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Come Fan with UsTuesday, August 4, 2026

Fantasy football start/sit advice, Week 3: Broncos vs. Seahawks

Do you want to talk about a game with ALL THE STORYLINES?

Steve Dykes

Boy, isn’t it a shame when you get to a game that has absolutely no storylines and you have to write about it anyway? *reads schedule* Who cares about Denver and Seattle?

Yep, I got jokes.

The Broncos and Seahawks face off in Seattle at 4:25 p.m. ET Sunday in a rematch of last season's Super Bowl, won rather famously by the Seahawks 43-8. As expected with these two teams, there are a lot of fantasy-relevant players to watch:

Broncos

Start if you're desperate: Brandon McManus, Defense/special teams

Sure, facing the Seattle defense in Seattle is daunting, but if you burned an early draft pick on Manning, you’re obviously using him. ... The same is true for Ball and the Thomases, though I suppose I could at least see a situation where Ball, who I rank as my RB15 this week, isn’t an absolute must-start.

McManus hasn’t had any huge games yet. With Matt Prater back soon, he’ll want to show something if he wants to find a post-Denver job. ... The Broncos’ defense has done very little through two games.

A combination of factors work together to hurt Sanders’ Week 3 value, to the point that I have him outside my top 40 receivers for the week. ... One of those factors is Welker’s return, which has to take some attention away from the team’s other weapons, but I’m not using him in fantasy quite yet.

Seahawks

Start if you’re desperate: Defense/special teams

It's been two weeks of identical production for Wilson, with 17 points per game. You'd like bigger numbers, but he's still an easy start. ... Lynch couldn't replicate his huge Week 1 in Week 2, but still, 35 fantasy points in two games is nice. ... Harvin is still healthy, so he's still a fantasy starter. ... Hauschka is second only to Stephen Gostkowski among fantasy kickers.

It’s hard to imagine you wouldn’t be starting the Seahawks’ defense, but if you’re going to downgrade great offensive players for facing a tough defense, you also have to downgrade a tough defense for facing great offensive players.

Baldwin and Miller have done almost nothing through two weeks.

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