Hoopes There It Is: Week 2 Game Preview

Welcome to the first edition of Hoopes There It Is, the game preview article with the best name and graphs in the industry. I’ll preview every matchup in Week 2 through an advanced stats lens before digging into the fantasy football implications. As a starting point this week, the graph below shows EPA/play on the x-axis and plays per game on the y-axis. Ideally, your favorite team is in the top-right corner with offensive efficiency and lots of volume.

But at least for Week 1, the play volume number is more useful for context than it truly is for signal. Keon Coleman, on the Bills, ran 50 routes last week. That’s 28 more than Zay Flowers, as an example. The Bills may not run that many plays again until an AFC Championship game rematch with the Ravens. But we do want to invest in offenses that are both maximizing their number of drives and each individual play. I’ll be highlighting those situations throughout the game previews. But a great place to start is Green Bay.

Table of Contents

Commanders at Packers
Giants at Cowboys
Bills at Jets
Browns at Ravens
49ers at Saints
Jaguars at Bengals
Rams at Titans
Bears at Lions
Seahawks at Steelers
Patriots at Dolphins
Panthers at Cardinals
Broncos at Colts
Eagles at Chiefs
Falcons at Vikings
Buccaneers at Texans
Chargers at Raiders

Commanders at Packers (Over/Under 48.5 points, GB favored by 3.5 points)

Packers

• The Packers ran the fewest offensive plays in the league last week, which is mostly a testament to their defense.
• The Packers’ run defense gave up -3 total yards before contact in Week 1, according to SIS.
• Their offense simply wasn’t pushed by the Lions.
• When they did pass, they were extremely efficient, finishing second in pass EPA/play.
• The targets were really spread around, though, with Tucker Kraft, Romeo Doubs, and Josh Jacobs the only players hitting reasonable route rates.
• Jayden Reed, in typical fashion, did lead the team in targets with five on only 12 routes for a massive 41.7% targets per route run (TPRR).
• But the bullish signal for the Packers was their pass rate over expectation (PROE) in the first half.
• The Packers were near the bottom in the league in PROE last season, but started this season off +9% in PROE when the game was still in question.
• The Commanders’ pass defense looks good so far this year, but I think that’s more an indication of how bad Russell Wilson is.
• Start your Packers’ skill players with the hope they’re pushed in one of the highest game totals of the week.

Commanders

• Deebo Samuel’s 10 targets dominated the team in Week 1, with Zach Ertz second with five.
• He’s a clear start with the hope that the targets continue.
• But my main takeaway watching the Commanders finish middle-of-the-pack in Week 1 passing efficiency was the wish that Jayden Daniels had better skill players.
• Austin Ekeler dominated the RB routes but gave up the majority of the carries to Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Both Bill and Daniels were extremely efficient running the ball in Week 1.
• It should be tougher sledding for Bill at least against a stout Packers’ run defense in Week 2.

Giants at Cowboys (O/U 44.5, DAL -5.5)

Cowboys

• I’ll be honest, I did not have the Cowboys leading the lead in rushing success rate against the Eagles’ defense on my Week 1 bingo card.
• The Javonte Williams experience is very frustrating, with Williams finishing 36 out of 48 qualifying RBs in yards after contact per attempt.
• That’s worse than Kareem Hunt.
• Williams’ usage is unbelievable, though, running 27 out of 35 routes and ceding only four RB carries, with the husk of Miles Sanders looking even worse.
• The dream is we eventually get some Jaydon Blue touches, but the coach speak is bad on that front.
• I think we see the same story again for Williams this week.
• This is your reminder that drops don’t matter and that CeeDee Lamb looked like an absolute league-winner in Week 1.
• I think there is a pretty clean argument that Lamb would be the 1.02 if we drafted again with his insane 41% TPRR.
• I suppose you could do worse than Jake Ferguson at TE, since he was the second leading-target earner on the team.
• But I hope if you were going to start Ferguson, you spent up in FAAB on Harold Fannin.

Giants

• The Wan'Dale Robinson PPR scam continues with eight targets but an average target depth of 3.3 yards.
• Malik Nabers’ nine targets are a bit low for our liking with the context, but there is no one else involved in this passing game.
• Tyrone Tracy dominated both the routes and carries, but there was a clear desire to get Cam Skattebo the ball when he was on the field.
• The issue was that it was only for eight snaps.
• Overall, though, Russell Wilson was in a tight competition for playing like the worst starting QB in the league last week.
• That limits the players I want to start on this offense to just Malik Nabers.

