Fantasy Football: Why we're in total panic-mode with Colston Loveland, Rashee Rice and more
A panic-meter column flags Colston Loveland and Rashee Rice as slow starters through two weeks of 2026, with Loveland managing 1.8 points in Week 2 after a zero in Week 1, and Rice posting modest but steadier 9.9 and 12.3.
It's time for Ray Garvin's latest Panic Meter coming off Week 2 of the 2026 fantasy football season.
Sharp take
Sharp SixHoldTwo weeks is a sample size, not a verdict, and this column is just narrative dressed up as urgency. Loveland's line is genuinely bad, 1.8 points against a projection that assumes relevance, but a rookie tight end in a new offense gets more than 32 quarters before you bury him. Rice at 9.9 and 12.3 is fine, not a crisis, especially with an 11.5-point spread that should mean plenty of garbage-time volume. Hold both, ignore the panic framing, and check back in Week 6.
Speculative — this reads ahead of what the source reported.
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Our read on Yahoo Sports’s reporting. Not a fact beyond the source.
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