Fantasy football Week 3 lineups: Start, sit and sleepers
It's the picture of fantasy frustration: You invested early draft picks in your favorite running backs or wide receivers only for them to have slow starts.
Now you're hoping they'll be late bloomers.
Several top-ranked players are prime candidates to break out of their funks. Others face grim circumstances that may not change anytime soon.
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Start
1. Dak Prescott, QB, Cowboys vs. Dolphins
You can't assume any quarterback facing the Dolphins is an automatic start, but Prescott is streaking and Miami traded safety Minkah Fitzpatrick to the Steelers on Monday.
Prescott - not Patrick Mahomes - ranks second in all of fantasy in points per game (30.5, FantasyData.com format), trailing the Ravens' Lamar Jackson.
On some sites, Prescott had an average draft position in the teens, likely as a backup in a 10- or 12-team league. For some fantasy owners, that means trusting him over the likes of Aaron Rodgers, Carson Wentz or Jared Goff, depending on matchups. That also means
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