Fantasy Football: 2015 Week 3 NFL Survivor Pool Picks

Eli Manning ranks third. If you’re counting on Ryan Tannehill and crew coming out of the bye, I can understand a hold to see if they’re emboldened by the new staff, but I’m cutting ties.

Snead caught all 6 of his targets for 89 yards last week, and he’s played on at least 39 snaps three weeks running. For Gary Barnidge, however, the fun stops here.

For those who haven’t played before, I think it’s a better version of fantasy football because it’s week to week instead of the entire season. Just another reason to have exposure towards Benjamin everywhere. They’re also bad against wide receivers, where they’ve allowed the 7th most fantasy points. And this week’s tight end facing the Raiders – they’re allowing 18 fantasy points per game to the position, next most is 13 is Denver’s available Owen Daniels. He started slowly against the Cardinals before revving the engines in the second half and showing the same sort of magic he had displayed over two and a half seasons at the University of Georgia before ripping up his knee midway through his junior year.

What a disaster. I’ve been in survivor pools for more than a decade and I can’t recall a week like we saw last week when so numerous “favorites” went down. He had 149 total yards on 19 touches – 14 carries for 68 yards and five catches for 81 yards. In addition, since 1960, only seven running backs ever accomplished it at a younger age: Le’Veon Bell (2014), Eric Dickerson (1983), Steven Jackson (2006), Walter Payton (1977), Clinton Portis (2003), Ricky Watters (1992) and Ricky Williams (2000). Pick him up while you can, as his ownership has seen a bump of 27% in the last day. Gordon is averaging just over five fantasy points per game.

Hankerson benefits from the Falcons’ high-flying offense.

If Ted Ginn Jr. could come out the woodwork and score two touchdowns against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers…oh yeah, better believe the Bucs’ secondary is in trouble.

If anything, there’s a greater than zero chance that Chipotle continues appreciating King Kirk. I’ll sign off on the Giants defense this weekend against the 49ers as Colin Kaepernick has looked terrible so far this season.

Dolphins: You may need a backup for receiver Rishard Matthews, who has hauled in 278 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He should be stashed for his upside alone, plus, he is a very unsafe red zone weapon right now. As much as I would love to say that Hillman will be the lead guy, he’€™s been stuffed nearly as much as Anderson. Percy Harvin, Decker, Kendall Wright and Allen Hurns have combined for 31 catches on 43 targets for 387 yards and four touchdowns against Indianapolis, which translates to 15.68 fantasy points per game in standard-scoring leagues. Eddie Royal (38) would get bumped up if Jeffery is out, but he makes for a nice boom-or-bust WR3 either way.

Sam Bradford recorded 36 percent of his completions over 20 yards all last week no thanks to his butt.

Watkins (calf) hasn’t practiced all week and seems unlikely to play. New Orleans has allowed six receivers to either score a touchdown or have 82 receiving yards in a game.

If you started him last week, you were probably expecting more, but he still had a solid game in Week 4.

On the other side, Drew Brees is now battling a rotator cuff issue and the Saints have looked lost without Jimmy Graham. Again, you shouldn’t be starting him, but he’s a shot in the dark in DFS. Sleeper alert for Willie Snead. Hurns and Bortles have developed great chemistry over their first two years together, and this makes Hurns second week in a row with a touchdown.

In hindsight, Chicago may have accomplished the most impressive feat of the year during Week 1. Murray is averaging 1.6 yards per carry…yes, you read that correctly.

For the first time in his career, Ted Ginn now has a 2 touchdown performance under his belt. Again, I don’t know why anyone would expect the Eagles to be a good running team this week.

“When the guys were walking out and the “Macarena” was playing, none of them had heard it before”. You’re ignoring any other receivers from Kansas City, but TE Travis Kelce is another guy you have to start every week.

It’s not entirely their fault. The Chargers have a few serious question marks along their offensive line.