Bills at Jets (O/U 46.5, BUF -7)

Bills

• As mentioned in the intro, the Bills led the league with 85 snaps and 43 targets in Week 1.
• That is just so unlikely to happen again this season that we need to put the performance of all Bills players into that context.
• Keon Coleman, Khalil Shakir, and Josh Palmer are the clear pass catchers you want moving forward, with each earning eight or more targets.
• But they could all see their targets drop in half moving forward, and that wouldn’t be a surprise.
• I would just be careful overpaying for Coleman in a trade after Week 1.
• James Cook dominated the RB carries, but Josh Allen had nine attempts himself.
• And it’s a tougher matchup for Cook as the Jets’ defense didn’t allow an explosive run in Week 1.

Jets

• The Jets were -18.8% PROE in Week 1.
• I expected them to be run heavy, but my goodness, that is *low*.
• When Fields did pass, the biggest change I noticed was that his attempts over the middle of the field increased.
• Week 1 represented a 10% increase versus last year in attempts to the middle of the field, and he had a 90% completion rate on those attempts, according to SIS.
• But the main story is that he had 16 completions and 12 rush attempts.
• That means we really can only have one, target-dominant player, which is Garrett Wilson, who earned eight targets.
• The 21 routes for rookie TE Mason Taylor are at least interesting, but he only earned one target, and there simply aren’t enough pass attempts in this offense.
• Breece Hall truly looked fantastic, hopefully making the Jets’ coaching staff reconsider their timeshare plans.
• We can largely throw out all of the Bills’ defensive data from Week 1 as they won’t play the Ravens every week (that’d be awesome though).

Browns at Ravens (O/U 45.5, BAL -12.5)

Ravens

• If I’m picking nits with the Ravens’ offense, I’d like to see that sack rate drop a bit.
• And I’d really like to get Lamar Jackson a few more chances at the end of the game to put it away.
• But it’s tough to knock the decision-making too much when the Ravens had an insane 32.1% explosive run rate.
• Ultimately, we have an elite offense that is extremely condensed around Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, and Zay Flowers, with Flowers earning 50% of the entire team’s targets.
• You’re starting those guys every week in every matchup.
• The Mark Andrews usage is bleak, with one target on 16 of 22 possible routes, even with Isaiah Likely out of the game.
• The Browns’ defense looked fantastic against the Bengals, allowing zero explosive runs.
• That will be changing in Week 2.

Browns

• It’s hard to start the Browns’ section with anyone other than Harold Fannin.
• They used Fannin in a ton of different ways, ultimately getting him 9 targets and even a rushing attempt.
• One of the more surprising things I found during my offseason predictable stat series was that rushing yards were a really positive indicator for TEs.
• It’s not the fantasy points we get from rushing that matter, but it’s the signal that the team views the TE as a playmaker who they want to get the ball to in creative ways.
• This was the Bengals’ atrocious defense the Browns played in Week 1, so we can’t get too far over our skis.
• But if we see anything like this usage again versus the Ravens, it’s wheels up.
• Dylan Sampson was also a massive winner from Week 1.
• The Browns continue to tell us with their actions that they do not want to give Jerome Ford the ball.
• Ford had 1 target on 27 routes, while Sampson had 8 targets on 16 routes for an insane 50% TPRR.
• Sampson is clearly going to be involved even when Quinshon Judkins returns, and he’s a great start if Judkins remains on the sideline.

49ers at Saints (O/U 42.5, SF -4.5)

49ers

• The main question for the 49ers’ offense is who is healthy in any given week.
• Ricky Pearsall may be the last man standing in Week 2, with George Kittle placed on IR and Jauan Jennings questionable to play.
• Pearsall’s 17% TPRR given that context is not ideal, but he did get the air yards at least.
• He’s a clear start, but I'd understand if you want to go a different direction with Mac Jones under center in Week 2.
• The Seahawks’ defense also agrees with me that Jennings is the better player, as they provided help to the primary defender on 50.0% of Jennings’ routes compared to 32.3% of Pearsall’s, according to PFF.
• Christian McCaffrey’s usage was insane, and he laps the entire field in expected fantasy points.

