Week 3 fantasy football waiver wire

Giovani Bernard – Bengals: Bernard stepped up bigtime this weekend, running the ball 20 times for 123 yards, and adding 3 catches for another 16 yards. He also added a third touchdown on a punt return. That’s an average of 4.1 yards lost, which is otherwise known as a running back sack. The chemistry is obviously there between Benjamin and Manziel. Jones is much more of a dual threat than Morris, and that type of performance is going to warrant more playing time moving forward. Just kidding, but not really. Benjamin will have his fair share of deep shots, especially if Manziel is under center, giving him a chance to be flex worthy if he can keep this up. Just write off all of my leagues if Anderson doesn’t come through with this matchup. Was on the field for 81% of the snaps last week. More recently, U.S. today reported that the Cowboys traded for Buffalo Bills quarterback Matt Cassel to replace Romo. Abdullah had just six rushes for nine yards in the game against the Vikings, but the running game overall was a mess. Each week through week 10, play for just $5 with prizes ONLY for Fantasy Alarm players. The better your selected players do on the field, the better your fantasy does, the more money you make.

Guys like Drew Brees, Matt Stafford, Jay Cutler and Tony Romo are either missing large portions of the season or rumored to miss some time. He is on an offense with a lot of weapons and he’s an athletic QB who can use his legs to get you points on the ground too. Taylor also threw the ball 30 times, connecting on 23 of them. So far this season Miller has 99 receiving yards and a touchdown. As for the offense, I feel like good things are already starting to take shape. Yeah, then Week 2 happened. Let’s get ready for Week 3. Jones had 19 carries in Week 2 and Morris had 18. The Bills defense has allowed the second-fewest fantasy points over the past year to quarterbacks, so Tannehill may be in for a long game. This is a look at the top signal callers in week 3 and why they should be productive.

With this additional certainty in-hand, the best DFS players will become more aggressive in week 3. Perhaps some waiver wire additions are in your future?

Players listed in previous weeks who are still addable in deep leagues: Lance Dunbar, RB, DAL (17%); Buck Allen, RB, BAL (1%); Josh Robinson, RB, IND (2%); Scott Chandler, TE, NE (5%). He has 15 targets through two weeks of the season, which is sixth most among all National Football League tight ends. For those who remember at the end of his career, Bettis would see 3 carries for 3 yards in a game, but would finish with 3 touchdowns! Some of those issues, like too many missed tackles, certainly won’t be swept under the carpet by this coaching staff. Improvements will be made.

Brady is actually one touchdown ahead of his 2007 pace, with seven touchdowns through the first two games. You need to pick up guys to absorb the loss of key players and to possibly plug in for those disappointing “stars”. David Johnson got just five carries, but he ran for 42 yards and a score. That is not going to be the case this year. Good grief. Luck lost plenty of fantasy owners’ close games in Week 2. To make matters worse, Cooper along with the Raiders will have to take their show on the road to Cleveland, a feat that didn’t go all so well last season as the Raiders failed to pick a lone road win across 8 contests. He’s also thrown two scores each week and is averaging 323 passing yards a game. And getting things right may involve funneling their offense through Murray at some point.

Ruben Randle – Giants: Fantasy owners were hoping that Randle would be the new Victor Cruz when they took a gamble on the new No. 2 WR for the Giants. The lack of production put him in the 25-27 range for fantasy RBs this week, nowhere near what owners were expecting when they drafted him in the 1 or 2 round. Current season games does wonders for a sharp’s confidence.

I got to witness firsthand Sunday night Doug Baldwin’s improved play in Year 5. Those big plays are tough to come by with regularity, but can alter a fantasy game at a moment’s notice. He would have to implode to lose his job to E.J. Manuel or Matt Cassel. Go get him and you will be fine for the coming week. He finished Week 2 with two more touches (22) than Alfred Morris (20) but compiled 74 more yards and also scored twice.

Blake Bortles: Jaguars QBPercentage of ESPN Leagues Available on Waiver Wire: 94%. That’s first and foremost. Brown has a 50 yard lead right now and I don’t see anyone else contending for this title. A lot better if their squads are going to be back in the hunt and in serious contention. A running back in Denver will have a good year. We know they won’t be playing anytime soon.

Bradford and the entire offense are just a mess right now.

Park on the bench: Rams RB Tre Mason got the start against the Redskins Sunday but managed only 26 rushing yards.

In terms of pure upside, running back David Johnson is the Johnson in Arizona owners want to pick up.