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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fantasy football is played by more people in the United States (upwards of 75 million) than the entire population of France. It's no wonder why the French live longer.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Heading into Week 3 of the NFL season, the New York Jets looked unstoppable on defense, while their opposition, the Philadelphia Eagles looked about as lively as the cheese whiz drenching their sham of a regional foodstuff. Easy call then, right? Bench your Eagles players, maybe pick up the Jets D, finally dodge a week of fantasy frustration. Done and dusted.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Turns out, the NFL hates you and wants you to be sad. For those of you who stuck to your guns, it\u2019s not even like the Eagles spread the wealth in a predictable fashion while taking that 24\u20137 lead. Ryan Matthews, Darren Sproles, and the EAGLES DEFENSE were the team's highest fantasy point scorers on this week. Disband the Eagles. The Eagles are our own personal fantasy hell.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The nice part about Week 3 was that &lt;em&gt;everybody&lt;/em&gt; scored a lot. Maybe it had something to do with the BIG MOON! Gotta love a big moon. High scoring weeks are great, mostly because it\u2019s much better to lose because someone put up insane numbers than to lose because your RB1 got 5 points and theirs got 6. Trust me. I\u2019ve got a lot of experience with losing.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To the observations!\r\n\r\n\r\n\t&lt;strong&gt;MORE NFL:&amp;nbsp;Sour Rankings: Marshall's lateral is worst of Week 3&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;h3 class=\"p1\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Quarterbacks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joe \u201CIs Joe Flacco&amp;nbsp;elite?\u201D Flacco is guiding the best 0-3 team in football. The Ravens may be committed to losing, but they\u2019re committed to scoring points while they do it. That\u2019s God\u2019s work. Is there anything better than a bad team that scores lots of points? A good team that scores lots of points, maybe, but not much else. Some lazy dude picked up Flacco on waivers after loading up on position players and that lazy dude is CRUSHING it. Meritocracy is a myth.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the flip side of that coin, I think the Broncos might be the worst 3-0 team in football. Someone\u2019s going to hit Peyton in Week 8 and he\u2019s going to explode into the controversial &lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt; bestseller \u201CA Million Little Pieces.\u201D You\u2019re either cringing at that reference or cringing out of empathy, but either way, you\u2019re cringing.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Still, if and when you need to replace Papa John, Jr., a pretty clear candidate has emerged. Derek Carr is apparently FIRED UP about the prospect of playing in Los Angeles. L.A.\u2019s future QB put up 300+ yards for the second straight game, beating his total from last year already and &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; rubbing it in for the Niners. It\u2019s bad enough that Jim Harbaugh flattened a ranked BYU on Saturday, but now even the Raiders have a pulse. The Silicon Valley Niners&amp;nbsp;need to start coding a better quarterback.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, speaking of QBs headed to L.A., you\u2019ve gotta feel bad for Nick Foles. It\u2019s always sad to see a system QB exposed, poor little guy. He\u2019s decidedly not elite.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[tweet:&amp;nbsp;https://twitter.com/yt_anthony/status/648029525838729216]\r\n\r\n\r\n\t&lt;strong&gt;MORE NFL:&amp;nbsp;Question Everything: Is Dallas still America's team?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;h3 class=\"p1\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Running backs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who's responsible for those pre-draft fantasy rankings, anyway?\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eddie Lacy was universally ranked in the Top 10 on most draft boards, and yet through three games he has 140 rushing yards &lt;i&gt;total &lt;/i&gt;and one touchdown. I know I already complained about Lacy last week, but &lt;em&gt;ugh&lt;/em&gt;. It\u2019s not the bad games and injury that rankle me; it\u2019s that he has fewer carries than&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;James Starks&lt;/i&gt;. Starks totaled 17 carries to Lacy\u2019s 10 on Monday night, presumably starting a trend that will last the rest of the season. If you drafted Lacy early in the first round, you are likely done for.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[tweet:&amp;nbsp;https://twitter.com/adamrank/status/648696119644393472]\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Much has been made over the last few years about the rise of running backs by committee and how it\u2019s torpedoed RB stats. I\u2019d argue that it hasn\u2019t necessarily killed stats, it\u2019s just made picking the right guy a painful roll of the dice. Check out the Top 4 running backs from this week: Devonta Freeman, Chris Johnson, Joseph Randle and LeGarrette Blount\u2014all dudes who weren\u2019t necessarily assured a heavy workload going into the season, and yet all put up RB1-worthy stats this week. Blount could have easily been Dion Lewis, for example, who himself lit up Buffalo last week. I guess what I\u2019m saying here is that fantasy football sucks.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Give it up for Adrian Peterson and Jamaal Charles, by the way, for being the only two highly-ranked running backs to turn in any kind of consistency thus far. Good lord, can you imagine if Jerry Jones had managed to swing that trade? There were doubts at the time, but this rejuvenated Peterson with that Dallas O-Line would probably have 600 yards and the republican presidential nomination. I mean, my god. Thank goodness that didn\u2019t happen.