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Sunday Night Football Fantasy Fallout: Fantasy winners and losers from Vikings vs. Falcons in Week 2

The Falcons cruised to a 22-6 win against the Vikings in Week 2 on Sunday Night Football on NBC, leaning heavily on their efficient rushing attack as well as their defense and Parker Romo's leg.

Atlanta fortuitously made it through the evening without suffering any significant, fantasy-relevant injuries. The Vikings — led by rookie QB J.J. McCarthy — nearly turned the ball over five times, failed to find the end zone, and exited in worse health than when they entered.

The Vikings (1-1) will host the Bengals (2-0 next week, while the Falcons (1-1) will take on the Panthers (0-2) in Charlotte, North Carolina.

SNF Fantasy Standouts

  • Bijan Robinson RB, Falcons: 168 yards. Had the game been closer, Robinson likely would have stayed on the field for Atlanta’s fourth-quarter red zone sequence that resulted in a touchdown late in the game. He is a candidate to finish as the overall RB1 each week and gets the Panthers’ fantasy-friendly defense in Week 3.
  • Tyler Allgeier RB, Falcons: 80 yards, one touchdown. Allgeier’s touchdown happened late in the fourth quarter, putting the Falcons up 22-6 following a successful point-after kick. The Falcons’ backup running back has double-digit touches in both games this season.
  • Parker Romo K, Falcons: Five field goals and one extra point. Romo converted all of his attempts this evening, including three field goals from 33-38 yards out and one from 54 yards out. The Falcons signed kicker Parker Romo after a disappointing showing from incumbent kicker Younghoe Koo in Week 1, and opted to give the new player a shot in primetime. His Sunday night showing likely secures his spot as the Falcons’ kicker moving forward.

SNF Fantasy Flops

  • Michael Penix Jr. QB, Falcons: Penix totaled 135 scoreless passing yards and rushed once for minus-one yard against the Vikings. The second-year player totaled 298 yards and one touchdown passing while intriguingly rushing six times for 21 yards and one touchdown last week against the Buccaneers. Penix’s initial 2025 showing gave fantasy managers hope that a high-scoring season full of dual-threat box scores was possible. After Week 2’s outcome, expectations must be tempered. 
  • J.J. McCarthy QB, Vikings: McCarthy threw for 158 yards and two interceptions, rushed for 25 yards and lost one of his three fumbles. On the bright side, the other two recovered fumbles at least minimized the blow, but the state of this offense is a concern. Fantasy managers should also monitor the Vikings’ injury report this week. McCarthy was seen getting his left foot taped after being stepped on, and the offensive line picked up two more injuries. Minnesota is currently without left tackle Christian Darrisaw (knee). Fill-in starter, left tackle Justin Skule, suffered a head injury and center Ryan Kelly was ruled out with a concussion.

Usage Notes

  • T.J. Hockenson’s target share: Hockenson’s inability to earn targets voluminously with wide receiver Jordan Addison suspended is concerning. The veteran tight end earned a 14.3 percent target share (three) this week and a 20.0 percent target share (four) last week. Addison is eligible to return in Week 4, which will significantly increase Hockenson’s target competition.
  • Bijan Robinson scrimmage yards share: Robinson accounts for 40.6 percent of the Falcons’ scrimmage yards with 292 through two games this season. He hit 100 yards receiving in Week 1 and cleared 100 yards rushing in Week 2.
  • Jordan Mason’s offensive touches: Mason has led the Vikings’ backfield in touches in both games this season, but Minnesota’s 51.5 offensive plays per game rank dead last among NFL offenses. The low-volume play count hampers the somewhat volume-dependent position in fantasy. As mentioned below, there is a chance that Mason operates as the Vikings’ featured running back in Week 3, which would give him access to a high-volume workload.

Injury Watch

  • Aaron Jones RB, Vikings: Jones suffered a hamstring injury in the fourth quarter and was labeled questionable to return. Shortly after the announcement, Jones was seen standing on the sideline without his helmet, indicating his night was done. The 30-year-old running back has a lengthy soft tissue injury history, and his age is working against him. Track his status carefully going into the Vikings’ Week 3 game against the Bengals.

Waiver Wire Radar

  • Tyler Allgeier RB, Falcons: Allgeier is one of fantasy football’s most valuable backup running backs, who would handle a full-time workload if the starter were to miss time. Allgeier also gets enough weekly work that he can be started in a pinch, even if Bijan Robinson is active. Through two games this season, Allgeier has totaled 26 rushing attempts and one target. 

