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Week 4 is here and it's time to start dealing with more injuries and now bye weeks! The Carolina Panthers and Washington Redskins will be taking an early break this season, so there's plenty of fantasy players to be replaced. Rookies like Calvin Ridley and Sony Michel will find their way into many lineups this week. Good luck in Week 4 and remember, you can tweet us @drinkfive with any of your lineup questions!

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Listen to the Fantasy Football Podcast, 9/20/18: Week 3 - That Mahomes guy - he's Fitzmagic

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Week 3 brings us some actual trends that we can use to help our rankings be just a touch more predictive, which is great news! And, as always, injuries early in the season have turned some fantasy bench-warmers into every-week starters: Tevin Coleman and Giovani Bernard are great examples of top 20 RB plays this week (in standard - higher in PPR) that would have been much lower on the rankings if not for injuries to starters Devonta Freeman and Joe Mixon, respectively. We're also looking at Cam Newton, Kenny Stills, and Will Fuller as great WR plays for week 3. Good luck and feel free to reach out on Twitter at @drinkfive with your lineup questions. Cheers!

It's Week 2 and there have been some surprises already this season, not the least of which is James Conner (RB) of the Steelers who started 2018 off with a bang after Le'Veon Bell's holdout kept him from starting the season on the stat sheet. Other breakout performances from week 1 will require a little more consistency to climb up in the rankings, but it's generally worth a roster spot or two to hold on to a guy who may be the next Alvin Kamara or Victor Cruz (Phillip Lindsay is a good example early this season). Some players that I have ranked above other experts this week include Alex Smith, Jalen Richard, and Chris Godwin.  Good luck and feel free to reach out on Twitter at @drinkfive with your lineup questions. Cheers!