Fantasy Football Dynasty Report for Week 3
Welcome back to the Dynasty Report!
Every week, this article highlights the most impactful storylines from a dynasty perspective, since regular-season changes can significantly affect a player’s value beyond this year. To give you a holistic view of the dynasty landscape, you can expect the following segments each week:
- Rookie Standouts: The best rookie performances from the previous week
- Dynasty Stock Report: Review players trending upward and plummeting in value
- Prospect Performances: The best performances among draft-eligible CFB players
And if you are looking for an even deeper look into dynasty football, be sure to tune in every week to the Fantasy Footballers Dynasty Podcast with Borg, Betz, and one of the Ballers!
Rookie Standouts
Denzel Boston
Boston is second among rookies in target share, behind only Carnell Tate. However, unlike Tate, Boston made the most of his opportunity and provided true fantasy value. Boston is one of eight WRs to finish in the top-20 in back-to-back weeks to start the season. Boston has outproduced all five of the first-round WRs from the 2026 NFL Draft so far. However, the biggest question still surrounding Boston (and the rest of the Browns) is: what does the offense look like when they decide to move on from Deshaun Watson?
Denzel Boston rookie WR ranks
rec yards 1st
rec TD 1st
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longest rec 1st pic.twitter.com/LOp1Y1mLh2— PFF (@PFF) September 21, 2026
Jonah Coleman
RJ Harvey missed Week 2 with a hamstring injury, clearing the way for Jonah Coleman to be a part of the Denver Broncos RB committee. He and Dobbins both logged 10 carries, and Coleman was slightly more productive, finishing with 39 rushing yards. Coleman also scored on a goal-line carry and earned three targets, which he turned into 19 yards. The Broncos’ backfield seems to have one too many mouths to feed for any of them to be reliable FLEX plays
Germie Bernard
Bernard was given an opportunity with Michael Pittman Jr. missing Week 2 with a foot injury. He saw eight targets with a 21% target share, but was unable to turn that into production. Week 2 was much better overall for Bernard, as he went from three offensive snaps in Week 1 to eight targets in Week 2. This involvement in the offense is a good sign for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ trust in Bernard, but he needs Pittman Jr. to miss more time to become startable.
Biggest snap share increases, Week 1 to 2 📈
Germie Bernard PIT 4% → 79%
Myles Price MIN 5% → 50%
Ben Sinnott WAS 26% → 68%
Laquon Treadwell IND 35% → 74%
Jacob Cowing SF 8% → 46%
Rome Odunze CHI 48% → 84%
Aaron Jones MIN 46% → 81%— Outside Zone (@OutsideZoneIO) September 21, 2026
Ted Hurst
The best part about Ted Hurst (yeah) leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in targets (7) in Week 2 was his involvement when the game was on the line. Hurst saw two targets (and was targeted on a play that came back after a holding penalty) during Tampa Bay’s two-minute drill coming out of a two-hour rain delay. This early involvement in the Bucs’ offense should encourage Hurst managers, even though his opportunities have not translated into fantasy production yet.
Stock Risers
Backup QBs
Every offseason, the Ballers project season-long stats for NFL players assuming everybody stays healthy. Personally, I usually think of RBs, WRs, and TEs when I think of fantasy players getting injured because they take the most hits. However, sometimes I forget how important it is to keep the right backup QBs in leagues where multiple QBs start.
Jameis Winston historically can come in as a backup and make one of the best plays on the field, then throw an INT on the next play, highlighted in his 2019 season when he finished with 5,109 passing yards, 33 TDs, and 30 INTs. Winston should be a low-end QB2 in his next three matchups against the Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals, and Washington Commanders.
Jayden Daniels suffered another left elbow dislocation, putting Marcus Mariota back on the field. Mariota had a productive season backing up Daniels in 2025, finishing as a top-20 QB in seven of eight games where he logged at least 50% of snaps. He averaged over five rushing attempts in those games, and his rushing upside provides a safe floor as a QB2.
Michael Penix Jr. may not fully fit this category, as he was drafted as a first-round QB in the 2024 NFL Draft. If you still have stock in Penix Jr., this is probably your last chance to see if he has any juice. The combination of Cooper Rush and Jack Strand had fans on Twitter begging for either Penix Jr. or Tua Tagovailoa to return.
Cooper Rush had a 32.6 passer rating today.
If a player spiked the ball every single play, they would have a 39.6 passer rating. pic.twitter.com/W1Wuf9ZdeR
— Real App (@realapp) September 20, 2026
Penix Jr. will start against the Green Bay Packers on Thursday Night Football, and his performance in this island game will likely determine whether he stays as Atlanta’s QB1.
