Best NFL Lines, Point Spreads and Betting Odds - Week 3 Football Bets Analysis (2025)

The NFL season rolls on into Week 3, kicking off tonight with a Thursday night matchup between the Dolphins and the Bills in the AFC East. Multiple teams will be starting backup quarterbacks this week, as injuries have already begun to take their toll on rosters across the league. With only two games' worth of […]

Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 3? DeVonta Smith, Calvin Ridley, Cam Skattebo, more

Hello again, RotoBallers, and welcome back to my fantasy football Warning Signals column for Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season -- my weekly exercise in hand-wringing over what to do with fantasy football rosters in the week ahead. As we enter Week 3, sample sizes are small, but a season could hinge on decisions […]

Targets, Air Yards, Snap Counts Analysis - Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers for Week 3 (2025)

Targets are paramount when it comes to evaluating pass-catchers for fantasy football. There are no air yards, receiving yards, receptions, or touchdowns without first earning a target. There’s a reason the biggest and most consistent target-earners are among the top fantasy point scorers; they can be relied on by not just their team’s offense to […]

Tight Ends Start 'Em, Sit 'Em and Fantasy Football Trends for Week 3 (2025)

The tight end position can be one of the most challenging and frustrating for fantasy managers to figure out. There are often not many good options, and the differences between players can be incredibly small. And they don't often show up where we'd like to think they would. When it comes to other positions, more […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dolphins vs. Bills Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Thursday Night - Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, De'Von Achane, Joshua Palmer, Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, Dalton Kincaid

This week's matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins has a very high implied total. Will that matter? Over the years, we have seen a lot of different variations of Thursday Night Football. Some games are mind-numbing punt-fests while others are offensive explosions. But the one thing you never want to see, especially for […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Thursday Night Football Bets, Anytime TD Scorer, and Player Props - Week 3 Expert TNF Picks (2025)

Thursday Night Football heads to Buffalo this week as we get a divisional matchup between the 2-0 Buffalo Bills and 0-2 Miami Dolphins. Both teams are coming off divisional matchups as well, with the Bills taking care of business at the Jets and the Dolphins losing a shootout to the Patriots. Miami is an 11.5-point […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 3 (2025)

Week 2 is in the books. It's not the time to panic about underperforming players, but we need to examine why they're underperforming. Conversely, are there trends to follow that we need to monitor? The same question applies to overperforming players: are they here to stay? We have another week of data to analyze, which […]

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 […]

Fantasy Football Matchups We Love - Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 3 (2025)

Our fantasy studs were back in fine form last week. Ja'Marr Chase, Malik Nabers, and Puka Nacua were among the league's best this week. Week 1 is often a feeling-out period for NFL teams. Week 2 is when the real fun begins. With that type of excitement back for NFL fans, it is time to […]

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 […]

Fact or Fiction: Fantasy Football Outlooks for Rhamondre Stevenson, Quentin Johnson, JK Dobbins, Zach Ertz

One of the most important parts of fantasy football is evaluating individual players' performances early in the season and determining, with the most accuracy you can, whether they're set up for year-long success or whether their big games are fluky. NFL teams are constantly looking to develop their young players into stars while simultaneously trying […]

Updated Waiver Wire Rankings for Week 3 (2025): Fantasy Football Pickups for Hunter Renfrow, Najee Harris, Quinshon Judkins, Jake Browning, Zach Ertz

It's not necessarily the most amazing week for waiver wire pickups, but there's always room to improve your teams and make winning moves -- so there are still several waiver wire options based on the positional need. Welcome to our updated waiver wire rankings for fantasy football Week 3 of the 2025 season. As the […]

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Fantasy Football Pickups to Target for Week 3 (2025)

And just like that, we have two full weeks of football in the stat sheets! There's much to react to, with plenty of injuries hitting the quarterback position in particular, as we continue to go mining for waiver gold. Sharpen that pickaxe with our famous waiver wire pickups list and our fantasy football waiver wire […]

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 […]

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 Trade Targets: Week 3 Buy Low, Sell High Candidates

In Week 1, only five teams managed to score over 30 points, and they were all clustered in just three games. Offenses started clicking in Week 2 as nine teams eclipsed 30 points in the early Sunday slate alone. While this was fun to watch, there were a ton of unexpected blow-up performances, so whether […]

Running Back Snap Count Risers and Fallers - Fantasy Football Breakout Watch for Week 3

Whether it's Week 3 or Week 10, the fantasy football season can pass you in a blink once it hits full swing. Every NFL slate rewrites team trajectories, and weeks feel like an eternity at times. At the end of the day, some things stay the same — regardless of format or flavor, touches, targets, […]

Week 3 Waiver Wire Pickups - Fantasy Football Free Agent Adds and Stashes (2025)

The waiver wire is arguably the most important tool that you have. While we focus so much on our drafts, oftentimes it's the waiver wire that can make or break our fantasy football season. It's crucial that you are active on your waiver wire. To do this, you need to have a good pulse on […]

Week 3 Fantasy Football Projections (Half PPR): RB, WR, TE, QB, K, D/ST

As we approach the third NFL slate and Week 3 of the fantasy football season, it's too early to draw conclusions about your roster, but fantasy managers should continue to make the most informed lineup decisions. Along with our fantasy football rankings, check out these Week 3 fantasy football projections for all positions. In the […]

Week 3 IDP Rankings for Fantasy Football (2025) - Defense Positional Rankings for LB, DL, DB

Through two weeks of the NFL season, no one would blame casual fans for wondering, "Does this year's rookie class stink?" After all, training camp stars like Matthew Golden are barely being used, while many top backs in the class have disappointed. Kaleb Johnson is a special teamer… and not a good one, while TreVeyon […]

Fantasy Football Week 3 Waiver Wire: Deeper League Pickups (QB, RB, WR, TE)

The best time to pivot in fantasy leagues is early in the season. Identifying players who are receiving larger or smaller workloads than expected and making adjustments to the roster is a quick way to unlock your team’s long-term upside. That is especially true in leagues that have deep benches. Being proactive on the waiver […]

The Cut List - Time to Let Go? Who to Drop for Fantasy Football Week 3

Welcome back to the Cut List for Week 3 of the 2025 fantasy football season. When it comes to the waiver wire and who we cut, we want to be bold, but not too reactionary. It's a fine line to walk. If we ignore concerning data points, we end up holding onto players too long […]

Running Back (RB) Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 3 (2025)

The current running back landscape isn't exactly what we expected. While the usual suspects such as Christian McCaffrey, James Cook, Bijan Robinson, Saquon Barkley, and Jonathan Taylor remain staples inside the top 12, we also have some interesting backs in Javonte Williams, Travis Etienne Jr., and Jaylen Warren making some early-season noise. It's only Week […]