🚨 Week 3 Start 'em or Sit 'em 🚨

Plus everything you need to know heading into Week 3 of the 2020 NFL Season [View this email in your browser]( NFL Week 3 fantasy football start 'em or sit 'em The NFL action in Week 2 left our fantasy football rosters devastated by injuries. We did our best to fill the gaps by adding hopeful commodities off the waiver wire ahead of Week 3, but with new and revamped rosters, there are sure to be tough roster decisions on the horizon. Without further ado, get ready for the third edition of the 2020 PFF fantasy football start ‘em or sit ‘em. [FANTASY FOOTBALL WEEK 3 START 'EM OR SIT 'EM]( Hartitz: Fantasy Football Week 3 Mismatch Manifesto The NFL is a matchup-driven league. Offensive coordinators are always looking to scheme their playmakers into one-on-one situations against a defender, while defensive coordinators will attempt to do anything in their power to upset the timing and rhythm of the opposing QB. [READ MORE]( DraftKings Showdown: Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Miami Dolphins Thursday Night Football The biggest wrinkle of the format is the ability to choose one captain, who costs and is scored at 1.5 times the standard values. The CPT designation opens up another layer of strategy while exponentially increasing the number of possible lineup combinations, which is important for reducing duplicate winners and split prizes. I wrote a primer on playing this format, with details on historical positional trends and salary usage. [READ MORE]( [SET THE PERFECT FANTASY LINEUP - SUBSCRIBE TO PFF TODAY]( Kremenjas: NFL Week 3 fantasy football start ’em or sit ’em The first two weeks of the NFL season have come and gone, and fantasy football roster adjustments are as frequent as ever with all the injuries we’ve seen thus far. Now that we have legitimate evidence for usage and opportunities, we’ll be able to more accurately project which players are slated for big weeks and which might be best to avoid for the week. This weekly article will help guide you through the toughest decisions when deciding which players to start and sit for the week. All scoring is based on standard 12-team leagues in a full-point PPR format. [KREMENJAS: START 'EM OR SIT 'EM WEEK 3]( NFL Week 2 trench matchups: Steelers defensive line, Bears offensive line set to dominate in Week 3 Week 3 of the NFL season is right in front of us, with tonight's[clash]( between [The Beard]( and [The Mustache]( just hours away. And just like that, we're now three episodes deep into our weekly series where we predict mismatches in the trenches by using predictive survival curve analysis. [READ MORE]( Fantasy Football Week 3 injury report: Updates on Davante Adams, Julio Jones, Cam Akers and more A player's injury status can have a significant effect on fantasy football — it can alter draft strategy, roster construction and, most importantly, it can determine[start-or-sit decisions]( for your fantasy team. [READ MORE]( [DON'T MAKE A SINGLE BET WITHOUT USING PFF GREENLINE - SUBSCRIBE TODAY]( Sharpe's Take: Best NFL bets to make in Week 3 Using the data from thousands of 2020 NFL season simulations, we can look at each team's playoff leverage ahead of their Week 3 games. In the charts below, the number to the left of a team is their chances of making the playoffs with a Week 3 loss, the number to the right is their chances of making the playoffs with a Week 3 win. The difference between the two numbers can be thought of as their “leverage.” In other words, how much is at stake for them in Week 3. [WEEK 3: BEST NFL BETS]( Favorite futures bets ahead of NFL Week 3 NFL Week 2 came and went, with closing-line favorites going 14-2 straight up (and Rams, also a winner, were at one point favorites in Philly). The futures market moved accordingly. [Last week we saw some significant value]( in the futures market, and according to the [FanDuel]( sportsbook, the numbers post-Week 2 have mostly moved in our direction: - Kansas City +550 to win the Super Bowl has stayed the same - Seattle +195 to win the NFC West and +1400 to win the Super Bowl are now +170 and +1300, respectively - Green Bay +2600 to win the Super Bowl is now +2100 - Tennessee +125 to win the AFC South is now +100 [WEEK 3: FAVORITE FUTURES BETS]( 5 NFL teams with the most to gain or lose in Week 3 In a 16-game NFL season, every game matters. It's part of what makes the NFL so entertaining  — there are very few weeks where a bad result means nothing. In that sense, every team has something to gain and lose in Week 3, but for some, this week matters more than others. Here are a few teams who have a lot riding on their upcoming Week 3 game. [READ MORE]( Ranking the highest-graded offensive linemen ahead of NFL Week 3 There are no readily available statistics to shine a light on offensive line play, and more often than not, it’s a negative when attention comes that way during a broadcast. It’s an unheralded position group, but we’re ready to give the guys up front who have stood out across the first two weeks of the season some love. These are the 10 offensive linemen who have graded out the highest thus far in the 2020 season using PFF’s play-by-play grading system — a system you can read more about [here](. [READ MORE]( Best NFL game stacks to target for DFS GPPs in Week 3 Stacking is essential to success in DFS GPPs. The average user who submits a handful of lineups on any one DFS slate doesn’t stack nearly enough in their lineups. The art of stacking is a way to increase variance, which is the only option that offers enough upside to win a GPP tournament. An overlooked approach is the game-level stack, which takes not only a quarterback and pass-catching option but also runs it back with a pass-catcher or running back from the opposing team. [WEEK 3: GAME STACKS TO TARGET FOR DFS GPPS]( All first-time depositors at Monkey Knife Fight - Add $20 to your account use code PFF When you put at least $20 into your Monkey Knife Fight account with our PFF promo code, you'll receive a FREE PFF EDGE - Annual subscription! That’s a $40 value for just $20! Not to mention you’ll get the opportunity to turn that $20 into even more money playing daily fantasy and prop games at one of the fastest growing fantasy sports sites in the USA in Monkey Knife Fight. 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