After two weeks of the NFL season, we're starting to get a sense of player usage and offensive game plans. That matters in fantasy football. And there are players who are starting to ascend at a quick rate, carving out roles and finding their way into weekly fantasy lineups. However, we're also seeing a group of players failing to meet those high preseason expectations, which can put managers in a tough spot this early in the season. It doesn't matter where you drafted them because the best managers are willing to make hard decisions to win.

Justin Herbert, QB, Los Angeles Chargers: With a new offensive system under coordinator Mike McDaniel, I expected a lot more from Herbert to start this season given the home matchups in Weeks 1 and 2 (Arizona Cardinals and Las Vegas Raiders, respectively). However, Herbert is scoring just 10.3 fantasy PPG, while averaging 200.5 passing yards -- with two touchdown throws on the season -- and the rushing totals are down, too (eight carries, 31 yards). He should be viewed as QB2 for now.

Colston Loveland, TE, Chicago Bears: Loveland has been absent from the Bears passing attack through two games, catching just one of five targets for three yards (1.3 fantasy points). Despite the low volume, Loveland has 30.5 routes run per game, and his route tree has a lot of branches. He's just not seeing the ball -- yet. When the Bears do have stability under center, Loveland will be firmly back in the TE1 mix. Have patience here.

Emeka Egbuka, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: I had Egbuka down as one of my top targets this summer due to his receiving traits -- which I see as upper tier -- and the aggressive throwing mentality of Bucs QB Baker Mayfield. Through two weeks, however, Egbuka is scoring 10.3 fantasy PPG and he ranked third in targets (five) on the team behind TE Cade Otton (six) and rookie WR Ted Hurst III (seven) in the Week 2 loss to the Browns.