Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 3, 2026
Updated: Sep 24
Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 3 are likely to look very different between most Fantasy Football sites. Many analysts know not to overreact to what we saw in the first two weeks, but we definitely need to use some of the information to stay Bayesian and adjust or prior predictions. There is tremendous variance in football every week, we just don’t have relevant, applicable data to go from yet. We can use stats from last season, but every team has changed since then, some in very significant ways, on both offense and defense.
Week 3 Schedule
Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers Thursday, 8:15pm ET
Seattle Seahawks at Washington Commanders 1:00pm ET
New England Patriots at Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00pm ET
Carolina Panthers at Cleveland Browns 1:00pm ET
Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00pm ET
New York Jets at Detroit Lions 1:00pm ET
Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts 1:00pm ET
Los Angeles Chargers at Buffalo Bills 1:00pm ET
Tennessee Titans at New York Giants 1:00pm ET
Kansas City Chiefs at Miami Dolphins 1:00pm ET
Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers 4:05pm ET
Minnesota Vikings at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4:05pm ET
Las Vegas Raiders at New Orleans Saints 4:25pm ET
Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys 4:25pm ET
Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos 8:20pm ET
Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears Monday, 8:15pm ET
Fantasy Football Weekly Rankings
When examining these fantasy football weekly rankings, take into consideration that I am really only looking at positional ranks, not flex or overall rankings. When it comes to who you start in the flex a lot will depend on your specific league rules and roster construction. If players are ranked within 3 spots of each other the difference between them is negligible, they are expected to score the same amount of points, in those cases go with your gut, flip a coin, or join our Discord Channel.
Quarterback
The Giants officially placed Jaxson Dart (knee) on injured reserve Thursday, Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports. This transaction was inevitable after it was revealed Dart will miss the rest of the regular season due to damage to the MCL, PCL and meniscus that he suffered in his left knee during the Giants' Week 2 loss to the Rams. Fortunately for Dart, his ACL is intact, and head coach John Harbaugh also told Connor Hughes of SNY.tv on Wednesday that the second-year quarterback may be able to return in the postseason, if the team qualifies. In the meantime, Jameis Winston will cover QB duties for the Giants.
Bears HC Ben Johnson said he does not think Caleb Williams (hamstring) will practice this week. While he doesn’t expect Williams to practice this week, Johnson did not rule out the possibility of him playing in Week 4, next Monday night against the Eagles.
Jayden Daniels (elbow) underwent imaging and he and the team will “consult with a variety of experts” over the next few days. As soon as we hear "second opinion" it means the first one was REALLY bad.
The Ringer’s Tom Pelissero reports Marcus Mariota is expected to start in Week 3 against the Seahawks.
Falcons named Michael Penix as the starter for Week 3 against the Packers. Tua Tagovailoa (oblique) returned to practice on Tuesday.
The Ringer’s Tom Pelissero reports Kyler Murray has cleared concussion protocol and will start in Week 3 against the Buccaneers.
Seahawks HC Mike Macdonald said Sam Darnold (glute) is on track to practice this week.
Running Back
D'Andre Swift has 40 touches through 2 games. That's a 1,981 total yard pace, small sample, but the workload is very real.
Bhayshul Tuten is dominating the JAX backfield right now, through 2 games he has 28 carries and 3 catches for 150 total yards. It's not massive usage, but in a good offense, he should deliver low-end RB2 production with that workload.
Saquon Barkley (shoulder) said Thursday that his MRI "went well" when asked about his chances of playing in Monday's game at Chicago, Jeff McLane of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Barkley departed after the Eagles' first offensive snap this past Sunday at Tennessee and was diagnosed with a stinger, but he returned after halftime and finished Week 2 with four carries for nine yards and one catch (on two targets) for 11 yards. Because the Eagles play the Bears on Monday Night Football in Week 3, Philadelphia didn't hold practice until Thursday this week, and Barkley was seen wearing a protective device on his shoulder and neck area during the open portion of that session, per Zach Berman of The Athletic. Barkley's activity level will become known once the team posts its first injury report of the week.
Travis Etienne (hamstring) practiced in a limited capacity Thursday, Mike Triplett of NewOrleans.Football reports. Etienne is operating with restrictions on his practice reps this week due to a hamstring injury and now has just one more chance to get back to full Friday before the Saints potentially tag him with a designation for Sunday's game against the Raiders. Fellow RB Kendre Miller didn't practice Thursday because of an illness, so Alvin Kamara and CJ Donaldson currently are the healthy options at the position on the active roster.
