If Demaryius Thomas’ injury isn’t too serious and plays this week, he should put up big numbers. The Colts has one of the worst passing defense in the league. Detroit put up 39 points on them last week with Stafford throwing for 340 yards, that’s a lot of yards to go around for the receivers.
*Note: stats below are based on footballoutsiders.com’s DVOA analysis, be sure to check out their explanation on DVOA if you haven’t read about it before.
Best Wide Receiver to Start in 2016 NFL Week 2
| Name | Salary | GameInfo | Matchup DVOA |
| Demaryius Thomas | 6400 | Ind@Den 04:25PM ET | 67.1 |
| Mike Evans | 7200 | TB@Ari 04:05PM ET | 65.7 |
| Michael Crabtree | 6100 | Atl@Oak 04:25PM ET | 57.5 |
| Larry Fitzgerald | 6400 | TB@Ari 04:05PM ET | 52.2 |
| Julio Jones | 9200 | Atl@Oak 04:25PM ET | 51.8 |
| A.J. Green | 8900 | Cin@Pit 01:00PM ET | 50.7 |
| Antonio Brown | 9900 | Cin@Pit 01:00PM ET | 47.2 |
| Brandin Cooks | 8000 | NO@NYG 01:00PM ET | 47.1 |
| Odell Beckham Jr. | 9500 | NO@NYG 01:00PM ET | 27.9 |
| Donte Moncrief | 6400 | Ind@Den 04:25PM ET | 21.6 |
| DeSean Jackson | 6300 | Dal@Was 01:00PM ET | 20.5 |
| DeAndre Hopkins | 8700 | KC@Hou 01:00PM ET | 19.4 |
| Julian Edelman | 6200 | Mia@NE 01:00PM ET | 17.4 |
| Amari Cooper | 7600 | Atl@Oak 04:25PM ET | 14.2 |
| Doug Baldwin | 6600 | Sea@LARM 04:05PM ET | 12 |