Week 3 Rankings
The key to fantasy football is more adjustment than drafting. Week 2 was a blood bath for most of us, but those of us who avoided the injury bug still need to stay on our toes. There are more injuries to come. Poor conditioning and preperation in this Covid-19 environment that is 2020 will not stop at week 2. Last week I had to update this article 11 TIMES as injury news hit BEFORE games started and we lost a half a dozen superstars during the games. Keep on the waiver wire....you should be making a pickup almost every week, if not to improve your team but also to hurt your opponents'. Hundreds of Christian McCaffrey owners went on full blown tilt Wednesday morning when they missed out on Mike Davis. Many stories popped up on Twitter of savvy owners picking up Davis and then trading for McCaffrey with their depth.
I'm looking forward to seeing the Chargers offense take shape under Justin Herbert who looked quite good. I think we might be in a great buy low spot for Keenan Allen and Hunter Henry who are likely security blankets. Was very happy to see Miles Sanders look like a true bellcow first round pick. Stefon Diggs is WR1. There are 17 tight ends averaging double digit PPR points, and that is without George Kittle. Don't be afraid to flex a TE if your lineup is banged up. In DFS this is a super sneaky cost saving move. There are some real breakout candidates such as Mike Gesicki, Mo Alie-Cox, and Drew Sample. Noah Fant and Jonnu Smith seem poised to be weekly starts now. The position is not as thin as we thought two weeks ago.
Fantasy football is an ebb and flow, just keep grinding. I drafted 31 teams this year, and I had Aaron Jones ranked ahead of Josh Jacobs so I of course ended up with no shares of Jacobs. On Saturday, I felt stupid. By Tuesday, I felt genius. Situations like this change daily and will continue to seesaw. I will update this space as news from practice reports breaks hourly and always keep an eye and hit me up on Twitter @jtrela20.
