Lions vs. Ravens Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Monday Night - Jared Goff, Derrick Henry, Jameson Williams, Sam LaPorta, Mark Andrews, DeAndre Hopkins, more

We couldn't ask for a more exciting matchup to conlude the Week 3 NFL slate, as two potential Super Bowl contenders will square off in primetime. The "real" NFL matchup is fantastic, and both teams are loaded with fantasy football contributors. Below, read about the fantasy football outlooks for key players like Jared Goff, Derrick […]

Chiefs vs. Giants Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Sunday Night Football - Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, Isiah Pacheco, Tyrone Tracy Jr., Travis Kelce, Malik Nabers, Marquise Brown, Wan'Dale Robinson, more...

The NFL season continues to chug right along! We close out the Week 3 Sunday slate with a primetime matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and New York Giants. Both of these squads will be hungry to get their first win of the season. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs travel to the Big Apple with […]

NFL Week 3 Predictions: Picks and Analysis for Every Football Game

Week 3 of the NFL season is here, and things are heating up fast. Just ask the teams that enter this week with 0-2 records... One such squad is Mike McDaniel's Miami Dolphins, who will kick things off on Thursday night against the undefeated Buffalo Bills. Things do get better as the weekend progresses, with […]

Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Week 3 Matchups Analysis (2025)

Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 3 matchups analysis and fantasy football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em picks! For anyone new here, this is our main weekly matchups column where we cover all games. Every week of the fantasy season, we will offer in-depth analysis of every player in every game. With some fantasy football managers entering […]

Key Starters and Tough Calls - Week 3 Lineup Spotlights for Fantasy Football Include Rhamondre Stevenson, Isiah Pacheco, Rome Odunze, and more

Welcome back to our Key Starters and Tough Calls article for Week 3 of the 2025 season. Scott Engel's Week 3 Lineup Spotlights column features key players to start or sit when faced with challenging lineup decisions. "The King" features players that may be causing fantasy anxiety for those who roster them. The fantasy football […]

2025 Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 3 Rankings

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025: 2025 fantasy football rankings Running back (RB) fantasy football rankings Wide receiver (WR) fantasy football rankings Tight end (TE) fantasy football rankings Quarterback (QB) fantasy football rankings FLEX fantasy football rankings Defense (D/ST) fantasy football rankings Kicker (K) fantasy football rankings Dynasty fantasy football rankings   In-Season […]

Fantasy Football Sleepers, Avoids: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 3 - RotoBaller Staff Roundtable

Whether you're 2-0, 1-1, or 0-2, it's early in the season, and injuries, role changes, and matchups will shake up the fantasy football landscape in the coming weeks. Surprise breakouts and unexpected busts always happen in the first two weeks of a new campaign, but it's far too early to overreact. We're here to help […]

Week 3 Fantasy Football Busts? Players Who May Disappoint (2025)

It's that time of the year again, when the season-long busts begin to separate themselves from the one-offs. You won't find the likes of Mark Andrews or Isiah Pacheco here. Their rest-of-season outlooks aren't looking very rosy. Instead, I'm here to crush your optimism about the good players on your fantasy roster. I do it […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Week 3 (2025)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 3 of the 2025 fantasy football season. Don't overreact to one week of fantasy football, but we'll have a decent sample of data after four or more weeks. We saw one-week samples flip in the opposite direction from Weeks 1 to 2 based on the matchup and […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Sneaky Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Adds Before Week 3

Hey RotoBallers! Two weeks of NFL action (and the opening game of Week 3) are already in the books. Even though we are just a few games into the season, several young players have already begun to climb the depth chart and are making a push to earn a starting job. This week, we will […]

Weekend Waiver Wire Rankings for Week 3 (2025): Fantasy Football Pickups for Dontayvion Wicks, Troy Franklin, Blake Corum, Woody Marks, Isaiah Likely

Welcome fellow RotoBallers to our weekend waiver wire rankings for fantasy football Week 3 of the 2025 season. This is the updated edition of our weekly waiver wire rankings, updated fresh for the weekend in case you need to make a move or want to stash a player on your bench or IR. As injury […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 3 (2025) - Ja'Marr Chase, Nico Collins, Drake London, Jakobi Meyers, Calvin Ridley

Welcome to the Wide Receiver Matchups to Target column for Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season. We're now working with a small two-game sample size in 2025, so we'll factor that in while giving more weight to other factors like implied totals, projected pace, and Vegas lines. This column hit big on Ja'Marr Chase […]

Booms and Busts - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits for Week 3 Lineups (2025)

Week 3 is upon us already. We had a mixed bag of results here last week. Our Sonic Boom did not work out so well after Breece Hall totaled just 29 rushing yards on 10 carries. Things looked great after Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver was ruled out with an ankle injury, but so […]

5 Fantasy Football Bold Predictions - Frank Ammirante's Week 3 Picks (2025)

We're onto Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season, so it's a good time to use what we learned in the first couple of weeks to help find our bold predictions. With that said, we have to balance this new information while trying not to overreact to a small sample. My Week 2 bold predictions […]

Running Back Matchups to Target in Week 3 (2025) - Bijan Robinson, Jonathan Taylor, Javonte Williams, Travis Etienne Jr.