One Big Stat

Pro Football Focus credited Bijan Robinson with 11 missed tackles forced rushing against the Vikings on Sunday night, bringing his 2025 total up to 14. He is the only player in the NFL with more than eight this season.

Coming Monday at Rotoworld:

- Rotoworld Football Show: Week 2 Sunday Recap

- Stock Up, Stock Down article by Lawrence Jackson Jr.

- Sunday Aftermath article by Patrick Daugherty

- Week 3 Waiver Wire article by Kyle Dvorchak

- Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry LIVE at noon ET on YouTube

- Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Q&A with Patrick Daugherty & Kyle Dvorchak

Andy Reid, Tom Brady call out missed false start on tush push late in Eagles' win over Chiefs

The Philadelphia Eagles got the best of the Kansas City Chiefs again on Sunday afternoon in their Super Bowl rematch. The Eagles, however, at least appeared to get away with a couple of early starts on some critical tush pushes late in the matchup.

While it wasn’t the reason they lost by any means — the Eagles held on late to grab a 20-17 win at Arrowhead Stadium, which kept them undefeated and dropped the Chiefs to 0-2 on the season — it certainly drew plenty of attention. Even Chiefs head coach Andy Reid brought it up after the game.

“You try to get penetration, is what you try to do, to be able to stop [the tush push],” Reid said. “They might’ve had a couple of ‘em that they got off early on, but we’ll look at that.”

There was at least one replay from the contest that clearly showed a pair of Eagles linemen moving before the snap on a tush push from the game, as pointed out by Fox analyst Tom Brady on the broadcast.

"The 'Brotherly Shove' is awfully impossible to stop," Brady said on the broadcast. "When you get a false start penalty like that, it's even harder to stop. They missed that one pretty bad."

There’s no doubt that the two linemen moved before the ball was snapped, which likely gave the Eagles a slight advantage in the trenches as they attempted to gain the last few inches needed for a touchdown. A replay from a different angle made that clear.

That touchdown Jalen Hurts run gave the Eagles a 10-point lead late in the fourth quarter.

The Eagles used a tush push to seal the game in the final minutes, too. They needed a yard to extend their drive and eventually get into a position to kneel out the rest of the clock. Chiefs in the pile were confident they had actually forced and recovered a fumble.

A review determined that they didn’t, but Fox rules analyst Dean Blandino didn’t hesitate to rip the play in the process.

“You can’t get all the calls right," Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones said, via KMBC. "Just because we see it, sometimes the official is 15 to 20 feet away and sometimes they can miss those small things. We think he jumped multiple times. The official didn’t see it, so it wasn’t called. We just have to go play the next down.”

Though the Eagles don’t own the rights to the tush push, they clearly are more effective at it than everybody else in the league. It’s a very difficult play to stop as it is, which makes it easy to understand why NFL team owners came close to banning it from the game this past summer.

Clearly, teams are still not happy with the play the Eagles have made popular in recent years. With how Sunday afternoon went in Kansas City, and how the Eagles are sure to keep using it throughout the campaign, it’d be a safe bet that a tush push ban gets brought up again next offseason.

NFL Week 2 INSTANT reactions: chaos in Dallas, Jags ban is back? Lions offense roars to life

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Nate Tice & Charles McDonald join forces to react LIVE to a chaotic Week 2 of NFL action. The duo kick things off with The Late Hit, where they react to the Atlanta Falcons defeating the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night as well as the Kansas City Chiefs falling to a shocking 0-2 record.

Next, the duo get into their 3 Highs and 3 Lows from NFL Week 2, including an insane end to the early slate (wow, Dallas Cowboys), the Detroit Lions offense surging back to life, Kyle Shanahan pulling one out with Mac Jones, the Jacksonville Jaguars losing to Jake Browning, the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins getting sloppy and Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers falling off a cliff. The duo wrap up with their final thoughts on the Indianapolis Colts somehow being 2-0.

(00:35) - The Late Hit: reacting to Falcons' win over Vikings

(14:40) - Quick thoughts on the 0-2 Chiefs

(23:30) - Highs from Week 2: witching hour madness, Lions offense explodes, Shanahan & Mac

(39:40) - Lows from Week 2: Jags ban reinstated, Pats-Dolphins, Steelers offense 

ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 14: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys speaks to teammates before kickoff against the New York Giants during an NFL football game at AT&T Field on September 14, 2025 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 14: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys speaks to teammates before kickoff against the New York Giants during an NFL football game at AT&T Field on September 14, 2025 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
(Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

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