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Pressing Week 3 fantasy football questions: Can Aaron Rodgers keep it up? - Yahoo Sports

Pressing Week 3 fantasy football questions: Can Aaron Rodgers keep it up? - Yahoo Sports

Pressing Week 3 fantasy football questions: Can Aaron Rodgers keep it up? - Yahoo Sports
Sep 25, 2020 3 mins, 11 secs

Yahoo Fantasy Football Podcast.

Sunday Night Football will bring us two Hall of Fame quarterbacks on the opposite side of the vibes spectrum.

On one side, Aaron Rodgers looks to have recaptured the deity-level of play from his prime amid a pseudo-revenge tour following slights by sections of football media — and perhaps even his own team.

With that in mind, the defense we saw out of New Orleans in Week 2 can’t be the weekly reality.

The team ranks middle of the pack in terms of success rate allowed through the air and the ground and turned in a good Week 1, but the Raiders seemingly exposed multiple holes. .

After another drab 0-2 start amid a stale offense and a predictably poor defense, that’s looking misguided.

So far, Detroit ranks 13th in success rate on deep passes, per Sharp Football Stats. .

The vertical passing game can help stretch out the field to boost a middling running game.

He’s also been given runway to function in the passing game, with an 11.3 percent share of the team targets and 13.5 routes per game. .

Now in Week 3, Taylor and the Colts will match up with a sinking Jets defense.

New York allowed a huge rushing touchdown to Raheem Mostert last week on the very first play.

Given the true horror-story nature of Taylor’s injury, it’s already been announced that Herbert will get another start in Week 3.

It is worth wondering if the strong, albeit mistake-sprinkled output we saw out of Herbert last week will be a weekly expectation.

Let’s consider that the Chiefs defense had installed a game plan that didn’t consider Herbert at all, and was designed for a different quarterback entirely in Taylor.

As caught off guard as Herbert was by his own first start, so were the Chiefs.

Herbert came away with a 58 percent successful play rate from his first start, which now ranks 12th among quarterbacks to have started at least one game this year.

Another more consequential note: He’s getting to play the Panthers in Week 3.

Coming out of Week 2’s Monday Night Football game, it was hard to tell whether the Raiders were way better than we expected, or if the aforementioned Saints are just way worse than we thought.

One thing is for sure coming out of Monday night: We know exactly what the Raiders want to be.

Jacobs leads the NFL with 14 broken tackles and has become more involved in their passing game, carrying a 14.5 percent share of the team’s passing targets. .

Coming into Week 3, he boasts a 79.4 percent on-target throw percentage, placing him as the league’s fifth-most accurate passer.

With tight end Darren Waller leading all pass-catchers this year with a 38.7 percent share of his team’s targets, a few wide receivers stepping up behind this difference-maker is all Las Vegas has required. .

Not only is the defense known for coming up with creative game plans to take away your best threat, but the offense is also white-hot under Cam Newton.

The Patriots rank fifth in successful play rate on offense.

And as good as we may feel about the Raiders offense, their defense is unlikely to put Newton and co.

The Las Vegas Raiders, New York Giants, and Philadelphia Eagles are among our favorite picks to cover the spread for bettors this weekend

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