Saints

• We have another very concentrated offense here, with over 80% of the targets going to Chris Olave, Rashid Shaheed, or Juwan Johnson.
• That Johnson is included in this stat is surprising, but he ran 47 of 49 possible routes, which might be the highest rate of any TE on the week.
• Alvin Kamara surprisingly only got two targets and ceded seven carries to the combination of Kendre Miller and Devin Neal.
• Overall, though, Spencer Rattler did not look like the worst starting QB in the league last week.
• If he’s just below-average, that’s a massive win for every Saints’ skill player.
• Especially because we know the Saints under Kellen Moore will play with pace, finishing 8th in the number of offensive plays last week.

Jaguars at Bengals (O/U 48.5, CIN -3.5)

Bengals

• The Bengals’ offense gained seven yards in the entire 2nd half last week.
• What?
• One of the bigger changes we saw was their PROE, as the Bengals led the league in PROE last year but were below average last week.
• And their increased focus on the run was rewarded with zero total explosive runs.
• Ja’Marr Chase averaged about 42 routes per game last year, and he was the only player in the league above 40.
• He ran 27 routes in Week 1, and it’s difficult to overstate just how big a change that is.
• Given how target-dominant Chase is, that could be five targets per game.
• I don’t know why Noah Fant and Mike Gesicki combined for about the same number of targets as Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, but that can’t possibly continue.
• The TEs aren’t playable in fantasy because it’s a three-way route split.
• The Jaguars’ defense looked fantastic last week, but they played Bryce Young.
• I’d imagine this is a big wake-up game for the Bengals.

Jaguars

• Travis Etienne was the clear lead back in Week 1 and led the Jaguars to the 4th-highest rushing EPA per play in the league.
• He looked so good that the Jaguars opted to trade Tank Bigsby to the Eagles.
• But my selfish hope is that this trade opens up the door to more work for Bhayshul Tuten.
• My guess is that rushing success was more a product of the Panthers’ horrific defense than something great for Etienne.
• It sure would be nice if LeQuint Allen wasn’t involved at all, though.
• Trevor Lawrence continues to look better throwing to his non-elite options like Dyami Brown and Brenton Strange than he does to Brian Thomas Jr.
• I don’t really understand why.

Rams at Titans (O/U 41.5, LAR -5.5)

Titans

• The Titans’ passing success rate in Week 1 was lower than it was for any team in any game last season. Ouch.
• A small positive was Cam Ward leading the league in air yards per attempt, meaning he’s at least trying to push the ball down the field.
• And Elic Ayomanor earned an impressive seven targets in his rookie debut.
• Tony Pollard also had one of the best roles of any RB, running 20 of the 22 RB routes and taking 18 of the 20 carries.
• Better days are ahead, but I’m not excited to start any player on the Titans this week.

Rams

• We have another extremely concentrated offense, with 19 of the 27 targets going to Puka Nacua (50% TPRR) or Davante Adams.
• And 18 of the 19 RB carries went to Kyren Williams.
• As usual, those 18 Williams carries resulted in zero explosive runs.
• Tyler Higbee ran 21 target-less routes, but those routes could increase further with Colby Parkinson getting injured in Week 1.
• I’d personally love to see Terrance Ferguson get some run.
• It’s a tough matchup for the Rams’ pass game, with the Titans’ defense looking fantastic against the Broncos last week.
• But you’re starting Nacua, Adams, and Williams, and no one else.

Bears at Lions (O/U 47.5, DET -5.5)

Lions

• It was a brutal start to the post-Ben-Johnson era, as the Lions’ success rate was lower in Week 1 than it was in any game last year.
• Gibbs’ 10 targets were too many relative to their excellent WRs, but that’s obviously insanely bullish for Gibbs’ fantasy managers.
• This was more of a 65/35 Gibbs/Montgomery split that would be fantastic news if we see improved efficiency for the offense.
• The Lions were uncharacteristically 30th in explosive pass plays and dead-last in air yards per attempt.
• That low air yards number is terrible news for Jameson Williams, who did earn five targets, matching Amon-Ra St. Brown’s target number.
• It’s just way too many targets to the RBs and TEs without any explosive element.
• I’m personally staring down the choice to bench Williams.

