Red Zone Report: Week 2 (Fantasy Football)

The best part about getting further into the season for fantasy managers is that the more data we get, the more informed decisions we can make to get those rosters performing to their absolute best!

After a huge opening week with tons of points, Week 2 didn’t deliver as many big performances, but that could show where a team’s priorities lie as we get closer to the end zone.

Let’s dive into the Red Zone Report for Week 2!

Week 2 Red Zone Carries

Josh Allen (BUF)

With some of the biggest performances of Week 2 coming on Thursday night, it only makes sense to see Josh Allen as one of the week’s top red zone performers. Allen led the league in red zone rushing yards for Week 2 with 17 and punched in another two TDs against the Lions. While it is unlikely he will be able to keep up his current pace of rushing TDs, Allen remains one of the elite fantasy weapons to have on a roster and should stay near the top of the list on the Red Zone Report for the remainder of the season.

Emanuel Wilson (SEA)

An unexpected name from Week 2 is easily Emanuel Wilson, who led the league in red zone carries this week with seven. Wilson entered the week as the third option in the Seattle backfield, but an injury to rookie Jadarian Price and a favorable game script allowed Wilson to get some extra run that wasn’t expected. It is worth noting that both Price and George Holani each received three red zone carries against the Cardinals, so it wasn’t a total red zone domination by Wilson. While Wilson will likely remain an afterthought for fantasy purposes, his heavy involvement overall – which featured him racking up 92 rushing yards on 21 carries – and especially his work around the goal line is worth monitoring, especially if either Price or Holani were to miss any time going forward.

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Bhayshul Tuten (JAX)

One of the biggest worries of the offseason centered around the backfield split for Jacksonville, and primarily whether or not Bhayshul Tuten would be the preferred option for the Jaguars around the goal line over Chris Rodriguez. While Rodriguez has been involved to a minor degree for the Jags, it has been Tuten who was able to find the end zone this week and has overall dominated the touches in this offense. Maybe more importantly, Tuten’s TD carry came from short yardage, which should probably be the larger worry where C-Rod would be involved. This backfield split is still worth monitoring, but for Tuten truthers, it had been an encouraging start for 2026.

Tony Pollard (TEN)

One of the grossest offenses from Week 1 looked much more competent in Week 2, and a large beneficiary was Tony Pollard. With the Titans not forced into playing from way behind for the entire game, Pollard’s opportunities doubled and, more importantly, he saw all but one of the RB red zone carries for Tennessee on the day. While Pollard wasn’t able to get into the end zone, if this offense can continue to take steps forward as the season progresses, his role as the primary RB around the goal line could keep him in a decent FLEX to RB2 range this season.

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Week 2 Red Zone Receiving

Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)

Let’s start at the top of the WR game with the WR1 from Week 2, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who is currently tied with Amon-Ra St. Brown and Trey McBride atop the red zone target list for the season with six. While the highlights usually show JSN running away from defenders for long bomb TDs (which he also did on Sunday), this week the Seahawks WR nabbed a pair of red zone TDs and led the league in red zone receiving yards with 26 and a pair of TDs. Any thoughts of regression coming for JSN should be put to bed after an awesome two weeks to start the season, even without Sam Darnold under center.

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Jake Ferguson (DAL)

We are accustomed to seeing the Dallas WRs near the top of the red zone receiving list, but this week it’s TE Jake Ferguson. Ferguson led all TEs in red zone receiving yards in Week 2 with 24 yards on just two targets, both of which were TDs. Ferguson started hot in 2025 and fizzled down the stretch, and a lot of that fantasy relevance came from catching four TDs over three weeks in the red zone. As long as both CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens are on the field and healthy, the ceiling is capped for Ferguson, but it is nice to see him able to produce even with them on the field.

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Darren Waller (CAR)

From the fantasy grave, Darren Waller did a full Undertaker rise to finish as the TE5 in Week 2 behind a pair of TDs for the Panthers. Waller saw a small increase in his snap participation – from 35% to 44% – but he is clearly a target for Bryce Young in the red zone and is worth being on fantasy rosters based on how hot that offense has started this season. If Waller sees an uptick in snaps towards a more full-time role, he could become less of a TD-dependent TE and more of a fringe every-week starting type of guy.

Xavier Worthy (KC)

While I am usually totally out on Xavier Worthy as a fantasy option, we saw some interesting red zone work for the Chiefs WR that is worth talking about from Week 2. Typically, the WR used around the goal line for Kansas City has been Rashee Rice and his patented touch-pass TD catches, but this week it was Worthy who had three targets in the red zone, one of which turned into a TD. So far in 2026, Worthy has a total of four red zone targets, which puts him on pace to have more red zone targets than in his first two seasons combined. While it isn’t necessarily something to take to the bank, Worthy’s involvement around the goal line is something to monitor for fantasy managers going forward.

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