Antonio Brown's, Markus Wheaton's Instant Fantasy Reaction After Week 2

The Pittsburgh Steelers passing game was absolutely dominant against the Cleveland Browns in Week 1, but it struggled to produce similar results Thursday against the Baltimore Ravens.

Antonio Brown and Markus Wheaton are the top two options for Ben Roethlisberger in terms of wide receivers, and here is a look at their final stats from Thursday's 26-6 loss:

	Antonio Brown	Markus Wheaton
Receiving yards	90	38
Rushing yards	10	22
Touchdowns	0	0

Perhaps the biggest news of the first half was the fact that Brown had to leave the game with injury concerns, via public relations source Burt Lauten:

Fortunately for the Steelers and fantasy football players, Brown returned to the game. Fantasy owners should not hesitate to include Brown in their lineup going forward, presuming he is healthy, because he is one of the best and most proven wide receivers in the league. He looked the part in Week 1 and tallied 116 receiving yards and a touchdown against the Browns.

As for Wheaton, he also impressed against Cleveland with 97 receiving yards. He even hauled in a 40-yard grab.

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In fact, Wheaton equaled the number of catches he had all of last year in that game with six and earned some praise from Roethlisberger, via Scott Brown of ESPN.com: “Markus is building confidence in himself and that I have in him.” 

Wheaton also earned compliments from Cian Fahey and Michael Tanier of Bleacher Report:

"

Wheaton looked a lot better running routes downfield last week rather than on these screen plays. Seems more natural for skill set.

— Cian Fahey (@Cianaf) September 12, 2014"

Fantasy owners know that Brown is proven, as he demonstrated again Thursday, but the emergence of Wheaton should provide confidence moving forward for both pass-catchers. Defenses won’t be able to completely focus on Brown like they usually do, which should open him up on deep balls and even for bubble screens.

Wheaton may have to produce a couple more impressive games throughout the early season to earn that type of complete confidence from fantasy football owners, especially after a relatively quiet effort Thursday. The potential is there, but the consistency is what we are looking for now.