Bears

• Rome Odunze and DJ Moore were the clear route leaders.
• But Olamide Zaccheaus earned six targets on 27 routes for the highest TPRR on the team.
• Zacchaeus should at least be on your radar in PPR leagues until the Bears decide to get Luther Burden involved.
• Colston Loveland disappointingly had 10 fewer routes than Cole Kmet and didn’t do much with those targets.
• To his credit, he only got five total air yards compared to 50 for Kmet.
• I’d prefer not to drop Loveland, but you can if needed until we see better usage.
• Related to the intro of wanting to invest in offenses that maximize every play, please, please stop handing the ball off to D’Andre Swift.
• This Lions defense got lit up from an efficiency standpoint last week.
• I’m curious to see if Caleb Williams can carry over some of the success he had in the first half last week without the extremely errant throws we saw in the second half.

Seahawks at Steelers (O/U 40.5, PIT -3)

Steelers

• I have some small amount of trust in Calvin Austin, given he earned six targets on 29 routes, but he’s ideally someone I’m not starting.
• Jonnu Smith had six targets on only 18 routes for an insanely high TPRR.
• But he tied Pat Freiermuth in routes, and both Darnell Washington and Connor Heyward also got snaps at TE.
• You’re solely banking on some schemed-up touches for Smith if you’re playing him with that small of a route rate.
• Kenneth Gainwell dominated the routes for RBs; a decision only Arthur Smith would make.
• But Gainwell ultimately split the targets with Jaylen Warren, with Warren also leading the team in carries.
• In short, this is a mess for fantasy, and I ideally only want to play DK Metcalf.

Seahawks

• The peripheral statistics were insane for Jaxon Smith-Njigba in this one.
• He had a 59% target share and over 90% of the team’s air yards.
• Obvious caveats of very small team totals for both of those stats apply.
• JSN looks to be the only obvious candidate to overcome what appears to be an inefficient and extremely run-heavy offense.
• Speaking of the RBs, it’s a nasty 55/45 opportunity split between Zach Charbonnet and Kenneth Walker.
• The small good news for Kenneth Walker is that he earned three targets on only nine routes, while Charbonnet was target-less on 11 routes.
• AJ Barner dominated the TE snaps but only earned two targets.
• The Steelers’ defense just got lit up by the Jets, but JSN is still the only player I’m confidently starting.

Patriots at Dolphins (O/U 43.5, MIA -1.5)

Dolphins

• Now, this is coming from the guy who has been begging the Eagles to pass the ball more.
• But the Dolphins were dead-last in passing EPA per play in Week 1, but first in rushing EPA/play.
• And they chose to pass at a rate 6.5% above expectation.
• That comes with the additional context that the pass game was disgusting on anything past the line of scrimmage.
• Only Cam Ward and the Titans were worse in total EPA on pass with one or more air yards, according to SIS.
• And a big issue was just play volume for the Dolphins, as they ran the second-fewest plays in the league due to their low pass success rate and their defense’s inability to stop Daniel Jones.
• The TPRRs were fine for Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, but the targets simply weren’t accurate enough, and there weren’t enough of them.
• I’m starting De'Von Achane, and that’s about it in Week 2, as this entire situation could go south very fast.

Patriots

• One of the bigger surprises of the week was the Patriots’ 8.5% PROE, good for third in the league.
• The targets were really spread around, though, with five or more targets to Kayshon Boutte, Hunter Henry, Stefon Diggs, TreVeyon Henderson, and Demario Douglas.
• Speaking of Henderson, he earned a fantastic 33% TPRR but lost 24 routes to Rhamondre Stevenson.
• The hope is that the coaching staff recognizes that Henderson is their best player.
• Some elements of his usage were bullish, especially that he wasn’t used solely on third downs.
• But this is the same staff that punted near midfield with five minutes to go in the game, down two scores.
• You could convince me to start any Patriots pass catcher this week, though, as the Dolphins’ secondary might be the worst position group in all of football at the moment.

