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Fantasy Football Week 3 Defense Projections

In the previous update, we detailed the quarterback projections based on statistics and computer-modeling, now we’ll turn to a “collective wisdom of crowds” approach. Our partner, playthisguy.com, has surveyed 18 fantasy football sources and come to a consensus ranking on how quarterbacks should perform in Week 3.

While Pittsburgh is again the top choice on defense, the second spot has been given to the San Diego Chargers. They face the Kansas City Chiefs, who have been abysmal on offense this season, priming the Chargers for a big day. The Minnesota Vikings are another team that has struggled this year, they get Detroit this week and the experts like the Lions defense, enough so that they place them in the sixth spot.

Week 3 Consensus Rankings

1. Pittsburgh Steelers (PIT @ IND)
2. San Diego Chargers (SD vs. KC)
3. Green Bay Packers (GB @ CHI)
4. Baltimore Ravens (BAL @ STL)
5. New York Jets (NYJ @ OAK)
6. Detroit Lions (DET @ MIN)
7. Philadelphia Eagles (PHI vs. NYG)
8. Tennessee Titans (TEN vs. DEN)
9. Arizona Cardinals (ARI @ SEA)
10. Cincinnati Bengals (CIN vs. SF)
11. San Francisco 49ers (SF @ CIN)
12. Dallas Cowboys (DAL vs. WAS)
13. New England Patriots (NE @ BUF)
14. New York Giants (NYG @ PHI)
15. Atlanta Falcons (ATL @ TB)
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