLaurin, Washington's best receiver. With that said, he's more of a high-end WR3 with some floor in this Week 1 matchup.
WR Stefon Diggs
Diggs may be entering his age-33 season with the Washington Commanders, but age still isn't too big of a factor for him. His 23.9% targets per route run from last season with the Patriots falls into the 85th-percentile among all pass-catchers age 32 or older with at least 250 routes. The "falling off a cliff" risk of Diggs is pretty low, and he doesn't have to be the top pass-catcher in Washington with McLaurin.
Fantasy Advice: The Eagles allowed the 10th-fewest fantasy points to wide receivers last season, and it's a pretty tough matchup if Diggs is across from Cooper DeJean. Still, Diggs is very much a professional wide receiver, and he can be trusted to provide some fantasy floor as a low-end WR3 or flex play.
TE Chig Okonkwo
After four seasons in Tennessee, Okonkwo comes to Washington and will be the top receiving tight end this season. After a small sample size that opened people's eyes during his rookie season, Okonkwo has just been a decent fantasy tight end, finishing TE21 three seasons in a row.
Fantasy Advice: Nothing really sticks out for Okonkwo, and certainly nothing sticks out enough to start him against Philadelphia in Week 1.
Eagles Fantasy Notes
QB Jalen Hurts
A rebound in passing volume would be very nice for the Eagles and also for Hurts to reclaim some of his fantasy value. Hurts had his lowest fantasy points per game last season since becoming the Eagles' starter in 2021. The rushing component for Hurts took a little slide from the last four years as Hurts ran less and finished with just 421 rushing yards. The "tush-push" touchdowns were still front and center with eight rushing scores, but even that was a five-season low for Hurts. Enter new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion, who has no second of in-game play-calling experience after working next to Matt LaFleur last year as Green Bay's quarterbacks coach and in 2024 as an offensive assistant. Even then, we know exactly what Hurts can do, and Mannion was installed to get Hurts back into his groove in 2026.
Fantasy Advice: Against the Commanders, who allowed the third-most fantasy points to signal-callers last season, Hurts is a locked-in QB1 option, just as you drafted him.
RB Saquon Barkley
After a transcendent season in 2024 where Barkley rubbed every fantasy manager's face in the dirt (including mine) multiple times en route to 2,008 yards and 15 total touchdowns, Barkley disappointed in 2025 with just nine total touchdowns and 1,140 yards, finishing as RB14 on the season. Entering his age-29 season, the ravages of age may start to hit Barkley, as his receiving work has dissipated in the last several seasons, where it can't buoy and provide much fantasy floor anymore. He's still an excellent running back and will get plenty of volume, but buyer beware.
Fantasy Advice: Barkley should get going in a big way against the Commanders in Week 1, who allowed the sixth-most fantasy points per game to running backs. Lock him in as your RB1.
WR DeVonta Smith
One of the most underappreciated elite wide receivers in fantasy football over his five NFL seasons, Smith gets his shot in the limelight again without A.J. Brown next to him. Smith has four seasons with 100+ targets, a yards per route run above 1.75, and a yards per target of 9.0 yards or better in all five seasons. A model of consistency and performance, Smith should get a nice spike in volume as THE guy. It starts against Washington in Week 1, where new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion gets his first play-calling experience in the NFL.
Fantasy Advice: You’re starting Smith no matter what, but the range of outcomes is Mannion adjusting to life as an NFL play-caller and Smith's production being peaks and valleys as a result.
TE Dallas Goedert
Entering his ninth season with the Eagles, Goedert is very much the boring tight end option in the middle of drafts, but if he has some more untapped upside from last season, he can easily be a top-12 tight end again in 2026. That untapped upside is touchdown equity, as Goedert was used for pop passes at the goal line for easy touchdowns. That got him to a career-high of 11 touchdowns, more than he had in his last three seasons combined.
Fantasy Advice: Goedert might be a boring option at tight end, but he is still worth a start as a low-end TE1 or high-end TE2 in Week 1 against Washington, who allowed the fifth-most fantasy points to tight ends.
This article originally appeared on The Huddle: The Outlook - Week 1 (Page 3)
