Week 3 Rankings

Week 3 Tight Ends

RK	Player	TM	Opp
1	Travis Kelce	KC	BAL
2	George Kittle	SF	PIT
3	Zach Ertz	PHI	DET
4	Evan Engram	NYG	@TB
5	Mark Andrews	BAL	@KC
6	Darren Waller	OAK	@MIN
7	Delanie Walker	TEN	@JAC
8	Greg Olsen	CAR	@ARI
9	Austin Hooper	ATL	@IND
10	Vance McDonald	PIT	@SF
11	O.J. Howard	TB	NYG
12	Jared Cook	NO	@SEA
13	T.J. Hockenson	DET	@PHI
14	Eric Ebron	IND	ATL
15	Jimmy Graham	GB	DEN
16	Will Dissly	SEA	NO
17	Vernon Davis	WAS	CHI
18	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	OAK
19	Tyler Eifert	CIN	@BUF
20	Trey Burton	CHI	@WAS
21	Jason Witten	DAL	MIA
22	Dallas Goedert	PHI	DET
23	Jack Doyle	IND	ATL
24	Noah Fant	DEN	@GB
25	Demetrius Harris	CLE	LA
26	Gerald Everett	LA	@CLE
27	Geoff Swaim	JAC	TEN
28	Mike Gesicki	MIA	@DAL

TE Notes: Travis Kelce predictably went bonkers in Week 2. The Ravens have been stout up the seam but have only had to contend with Mike Gesicki and Maxx Williams. … George Kittle has frustratingly been held to 54 yards in back-to-back games. His Week 2 dud was thanks for the 49ers dialing up 42 rushes compared to 25 passes. The blowup is coming. … We knew Zach Ertz was going to regress this season because the Eagles’ skill corps was deeper and healthier. Sunday night in Atlanta took care of that. Ertz saw 16 targets with DeSean Jackson, Alshon Jeffery and Dallas Goedert all sidelined. All three players are expected to miss Week 3. … Mark Andrews is seventh in the NFL in receiving (220). Headed into a likely shootout with the Chiefs, he gets a defense that has permitted 145 yards up the seam through two games.

Evan Engram’s Week 2 would have been a lost cause without garbage time. He has a nice setup for a Week 5 bounce back. Eli Manning has been benched, and the Bucs have been getting thrashed up the seam. George Kittle had two Week 1 touchdowns called back, and Bruce Arians’ defense straight up didn’t cover Greg Olsen in Week 2. … Rarely does offseason hype deliver as thoroughly as Darren Waller’s. Oakland’s most targeted player through two weeks, Waller has gone at least 6/60 each time out. … As mentioned earlier, the Bucs neglected to cover Greg Olsen on Thursday Night Football. His 110 yards were second only to Andrews in Week 2. Unfortunately, Cam Newton (foot) is looking doubtful. This might not be Olsen’s final rank. … If you want some Austin Hooper perspective, he has as many targets as Darren Waller. He should stick in the TE10-12 range. … Ben Roethlisberger’s loss hurts Vance McDonald, though Mason Rudolph looked his way for a pair of red zone touchdowns vs. the Seahawks. That’s far from nothing.

“The balls will come,” Bucs coach Bruce Arians said of O.J. Howard on Tuesday. Arians then blamed Howard’s slow start on defensive coverage. Reading between the lines of Arians’ tough-love public comments over the past week, there is an undercurrent of the squeaky wheel being about to get some grease. … Jared Cook was more heavily targeted by Teddy Bridgewater than Drew Brees. It is certainly plausible that a backup quarterback will look for a seam safety valve more often than Hall-of-Famer Brees. … T.J. Hockenson has quickly demonstrated both his upside and downside. The Eagles got torched by Vernon Davis in Week 1. … Tyler Eifert is 14th in tight end targets (nine) through two weeks. … Vernon Davis is tied for 11th (10). Jordan Reed’s (concussion) status remains unclear. … Things can change quickly, but tight end zone is already looking like a fall-out zone beyond the TE12-14 range. The Seahawks seem intent on re-establishing Will Dissly as a thing. Noah Fant has been targeted four times in each of his first two games. Gerald Everett could see increased run in Tyler Higbee’s (chest) absence.

Week 3 Kickers

RK	Player	TM	Opp
1	Justin Tucker	BAL	@KC
2	Harrison Butker	KC	BAL
3	Greg Zuerlein	LA	@CLE
4	Stephen Gostkowski	NE	NYJ
5	Ka’imi Fairbairn	HOU	@LAC
6	Brett Maher	DAL	MIA
7	Jason Myers	SEA	NO
8	Robbie Gould	SF	PIT
9	Jake Elliott	PHI	DET
10	Zane Gonzalez	ARI	CAR
11	Mason Crosby	GB	DEN
12	Joey Slye	CAR	@ARI
13	Matt Prater	DET	@PHI
14	Wil Lutz	NO	@SEA
15	Cairo Santos	TEN	@JAC
16	Stephen Hauschka	BUF	CIN
17	Austin Seibert	CLE	LA
18	Matt Gay	TB	NYG
19	Matt Bryant	ATL	@IND
20	Chris Boswell	PIT	@SF
21	Dan Bailey	MIN	OAK
22	Eddy Pineiro	CHI	@WAS
23	Daniel Carlson	OAK	@MIN
24	Randy Bullock	CIN	@BUF
25	Dustin Hopkins	WAS	CHI
26	Brandon McManus	DEN	@GB
27	Aldrick Rosas	NYG	@TB
28	Josh Lambo	JAC	TEN
29	Adam Vinatieri	IND	ATL
30	Jason Sanders	MIA	@DAL
31	Sam Ficken	NYJ	@NE
32	Ty Long	LAC	HOU

Week 3 Defense/Special Teams

RK	Player	TM	Opp
1	New England Patriots	NE	NYJ
2	Dallas Cowboys	DAL	MIA
3	Chicago Bears	CHI	@WAS
4	Tennessee Titans	TEN	@JAC
5	Green Bay Packers	GB	DEN
6	Buffalo Bills	BUF	CIN
7	Minnesota Vikings	MIN	OAK
8	San Francisco 49ers	SF	PIT
9	Jacksonville Jaguars	JAC	TEN
10	Seattle Seahawks	SEA	NO
11	Philadelphia Eagles	PHI	DET
12	Los Angeles Rams	LA	@CLE
13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	TB	NYG
14	Denver Broncos	DEN	@GB
15	New York Giants	NYG	@TB
16	Cleveland Browns	CLE	LA
17	Houston Texans	HOU	@LAC
18	Carolina Panthers	CAR	@ARI
19	Los Angeles Chargers	LAC	HOU
20	Detroit Lions	DET	@PHI
21	Washington Redskins	WAS	CHI
22	Atlanta Falcons	ATL	@IND
23	Indianapolis Colts	IND	ATL
24	New Orleans Saints	NO	@SEA
25	Cincinnati Bengals	CIN	@BUF
26	Pittsburgh Steelers	PIT	@SF
27	Oakland Raiders	OAK	@MIN
28	Arizona Cardinals	ARI	CAR
29	Baltimore Ravens	BAL	@KC
30	Kansas City Chiefs	KC	BAL
31	New York Jets	NYJ	@NE
32	Miami Dolphins	MIA	@DAL