Panthers at Cardinals (O/U 43.5, ARI -6.5)

Panthers

• To my eyes (and the stats), Bryce Young looked worse than Spencer Rattler in Week 1, which is honestly all you really need to know about the Panthers’ week.
• A positive was the 23% TPRR for Tetairoa McMillan.
• And Young was at least trying to push the ball down the field and did a good job avoiding sacks.
• Chuba Hubbard dominated the RB carries but gave up a lot of routes to Rico Dowdle, which wasn’t obvious while watching the game, given Hubbard’s receiving TD.
• This offense really seemed to miss Jalen Coker.
• McMillan and Hubbard are the only startable players on the offense against a frisky Cardinals defense.

Cardinals

• As expected, the Cardinals have a very concentrated passing attack with Trey McBride and Marvin Harrison Jr. the only viable options.
• What wasn’t expected were some usage changes for Harrison.
• He ran two screens in Week 1 after running zero for the entire 2024 season, according to SIS.
• Harrison also had 4 targets over the middle of the field, which was double his per-game rate from last year.
• I also didn’t really expect Trey Benson to eat into James Conner’s workload as much as he did.
• It was a 60/40 split for carries but still a 67/33 split for routes in favor of Conner.
• Emari Demercado also wasn’t involved at all, which is very bullish for Benson’s contingent value if Conner ever gets hurt.
• Start your Cardinals’ skill players with confidence against one of the worst defenses in the league.

Broncos at Colts (O/U 42.5, DEN -2.5)

Colts

• It’s hard not to be excited about Tyler Warren’s debut, as he looks like an every-week fantasy starter going forward.
• And the eight targets for Michael Pittman Jr were also really strong.
• The biggest disappointment for me personally was the lack of work for Josh Downs.
• I think Downs is one of the more talented WRs in the league, but it’s tough to play him when he’s losing schemed touches to Warren and is only playing in 3-WR sets.
• DJ Giddens had double-digit carries, and that might confuse some of your league mates.
• But Taylor played every snap while the game was still in contention, so Giddens is purely Taylor’s handcuff.
• Everything worked for the Colts’ offense in Week 1, but that was against a terrible Dolphins’ pass defense.
• We’ll have full permission to get excited if they do it again against the Broncos.

Broncos

• It was a rough outing, to say the least, for the Broncos’ passing attack in Week 1.
• The only player you can trust there is Courtland Sutton, who ran 100% of the routes and earned nine targets.
• Troy Franklin and Marvin Mims Jr only ran about 65% of the routes.
• JK Dobbins dominated the carries but split the routes almost evenly with both RJ Harvey and Tyler Badie.
• Badie played the majority of the third down and two-minute drill snaps.
• We just cannot afford that if we want the ceilings to hit for either Dobbins or Harvey.
• But back to the thought of wanting to invest in offenses where the play caller maximizes every opportunity, giving any work to Badie is not it.

Eagles at Chiefs (O/U 46.5, PHI -1.5)

Eagles

• It’s difficult to play a game in the NFL with as few air yards as the Eagles generated in Week 1.
• The one target for AJ Brown is obviously very concerning.
• But the Cowboys played zone coverage on every dropback, while Brown continually ran in-breaking routes right into that zone coverage.
• In response, Jalen Hurts opted for short targets to Dallas Goedert and Saquon Barkley, with the exception of one deep target to Jahan Dotson.
• The Chargers opted to pass at a rate well above expectation with great success as a means to avoid a strong Chiefs run defense.
• And with Dallas Goedert questionable for Week 2, Brown and DeVonta Smith are obvious bounce-back candidates.
• You have my permission to put new offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo on watch if things don’t improve this week.

Chiefs

• The plan for the Chiefs in Week 1 was apparently to feed Xavier Worthy the ball.
• That plan disappeared after Worthy was hurt on the third offensive snap.
• The Chiefs then decided to stick with the plan but give Hollywood Brown those looks instead, as Brown finished the game with 14 targets, with no one else in the same stratosphere.
• I don’t know if the Brown PPR scam will continue in Week 2, but I’m willing to start him and find out.
• Overall, the offense remains unfun without their key weapons, as they were about average in explosive pass rate last week.