So far through the first two weeks, we've done a pretty good job of identifying the top matchups for running backs, but there are always a few big performances that come from matchups that we didn't identify, too. The reality is that every team is still establishing its identity in terms of how much they […]

Week 3 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football defense streamers, starts, and tiered rankings for Week 3 of the 2025 season! Every week of the season, this article will contain the best and worst defensive options. Each defense will be ranked No. 1 through No. 32 until the end of the fantasy football season. This will be […]

Rest-of-Season Fantasy Football Rankings: Week 3 Updates for Top 200 (2025)

It's been two weeks and your brain is trying to find patterns amongst the noise, so let's hash things out with an updated rest-of-season rankings sheet! Most of your focus will be on the current week, which is valid, but we must keep the bigger picture in sight. That's our goal with the Week 3 […]

Week 3 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Welcome back to our fantasy football kicker streamers, starts, and tiered rankings for Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season. Kickers were on full display last week, showing they can be game changers for fantasy just as much as star wideouts or running backs. For instance, Brandon Aubrey put up a monster performance in Week […]

NFL Pick 'Em Pool Picks (Week 3) - Targets, Avoids, Predictions for Pick'em Contests (2025)

Welcome back to our NFL Pick'em Pool Picks for Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season. Two weeks are already down in the NFL season, and we can start to learn a lot about each team. The Indianapolis Colts, at least early on, look like one of the out-of-nowhere type teams that win more games […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks: Week 3 Targets and Avoids

Welcome back to our NFL Survivor Pool Picks for Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season! There are so many different pools, fantasy leagues, weekly bets, and futures bets that it's hard to decide what to do with these choices. But survivor pools are the oldest and simplest leagues out there. All you have to […]

Sneaky Starts, Pivot Plays, and Waiver Wire Stashes for Week 3 Fantasy Football (2025)

We are just two weeks in, and the injury bug has already bitten most fantasy football teams. If you were not directly impacted, there is still a good chance that you have a player who has been somehow impacted by everything going on. There are already a ton of teams in need of a new […]

Jamie Calandro's Week 3 Fantasy Football Rankings - The Industry's Most Accurate Ranker

RotoBaller writer Jamie Calandro shares his Week 3 fantasy football lineup rankings for RB, WR, TE, and QB. After two weeks, Jamie's is atop the leaderboard at FantasyPros with the most accurate player rankings in the industry! The following includes analysis that will hopefully help you make some tough decisions when it comes to sit/start. […]

Week 3 Fantasy Football Rankings Analysis - Laghezza vs. Mariano Rankings Comparisons

Freaky Friday can only mean one thing ... RotoBaller's Week 3 Rankings: Clash Of The Titans! You want to be the best? You have to beat the best, so all season I'll be putting my work up against our resident living legend, Nick Mariano. Last week, I took down the round, pushing James Cook against […]

Top Fantasy Football D/ST Rankings (Weeks 3, 4, 5, 6) - Defense Streamers and Starts (2025)

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football D/ST streamers and starts for Weeks 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the 2025 season. Every week of the fantasy football season, we will go through the best defensive streaming options that fantasy managers have to consider picking up weeks in advance.  In the first two weeks, this article has […]

IDP Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 3 - Streamers, Fades, Matchups for Defensive Players

Considering this article is all about streaming and sitting defenders in fantasy, it seems relevant to talk about the King of IDP in the 2020s: T.J. Watt. While we warned you that Watt's advanced metrics and production were dipping last year, he remained the top defender on most IDP boards entering the season, including ours. […]

Fantasy Football Landmines to Avoid for Week 3? Tee Higgins, James Conner, Bo Nix, more

Two weeks are in the books, and the fantasy football landscape is beginning to take shape. The early-season chaos is slowly giving way to discernible trends, and the line between legitimate contenders and waiver-wire fodder is becoming clearer. This is a critical juncture where managers are tempted to overreact—chasing last week’s points, panicking over a […]

Buy Low, Sell High - Week 3 Fantasy Football Trade Values and Avoids

We got our second look at the landscape of the NFL, and while storylines are starting to take shape, there are opportunities that fantasy managers can take advantage of. The overreactions are still in play, which leaves the door open to trading busts and buy breakouts before it’s too late. Here are three players to […]

Wide Receiver Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Fantasy Football Week 3 (2025)

Choosing who to start and sit, outside of your elite players, is often a difficult task. But it's something you just have to do -- no fair league has one team stacked with clearly elite players from Week 1. It's rare to have a lineup full of must-starts at every position, and even players that […]

Fantasy Football Rankings - Running Backs (RB) Week 3 Weekend Updates

No matter how your fantasy football team has performed so far, there is plenty of time for things to change, so continue to be diligent with your lineup decisions. We're here to help with our updated Week 3 fantasy football running back rankings for 2025. If you are looking for assistance with your start-sit calls […]