Now that we’ve got a couple of weeks in the books, we can really start projecting what players may do week to week in fantasy football. Weeks 1 and 2 should have taught you a lot about the roster you drafted, and if you hit on the right ones, you’re feeling pretty good right about now. If your draft was a disaster, you’ve been scrambling to find the hot sleepers who have come on strong.
Fantasy Football Week 3 Overall Projections: Michael Vick Likely To Play, Will He Produce?
A few weeks into the fantasy football season, and we’re starting to get real numbers to use for projections. See who should perform in Week 3.
Going forward, you can still make savvy trades and roster moves, but now matchups become very important. We’ve gotten a look at defenses, so we can start guessing as to how they’ll perform each week. We’re learning about more about run defenses, pass defenses, special teams play, all that stuff that goes into deciding your matchup plays each week.
With that in mind, our partner, numberFire.com, fired up their super computer and used mathematical wizardry to create fantasy projections for Week 3. Some players listed are under injury watch, you can keep up with the status of injuries and general fantasy news here and here.
Drew Brees owners have been getting productive numbers in the first couple of weeks, and the computer likes him as the top guy. But, he’s facing a Houston defense that in no way resembles last year’s bunch, one that looks like it can play this year. We’ll keep an eye on them this week, and see if they can make believers out of the computer.
Michael Vick is projected to have a great week against a banged-up Giants defense, but of course, he’s under injury watch. Vick is going to play by all indications, but bears watching. The computer thinks Chris Johnson will finally breakout this week, owners of Johnson have to be praying that’s the case.
* Fantasy Points Projections are based on the Yahoo! and ESPN default scoring settings. Quarterbacks are scored with 1 point for every 25 passing yards, and 4 points for every touchdown. For running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends, they are scored with 1 point for every 10 total yards, and 6 points for every touchdown. This is a non-PPR projection.
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