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NFL fantasy football rankings for Week 3

NFL fantasy football rankings for Week 3
Patrick Mahomes is on fire with 10 TDs already. Photo via Kansas City Chiefs/Facebook

With Week 2 already in the history books, let's take a look at the positional rankings for Week 3:

QB

  1. Tom Brady @ DET
  2. Patrick Mahomes vs. SF
  3. Drew Brees @ ATL
  4. Ben Roethlisberger @ TB
  5. Aaron Rodgers @ WAS
  6. Kirk Cousins vs. BUF
  7. Ryan Fitzpatrick vs. PIT
  8. Jimmy Garoppolo @ KC
  9. Cam Newton vs. CIN
  10. Matthew Stafford vs. NE
  11. Matt Ryan vs. NO
  12. Deshaun Watson vs. NYG
  13. Russell Wilson vs. DAL
  14. Carson Wentz vs. IND
  15. Jared Goff vs. LAC
  16. Andrew Luck @ PHI
  17. Alex Smith vs. GB
  18. Philip Rivers @ LAR
  19. Tyrod Taylor vs. NYJ
  20. Derek Carr @ MIA

RB (standard scoring)

  1. Todd Gurley vs. LAC
  2. Ezekiel Elliott @ SEA
  3. Alvin Kamara @ ATL
  4. Saquon Barkley @ HOU
  5. Dalvin Cook vs. BUF
  6. James Conner @ TB
  7. Kareem Hunt vs. SF
  8. Melvin Gordon @ LAR
  9. Tevin Coleman vs. NO
  10. David Johnson vs. CHI
  11. Jordan Howard @ ARI
  12. Christian McCaffrey vs. CIN
  13. Leonard Fournette vs. TEN
  14. Kenyan Drake vs. OAK
  15. Jay Ajayi vs. IND
  16. Lamar Miller vs. NYG
  17. Giovani Bernard @ CAR
  18. Carlos Hyde vs. NYJ
  19. Matt Breida @ KC
  20. Alex Collins vs. DEN
  21. Marshawn Lynch @ MIA
  22. Phillip Lindsay @ BAL
  23. Dion Lewis @ JAX
  24. Adrian Peterson vs. GB
  25. Sony Michel @ DET
  26. Chris Thompson vs. GB
  27. Isaiah Crowell @ CLE
  28. Derrick Henry @ JAX
  29. James White @ DET
  30. Royce Freeman @ BAL
  31. Chris Carson vs. DAL
  32. Peyton Barber vs. PIT
  33. Kerryon Johnson vs. NE
  34. Bilal Powell @ CLE
  35. Corey Clement vs. IND
  36. LeSean McCoy @ MIN

WR (standard scoring)

  1. Antonio Brown @ TB
  2. Michael Thomas @ ATL
  3. Julio Jones vs. NO
  4. DeAndre Hopkins vs. NYG
  5. Odell Beckham, Jr. @ HOU
  6. Tyreek Hill vs. SF
  7. AJ Green @ CAR
  8. Stefon Diggs vs. BUF
  9. Davante Adams @ WAS
  10. Mike Evans vs. PIT
  11. Adam Thielen vs. BUF
  12. JuJu Smith-Schuster @ TB
  13. TY Hilton @ PHI
  14. Brandin Cooks vs. LAC
  15. Nelson Agholor vs. IND
  16. Keenan Allen @ LAR
  17. Chris Hogan @ DET
  18. Jarvis Landry vs. NYJ
  19. Allen Robinson @ ARI
  20. Kenny Golladay vs. NE
  21. Amari Cooper @ MIA
  22. Emmanuel Sanders @ BAL
  23. Golden Tate vs. NE
  24. Will Fuller vs. NYG
  25. DeSean Jackson vs. PIT
  26. Cooper Kupp vs. LAC
  27. Keelan Cole vs. TEN
  28. Kenny Stills vs. OAK
  29. Quincy Enunwa @ CLE
  30. Sammy Watkins vs. SF
  31. John Brown vs. DEN
  32. Marvin Jones vs. NE
  33. Robert Woods vs. LAC
  34. Devin Funchess vs. CIN
  35. Larry Fitzgerald vs. CHI
  36. Michael Crabtree vs. DEN
  37. Demaryius Thomas @ BAL
  38. Chris Godwin vs. PIT
  39. Tyler Lockett vs. DAL
  40. Corey Davis @ JAX

TE (standard scoring)

