Anyone else feeling overwhelmed by rooting conflicts of interest in Week 1? By midseason some of your teams are dead money, so you naturally gravitate to the ones that have a chance, and usually those are characterized by having some of the same successful players on them. But in Week 1, I had 11 teams full of players, all of which are still in contention. Almost every time someone made a big play it was both helping and harming my chances at the same time. And that's not counting survivor, my picking pool, the bets I made in Vegas and the couple daily lineups I set.

I'm also torn between watching the Red-Zone channel (or the new fantasy channel) and actual games. The flip-around channels prevent you from ever getting the flow of any game, but when you leave one game on, you get stuck with McDonalds and KFC commercials. I have only two TVs, but if you're tweeting and checking box scores as you watch, it's hard to switch in time to avoid them. Also, the red-zone and fantasy channels sometimes switch to the game I'm watching on the other TV, and then I've got to move off my game to another one. This creates two issues: (1) you miss action while you're flipping around to find another active game; and (2) you flip to some random game, the Red Zone channel moves off your prime game, and you forget to go back for 10-15 minutes.

The solution is for DirecTV - or more likely some after-market software company because the advertisers will hate this - to offer a service where you prioritize games 1 through 9, and when 1 goes to commercial, you automatically switch to 2, and if both are on commercial, then 3, etc. As soon as No. 1 comes back, it shifts you back to it. I'd certainly pay for that.

On to the football:

• I know the Panthers are a tough matchup, but the odds journeyman Josh McCown would take his small-sample-in-ideal-circumstances Chicago success and transfer it to Tampa always struck me as slim. He has good weapons, but I'd be surprised if that were even an average offensive team.

• Coming off a bad year and a serious injury, Doug Martin did not inspire confidence and also hurt his leg. He was an odd case because no one seemed to like him much until Charles Sims got hurt, and the Bucs traded Tim Wright for Logan Mankins.

• Matt Ryan played better than he should have last year with his entire offense collapsing around him, and given the high-volume passing attack and poor defense in Atlanta, he could easily be top-three in passing yards if everyone stays healthy (I realize that's an easier call after his head start Sunday.)

• Lots of people complain about kickers mattering in fantasy, but Matt Bryant surely earned his points today.

• As someone who has multiple shares of Nick Foles, I was second-guessing my judgment in the first half of that home game against the Jaguars. How could I rank a player who could lose his job over a proven star like Tom Brady or Matt Ryan? But Foles finished with 322 yards and two touchdowns. And like last year, the big plays came so easily with players running wide open down the field. That the Eagles could blow things up like that so quickly in one half bodes well going forward. In fact, I feel better about Foles than I did coming into the game.

• Jeremy Maclin was the beneficiary of one of those big plays, and while the Eagles will run a lot and spread the ball around, Maclin will see his share of targets and downfield throws. He also looked looked healthy.

• The Patriots were the opposite of the Eagles, looking crisp in the first half and getting destroyed in the second. Rob Gronkowski saw 11 targets, but caught only four, and with Aaron Dobson inactive, there wasn't anyone to stretch the field. And the Dolphins defensive line dominated.

• Knowshon Moreno looked awfully spry in the Chip-Kelly style offense the Dolphins are purportedly running.

• I didn't watch much of the WAS-HOU game, but every time I tuned it, it seemed RGIII was getting drilled. And that was inside the pocket. Just let him play, and if he gets hurt, so be it.

• Alex Smith's performance was one of the more disappointing ones today. While he didn't have Dwayne Bowe, and he hasn't played with Travis Kelce for long, it was a home game against an average defense. I also have no idea why the Chiefs didn't involve Jamaal Charles (seven carries/four targets) more.

• Brandin Cooks made my list of players to avoid, and I already regret it. I thought his sixth round (in 12-team league) ADP was too much given his short-pass-catching role, but he caught one ball down the field, ran the ball and even scored a short touchdown. I had a chance to grab him yesterday in Round 5 in the 14-team NFFC Classic, but took Trent Richardson instead.

• EJ Manuel has been unfairly maligned for an injury-plagued rookie year that wasn't that terrible, and his weapons, when you include the backs, aren't bad. Jay Cutler is a poor man's Tony Romo - capable of too many untimely mistakes, only with less efficiency.

• Ben Tate couldn't stay healthy in a part-time role, and this year he was expected to take on a full-time workload. Terrance West showed how meaningless preseason is, while Isaiah Crowell looked especially explosive and quick. Should Tate miss time, it looks like West is the main guy, based on his workload against the Steelers (16 carries for West, five for Crowell.) The Steelers run defense looked terrible, though. Brian Hoyer played well enough to keep his job for another couple weeks. And Le'Veon Bell moves awfully well for a back his size. LeGarrette Blount scored the touchdown, but Bell should be valued in the Gio Bernard range.

• DeMarco Murray is as good as anyone when he's healthy. Carlos Hyde is better than Frank Gore and should gain market share as the year goes on.