Week 3 Fantasy Football Rankings: Breaking Down Each Position

Another week of the 2016 NFL season has passed, which means we’re another week deeper into the fantasy football season.

Week 2 brought us a few unexpected surprises, like a New York Giants defense worth starting against quarterback Drew Brees. It also featured some familiar fantasy trends—that Cam Newton guy can really put up some points.

The second week also introduced the fantasy world to some new faces—hello, Corey Coleman—while introducing some trusted favorites to the injury bug.

RB carnage today!#Peterson #Martin #Rawls #Stewart #Foster #Abdullah #WoodheadHope they can all get healthy soon.

— David J. Chao, MD (@ProFootballDoc) September 19, 2016

This past week also saw two more starting quarterbacks go down with injuries. New England Patriots fill-in Jimmy Garoppolo suffered a shoulder injury that could cause him to miss at least a week. The Cleveland Browns lost their second starter in two weeks when Josh McCown suffered a shoulder injury of his own.

We might have thought we had a solid grasp on the fantasy landscape at draft time, but as is often the case, that landscape is constantly changing. So exactly how does that landscape appear moving forward? We’re going to take an early look at the immediate fantasy future along with Week 3 positional rankings.

          Up: Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan got himself back on track in Week 2 against the Oakland Raiders. Granted, the Raiders defense is a struggling work in progress right now, but it was good to see Ryan playing with efficiency and confidence.

He finished the game with 396 yards, three touchdowns and an interception.

This week, Ryan and the Falcons visit the New Orleans Saints, a team whose defense is also maligned. Though New Orleans did put together a decent performance against the Giants this past week, the team is rated just 30th in pass coverage by Pro Football Focus.

Plus, Ryan gets to chuck the ball to Julio Jones, who had an injury scare on Sunday but appears to be fine.

Down: Andy Dalton, Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton was having a wonderful 2015 season before he decided to play hero and broke his thumb following an interception. His return this season has yielded mixed results.

Dalton has racked up some impressive yardage—366 yards in each of the past two games, to be exact—but he has been sacked eight times and has thrown just two touchdowns with one interception.

According to Richard Skinner of WKRC-TV Cincinnati, Dalton also got banged up a bit against the …

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