From Mitchell Trubisky to David Njoku, Six week 1 fantasy stars who were mostly unowned

The oft-scrutinized Trubisky had just one game of three touchdown throws and no interceptions last year. He was able to do so in the first game of 2020. All of his passing scores came in the fourth quarter as the Bears rallied from 17 down to beat the Lions.

With the Rams drafting Cam Akers in the second round in 2020 and Darrell Henderson in the third round in 2019, Brown didn’t receive much love in fantasy drafts. The fifth-year back-ended Week 1 with career-highs in carries (18), rushing yards (79), and receiving yards (31) while recording his second multi-score game.

With Washington releasing both Derrius Guice and Adrian Peterson, Barber played a larger-than-expected role in Week 1. He averaged less than two yards per carrying on his 17 attempts, but his two second-half touchdowns helped Washington come from behind to defeat the Eagles.

Gage was one of three Atlanta receivers, along with Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley, to record nine catches in Week 1. While the other two weren’t all that surprising, it was for Gage, who never had more than 76 receiving yards in a game before Sunday.

There was much chatter in the offseason about how Green Bay did not add to a receiving corps that did not look to have much beyond Davante Adams. Right before the first half concluded on Sunday, Valdez-Scantling scored on a 45-yard play, and he fell just shy of his fourth career 100-yard game.

It was a disastrous Week 1 for the Browns, but Njoku got Cleveland on the board late in the first quarter with a one-yard score. Drafted in the first round in 2017, Njoku wasn’t highly sought after in fantasy drafts after the Browns signed Austin Hooper. According to NBC Sports, he suffered a knee injury and will miss a minimum of three weeks.