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Fantasy Football Week 3: Top 10 Sleeper Players

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With a plateful of injuries from Week 2, there's some players that will seep through the cracks to reap the benefits of extra playing time. In turn, they will help your team's performance this week if you can take them from waivers or dig into your bench.

10. WR Markus Wheaton - Pittsburgh Steelers

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10. WR Markus Wheaton - Pittsburgh Steelers

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I'm not entirely in love with his matchup against the Carolina Panthers, but if they have a weak spot in their defense, it's their backfield. The Panthers haven't allowed much to WRs in past weeks, but that comes from their pass rush working on the QB. Ben Roethlisberger works well under pressure and should be able to exploit weaker coverage to Wheaton across from Antonio Brown. It may just be seven points, but that's respectable.

9. WR Miles Austin - Cleveland Browns

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9. WR Miles Austin - Cleveland Browns

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Austin is looking to make a name for himself, again. He put up one score last week. There's really no true WR1 in Cleveland right now, but they should keep the Baltimore Ravens defense busy enough. Whichever Browns QB is in, they should be zoning-in on Austin this week.

8. WR Jarrett Boykin - Green Bay Packers

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8. WR Jarrett Boykin - Green Bay Packers

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The Packers are loaded with talent and Boykin is no exception. Because he is the WR3, he won't have the production of his WR counterparts, but Aaron Rodgers does pass the ball around enough to make him valuable. They're going against the rival Detroit Lions and you can always expect a shootout with them.

7. D/ST - Indianapolis Colts

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7. D/ST - Indianapolis Colts

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Though the Jacksonville Jaguars only give up the 15th most points to fantasy defenses, you can expect the 0-2 Colts to excel in this game. They've given up over 30 points in each of their games, sure, but they went against first-tier offenses. Now they face an average offense that is currently hindered by injuries and a sieve for an offensive line.

6. WR Allen Robinson - Jacksonville Jaguars

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6. WR Allen Robinson - Jacksonville Jaguars

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I just mentioned how I think the Colts will be a good play this week, but there will be at least one player to break through the cracks for the Jaguars' offense. Marqise Lee, Allen Hurns, Marcedes Lewis and Toby Gerhart are all injured to some degree (and some inactive), so Robinson is in a prime position to get a lot of targets and yards in the process.

5. RB Danny Woodhead - San Diego Chargers

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5. RB Danny Woodhead - San Diego Chargers

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Woodhead could be the most successful of the bunch here, but he's not a "sleeper" per se. He's a player some regarded as an underrated option this season. Now with Ryan Mathews sidelined, Woodhead should pick up a lot of ground as the starter; but watch out for Donald Brown in this game against the Buffalo Bills.

4. WR Mohamed Sanu - Cincinnati Bengals

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4. WR Mohamed Sanu - Cincinnati Bengals

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A.J. Green is likely to play, but the Bengals may try to limit him. However, they won't be limiting Sanu and the Bengals have thrown over 30 times per game. He'll get a lot of looks from Andy Dalton this week and likely to beat his 14-point performance from last week.

3. QB Ryan Tannehill - Miami Dolphins

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3. QB Ryan Tannehill - Miami Dolphins

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Don't let the Kansas City Cheifs matchup deter you. They may have been an imposing threat last season, but they've given up the second-most points to QBs this season and Tannehill and Co. will be looking to continue that trend. He's thrown a TD in 16 of his last 18 games, look for that percentage to increase this week with a multi-score game.

2. QB Jay Cutler - Chicago Bears

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2. QB Jay Cutler - Chicago Bears

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Cutler impressed me a lot last week against the San Francisco 49ers. Though he failed to break 200 yards, he did find the end zone four times. The week before, he threw for almost 350 yards with a pair of TDs as well. He's going against the New York Jets this week and Aaron Rodgers showed what a QB can do to that defense to the tune of 346 yards and three touchdowns. Cutler can beat that, and no one is really thinking of it.

1. TE Jared Cook - St. Louis Rams

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1. TE Jared Cook - St. Louis Rams

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The Dallas Cowboys did a great job of containing the Tennessee Titans last week...except for Delanie Walker. Then, of course, there was the train wreck of Week 1 with Vernon Davis. They've given up over 20 points per game to tight ends. Maybe that ends this week as they crack down, but I don't expect that against the hyper-athletic Cook. He's almost a must-start TE option. If your league allows TE FLEX options, put him there, at least.

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