RUNNING BACK
1 E. Elliot @SEA
2 A. Kamara GB
3 M. Sanders CIN 100 yards and multiple TD likely this week
4 J. Taylor NYJ
5 A. Jones @ NO Stud looked ready to be #1 but has tough NO DEF this week
6 D. Henry@ MIN Dream matchup, likely to see 50% usage rate
7 A. Ekeler CAR
8 C. Carson DAL
9 J. Conner HOU
10 J. Jacobs @NE tough match up, minor hip injury, showed inconsistency last week
11 K. Drake DET
12 C. Edwards-Helaire @BAL BAL very stingy vs. RB, but the talent keeps him an RB1
13 D. Cook TEN
14 J. Mixon @PHI Don't quit on Mixon. Still getting 20+ touch workload
15 J. Robinson MIA
16 L. Fournette @DEN Rojo is a thing of the past. Likely an RB1 ROS after this difficult matchup
17 M. Gordon TB
18 K Hunt WAS good luck figuring this out week to week
19 N. Chubb WAS
20 D. Henderson @BUF Showed up last week and only healthy rb in practice. Looks like his job for a while.
21 D. Montgomery @ATL
22 M. Gaskin @JAX Role increased yet again. That won't change on a short week.
23 J. Kelley CAR
24 M. Davis @LAC You didn't get "next CMC" on waivers. You got Mike Davis
25 D. Johnson @PIT
26 J. McKinnon @NYG expect Jeff Wilson involved or would be much higher in great matchup
27 T. Gurley CHI we're done here
28 A. Gibson @CLE tripped himself out of a long TD last week. It is coming
29 T. Cohen @ATL pass catching RB vs ATL is a thing
30 M. Ingram KC
31 D. Swift @AZ highest total on board, I'll take the pass catcher for some garbage time production
32 JK Dobbins KC
33 D. Singletary LAR Moss looks ready to take over but can't stay healthy
34 D. Lewis SF please tell me you read @nmimi's waiver article and have no piece of this backfield
35 N. Hines NYJ well that was different than week 1
36 S. Michel LV
WIDE RECEIVER
1 D. Hopkins DET
2 A. Cooper @SEA Seattle stops no one right now
3 J. Jones CHI
4 C. Godwin @DEN
5 D. Adams @NO Hamstrings are scary, even if he goes the chance of a mid game flare up is real
6 C. Ridley CHI
7 T. Lockett DAL shootout special
8 T. McLaurin @CLE averaging 19.8 PPR PPG but everyone is ignoring him now
9 M. Evans @DEN
10 S. Diggs LAR We are all suckers for skipping him on draft day
11 A. Robinson @ATL Let down in smash spot last week, let's do it again
12 C. Kupp @BUF
13 T. Hill @BAL
14 D. Moore @LAC
15 J. Smith-Schuster @HOU Great matchup, too many mouths to feed
16 K Allen CAR Please Herbert, Please Herbert
17 K. Golladay @AZ Welcome back! total on game is 55
18 DK Metcalf DAL
19 R. Woods @BUF Looks to be the true alpha IN LAR, this is a matchup based drop
20 D. Johnson HOU
21 A Thielen @TEN
22 J. Edelman LV
23 T. Boyd @PHI Eagles secondary stinks. Good opportunity for Burrow to connect here
24 C. Lamb @SEA
25 D. Parker @JAX
26 R. Anderson @LAC Looks like he is option 1 in Matt Rhule's offense
27 M. Brown KC I was way off last week, probably will be most weeks
28 D. Slayton SF
29 R. Gage CHI
30 C. Davis MIN last time in this well. Sell high at 5pm Sunday
31 DJ Chark MIA
32 AJ Green @PHI
33 O. Beckham WAS painful
34 T. Smith GB In your WR3/Flex lineup
35 M. Williams CAR
36 G Tate SF
37 J. Brown LAR
38 L. Fitzgerald DET No Kirk. Volume will be low still but comfortable floor
39 TY Hilton NYJ
40 M. Gallup @SEA disappeared.
41 J. Landry WAS
42 N. Harry LV Perfect catch radius target for Cam
43 K. Cole MIA
44 M. Jones @AZ DET has to score for total to get to 55
45 W. Fuller @PIT
46 P. Williams @JAX
47 B. Cooks PIT Looked good last week but tough matchup
48 A. Lazard @NO Bump up big if D. Adams doesn't go
TIGHT END
1 T. Kelce @BAL
2 D. Waller @NE
3 M. Andrews KC
4 M. Gesicki @JAX monster 11 target/8 catch game out of slot last week
5 N. Fant @DEN
6 J. Smith @MIN Vikings can't defend anyone. I'm treating Jonnu as a WR2 this week
7 H. Henry CAR
8 Z. Ertz CIN
9 E. Engram SF He should basically be the running game for NYG. What a mess
10 T. Higbee @BUF BUF not great against TE but my gut says Kupp wins the middle of the field this week
11 H. Hurst CHI
12 J. Cook GB
13 J. Reed @NYG looked great for a 70 year old, another incredible spot against familiar foe
14 D. Goedert CIN
15 L. Thomas @CLE disappointed against the 31st team against TE last week, let's see against 32nd
16 M. Allie-Cox NYJ saved many lineups last week....will again
17 D. Sample @PHI heavily targeted last week after Ozumah injury. Burrow lives in middle of the field
18 D. Schultz@SEA
19 TJ Hockenson @AZ is AZ suddenly o tough matchup for TE???
20 E. Ebron HOU
21 OJ Howard @DEN
22 C. Herndon @IND major disappointment and IND has given up NOTHING to the TE
23 J. Graham @ATL
24 J. Akins @PIT
QUARTERBACK
1 K. Murray DET Higher overall ceiling than Jackson??
2 L. Jackson KC
3 P. Mahomes @BAL Tough matchup drops my #1 weekly to his low point of 3
4 R. Wilson DAL
5 D. Prescott @SEA
6 C. Newton LV looks outstanding in the pocket. Comp % of 71% so far
7 M. Ryan CHI so many weapons and the defense will force him to throw every week
8 J. Allen LAR
9 A. Rodgers @NO will take a big hit if Adams isn't well, but A Jones is a massive weapon
10 R. Tannehill @MIN amazing matchup but missing weapons. Will have his normal uber-efficient 2 TD game
11 G. Minshew MIA
12 M. Stafford @AZ
13 J. Burrow @PHI broke out last week...takes over ROY race this week
14 B. Roethlisberger HOU
15 D. Watson @PIT if not for the rushing floor would be a sit this week
16 T. Brady @DEN
17 J. Herbert CAR Big game could Wally Pipp Tyrod. Imagine losing your job because your boss' assistant stabbed you in the lung?
18 C. Wentz CIN
19 M. Trubisky @ATL Dream matchup, nightmare QB
20 D. Brees GB
21 P. Rivers NYJ 8.1 yards per attempt is good. Conservative approach working for this offense
22 T. Bridgewater @LAC
23 D. Jones SF rushing upside keeps him in the QB2 fold
24 B. Mayfield WAS Cardinals had the stones to move on quickly from Rosen mistake, and their guy is #1 on this list. Do the Jets and Browns have it in them with Fields and Lawrence on the board?