Early observations: Is Smith-Njigba a WR1? What to do with Henderson and Loveland?

It's inactive precise aboriginal successful the fantasy football season, truthful let's not woody successful absolutes conscionable yet. Sure, we tin person a instrumentality connected a player, a system, a coach. I get that. But astatine this point, I privation to speech much astir observations; what the portion and the numbers are telling us. And I bash person plentifulness of those.

For the astir part, the prime of shot we watched successful the league past week improved. Offenses had a stronger consciousness of bushed and scoring was up (23.8 points per game). It's an perfect clip to sermon wide receivers with higher ceilings than expected. More volume, much production. There's besides a rookie choky extremity who is being schemed up to station numbers for your lineup. On the different hand, determination are besides players struggling to found a role, and others who can't look to get connected way aboriginal successful the season.

We phantasy managers request to find immoderate answers, oregon marque immoderate cardinal roster decisions ... and soon. Here are my phantasy observations up of Week 3 successful the NFL.

The Eagles request answers successful the passing game

It's been a unsmooth commencement for the Eagles' passing game. Through 2 weeks, Philly has a full of 238 yards passing, which ranks 31st successful the league. And the Week 2 portion vs. Kansas City tells a story. There's nary schemed vertical constituent to spot here. Lots of slants and unders. The Eagles indispensable grow the way histrion for A.J. Brown (4.8 phantasy PPG) and DeVonta Smith (7.0), utilizing formation/alignment and pre-snap question to make much large plays, positive catch-and-run opportunities. Let's acceptable up Jalen Hurts to propulsion to the 2nd and 3rd level of the field, similar we saw successful the Super Bowl.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba has WR1 upside

Smith-Njigba has commanded a people stock of 42.3% done the Seahawks' archetypal 2 games. That's a large number. Yes, I privation him to play a overmuch larger relation successful the reddish portion (zero extremity portion targets truthful far), but we can't question the measurement and accumulation here. Smith-Njigba has caught 17 of 22 targets to commencement the season, racking up 227 receiving yards. The way moving pops, and truthful does the competitiveness aft the catch. He tin decorativeness arsenic a top-10 WR if the touchdown numbers commencement to climb.

Justin Herbert has the look of a QB1

Herbert is averaging 23.3 points per game, positive helium has astatine slightest 2 touchdown throws and 30 yards rushing successful some games. He does person a pugnacious matchup against the Broncos successful Week 3, but helium is driving the shot with accuracy, completing 72.1% of his throws, and he's besides looking to make with his legs. I similar what I'm seeing here. Herbert volition beryllium a fringe QB1 for maine Sunday.

Be diligent with TreVeyon Henderson

Henderson is averaging lone 8.4 PPG. Not what we anticipated erstwhile his ADP jumped this summer. Sure, helium indispensable amusement much successful walk extortion to enactment connected the tract arsenic a third-down enactment successful the Patriots' offense. Hey, that's pugnacious enactment successful the league, and Henderson isn't playing against Purdue anymore. But don't hide astir Rhamondre Stevenson successful this discussion. The seasoned No. 1 backmost successful New England is averaging 13.0 PPG, and helium has caught 7 of 8 targets for 100 yards. That said, determination is country for 2 backs successful New England, truthful beryllium diligent with the rookie. He's dynamic.

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