  1. Rob Gronkowski @ DET
  2. Travis Kelce vs. SF
  3. Zach Ertz vs. IND
  4. Jimmy Graham @ WAS
  5. George Kittle @ KC
  6. Jordan Reed vs. GB
  7. Kyle Rudolph vs. BUF
  8. Trey Burton @ ARI
  9. Evan Engram @ HOU
  10. OJ Howard vs. PIT
  11. Jared Cook @ MIA
  12. Eric Ebron @ PHI
  13. David Njoku vs. NYJ
  14. Ricky Seals-Jones vs. CHI
  15. Jack Doyle @ PHI

D/ST

  1. Vikings vs. BUF
  2. Jaguars vs. TEN
  3. Bears @ ARI
  4. Rams vs. LAC
  5. Ravens vs. DEN
  6. Browns vs. NYJ
  7. Broncos @ BAL
  8. Eagles vs. IND
  9. Patriots @ DET
  10. Texans vs. NYG
  11. Cowboys @ SEA
  12. Jets @ CLE
  13. Dolphins vs. OAK
  14. Seahawks vs. DAL
  15. Bengals @ CAR

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The Rockets are off to a 16-8 start to the season. Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images.

There was a conversation Cleveland guard Donovan Mitchell had during training camp, the topic being all the teams that were generating the most preseason buzz in the Eastern Conference. Boston was coming off an NBA championship. New York got Karl-Anthony Towns. Philadelphia added Paul George.

The Cavs? Not a big topic in early October. And Mitchell fully understood why.

“What have we done?” Mitchell asked. “They don't talk about us. That's fine. We'll just hold ourselves to our standard.”

That approach seems to be working.

For the first time in 36 seasons — yes, even before the LeBron James eras in Cleveland — the Cavaliers are atop the NBA at the 25-game mark. They're 21-4, having come back to earth a bit following a 15-0 start but still better than anyone in the league at this point.

“We've kept our standards pretty high,” Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said. “And we keep it going.”

The Cavs are just one of the surprise stories that have emerged as the season nears the one-third-done mark. Orlando — the only team still unbeaten at home — is off to its best start in 16 years at 17-9 and having done most of that without All-Star forward Paolo Banchero. And Houston is 16-8, behind only the Cavs, Boston, Oklahoma City and Memphis so far in the race for the league's best record.

Cleveland was a playoff team a year ago, as was Orlando. And the Rockets planted seeds for improvement last year as well; an 11-game winning streak late in the season fueled a push where they finished 41-41 in a major step forward after a few years of rebuilding.

“We kind of set that foundation last year to compete with everybody,” Rockets coach Ime Udoka said. “Obviously, we had some ups and downs with winning and losing streaks at times, but to finish the season the way we did, getting to .500, 11-game winning streak and some close losses against high-level playoff teams, I think we kind of proved that to ourselves last year that that's who we're going to be.”

A sign of the respect the Rockets are getting: Oddsmakers at BetMGM Scorebook have made them a favorite in 17 of 24 games so far this season, after favoring them only 30 times in 82 games last season.

“Based on coaches, players, GMs, people that we all know what they're saying, it seems like everybody else is taking notice as well,” Udoka said.

They're taking notice of Orlando as well. The Magic lost their best player and haven't skipped a beat.

Banchero's injury after five games figured to doom Orlando for a while, and the Magic went 0-4 immediately after he tore his oblique. Entering Tuesday, they're 14-3 since — and now have to regroup yet again. Franz Wagner stepped into the best-player-on-team role when Banchero got hurt, and now Wagner is going to miss several weeks with the exact same injury.

Ask Magic coach Jamahl Mosley how the team has persevered, and he'll quickly credit everyone but himself. Around the league, it's Mosley getting a ton of the credit — and rightly so — for what Orlando is doing.

“I think that has to do a lot with Mose. ... I have known him a long time,” Phoenix guard Bradley Beal said. “A huge fan of his and what he is doing. It is a testament to him and the way they’ve built this team.”

The Magic know better than most how good Cleveland is, and vice versa. The teams went seven games in an Eastern Conference first-round series last spring, the Cavs winning the finale at home to advance to Round 2.

Atkinson was brought in by Cleveland to try and turn good into great. The job isn't anywhere near finished — nobody is raising any banners for “best record after 25 games” — but Atkinson realized fairly early that this Cavs team has serious potential.

“We’re so caught up in like the process of improve, improve, improve each game, improve each practice," Atkinson said. “That’s kind of my philosophy. But then you hit 10-0, and obviously the media starts talking and all that, and you’re like, ‘Man, this could be something special brewing here.’”

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