Our own Pat Fitzmaurice has been among the most accurate fantasy football experts in the industry over the last several years. Fitz was THE most accurate in-season ranker in 2020. What better way to prepare for your fantasy football start/sit lineup decisions than by reviewing his fantasy football rankings? You can do just that below.
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Fantasy Football Rankings: Week 3
Fitz’s Fantasy Football Takes
And the leading QB fantasy scorer through the first two weeks of the season is … Baker Mayfield? Yes, Baker Mayfield. The Bucs’ quarterback has thrown for 474 yards and an NFL-high five touchdowns. Mayfield also has 55 rushing yards and a TD run. He’s averaging 24.7 fantasy points per game. There was some concern about whether Mayfield would be able to carry over his 2023 success after his offensive coordinator from last season, Dave Canales, left to become the Panthers’ head coach. However, Mayfield has looked comfortable with the new offensive coordinator, Liam Coen. What’s promising for Mayfield’s fantasy outlook is that the Buccaneers might need to throw in order to win. PFF has the Buccaneers’ running game graded 28th in the league so far, and their run blocking graded 24th. RB Rachaad White is averaging 2.0 yards per carry. I’m ranking Mayfield QB11 this week vs. a Broncos pass defense that ranks 31st in DVOA.
D’Andre Swift ranks RB40 in half-point PPR fantasy scoring and is averaging 2.0 yards per carry. But Swift has a get-right matchup this week against the marshmallowy Colts run defense, which gave up 159 rushing yards to Houston’s Joe Mixon in Week 1 and 151 rushing yards to Green Bay’s Josh Jacobs in Week 2. The interior of the Bears’ offensive line has been shaky this season, but Chicago’s offensive linemen won’t have to contend with the Colts’ best defender, DT DeForest Buckner, who’s on IR with an ankle injury. Shake off the pain of the last two weeks and start Swift in this tasty matchup.
The outlook for Dolphins WRs Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle is obviously diminished while Tua Tagovailoa recovers from a concussion and Skylar Thompson holds down the fort at quarterback, but Hill (WR7) is still a must-start, and Waddle (WR26) is at least flex-worthy.
The Eagles didn’t have the services of star WR A.J. Brown (hamstring) for their Week 2 game against the Falcons, and yet Eagles TE Dallas Goedert saw only four targets and had three catches for 38 yards. Brown will miss Week 3, which should, in theory, enhance Goedert’s target outlook. In a suddenly bleak TE landscape, I have Goedert ranked TE9.
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