Fantasy Football Outlook: Gus Edwards, Kendre Miller, Jerome Ford, Tony Jones

Pat Fitzmaurice has you covered each week with his rankings and positional tiers. This will help guide your lineup decisions. You can find Fitz’s full Week 3 fantasy football rankings and tiers article here. And below we dive into a few players of note ahead of this weekend’s games.

Fantasy Football Outlook (Week 3)

With Justice Hill dealing with a foot injury, Gus Edwards looks like a solid RB2 or flex option this week against the Colts. The ongoing concern with Edwards is that his lack of usage in the passing game gives him an unstable floor. But if Hill is out this week, Edwards should get enough carries to stabilize his floor, particularly with the Ravens favored by more than a touchdown in a home game against the Colts.

People spent a lot of FAAB money on Jerome Ford this week. It’s not the Browns’ signing of Kareem Hunt that makes me fearful for Ford investors; it’s Cleveland’s upcoming schedule. Over the next four weeks, the Browns face the Titans, Ravens and 49ers — three of the better run defenses in the league — with a bye crammed in between. You might not be able to comfortably start Ford until Week 7. And by that time — who knows? — maybe Hunt will have forced his way into a significant role.

The Saints’ backfield is somewhat of a mystery this week. Jamaal Williams is out with a hamstring injury, and Alvin Kamara is serving the last of a three-game suspension. Rookie Kendre Miller is returning from a hamstring injury, and veteran Tony Jones figures to get some work. I wouldn’t feel comfortable using either Miller or Jones against the Packers this week, even though Green Bay’s run defense is perennially soft. It’s possible Taysom Hill leads the Saints in carries this week.