News: BTB: Fantasy Football rankings 2018: Your “Magnificent 7” for each position in week 3

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Here are your fantasy rankings for each position in week 3

[Welcome Fantasy Football owners to your weekly rankings! We’re here to bring forth the Top-7 players for each position. Think of this as your “Magnificent 7” if you will to get you geared up for the week!]

Here are the projected top performers for week 3:

Quarterbacks

Rank​

Player​

Opp.​

Home/Away​

Proj. Pts. (Yahoo)
1​

Aaron Rodgers​

Commanders​

Away​

22.69
2​

Pat Mahomes​

49ers​

Home​

22.62
3​

Tom Brady​

Lions​

Away​

22.12
4​

Matthew Stafford​

Patriots​

Home​

20.83
5​

Russell Wilson​

Cowboys​

Home​

20.38
6​

Cam Newton​

Bengals​

Home​

20.19
7​

Deshaun Watson​

Giants​

Home​

20.1​

Ryan Fitzpatrick! If you’re in need of a signal caller, how can you not go with Fitzy? He just put up 400 passing yards and four touchdowns on the Eagles, who were Top-10 in stopping quarterbacks. Now, Fitzy gets the Steelers, who give up the sixth-most points to quarterbacks.

Wide Receivers

Rank​

Player​

Opp.​

Home/Away​

Proj. Pts. (Yahoo)
1​

Antonio Brown​

Buccaneers​

Away​

18.09
2​

DeAndre Hopkins​

Giants​

Home​

17.1
3​

Michael Thomas​

Falcons​

Away​

16.95
4​

Tyreek Hill​

49ers​

Home​

15.34
5​

Odell Beckham Jr.​

Texans​

Away​

14.93
6​

Julio Jones​

Saints​

Home​

14.36
7​

Mike Evans​

Steelers​

Home​

13.88​

Mohamed Sanu is a great play against the Saints this week, nobody is giving up more points to receivers than New Orleans.

Running Backs

Rank​

Player​

Opp.​

Home/Away​

Proj. Pts. (Yahoo)
1​

Alvin Kamara​

Falcons​

Away​

22.35
2​

Todd Gurley II​

Chargers​

Home​

22.3
3​

David Johnson​

Bears​

Home​

18.94
4​

Kareem Hunt​

49ers​

Home​

17.81
5​

Ezekiel Elliott​

Seahawks​

Away​

17.16
6​

Christian McCaffrey​

Bengals​

Home​

16.49
7​

Saquon Barkley​

Texans​

Away​

16.42​

Latavius Murray is a solid play this week as he’s up against a Bills defense that surrenders the seventh-most points to backs this season.

Tight Ends

Rank​

Player​

Opp.​

Home/Away​

Proj. Pts. (Yahoo)
1​

Rob Gronkowski​

Lions​

Away​

12.74
2​

Travis Kelce​

49ers​

Home​

12.74
3​

Zach Ertz​

Colts​

Home​

11.32
4​

Jimmy Graham​

Cowboys​

Home​

9.06
5​

Jordan Reed​

Packers​

Home​

8.39
6​

Evan Engram​

Texans​

Away​

8.28
7​

George Kittle​

Chiefs​

Away​

8.26​

Ian Thomas is a risky play worth the reward as he’s going to be the guy for the near future in Carolina. This week Thomas gets a Bengals defense that allows the second-most points to tight ends.

Kickers

Rank​

Player​

Opp.​

Home/Away​

Proj. Pts. (Yahoo)
1​

Justin Tucker​

Broncos​

Home​

11.45
2​

Stephen Gostkowski​

Lions​

Away​

11.45
3​

Harrison Butker​

49ers​

Home​

11.28
4​

Matt Bryant​

Saints​

Home​

10.51
5​

Robbie Gould​

Chiefs​

Away​

10.25
6​

Chris Boswell​

Buccaneers​

Away​

10.12
7​

Jake Elliott​

Colts​

Home​

10.1​

Go with Panthers kicker Graham Gano this week as well because the Bengals are giving up the sixth-most points to kickers. This could be a defensive slugfest and the edge goes to Gano.

Defense

Rank​

Player​

Opp.​

Home/Away​

Proj. Pts. (Yahoo)
1​

Vikings​

Bills​

Home​

13.54
2​

Texans​

Giants​

Home​

9.43
3​

Jaguars​

Titans​

Home​

8.76
4​

Ravens​

Broncos​

Home​

8.64
5​

Eagles​

Colts​

Home​

8.01
6​

Browns​

Jets​

Home​

7.97
7​

Panthers​

Bengals​

Home​

7.26​

The Chiefs defense is my play of the week here because they get the 49ers, at home, with San Francisco giving up the second-most points to defenses.

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