That Sports Guy’s Week 3 Fantasy Football Rankings
What a Week 2! A few key fantasy players suffered injuries and now teams are studying their lineups to make sure they can rebound after the injuries. How will the replacements stack up? Is there someone still laying around on the waiver wire? So many questions and only time will tell the answer. But of course what would a fantasy week be without a The Draft Diamonds Weekly Fantasy Report. Check out our Week 3 Fantasy Football Rankings!
Here is how this year will play out:
- Players will be listed as First Last/Team. For example, Gardner Minshew/Jacksonville Jaguars
- Rankings will consist of:
- 12 QBs
- 25 RBs
- 35 WRs
- 10 TEs
- 10 D/ST
- 3 Weekly Sleepers
- 3 Weekly Fades
- Sleepers and Fades will be listed as First Last/ Position/ Team. For example, Tom Brady/ QB/ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Top 12 QBs
- Kyler Murray/ Arizona Cardinals
- Russ Wilson/ Seattle Seahawks
- Dak Prescott/ Dallas Cowboys
- Lamar Jackson/ Baltimore Ravens
- Cam Newton/ New England Patriots
- Patrick Mahomes/ Kansas City Chiefs
- Matt Ryan/ Atlanta Falcons
- Gardner Minshew/ Jacksonville Jaguars
- Aaron Rodgers/ Green Bay Packers
- Ben Roethlisberger/ Pittsburgh Steelers
- Deshaun Watson/ Houston Texans
- Josh Allen/ Buffalo Bills
Top 25 RBs
- Ezekiel Elliott/ Dallas Cowboys
- Josh Jacobs/ Las Vegas Raiders
- Derrick Henry/ Tennessee Titans
- Jonathan Taylor/ Indianapolis Colts
- Alvin Kamara/ New Orleans Saints
- Dalvin Cook/ Minnesota Vikings
- Aaron Jones/ Green Bay Packers
- Nick Chubb/ Cleveland Browns
- Chris Carson/ Seattle Seahawks
- Clyde Edwards-Helaire/ Kansas City Chiefs
- Joe Mixon/ Cincinnati Bengals
- Miles Sanders/ Philadelphia Eagles
- Kenyan Drake/ Arizona Cardinals
- Austin Ekeler/ LA Chargers
- David Montgomery/ Chicago Bears
- James Conner/ Pittsburgh Steelers
- James Robinson/ Jacksonville Jaguars
- Mark Ingram/ Baltimore Ravens
- Jerick McKinnon/ San Francisco 49ers
- Zack Moss/ Buffalo BIlls
- Devin Singletary/ Buffalo Bills
- Leonard Fournette/ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Antonio Gibson/ Washington Football Team
- JK Dobbins/ Baltimore Ravens
- Joshua Kelley/ LA Chargers
Top 35 WRs
- DeAndre Hopkins/ Arizona Cardinals
- Davante Adams/ Green Bay Packers
- Julio Jones/ Atlanta Falcons
- Tyreek Hill/ Kansas City Chiefs
- Allen Robinson/ Chicago Bears
- Calvin Ridley/ Atlanta Falcons
- Adam Thielen/ Minnesota Vikings
- Amari Cooper/ Dallas Cowboys
- Terry McLaurin/ Washington Football Team
- DK Metcalf/ Seattle Seahawks
- JuJu Smith-Schuster/ Pittsburgh Steelers
- Tyler Lockett/ Seattle Seahawks
- DJ Moore/ Carolina Panthers
- Mike Evans/ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- DJ Chark/ Jacksonville Jaguars
- Odell Beckham/ Cleveland Browns
- Robert Woods/ LA Rams
- Cooper Kupp/ LA Rams
- Hollywood Brown/ Baltimore Ravens
- Keenan Allen/ LA Chargers
- Stefon Diggs/ Buffalo Bills
- T.Y. Hilton/ Indianapolis Colts
- Julian Edelman/ New England Patriots
- Diontae Johnson/ Pittsburgh Steelers
- Michael Gallup/ Dallas Cowboys
- CeeDee Lamb/ Dallas Cowboys
- AJ Green/ Cincinnati Bengals
- Tyler Boyd/ Cincinnati Bengals
- Marvin Jones/ Detroit Lions
- DeVante Parker/ Miami Dolphins
- Kenny Golladay/ Detorit Lions
- Robby Anderson/ Carolina Panthers
- Jarvis Landry/ Cleveland Browns
- Mike Williams/ LA Chargers
- Allen Lazard/ Green Bay Packers
Top 10 TEs
- Travis Kelce/ Kansas City Chiefs
- Mark Andrews/ Baltimore Ravens
- Darren Waller/ Las Vegas Raiders
- Zach Ertz/ Philadelphia Eagles
- Jared Cook/ New Orleans Saints
- George Kittle/ San Francisco 49ers
- Tyler Higbee/ LA Rams
- Hunter Henry/ LA Chargers
- Mike Gesicki/ Miami Dolphins
- Jonnu Smith/ Tennessee Titans
Top 10 D/ST
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Indianapolis Colts
- San Francisco 49ers
- Buffalo Bills
- LA Chargers
- LA Rams
- New England Patriots
- Tennessee Titans
- Arizona Cardinals
3 Weekly Sleepers
- Jeff Wilson Jr/ RB/ San Francisco 49ers: Yes, Jerick McKinnon. I like Jerick McKinnon. I told you to add him in Week 1. Now, in Week 3 he finds himself in an expanded role, but not so fast. Wilson scored 5 TDs on 30 touches last season. Also, in the 4th quarter once both Coleman and Mostert were out it was Wilson functioning as the early-down back. McKinnon has missed 2 seasons with complications from an ACL injury and most likely can’t give a team workhorse usage/volume. Wilson is a sneaky play in daily and deep leagues.
- Joshua Kelley/ RB/ LA Chargers: Panthers run defense has allowed 255 rushing yards in 2 games. Kelley is carving out a nice role in this offense as the partner in crime to Austin Ekeler. Kelley had 23 carries last week and has 35 carries on the season. Kelley offers a little bit of passing game involvement as he has 2 catches on 3 targets. If Kelley is able to get a healthy amount of touches, then he could have himself a day. Kelley is a strong FLEX play this week.
- Russell Gage/ WR/ Atlanta Falcons: Gage has 21 targets and 15 catches in 2 games this season and looks like he is here to stay for the Atlanta offense. The Bears secondary isn’t as dynamic as usual and Atlanta has a terrible defense with a nonexistent run game so they will be throwing. With Atlanta trying to slow down Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley, Gage is looking at a big Week 3.
3 Weekly Fades
- Melvin Gordon/ RB/ Denver Broncos: Jeff Driskel did his thing last week in relief of Drew Lock. Driskel kept the Broncos in the game and even put points on the board against an intimidating Pittsburgh defense. However, the fun stops there. Tampa Bay shut down Christian McCaffrey down on the ground and I would expect that to happen again this week.
- NY Giants RBs: If Saquon Barkley couldn’t run behind that line, then why all of a sudden are people rushing to get Devonta Freeman and/or Dion Lewis? Giants offense struggled with Saquon and these next guys up aren’t saving the season.
- Daniel Jones/ QB/ NY Giants: Same as above. He struggled with Barkley and now doesn’t have him. His passing game options are average on their best day and his offensive line is shaky at best. I feel for the second-year QB and we can only hope this bombshell doesn’t destroy his development.