There are two weeks in the books for fantasy football owners. I’ve contended for several years that you actually know far less after Week 2 than you do at any other time of the season or offseason. Think about it; all offseason long “professionals” tell you who to draft, where to draft and why to draft players. Week 1 arrives and you see an “upset” or two, but nothing major. Then the bomb that is Week 2 drops, and we’re lost. Injuries to or around key players (see Brandon Jacobs and Orlando Pace) and unimpressive performances by high-round selections (Maurice Jones-Drew, Reggie Bush) have owners across the land shaking their head.

We’re getting close to Dennis Green’s favorite time of the year. You know the one, when they are who we think they are. Chances are that your league’s regular season runs 13 or 14 weeks. If NFL teams that are 0-2 are looking at a mere 11 percent chance of making the playoffs, you shouldn’t be much more comfortable. Tape a picture of Tom Coughlin to your vanity mirror, because you, my friend, are on the hot seat.

What can you do to quickly remedy what is turning out to be a poor managerial offseason on your part? Trades and waivers, duh! Luckily for you, fantasy owners can and will pull the trigger on a deal without sleeping on it and are more likely to give up on sleepers that aren’t immediately paying dividends.

Be warned, however, this is also the time of year where bogus trade offers should start filling your inbox to coincide with frightened owners. We at Atomic Sports Media are playing in an ESPN League, as you’ve read. One in which Jon Bellwood offered a post-draft trade of Joey Galloway and Jamal Lewis (or Fred Taylor) for “your” top-notch wideout. It turns out David Terrell, Charles Rogers and Koren Robinson were his only offers. As you see he took some ridicule but appears better off for not making any deals. Or does he? Again, after only two weeks we don’t know- so don’t hit the panic button just yet.

For example, the seventh-highest scorer in the league is Derek Anderson! He’s readily available for anyone to take off the waiver wire but I wouldn’t recommend it unless you have a spot for a third QB. Anderson has less shelf-life as the Browns starter than a seat-filler at the Emmys. Which QBs are probably out there that you should consider? How about Kellen Clemens and new-Falcon Byron Leftwich. At least for the latter, it appears as if he’ll have a starting job in mere weeks. You might be able to luck out with a Jason Campbell, too.

Jacoby Jones, a rookie WR for Houston, is probably going to be gone soon. He had a great preseason and with an injury to Andre Johnson, he has tremendous upside. Jerry Porter is a guy who may or may not be available. If the Raiders get their QB situation figured out, he could pay off big-time. He beat the gambling Dre’ Bly a couple of times down field last week versus Denver and showed that he still has some big playmaking ability.

This week I’d sit: Matt Schaub- he’s looked good in two weeks and he’s starting to build a little hype and make people in Atlanta just a wee-bit more suicidal, but I’m not buying his ability as a starter yet, especially without Johnson versus Indy. Jamal Lewis is bound to be tired for the next two weeks and he’s not going against the easiest team to run on in Oakland. And last and least, Larry Johnson. You don’t run on the Vikings and when you’ve got zero passing game, it’s going to be even worse. (I know- I know, you don’t sit a top 5 pick unless it’s a bye week. Let’s revisit this in my blog next week!)

On the other hand, guys I like for the week: Vince Young- he might actually pass for a couple hundred yards this week versus New Orleans. Much like the Saints had a breakout opener in the dome last year on Monday night, I expect Young and the Titans to go in and rock the house. Even though he’s extra-scrutinized because he’s black, Donovan McNabb should dissect the Lions- he and his receivers are good plays (don’t give up on Reggie Brown just yet). Go with Laurence Maroney versus Buffalo. I think he runs a little “girly” too often but Brady and company have opened the field up so much he should have plenty of room to run against a team becoming prone to allowing big rushing yards.

Every player who arrives has that game that makes you stand up and take notice. You, of course, forget this game as time goes on because they have bigger, better and more meaningful contests after. The game that stands out on the schedule to me is Arizona at Baltimore. What better place for Matt Leinart to put it all together? My absolute, against logic pick of the week is Leinart versus the Ravens defense! Clemens showed last week that you can throw on them (albeit too late and with stone-handed receivers) and Carson Palmer did well enough the week before if they can establish the run early, book it!

Hope some of this helps. But, then again, it’s only week three and I’m as clueless as I’m going to get! Questions about whom to (and not to) play are ENCOURAGED…comment below and I’ll answer all!