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Fantasy Football waiver wire Week 3: Players you

 should be picking up In-season moves are just as important to winning in fantasy football as the initial draft. There’s always more you can do to improve your roster White Patrick Omameh Jerseys , so of course the waiver wire is always a busy place at the start of each week. Early in the season, there’s a lot of potential help that went undrafted and can help change a fantasy season.The players below are available in fewer than half of Yahoo/ESPN leagues, though I’ll try to keep those percentages a little lower for most players. I’ll also try to not repeat players, but if anyone from last week’s list — especially Will Dissly, Phillip Lindsey, or Geronimo Allison — are still available, grab them too.John Brown, WR, Baltimore RavensRostered - Yahoo: 26 percent | ESPN: 24.1 percentA healthy John Brown is really good and it looks like John Brown is healthy. Brown is only tied for second on the Ravens in targets (14) with Willie Snead, behind Michael Crabtree (16), but he’s the clear big play threat on the offense. He’s been the target on 35.8 percent on the team’s intended air yards, per Next Gen Stats Patrick Omameh Jerseys 2019 , which is 15th among wide receivers.While Brown is the big play threat in an offense that’s now more willing to go down the field, Brown is also the top red zone target so far. Through two games Brown has been the intended target on four of Joe Flacco’s 13 red zone passes (30.8 percent) while no other Raven has more than two targets.There’s no reason for Brown to be rostered in just over a quarter of leagues.Ricky Seals-Jones, TE, Arizona CardinalsRostered - Yahoo: 27 percent | ESPN: 13.5 percentThere’s not a lot to like about the Arizona Cardinals offense right now. The coaching staff doesn’t even really seem to know what’s going on. In the same press conference on Monday, head coach Steve Wilks said the offense needed to be scaled down to be less complicated and they needed to be be more creative in getting David Johnson the ball.But Seals-Jones has been the “deep threat” in this offense. He leads the team with 23.9 percent of the team’s intended air yards, which is fifth-most among tight ends. He’s also second on the team in targets through two weeks, just behind Larry Fitzgerald.The Cardinals are likely to be in game situations when they have to pass often and while it’s a relative conservative offense right now, when they go deep, it’s to Seals-Jones. Arizona also has to run more than 47 plays per game throughout the season. He could also see an uptick in volume once Josh Rosen takes over at quarterback. Chris Godwin, WR, Tampa Bay BuccaneersRostered - Yahoo: 35 percent | ESPN: 34.1 percentThe Buccaneers offense is on fire right now, but even while that’s not going to last on this pace White Mario Edwards Jerseys , there’s some good indicators for fantasy stability. One of the benefits of Todd Munkin taking over as the offensive play caller has been the ability to spread the ball around. DeSean Jackson has been getting all the deep targets and Mike Evans is still Mike Evans, but Chris Godwin has been able to play a significant role in the passing game as the No. 3.Tampa Bay hasn’t been in the red zone often — that happens when you’re scoring from 75 yards out — but Godwin is the only player on the roster with multiple red zone targets (two of Ryan Fitzpatrick’s seven passes) and they’ve both gone for touchdowns. Godwin is also getting his shots down the field, he has an aDOT of 14.1, which is second on the team behind Jackson. There’s a lot of weapons in Tampa Bay right now, but just about all of them have fantasy value.Austin Ekeler, RB, Los Angeles ChargersRostered - Yahoo: 45 percent | ESPN: 43 percentEkeler got 11 carries and 77 rushing yards in Week 2. Some of that was due to Melvin Gordon being sidelined for some of the game due to injury. But Gordon hasn’t alway been consistently healthy in his career — 2017 was the first team in Gordon’s first three seasons in which he played in all 16 games. Even if Gordon is on the field, it’s been clear the Chargers want to