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does rooting for AP feel weird? I\u2019m not from Minnesota and I didn\u2019t pick him in any of my leagues, but I bet it feels weird. Sound off in the comments. Or don\u2019t! Please don\u2019t.\r\n\r\n\r\n\t&lt;strong&gt;MORE:&amp;nbsp;NFL Week 3 red carpet: Tom Brady looking comfortable&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;h3 class=\"p1\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wide receivers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Julio Jones and A.J. Green were part of the same NFL draft class, and at this point, I honestly don\u2019t know which one I would rather have picked. They\u2019re both magnificent. Well done, SEC. You did something not loathsome.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Antonio Brown is absurd, by the way. The guy puts up 100 yards receiving like it\u2019s nothing. It doesn\u2019t even matter who replaces Big Ben next week, Brown will STILL dunk on you and then wink at your mom. He\u2019s great.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don\u2019t look now, but Travis Benjamin has 200+ receiving yards and three TDs on only &lt;i&gt;six&lt;/i&gt; receptions. That\u2019s BONKERS, and also unsustainable. Don\u2019t get comfy, dude bragging about having drafted Travis Benjamin. He plays for the Browns, and that\u2019ll always come back to haunt you.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[tweet:&amp;nbsp;https://twitter.com/ZiggyOfAk/status/648224988496007168]\r\n\r\n\r\n\t&lt;strong&gt;MORE NFL:&amp;nbsp;Are the Bengals the only roadblock for Pats in AFC?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;h3 class=\"p1\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tight ends&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I felt &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; cool when I drafted Coby Fleener in late rounds. \u201CHe and Andrew Luck are pals!\u201D I thought. \u201CWhat an inevitable steal!\u201D I feel way less cool now. Turns out Indy has multiple tight ends, which is stupid and dumb.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[tweet:&amp;nbsp;https://twitter.com/ajt/status/648195295755542528]\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gronk still owns the tight end position, but there\u2019s a big handful of guys crushing it this year, one of whom is named \u201CCrockett Gillmore.\u201D What a name! And if you think maybe his parents did that ironically or something, look the kid up. He\u2019s from Amarillo, Texas, the least ironic city in America. That\u2019s some genuine Crockett.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He\u2019s also injured now, apparently, which I guess is important, but c\u2019mon. You aren\u2019t reading this for the updates.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n\t&lt;strong&gt;MORE NFL:&amp;nbsp;Week 4 Waiver Wire: Pick up Carr if you need a QB&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;h3 class=\"p1\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Team defenses&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lots of pick-6\u2019s this week. I still find it insane that the Cardinals got an absolute monster of a free safety at bargain-bin prices because Tyrann Mathieu smoked marijuana. There\u2019s an absolutely gigantic disconnect between the old dudes who draft, coach, report on and own NFL teams, and the actual players themselves. It\u2019s pretty uncomfortable! NFL players, like lots of people, probably smoke weed constantly, with no ill effects! And yet everyone around the organization publicly clutches the perils when someone gets caught with it. Which is dumb. It\u2019s weed. And I bet Arizona still hates the stuff, even though it\u2019s responsible for that gorgeous secondary. Arizona is a horrible and unreasonable place.\r\n\r\n\r\n\t&lt;strong&gt;MORE NFL:&amp;nbsp;Most surprising and disappointing teams following Week 3&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;h3 class=\"p1\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kickers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That new PAT rule is either the best thing ever, or the worst thing ever. I haven\u2019t figured out which one yet, but I\u2019m convinced there\u2019s no in-between here. After all, life is about taking dramatic stands on dumb issues, like which hot sauce is best, or new PAT rules. We\u2019ll get to the bottom of this.\r\n\r\n\r\n\t&lt;strong&gt;MORE NFL:&amp;nbsp;Should Rams' Barron get penalized for Roethlisberger&amp;nbsp;hit?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;h3 class=\"p1\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;This week's \"Person Who Used to be Good!\"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it cheating if I pick another Colts player this week? God, poor Andre Johnson. It looks like all those years of carrying Houston\u2019s offense on his back finally killed him. Indy needs to ship him off to the Vikings next year so he can die a warrior\u2019s death in the big glass boat.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[tweet:&amp;nbsp;https://twitter.com/pwilson24/status/648584886727647233]\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;h3 class=\"p1\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;This week's \"Person Who is STILL Good!\"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good lord, it\u2019s Larry Fitzgerald! He\u2019s ALIVE! And scoring enough touchdowns to make that savvy John Brown pick look way less savvy! You doofus. You did exactly what the Broncos did this off-season and out-foxed yourself.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2026 Get it, because their coach is named\u2014\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;h3 class=\"p1\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Person at whom you should creepily tweet a \"Thank-You\"&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Samuel L Jackson, for tweeting this sick burn:&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;... at an Oregon fan this week. Taste the Nick Fury.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What does Sam Jackson have to do with fantasy football, though, you ask? Enough with the questions. You don't want to anger him.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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