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Fantasy Football Week 3 Player Grades & Start/Sit Advice (2026)
Fantasy Football Week 3 Player Grades & Start/Sit Advice (2026)
By FantasyPros Staff on September 25, 2026

Welcome to Week 3, friends. As always, we’re here to provide you with some fantasy football Quick Grades (or Start/Sit Grades, if you prefer) for the week. We tapped our consensus projections and rankings, along with Derek Brown’s weekly Primer, to generate this … read more »

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Fantasy Football Rankings, Tiers & Start/Sit Advice (Week 3)
Fantasy Football Rankings, Tiers & Start/Sit Advice (Week 3)
By Pat Fitzmaurice on September 25, 2026

Feel free to use these tiered half-point PPR rankings as a tiebreaker for your difficult lineup decisions. Beneath the tiers, I’ll offer brief thoughts on a few of the borderline start/sit guys and some other interesting cases. Here are my … read more »

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10 Fantasy Football Stats You Need to Know (Week 3)
10 Fantasy Football Stats You Need to Know (Week 3)
By FantasyPros Staff on September 25, 2026

FantasyPros publishes approximately 7.7 million pieces of weekly fantasy football content to help you win your league and eventually take home fantasy gold. It can be difficult to read such a vast amount of content, which is why we’ve rounded … read more »

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Fantasy Football IDP Start/Sit Lineup Advice: Week 3 (2026) 
Fantasy Football IDP Start/Sit Lineup Advice: Week 3 (2026) 
By Raju Byfield on September 25, 2026

Thursday Night Football is complete, and fantasy football managers now turn their attention to the weekend’s contests as we try to decide which players to start and which players to sit. For IDP managers, this often becomes a matchup-focused decision, … read more »

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Fantasy Football Week 3 Start/Sit Advice: 25 Sleepers & Duds (2026)
Fantasy Football Week 3 Start/Sit Advice: 25 Sleepers & Duds (2026)
By FantasyPros Staff on September 24, 2026

Our Featured Pros have identified the fantasy football players they feel will outscore their projections and the ones most likely to disappoint fantasy managers this week. Here are your Week 3 sleepers and duds. Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups Weekly … read more »

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The Primer: Week 3 Edition (2026 Fantasy Football)
The Primer: Week 3 Edition (2026 Fantasy Football)
By Derek Brown on September 24, 2026

The Primer is presented by Leaguebase. Leaguebase is the private clubhouse for the one league that actually matters: the one with a decade of rivalries and inside jokes behind it. Connect your Sleeper, Yahoo, or ESPN league and everything comes … read more »

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6 Fantasy Football WR/CB Matchups to Know: Week 3 (2026)
6 Fantasy Football WR/CB Matchups to Know: Week 3 (2026)
By Adam Murfet on September 24, 2026

We are now at the point in the season where what we have seen over the last couple of weeks is enough to identify helpful trends for fantasy football WR/CB matchups. It is always easier to analyze data from the … read more »

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6 Fantasy Football Lineup Landmines: Start/Sit Advice (Week 3)
6 Fantasy Football Lineup Landmines: Start/Sit Advice (Week 3)
By Mike Fanelli on September 24, 2026

Arguably, the most frustrating thing in fantasy football is seeing someone in your starting lineup struggle that week. Therefore, the logic behind this article is simple – identify fantasy football lineup landmines. These are players you’re potentially leaning towards starting … read more »

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6 Fantasy Football Smash Starts: Week 3 (2026)
6 Fantasy Football Smash Starts: Week 3 (2026)
By Mike Fanelli on September 24, 2026

Welcome to Week 3 of the fantasy football season. Today, we dive into six smash starts for Week 3 fantasy football lineups. However, first, let me explain how I differentiate a smash start player from a must-start player for the … read more »

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4 Fantasy Football Players Trending Up & Down: Week 3 (2026)
4 Fantasy Football Players Trending Up & Down: Week 3 (2026)
By Wolf Trelles-Heard on September 24, 2026

Each week during the 2026 fantasy football season, I’ll highlight a few players whose stock is trending up or down based on injuries, usage, and performance. Some may be worth buying, while others might be heading in the opposite direction. … read more »

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