The flu was brutal this year. I made it out the other side and ready to make this week’s fantasy football sit/start picks for Week 3.

Chances are that you may have a different quarterback starting this week than the one you drafted a couple weeks ago. Injuries and overall inefficiency has turned the position into one of the most added/dropped in all leagues. 

Are you in the market for a new starting quarterback? Should you go with Mason Rudolph, Daniel Jones or Gardner Minshew in Week 3?

Here is our Fantasy Football Sit/Start for Week 3 of the 2019 NFL season…and enjoy our awesome MS Paint masterpiece of QB Mason Rudolph of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

I want to explain what I mean by “sit” and “start.” Of course you are going to start some of the guys i say to bench this week, because you probably used high draft picks or a lot of money in an auction for them. My ‘sit’ players are guys I am just not completely sold that they will have good weeks. If you have a guy that you are on the fence about, maybe this will help you pick between the players.

START’EM

• QB Mason Rudolph (Pittsburgh Steelers) – Big Ben injured his elbow and will miss the rest of the season. Rudolph isn’t a bad young backup. I think he has the tools to be a starting QB in the league. He was very good in college and Oklahoma State and was teammates with WR James Washington. The Steelers face the Niners this week and it’s a good matchup for the young QB to carve out a name for himself in fantasy.
• WR John Ross III (Cincinnati Bengals) – Ross is the one Bengals wide receiver you want right now. That could change when WR A.J. Green comes back from injury, but Ross is speedy enough that he could break a big gain on the shortest of throws. The Bengals face the Bills this week, who has a talented young front-seven, but Ross could catch a short pass and do some damage against the Bills average secondary.
• RB Devin Singletary (Buffalo Bills) – Singletary is currently nursing a hamstring injury, but if he can suit up, he should do well against the Bengals below-average run defense. The Young Bills could start the year on a huge roll. I think Singtletary will do everything he can do suit up and cement his role on the team.
• QB Russell Wilson (Seattle Seahawks) – The Seahawks face the Drew Brees-less Saints this week. I don’t have much hope for New Orleans as they will need to chew up some clock to try to keep the ball out of Wilson’s hands. I am not a fan of the Saints secondary this year and think Wilson should have a good fantasy week.
• Dallas Cowboys Defense & Special Teams – The Cowboys face the Dolphins and this will be an easy dub for Dallas.
• RB Dalvin Cook (Minnesota Vikings) – Vikings QB Kirk Cousins is clearly broken right now. He has no confidence in himself and the coaching staff doesn’t have much in him either. Cook is the Vikings most consistent offense and he’s doing well for them. Cook will have a good game against the Raiders.
• WR DJ Chark (Jacksonville Jaguars) – Losing QB Nick Foles was a kick in the nuts for the Jags, but I’ve liked QB Gardner Minshew since I first gazed upon his mustache as a member of the Washington State Cougars. He’s a decent young quarterback and clearly has chemistry with Chark. 
• TE T.J. Hockenson (Detroit Lions) – Hock was great in Week 1, but was mostly shut out last week. He’s very talented and the Eagles will have a hard time guarding the talented young tight end.
• TE Will Dissly (Seattle Seahawks) – The Saints allowed some key receptions from tight ends last week against the Rams. Neither of the Rams tight ends are as talented as Dissly. I think he should be a top-ten fantasy tight end this week.
• Green Bay Packers Defense & Special Teams – The Packers have a younger, faster defense than in recent years. They should fare well against the below-average Broncos offense.
• WR Devin Smith (Dallas Cowboys) – Dallas WR Michael Gallup will be out for awhile and will miss out on feasting against the Dolphins. Smith had some success last week and should have favorable matchups against the depleted Dolphins secondary.
• RB Jeff Wilson Jr. (San Francisco 49ers) – [DEEP LEAGUE SLEEPER] Wilson was called up fron the practice squad and found the endzone twice last week. Mostert had more action, but Wilson scored the touchdowns. Don’t expect anywhere near last week’s production from Wilson, but he could be a decent deep league start.

SIT’EM

• RB Todd Gurley (Los Angeles Rams) – I mentioned last week that I loved Malcolm Brown over Darrell Henderson. I didn’t expect Brown to even trump Gurley when it came to red zone carries. The Rams must really be worried about wearing out their star running back before the playoffs. I just don’t trust Gurley around the endzone.
• WR Dante Pettis (San Francisco 49ers) – Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan was vocal about the effort Pettis showed during training camp. Many thought it was just a motivational tactic and it would spark something in him. Well, Shanahan didn’t even give him much of a shot to prove him wrong. It seems like he lost his spot in the receiver rotation, at least through Week 1. I’ll be surprised if Pettis has much fantasy output after a lackluster start to the season.
• QB Kirk Cousins (Minnesota Vikings) – No one in the state of Minnesota has any faith in Cousins…including Kirk Cousins himself. He is killing the fantasy stock of nearly everyone on the team other than RB Dalvin Cook.
• RB Saquon Barkley (New York Giants) – Rookie QB Daniel Jones is starting for the Giants. I don’t have much faith in Barkley doing much in fantasy since the Bucs will stack the box to force Jones to throw. Barkley isn’t going to be a top-ten fantasy running back this week.
• WR Corey Davis (Tennessee Titans) – Jags CB Jalen Ramsey may not play on Thursday against the Titans, but I still don’t like Davis in fantasy this week. Titans QB Marcus Mariota isn’t wowing me and he seems to end his check-downs after TE Delanie Walker. 
• RB Adrian Peterson (Washington Redskins) – Redskins head coach Jay Gruden healthy-scratched Peterson in Week 1. I had a feeling that he would give running backs Chris Thompson and Wendell Smallwood every opportunity to take over some of Derrius Guice’s role in Week 1. Peterson scored a touchdown last week, but Thompson actually played more and better. Peterson will find the endzone from time to time, but he won’t be consistent this season.
• TE Jack Doyle (Indianapolis Colts) – The Colts stacked tight ends were hurt the most when QB Andrew Luck suddenly retired. QB Jacoby Brissett had been pretty good this year, but he hasn’t been looking for his tight ends as much as WR T.Y. Hilton or rookie WR Parris Campbell.
• Cleveland Browns Defense & Special Teams – The Browns defense was a popular fantasy defense this preseason, but I don’t like their matchup against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 3.
• QB Derek Carr (Oakland Raiders) – Football Focus rated Carr as the #1 quarterback in Week 1. I watched that game and I’d really have to pin a lot of that on the Broncos defense. He struggled last week and threw more picks than touchdowns against the Chiefs. He faces a top-five secondary in Week 3 against the Vikings.
• WR Anthony Miller (Chicago Bears) – Miller is owned in roughly 25% of leagues, but he’s statistically one of the worst fantasy wide receivers in the NFL after two weeks. I don’t see a huge change in production this week for the young wide receiver. There are better wide receivers out there that should occupy Miller’s spot on your fantasy team.

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Bobby Roberts (otherwise known as Sweetbob) is the creator of ‘America’s White Boy’ and contributor at Project Shanks. His writing has been featured on ESPN’s ‘SportsNation’, Sports Illustrated’s Hot Clicks, Guyspeed, and various other sites. You can follow him on Twitter at @Sweetbob.