What slow start players do you like to reverse their recent production in Week 3?
- Cam Newton
- Jameis Winston
- Kirk Cousins
- Joe Mixon
- Phillip Lindsay
- Devonta Freeman
- Mike Evans
- Stefon Diggs
- Will Fuller
- Robby Anderson
- O.J. Howard
- Jared Cook
- Kyle Rudolph
PHIL ALEXANDER
- Will Fuller - It feels like Fuller is the only splash-play wide receiver in the NFL who has yet to splash. Eventually, the air yards he's piling up will result in actual yards that will help you win tournaments.
- Mike Evans - Evans is still commanding over 20% of Tampa Bay's targets. Bruce Arians has 10 days to prepare Jameis Winston to face a Giants defense that couldn't stop Dak Prescott or Josh Allen. If this isn't the game Winston and Evans collectively go off, we need to rethink expectations for this season.
DAN HINDERY
O.J. Howard: After Howard saw no targets last week, Bruce Arians took some heat in the media for not getting his talented tight end involved. Arians placed the blame on Howard for not playing well enough. But his tune has changed a bit in since. “The balls will come,” said Arians of Howard. “We don’t dictate who gets the ball, the defense does, so sometimes it will spread around for different people every week.” The Giants have allowed seven touchdowns to opposing tight ends in their last nine games. It feels like Howard is due to get back on track soon and this could be the week.
Joe Mixon: The Bengals running game has been atrocious to start the season. On the rare occasions Mixon has had a hole and broken off a big run, it ends up getting called back due to holding. Still, this is mostly the same offensive line that allowed Mixon to lead the AFC in rushing last season. Cincinnati knows getting the running game back on track is the key and I have enough faith in the new coaching staff to figure it out to at least consider Mixon as a high-upside, low-owned play in GPPs.
JUSTIN BONNEMA
Devonta Freeman - I know it looks like we have a full-blown RBBC happening in Atlanta, but Freeman looked good last week and cut the snap share from a 50/50 with Ito Smith to a 62/38 while out-touching him 14-6. Who knows if he'll ever regain workhouse treatment, but he has a good matchup this week against a Colts defense that's allowed more yards to running backs than all but five other teams. He's at least worth a GPP chip on DraftKings where he's only $4,900.
Jameis Winston, Mike Evans - Even if their season-long output looks bad, at some point this duo is going to connect for a big game. Week 3 could be that game with the Bucs hosting a Giants' secondary that has been one of the most fantasy-friendly since the season started. Both players offer great value in an exploitable situation and will likely go under-owned.
JASON WOOD
Joe Mixon
Mixon is on the short-list of most talented running backs. He's hurt right now, which explains his abysmal start to the season. Hopefully, the Bengals will rest him until he's 100%, and if they do, he's going to return to an every-week RB1. If, on the other hand, they keep letting him play through obvious pain, it's going to be hard to confidently put him in the lineup.
Mike Evans
Evans is the best buy-low candidate at any position right now. He's been completely outshined by Chris Godwin through two weeks, but Evans' track record is impeccable. Things will balance out and you want to be on the buying end of Evans before he rights the ship.
JAMES BRIMACOMBE
Will Fuller – I like taking shots on Fuller in tournaments as he has shown in the past that he can be so explosive and have multiple touchdown games. With the Texans playing a defensive battle last week against the Jaguars this week could feature a big bounce-back offensive game against the Chargers on the road.
