Here are rankings from our analysts for Week 3 of the fantasy football season. You can find our expert consensus fantasy football rankings for the week here. And you can also sync your fantasy football league for free using our My Playbook tool for custom advice, rankings, and analysis.
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- Fantasy Football Start/Sit Rankings & Advice: Defense (Week 3)
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Fantasy Football Week 3 Rankings & Start/Sit Advice
Week 3 Player Notes & Start/Sit Advice
Kareem Hunt (CLE) vs. PIT: Even with No. 1 RB Nick Chubb dominating opponents, Hunt has managed in each of the past two games to carve out 15 carries and targets combined, which he has leveraged into 144 yards and two touchdowns. Given that the Steelers are without All-Pro EDGE T.J. Watt (pectoral), the Browns backs have a significant matchup edge in our unit power rankings.
RANK | RBS | OPP DEFENSE | DL RANK | LBS RANK | RB-DL EDGE | RB-LB EDGE |
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1 | CLE | PIT | 15 | 21 | 14 | 20 |
Both Chubb and Hunt can go off in Week 3.
Miles Sanders (PHI) at WAS: Over the past two weeks, Sanders had snap rates of just 52% and 53%, and that’s not great, but he still amassed 30 carries and five targets for 191 yards and a touchdown — and that’s good enough. The Commanders are No. 2 in most FPPG allowed to opposing backfields (26.3). This is a random third sentence, just because.
James Robinson (JAX) at LAC: Robinson has a great matchup against a Chargers defense that last year ranked No. 32 in rush defense SR (47.2%), and he has dominated usage in the Jaguars backfield, totaling 147 yards and three touchdowns on 34 carries and four targets.
Been paying the price for underestimating James Robinson off Achilles.
* Out-snapped Travis Etienne 45-26 Week 2
* Out-carried Etienne 34-13 on the season
* Etienne has a sad 9.7% target share on the season— Adam Levitan (@adamlevitan) September 19, 2022
To my eye, Robinson looks unspeakably slow in his post-Achilles state …
Starting to think James Robinson never tore his Achilles. pic.twitter.com/ZrNvMFmDOD
— LaQuan Jones (@RealDealFantasy) September 19, 2022
… but he has always been slow — and that didn’t stop him from putting up 2,403 yards and 18 touchdowns in his first two seasons as an undrafted free agent.
Jeff Wilson (SF) at DEN: No. 1 RB Elijah Mitchell (knee, IR) exited Week 1 early and in his absence Wilson had 105 yards on 18 carries and two targets in Week 2. Other than Wilson and FB Kyle Juszczyk, rookie RB Tyrion Davis-Price was the only other 49ers back to get a touch — but now Davis-Price (ankle) and running QB Trey Lance (ankle, IR) are out, so Wilson could dominate backfield usage in Week 3. In his 11 career games with 15-plus opportunities, Wilson has averaged 17.1 FPPG (per FTN).
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If you want to dive deeper into fantasy football, be sure to check out our award-winning slate of Fantasy Football Tools as you navigate your season. From our Start/Sit Assistant – which provides your optimal lineup, based on accurate consensus projections – to our Waiver Wire Assistant – which allows you to quickly see which available players will improve your team and by how much – we’ve got you covered this fantasy football season.