Week 3 Fantasy Football RB Rankings: Must-Start Running Backs, Flex Plays & Deep Sleepers (Ep. 2212)
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What are the hosts introducing in the Week 3 RB rankings episode?
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How did the Week 2 rankings compare to the new Week 3 RB rankings?
Hey, this is Robert Lamb. And this is Joe McCormick.
Which running backs make the top‑12 list and why?
And we're the hosts of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast. This week on the show, it's Star Trek.
Should Saquon Barkley be started this week despite his recent stinger?
So we're going to be talking about the Borg all week long. Are you ready to get some probes put in your flesh?
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What concerns do the hosts have about the RB 1 tier this week?
Resistance is futile. We're going to talk science, the culture of the Borg, various interpretations.
How does the Polymarket prediction market factor into fantasy decisions?
And we're going to talk about Star Trek First Contact on Weird House Cinema on Friday. Listen to Stuff to Blow Your Mind on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Which RB 2‑24 players are worth flex or RB2 starts?
What's up, friends, and welcome into Fantasy Pros, the fantasy football podcast. I am Chris Welsh, and we are talking running back ranks for week three. I cannot do, I literally can't do it without Pat Fitzmaurice and Andrew Erickson, the only people in the world I would want to do this with. especially when we have to acknowledge the person that finished top three in the ranks this week. I'm going to need some support as we are going to look at accuracy from week two. It is not Erickson. It is not Fitz. It is not me. It's someone else that we have to give some love to. But we'll go through. We'll give some shout-outs to the top three. We're going to talk about the top 36 running backs for the week. We're going to look through all the interlying deep sleepers, the plays.
What we're not going to be doing, guys, is talking about Jonathan Brooks. Unfortunately, Fitzy, Jonathan Brooks is going on the IR just to pop this at the top of the news. Not the best thing for everybody's favorite sleeper. I remember the term people were using. Remember the industry plants? I think I've talked about this. There were people out there. They're like, there's a couple of industry plants that are out there. Parker Washington was one. Jonathan Brooks was the other. And unfortunately, Jonathan Brooks isn't working out. Going to affect Chuba Hubbard. But that's our big piece of news before we jumped into this recording, Mr. Pat Fitzmaurice.
What deep sleeper and flex options should managers consider for Week 3?
At least it's not another torn ACL. But it is a groin injury that's going to be severe. And you just wonder if Brooks is going to be one of these guys who can never get it back on track. Maybe this is some sort of cascading injury from the knee not being what it had been pre-tears. So... Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see what they do behind Chuba Hubbard because they've got A.J. Dillon. I guess they brought in Austin Eckler for a workout. So it sounds like they're maybe not expecting Jonathan Brooks back anytime soon. I love
Austin Eckler. That would be a lot of fun. But Jonathan Brooks Erickson, the only player that people get excited when he's out for six weeks and not for the season that you're just like you're like, oh, this is great news, but looks a little bit of a disaster. So we didn't really have it on the sheet today, but just a quick little summary. Like, what do you think Chuba Hubbard looks like rest of season for you? Is he just a staunch top like 20 RB? Do you think he's going to have RB one upside now that there is just no like person that's going to be battling or take away any significant carries?
I think top 20 is probably appropriate for Chuba Hubbard. The team trusts him. He's had heavy workloads in the past, 2024, 2025, before he was dealing with some injuries. So yeah, he is slated to be the best pick that you could have made at running back. late in drafts because of the jonathan brooks hive that you know i was definitely on the bus driving people to draft jonathan brooks so it's a big l on my part and i was making the joke to tom strachan who i did the best ball drafts with maybe jonathan brooks is actually the guy you need because his advance rate is gonna be really low because you drafted him so high but if he comes back weeks 14 15 16 17 in the playoffs has a bunch of big weeks well maybe he's the guy that you actually needed so that's uh the uh spin positive take on jonathan brooks but in reality
This is probably a washed season for Brooks.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the hosts introducing in the Week 3 RB rankings episode?
0:00–0:05
2
How did the Week 2 rankings compare to the new Week 3 RB rankings?
0:05–0:07
3
Which running backs make the top‑12 list and why?
0:07–0:12
4
Should Saquon Barkley be started this week despite his recent stinger?
0:12–0:19
5
What concerns do the hosts have about the RB 1 tier this week?
0:19–0:24
6
How does the Polymarket prediction market factor into fantasy decisions?
0:24–0:35
7
Which RB 2‑24 players are worth flex or RB2 starts?
0:35–1:51
8
What deep sleeper and flex options should managers consider for Week 3?
1:51–49:42
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