have a role for Ekeler.In the red zone, Ekeler has two targets, two receptions, a receiving touchdown, and two rushing attempts. That puts him only behind Gordon in red zone opportunities. Ekeler is third on the team in targets Mario Edwards Jerseys 2019 , a role that should continue as the season progresses.Chris Ivory, RB, Buffalo BillsRostered - Yahoo: 5 percent | ESPN: 3.2 percentThe Buffalo Bills offense is bad, like really really bad. But fantasy football is about opportunity and Chris Ivory might have some of that real soon. LeSean McCoy has cracked rib cartilage and will be questionable for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings. There’s really no reason for McCoy to push to play if he’s not near 100 percent. While a meeting with the Vikings isn’t a great matchup for an opposing running back, especially for a team that’s going to be trailing often, but if the starting job is there and you’re desperate at running back already, Ivory could be worth a look.Pro Football Focus numbers, more from Giants vs. Browns Let’s take a quick look back at some of the numbers from Thursday’s New York Giants-Cleveland Browns preseason game, courtesy of Pro Football Focus.Giants wide receivers were credited with 7 drops. PFF listed Hunter Sharp and Jerell Adams with two each, and Scott Simonson, Jonathan Stewart and Robert Martin with one.That’s something that can’t make coach Pat Shurmur happy. He has consistently emphasized the importance of catching the ball, offensively and defensively.“I think it is important that we catch the football White Kerry Wynn Jerseys ,” Shurmur said after a recent practice. “catching the football, dropping balls, we can’t do it. Whether it’s an interception that can change the game or the obvious, receivers catching it from quarterbacks, we have to be a team that catches the ball well.Outside linebacker Avery Moss (89.0) was the highest-graded defender. He had two stops in 20 snaps. Linebacker Alec Ogletree (40.9 in 11 snaps) was the lowest-graded defender. Ogletree was victimized for a 36-yard touchdown pass from Tyrod Taylor to tight end David Njoku.The Giants seem to have had problems covering tights ends for years now. Njoku caught two passes, both for touchdowns, for 46 yards.Offensive tackle Nick Becton allowed zero total pressures in 5 pass-blocking snaps. Fellow offensive guards John Jerry and John Greco allowed zero total pressures as well across 25 pass-blocking snaps each. Davis Webb recorded a passer rating of 49.4 over 23 drop backs which was second to last among quarterbacks with at least 15 drop backs over the slate of games onThursday.Center competition — Brett Jones had a 71.7 overall grade in 25 snaps, 22 of which were pass-blocking. He allowed zero pressures. Jon Halapio had a grade of 53.0 in 16 snaps. He surrendered a sack and had a grade of only 37.3 in 9 pass-blocking snaps. The sack of Eli Manning was, per PFF, on Halapio.Cornerback B.W. Webb was targeted 6 in 20 coverage snaps, the most among Giants cornerbacks. Of those 6 targets, he allowed 3 receptions for 40 yards and had a 71.5 passer rating when targeted. Defensive lineman Josh Banks recorded 2 run stops in 12 run defense snaps which resulted in a 16.7 percent run stop percentage. Fellow edge defender Jordan Williams also impressed by recording 3 run stops in 8 run defense snaps (37.5 percent run stop percentage).Rookie running back Robert Martin averaged 7.8 yards per rushing attempt (5 carries Kerry Wynn Jerseys 2019 , 39 yards). He got an impressive 3.4 of those 7.8 yards after contact.Malcolm Bunche, trying to make the team as a reserve offensive tackle, gave up a team-high 3 pressures (a sack, 2 quarterback hurries) in 16 pass-blocking snaps.Snap countsTight end Jerell Adams played the most offensive snaps, 40.Kalif Raymond and Hunter Sharp led the receivers with 27 snaps playeds, and Roger Lewis Jr. played 26.Cornerback Chris Lews-Harris played a team-high 51 snaps.Cornerback Leonard Johnson, a Giant for less than a week, played 45.Rookie B.J. Hill got starter treatment, playing only 9 snaps and exiting with the first unit.

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