Selecting the optimal fantasy football lineup in Week 1 of the NFL season is more difficult than other weeks.
With only numbers from past seasons to base your decisions off of, not every player in your lineup will have success on opening weekend.
Not every choice will be difficult, as there are some favorable matchups in Week 1, but there are also some difficult positional battles that could sway your decision-making up to the kickoff of the 1 p.m. ET games.
In order to have the most success in Week 1, reliable options from past years should be counted on, but there's also room to take some risks.