Davante Adams
Puka Nacua’s absence in Week 2 allowed Davante Adams to prove that he can still be an elite WR. He put up 8/195/2 against the New York Giants. Puka’s long-term injury status should be fine, but Adams is a WR1 if Puka misses any more time with a potential suspension.
Parker Washington
Parker Washington has proven that he is clearly the Jacksonville Jaguars’ best WR. Washington is second in the NFL in target share and third in air yards (37%) through two weeks. He finished with at least 80 receiving yards in each of his last six games dating back to last season
The Parker Washington breakout continues
Through the afternoon games, Washington leads all WRs in Weighted Opportunity Rating for Week 2: pic.twitter.com/O1cGGKnxR8
— Marvin Elequin (@FF_MarvinE) September 21, 2026
The only question surrounding Washington now is: where does he rank among the elite fantasy WRs? The Ballers consensus rankings have him at WR8, ahead of guys like Nico Collins, George Pickens, and DeVonta Smith.
Christian Watson and Matthew Golden
The target consolidation in the Green Bay Packers’ offense after the departures of Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks has favored both Christian Watson and Matthew Golden. The Packers’ pass rate in the absence of Josh Jacobs is also a big reason for their success. The Packers ranked 28th in pass rate last season at 52%, and have jumped to second in pass rate this season at 66.7%, behind the Houston Texans.
Golden’s stock dropped over the course of the 2025 season as he was never a focal point of Green Bay’s offense. However, Golden already has more combined targets through two weeks than he did in any month last season. Both WRs rank top-14 in target share to start the season, and Jayden Reed’s neck injury will also remove some target competition.
Stock Fallers
Marvin Harrison Jr.
If the jury was still out on whether Marvin Harrison Jr. could live up to any of his pre-draft NFL hype, the first two weeks of the season have ended those dreams. Harrison Jr. has four targets through two weeks and has fewer fantasy points than LaJontay Wester, Jared Wayne, and 100 other WRs. “Maserati Marv’s” regression into “Mazda Marv” has been sad to watch in Arizona.
What in the unacceptable diarrhea is this? pic.twitter.com/pEp1LWTd6e
— Jason Moore (@JasonMoore) September 21, 2026
Carnell Tate
Cam Ward’s lack of a second-year leap is the reason why Carnell Tate is on this list. Tate has been given as much opportunity as any rookie WR in football, as he leads all rookie WRs in target share. Jason expressed his concern for his “My Guy” after Week 1’s disappointing loss to the Jets. Although the Titans performed better as a team against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 2, Tate’s production did not increase. It’s not time to panic on the #4 overall pick of the 2026 NFL Draft, but I think it is time to consider what Tate’s future outlook would be if Ward never takes a leap.
Colston Loveland
Chicago Bears third-string TE Sam Roush has more fantasy points than Colston Loveland this season. This two-game sample size is just an outlier, and Loveland will end the season with many more points than Roush (and most other TEs), but Loveland’s lack of involvement in the Bears’ offense should be a yellow flag for his dynasty stock.
A 335 pound DT has the same amount of yards this season as Colston Loveland pic.twitter.com/Y8UFtZIMtv
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) September 22, 2026
This offseason, the discussion around Chicago’s dynasty outlook revolved around who the first option in the offense would be. So far, Chicago has evenly distributed the ball amongst all players to start the season, with nobody exceeding a 25% target share. Loveland may not mean as much to Ben Johnson’s offense as Trey McBride or Brock Bowers mean to their offenses, limiting his ceiling when comparing him to the other elite TEs.
Prospect Performances
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Trinidad Chambliss
Trinidad Chambliss helped Ole Miss get revenge against their former head coach, Lane Kiffin, with a 32-24 victory. Chambliss earned an 89.9 PFF grade and ended the game with 363 passing yards, two passing TDs and an INT, along with a go-ahead 14-yard rushing TD. He currently sits as a late first-round QB in most NFL mock drafts, but his age (24.6) is something to keep in mind when dynasty rookie drafts come around.
Next Week’s Marquee Prospect Matchup
Ole Miss @ Florida
This week’s biggest CFB matchup from a dynasty lens is Ole Miss @ Florida. This game could dictate who is viewed as the best RB in the country, between Ole Miss’ Kewan Lacy and Florida’s Jadan Baugh. Baugh’s 6’1, 231 lbs build gets compared to Najee Harris, while Lacy has a similar build to Christian McCaffrey. Baugh is currently projected to go higher than Lacy, but they are both projected around the mid-to-late first round of the 2027 NFL Draft.