Falcons at Vikings (O/U 44.5, MIN -3.5)

Falcons

• The most noticeable change for me was the change in Michael Penix’s average target depth.
• He had the 2nd-highest air yards per attempt in 2024 among qualifying QBs at 10.5 yards.
• That dropped to 7.3 yards in Week 1, which was middle of the pack.
• One thing that didn’t change for Penix was that he only has eyes for Drake London.
• London’s league-leading 14 targets, including two endzone targets, picks right up from what we saw at the end of last season.
• And that was with London missing some time due to injury.
• With London out of the game, Pitts picked up the slack and ended with eight targets.
• The number of carries was similar between Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier, with the Falcons’ ground attack finishing dead-last in rushing EPA per play.
• But if Bijan gets 40 routes and seven targets per game, I don’t really care about the rushing inefficiency.
• And it might be bad again this week against one of the best defenses in the league.

Vikings

• Play volume was the biggest issue for the Vikings in Week 1, as they finished 27th in offensive plays due to their inability to get anything going in the first half.
• The discourse about the demise of Justin Jefferson was a bit premature during the game, with Jefferson ending the game with 38.9% of the team’s targets and a dominating share of the air yards.
• But again, he only ran 25 routes, which was exactly half the number that Keon Coleman ran for the Bills.
• The only other players I’m interested in are TJ Hockenson and Aaron Jones, as they’re the only two players with two or more targets besides Jefferson.
• We’ll need the success we saw in the second half versus the Bears to continue before Jordan Mason is really interesting, because his lack of receiving leaves goal-line work as his only path to a great fantasy season.

Buccaneers at Texans (O/U 42.5, HOU -2.5)

Buccaneers

• The offense wasn’t quite as successful as it was last year with Liam Coen.
• Baker Mayfield especially struggled against man coverage, completing only six of the 15 attempts he faced, according to SIS.
• But Week 1 was extremely bullish for Emeka Egbuka, who finished the day with two touchdowns and the team lead for snaps.
• And Bucky Irving dominated the routes for RBs over Rachaad White, which is exactly what should happen, but still is very bullish for him for the rest of the season.
• The Texans have a very strong defense, but you can start Mike Evans, Egbuka, and Irving with confidence.

Texans

• Week 1 was more of the same from last year, especially with the Texans’ struggles along the offensive line.
• The Texans couldn’t generate explosive passes with a very low target depth and a very high sack rate for CJ Stroud.
• Their rushing success rate was even worse at only 24%, ranking 29th in the league.
• And worse news on that front with the Buccaneers defense ranking 1st in the league in rushing EPA per play.
• The targets were surprisingly spread around this offense, with Nico Collins only earning five targets on a weekend that was bleak for almost every elite WR.
• I was kind of excited for Cade Stover’s four targets on only 12 route,s but he broke his foot last week, meaning we should see Dalton Schultz’s route rate increase moving forward.
• We really need the Xavier Hutchinson and Justin Watson snaps to disappear for Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel to take over, and I’d anticipate this to happen as the season progresses.
• Nick Chubb dominated the carries but split the routes with Dare Ogunbowale and now has a very difficult matchup.
• Ideally, I’m only starting Nico Collins from the Texans.

Chargers at Raiders (O/U 46.5, LAC -3)

Chargers

• One of the most exciting things from Week 1 was the PROE for the Chargers.
• We saw their PROE tick up at the end of last season, but we couldn’t be sure that would continue into 2025.
• Well, at least in Week 1, it exceeded all expectations, with their 14.4% PROE good for first in the league.
• It was so nice to see Harbaugh let Herbert go out and win the game, rather than try to lose by a small number of points like a lot of coaches do.
• The receiving game was concentrated with Ladd McConkey, Keenan Allen, and Quentin Johnston earning 26 of the 34 targets.
• All three are viable fantasy options if this PROE continues.
• Omarion Hampton dominated the RB carries, but we’d love to see more than two targets.
• The lack of high-value RB touches has been a consistent concern for Greg Roman’s offenses.

Raiders

• The Raiders seem willing to let Geno Smith cook.
• Smith had the 2nd-highest air yards per attempt to go along with the 4th-highest PROE and a league-leading explosive pass rate.
• Smith was only behind Josh Allen in total air yards, but he managed that on 12 fewer attempts than Allen.
• And the receiving game is just Brock Bowers and Jakobi Meyers, making both great fantasy options.
• I don’t know why you’d ever want Bowers off the field, but while he only ran 62% of the routes, he earned a target on 32% of the routes he did run.
• The Raiders' run game picked up where it left off last year, which is horrendous.
• Better days are ahead for Ashton Jeanty, including his first explosive run.