Good Call/Bad Call - Week 3 fantasysharks.com Fri 9/20/13 6:30 AM

I always like Week 3 of the season. After this week, we're finally able to see the trends of players and teams. We can see if there was a fluke game by some player or if teams really are using that player in their game plan. We get to see which defenses are weak against the pass or the run. Sleepers aren't sleepers anymore, and players that you drafted with upside are either panning out or wasting roster space on your bench. After this Sunday we can finally see where our fantasy teams stand and get into the next fun part of fantasy football, trading. Now on to the calls for the week. Quarterbacks The Green Bay at Cincinnati game is chock-full of fantasy potential this week. The Packers have allowed 412 and 320 passing yards in the first two weeks, along with three touchdowns in each week to opposing quarterbacks. I'm thinking Andy Dalton is going to have a big game this week. Dalton looks to have plenty of receiving options at his disposal this season. Drafting Tyler Eifert and Giovani Bernard to go with A.J. Green and Jermaine Gresham looks to have been a good move by the Bengals, and it would be a good move to have Dalton in your lineup this week. The Baltimore Ravens defense doesn't look as stout as it has in past seasons. Currently, they rank as the third easiest defense for quarterbacks to go against. Even Brandon Weeden had 233 passing yards versus them last week. Combine that with the fact that Matt Schaub has been playing some good football through the first two weeks of the season and I'd say Schaub is a good call for you to start this week. Schaub has thrown three touchdowns in each of his first two games, and I don't see why he couldn't do it again. Jay Cutler is a bad call this week. His trip to Pittsburgh is going to be a rough one. The Steelers have allowed just one passing touchdown this season, and allow an average of just 203 passing yards. Cutler has five touchdowns on the year already, but hasn't passed for more than 300 yards, yet. I don't see that happening this week, and I think he'd be lucky to throw for more than one touchdown. Cutler is a bad call this week and you should look elsewhere for your starting quarterback. Running Backs Darren McFadden hasn't done much on the ground this year, but he has been involved in the passing game. Catching passes is what's going to help McFadden's value this week. Oakland travels to Denver and should be playing catchup all game. Ray Rice had eight catches in Week 1 against Denver and I think that's how McFadden will get used this week. Expect lots of swing and screen passes to get thrown his way. The Broncos have also allowed one rushing touchdown each week this year, so McFadden could run one in as well. Overall, McFadden is a good call this week. Joique Bell has more targets and catches than Reggie Bush despite Bush being the "receiving back" and Bush has more than twice as many carries as Bell (30 for Bush to 14 for Bell). It seems both running backs have fantasy value this year, and would appear to be getting a 50-50 split of playing time. That would typically mean you wouldn't want to start either of them in fantasy, but Bush dinged his knee on a helmet last week, and still isn't 100 percent. I expect Bell to get the majority of the workload this week in order to rest Bush. A nice trip to Washington and its 27th-ranked run defense means Bell is a really good call for you to start this week. Expect some big numbers. BenJarvus Green-Ellis has gotten 75 percent of the carries so far this season for the Cincinnati Bengals, but he's been underperforming with just a 3.6 yards per carry average. I'm fully expecting Giovani Bernard to be getting the majority of the carries by about game eight, but this week will be a sample of things to come. The Bengals host the Green Bay Packers, and as I said above, the game is full of fantasy potential. The only guy that's going to get left out is Green-Ellis. We all know Green Bay can score and Cincinnati will probably be passing more just to keep up. Passing plays means Green-Ellis comes out and Bernard comes in. Expect Green-Ellis to have a depressed stat line simply because he won't get many opportunities to run the ball. Bernard: good call, Green-Ellis: bad call. Wide Receivers Mike Wallace told the press to ask his coach why he wasn't getting the ball after his Week 1 game. Magically, he gets nine catches in Week 2. Other players should take note: If you want to get more involved in the game, have the press put the pressure on your coach to involve you instead of whining about it. This week I expect Wallace to have a big week again. The Atlanta Falcons come to Miami, and through two games they've allowed four passing touchdowns to wide receivers. Wallace should have no problem pulling in half a dozen catches and a touchdown this week, and that makes him a good call. I was expecting DeAndre Hopkins to be a good NFL receiver at some point, I just didn't think he'd catch on so quickly. Coming out of college I viewed Hopkins as a receiver very similar to Greg Jennings; a guy who's not super fast, but has great hands and runs good routes. Houston's matchup with Baltimore this week should be an evenly matched game that goes down to the wire. Baltimore ranks 27th defending opposing wide receivers this year, and I think Hopkins will have another good week. Julian Edelman is New England's top receiver right now. With Danny Amendola out with a groin injury, Edelman is the de-facto No. 1, which against Tampa Bay means a heavy dose of Darrelle Revis. As sure handed as Edelman has been this year (27 targets, 20 catches), with Revis on him, he's going to be a bad call this week. Tight Ends I feel like I'm beating a dead horse talking about the Cincinnati Bengals, but with the fantasy potential of Cincinnati this week, I just have to mention it. I should have just said that anyone in the Bengals passing game has value this week and moved on. Jermaine Gresham and Tyler Eifert are turning into the poor man's version of Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez. Their matchup with the 29th-ranked Green Bay defense means if you've got 'em, start 'em. Greg Olsen has been strong this year, and he's got another good matchup this week. The New York Giants rank as the second-easiest team for tight ends to go against. Olsen has the most targets on the Carolina Panthers team behind Steve Smith , so he should see plenty of work again this week. Starting Olsen would be a good call this week. Kyle Rudolph is a guy you're going to want to leave on your bench this week. The Cleveland Browns offense has been in the news a ton after trading away Trent Richardson , but their defense is actually pretty decent. So far Cleveland has allowed just seven catches and 80 yards to opposing tight ends. Rudolph has dropped down to the third option in Minnesota behind Jerome Simpson and Greg Jennings , so his value is much less than last year. Starting Rudolph would be a bad call. Good luck this week and, as always, may your starters stay healthy and I hope you make all the right calls.