Fantasy Football Week 3 Starter Rankings: Arian Foster, Bernard Pierce Out, Alfred Blue and Lorenzo Taliaferro Become Options
By Jason Lisk
Here are your fantasy football starter rankings heading into week 3’s Sunday games, with the early game inactives. This includes Arian Foster for Houston (Blue, Grimes and Ronnie Brown to play) and Bernard Pierce for Baltimore (Forsett and Taliaferro). We don’t know about Jamaal Charles since he plays in a late game, but the guess is he does not play, or will be limited. So if you have another option, you should probably just roll with it.
Notable actives who were on this week’s injury report and you will want to consider: A.J. Green, Dez Bryant, DeSean Jackson, and Jordan Cameron.
QUARTERBACKS
- Drew Brees
- Aaron Rodgers
- Matthew Stafford
- Andrew Luck
- Peyton Manning
- Nick Foles
- Jay Cutler
- Russell Wilson
- Philip Rivers
- Cam Newton
- Tom Brady
- Tony Romo
- Andy Dalton
- Colin Kaepernick
- Kirk Cousins
- Ben Roethlisberger
- Geno Smith
- Ryan Tannehill
- Alex Smith
- Joe Flacco
- E.J. Manuel
- Matt Cassel
- Eli Manning
- Austin Davis
- Ryan Fitzpatrick
RUNNING BACKS
- LeSean McCoy
- DeMarco Murray
- Giovani Bernard
- Alfred Morris
- LeVeon Bell
- C.J. Spiller
- Knile Davis
- Matt Forte
- Pierre Thomas
- Ahmad Bradshaw
- Andre Ellington
- Joique Bell
- Montee Ball
- Eddie Lacy
- Lamar Miller
- Stevan Ridley
- Chris Ivory
- Darren Sproles
- Khiry Robinson
- Terrance West
- Trent Richardson
- Matt Asiata
- Rashad Jennings
- Zac Stacy
- Alfred Blue
- Justin Forsett
- Chris Johnson
- Lorenzo Taliaferro
- Jonathan Stewart
- Frank Gore
- Toby Gerhart
- Reggie Bush
- Danny Woodhead
- Darren McFadden
- Jeremy Hill
- Fred Jackson
- Donald Brown
- Isaiah Crowell
- Shane Vereen
- Shonn Greene
- Jonathan Grimes
- Silas Redd
- Damien Williams
- Jerick McKinnon
- DeAngelo Williams
- Joseph Randle
- LeGarrette Blount
- C.J. Anderson
- Bishop Sankey
WIDE RECEIVERS
- Calvin Johnson
- Jordy Nelson
- Dez Bryant
- Brandon Marshall
- Antonio Brown
- Demaryius Thomas
- Percy Harvin
- Randall Cobb
- Julian Edelman
- Cordarrelle Patterson
- Keenan Allen
- Andre Johnson
- Emmanuel Sanders
- A.J. Green
- Mike Wallace
- Pierre Garcon
- Brandin Cooks
- Sammy Watkins
- Jeremy Maclin
- Reggie Wayne
- Kelvin Benjamin
- Alshon Jeffery
- Marques Colston
- Michael Floyd
- Michael Crabtree
- Golden Tate
- T.Y. Hilton
- Victor Cruz
- Brian Quick
- Anquan Boldin
- Steve Smith
- DeSean Jackson
- Larry Fitzgerald
- Eric Decker
- Markus Wheaton
- Kendall Wright
- Cecil Shorts
- Andrew Hawkins
- Greg Jennings
- Mohamed Sanu
- Terrance Williams
- Torrey Smith
- Rueben Randle
- Justin Hunter
- Jeremy Kerley
- Miles Austin
- Riley Cooper
- Robert Woods
- Doug Baldwin
- Malcom Floyd
TIGHT ENDS
- Jimmy Graham
- Julius Thomas
- Rob Gronkowski
- Antonio Gates
- Greg Olsen
- Delanie Walker
- Zach Ertz
- Larry Donnell
- Niles Paul
- Martellus Bennett
- Jordan Cameron
- Dennis Pitta
- Kyle Rudolph
- Travis Kelce
- Jared Cook
- Jason Witten
- Dwayne Allen
- Charles Clay
- Jermaine Gresham
- Heath Miller
- Eric Ebron
- Mychal Rivera
- Garrett Graham
- Derek Carrier
- Zach Miller