If you are one of the teams in your league with a 0-2 record, I am here to tell you that you still have a chance. There is no need to push the panic button just yet. In fact, you have a great chance at coming back and it starts here in Week 3.
This week, I put the spotlight on two receivers who have not performed up to their lofty draft positions. Just like your team, they are looking for redemption and it begins here…
Week 3 Start ’em
Terrelle Pryor – Wsh WR
Pryor has been a fantasy dud in his first two games, with only 8 total receptions and zero touchdowns, despite being drafted in the second and third rounds in most fantasy drafts. His slow start has a lot to do with his adjustment to being in a new offense, and less to do with a lack of talent, which Pryor has plenty of.
With tight end Jordan Reed potentially out with an injury (surprise?) with a bruised sternum, this could open up even more opportunity for Pryor in the red zone where he can use his size and leaping ability to climb over defensive backs with the ball up for grabs. I expect Pryor to receive plenty of targets from his quarterback Kirk Cousins who is looking to establish himself against a Raider defense that has given up the 9th-most fantasy points to quarterbacks this season. Get ready for a good ol’ fashioned shootout folks!
Terrelle Pryor Week 3 projection: 12 targets, 8 rec, 88 yards, 2 TDs
QBs to Start
Derek Carr
Ben Roethlisberger
Cam Newton
Matthew Stafford
Kirk Cousins
Carson Wentz
Trevor Siemian
Philip Rivers
Jay Cutler
RBs to Start
Jay Ajayi
Carlos Hyde
Kareem Hunt
Tevin Coleman
James White
Jonathan Stewart
Tarik Cohen
Javorius “Buck” Allen
Chris Thompson
Chris Carson
LeGarrette Blount
Frank Gore
Alvin Kamara
Chris Johnson
WRs to Start
Keenan Allen
Kelvin Benjamin
DeAndre Hopkins
Martavis Bryant
Davante Adams
Golden Tate
Marvin Jones
Emmanuel Sanders
Jamison Crowder
DeVante Parker
Jarvis Landry
Kendall Wright
Jermaine Kearse
Rashard Higgins
TEs to Start
Jason Witten
Zach Ertz
Hunter Henry
Evan Engram
Eric Ebron
Austin Hooper
Zach Miller
Charles Clay
Jared Cook
Austin Seferian-Jenkins
David Njoku
Week 3 Sit ’em
Dez Bryant – Dal WR
Dez scored his first TD of the season against a tough Denver secondary thanks to a team-high 16 targets of which he caught 7 for a paltry 59 yards. This week he faces another elite shutdown corner in Patrick Peterson who is known to give diva wide receivers fits.
I expect the Cowboys to run the ball through Zeke more this week after his Week 2 performance which he got 9 carries after getting 24 in Week 1. Things will get easier in Week 4 for Bryant, but consider him a low-end WR2 in this tough matchup.
Dez Bryant Week 3 projection: 10 targets, 6 rec, 63 yards, 0 TD
QBs to Sit
Russell Wilson
Marcus Mariota
Dak Prescott
Sam Bradford
Jameis Winston
Carson Palmer
Eli Manning
Tyrod Taylor
Jared Goff
DeShone Kizer
Jacoby Brissett
RBs to Sit
C.J. Anderson
DeMarco Murray
Jordan Howard
Rob Kelley
Derrick Henry
Bilal Powell
Joe Mixon
JacQuizz Rodgers
Kerwynn Williams
Terrance West
Paul Perkins
Darren Sproles
Thomas Rawls
WRs to Sit
Stefon Diggs
Eric Decker
Adam Thielen
Jeremy Maclin
Randall Cobb
Allen Hurns
Marqise Lee
Taylor Gabriel
Kenny Golladay
Brandon Marshall
Rishard Matthews
Robby Anderson
Kenny Stills
Kenny Britt
Sterling Shepard
Geronimo Allison
TEs to Sit
Tyler Eifert
Kyle Rudolph
Coby Fleener
Antonio Gates
Julius Thomas
Jesse James
Benjamin Watson
Ed Dickson
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There are still free agents available in a lot of leagues that deserve an add. Huseyin The Brain ranks the Top 70 waiver wire pickups and free agent adds for Week 3 in this video.
