NFL Week 3 Positional Fantasy Football Rankings

Each week, PFF's fantasy football analysts post rankings in PPR, non-PPR and 0.5-PPR formats for the league's offensive skill positions. IDP rankings are also folded into the mix, making the PFF rankings pages the go-to resource for all your fantasy football decisions during the 2021 NFL season.

According to FantasyPros, my rankings placed second in accuracy among 149 experts in 2020 and third among 129 experts in 2019. Through two weeks of the 2021 season, I rank 16th out of 192.

Here are my fantasy football rankings for Week 3 of the 2021 NFL season, including some notes about players to help you make your weekly decisions.

Last Updated: 11:45 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 26

Key

GM: Good matchup, using PFF's strength of schedule and matchup tools
BM: Bad matchup, using PFF's strength of schedule and matchup tools
DNP: Did not participate in team's most recent practice due to injury
LP: Limited participation in team's most recent practice due to injury
D: Player is doubtful to play due to injury
Q: Player is questionable to play due to injury
FA: Free agent available in at least 80% of ESPN leagues

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Quarterbacks

Rank	Name	Team	Opp	Notes
1	Kyler Murray	ARZ	@JAX	GM
2	Lamar Jackson	BLT	@DET	GM, Q
3	Patrick Mahomes	KC	LAC	GM
4	Josh Allen	BUF	WAS
5	Russell Wilson	SEA	@MIN	BM
6	Jalen Hurts	PHI	@DAL
7	Dak Prescott	DAL	PHI
8	Tom Brady	TB	@LA	BM
9	Justin Herbert	LAC	@KC
10	Matthew Stafford	LA	TB	BM
11	Aaron Rodgers	GB	@SF	BM
12	Daniel Jones	NYG	ATL
13	Teddy Bridgewater	DEN	NYJ
14	Kirk Cousins	MIN	SEA
15	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	IND
16	Justin Fields	CHI	@CLV
17	Derek Carr	LV	MIA	GM
18	Sam Darnold	CAR	@HST	GM, FA
19	Baker Mayfield	CLV	CHI	GM
20	Matt Ryan	ATL	@NYG
21	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	CIN
22	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	ARZ
23	Jimmy Garoppolo	SF	GB	FA
24	Jared Goff	DET	BLT	FA
25	Joe Burrow	CIN	@PIT
26	Jacoby Brissett	MIA	@LV	FA
27	Taylor Heinicke	WAS	@BUF	FA
28	Carson Wentz	IND	@TEN	Q, FA
29	Mac Jones	NE	NO	BM, FA
30	Jameis Winston	NO	@NE
31	Davis Mills	HST	CAR	FA
32	Zach Wilson	NYJ	@DEN	BM, FA
33	Taysom Hill	NO	@NE	FA
34	Trey Lance	SF	GB

This is a good week to stream a quarterback. Teddy Bridgewater and Daniel Jones are both widely available and have ranked among the top-12 fantasy quarterbacks so far this season. It could be worth adding them just to make sure another fantasy manager can’t do it.

Other quarterbacks who typically make the top-12, like Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Matthew Stafford, have some of the toughest matchups of the week. They don’t have the same rushing floors as other top-12 quarterbacks, which makes them riskier. You could also bench someone off to a slow start, like Ryan Tannehill.