WEEk 3 rankings: what player bounces back?
It’s Week 3 and the fantasy world is still recovering after a crazy Week 2. Three matchups project to be shootouts. Detroit vs Arizona, Baltimore vs Dallas, and PHI vs New Orleans are all pushing a 50 point over/under. There are also a handful of matchups that may be get right games for fantasy players. Let’s take a peek into my rankings for this week. They are live right now so go click on weekly rankings under the rankings tab on the South Harmon website to see ALL OF MY WEEK 3 RANKS.
Bounceback Candidates
Josh Allen laid an egg last week on TNF only scoring just 11.8 fantasy points. This week the Bills take on the Jaguars on extra rest. Jacksonville gives up the third most passing yards per game and I expect Allen to smash. He is my number one quarterback this week. Two weeks into the season and Ja’Marr Chase has yet to finish as a WR 1 in fantasy. That big game happens this week when the Bengals play the Commanders on Monday Night Football. Washington gives up the second most YAC over expected and the second least sack rate. Chase may or may not be the top wideout this week. Fool me once, shame on..shame on you. Fool me-you can’t get fooled again. I’m going back to the Travis Kelce well. This week on Sunday Night Football, Kansas City gets Kelce going when they take on the Falcons. He is a top three tight end in my Week 3 ranks.
Cautiously Optimistic
Heading into the season, we all thought that Zeus White was going to be a productive running back for the Raiders. So far that hasn’t been the case but that could change in Week 3. Las Vegas plays the terrible Panthers this week. Carolina gives up the second most rushing yards per game and 2.23 rushing yards before contact per carry which is the second highest in the league. Fire up White as a top 24 running back. Last Thursday was not kind for Tyreek Hill especially after Tua left the game. Tagovailoa is on IR and Skylar Thompson will be the starting QB. It’s not exciting to play Hill without his regular quarterback but given his home run ability, it’s hard to keep him out of the top 10.
Week 3 SLEEPERS
Sometimes fantasy football teams need an injection of good vibes to get the squad going. Gardner Minshew brings all the good vibes and this week he takes on the Panthers. Carolina smells something awful (the exact opposite of good vibes) and their defense has given up the second most passing touchdowns so far this year. Any team that is in need of a quarterback, don’t look any further than the Maverick. Carson Steele may not be a traditional sleeper because the whole fantasy world is hip to the Gator King due to being the Week 3 waiver darling. Heading into Week 3, Steele is my highest ranked Chiefs’ running back. He’s big, athletic and has the most similar running style to Isiah Pacheco. Look for him to be a borderline RB 2 in Week 3.
Check out the entire Week 3 positional ranks on South Harmon dot com to help making even the toughest of lineup decisions.