Johnny Manziel (QB, CLE) - Waiver Wire Analysis

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ANALYSIS: Manziel’s Week 2 performance versus the Tennessee Titans was a strange but pleasant surprise. Manziel didn’t have any big runs, but found Travis Benjamin deep for two separate 50 yard+ touchdowns. That combined with no interceptions gave Manziel a serviceable fantasy day.

It was really surprising to see Manziel didn’t run at all (3 rushes for 1 yard), and that will need to change for him to have any real fantasy football value going forward. He’s not going to hit the speedy Benjamin deep every week. Still the Raiders are a very nice matchup for any QB in the league, as both Andy Dalton and Joe Flacco have hit 18+ fantasy points against them already.

Even if Travis Benjamin doesn’t explode again in Week 3, expect Manziel to have more success hitting his other receivers. He should be a serviceable QB2 this week, and can be targeted off the waiver wire in two-QB leagues if he's still available.