It’s Week 3 of the 2020 NFL season, and we’ve got more football ahead, starting with Thursday’s Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars matchup.
As always, we’re here to help with your weekly decisions with our fantasy lineup advice. Each week, we give you the studs (players with plus matchups due to the defense they’re facing or their team situation), duds (players with tougher matchups or who are in muddled roster situations at the moment) and sleepers (a player you might consider starting who could be in for a big week).
Here are the names we’ve got for Week 3, and as we always say, good luck!!
Studs
QB Gardner Minshew, Jacksonville Jaguars
Three touchdown passes in his first two 2020 games, and now he gets a Thursday night matchup against the Dolphins, who have given up the seventh-most passing yards in the league so far.
RB Kenyan Drake, Arizona Cardinals
Okay, so he hasn’t been the stud he was last year when the Cards acquired him. But he gets a matchup this week against the Lions, who happen to own the worst run defense in the NFL entering Week 3.
WR Terry McLaurin, Washington Football Team
He had a stud game last week and I expect another one this week against the Browns.
TE Jonnu Smith, Tennessee Titans
The Vikings have been a sieve against the pass. Smith could end up with a third straight week with at least one score.
Duds
QB Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
It depends on whether Michael Thomas is ready to return, but even if that happens: do you trust Brees when he hasn’t put up numbers like he used to? There could be a lot of throwing against the Packers but I’m not starting him anyway.
RB David Johnson, Houston Texans
The Steelers have the NFL’s best run D right now, and even though Johnson is the bell-cow in Houston, he’s only gotten 11 rushes in each of his first two games. If you can bench him, this is the week to do it.
WR Michael Gallup, Dallas Cowboys
The matchup against the Seahawks could be good, but his upside has been capped by CeeDee Lamb. With just five targets in each of his first two games, you may have to find another option to lean on this week.
TE Chris Herndon, New York Jets
Sigh. With Jamison Crowder out in Week 2, the hope was he’d get a ton of volume. He did not. And now, the Colts and their pass defense (including shutting down TEs in the first two weeks) loom.
Sleepers
QB Daniel Jones, New York Giants
Saquon Barkley is done for the season, which means he could be leaned upon more. The Niners’ defense is banged up. So maybe we’re in for a high-volume game from the QB who hasn’t done much to start the year.
RB Joshua Kelley, Los Angeles Chargers
He’s taken over the Melvin Gordon role for the Chargers alongside Austin Ekeler. This week, if the Chargers build a big lead, they’ll lean on him to close it out.
WR Diontae Johnson, Pittsburgh Steelers
(Whispers) Is he actually the WR1 in Pittsburgh? His 23 targets in the past two weeks tell me it’s possible. It’s worth starting him against the Texans to find out.
TE Mike Gesicki, Miami Dolphins
One of the preseason sleeper favorites snoozed in Week 1 against the Patriots, then broke out (8-of-11 catches, 130 yards and a score) against the Bills. I think the latter could happen again on Thursday against the Jags.
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