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Fantasy Football Week 3: 3 WR/CB matchups to target and avoid

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WR Adonai Mitchell, New York Jets vs. CB D.J. Reed, Detroit Lions: Mitchell faces the NFL’s most wide receiver-friendly pass defense in Week 3. WR Ladd McConkey, Los Angeles Chargers vs. CB Dee Alford, Buffalo Bills: McConkey is set for a bounce-back week against Buffalo. Introducing the NEW PFF Pro subscription: PFF Pro includes everything in PFF+, plus an upgraded Premium Stats Pro experience, higher base access to Guru AI, revamped player and team pages, enhanced data and visualizations, an improved interface and programmatic data access for modeling. Click here to subscribe. Identifying advantageous and disadvantageous cornerback matchups is a critical facet of fantasy football’s lineup-setting process. This article details three wide receivers’ positive and negative environmental factors, with particular attention paid to their primary coverage foe, resulting in three recommended matchups to either target or avoid for Week 3. WR/CB Matchups to Target

Takes mentioned in this episode

  • Adonai Mitchell player · positive
    “WR Adonai Mitchell... Mitchell faces the NFL’s most wide receiver-friendly pass defense in Week 3.”

    Analysis of Adonai Mitchell's matchup in Week 3.

  • New York Jets team · neutral
    “New York Jets vs. CB D.J. Reed”

    Matchup between Adonai Mitchell and D.J. Reed.

  • D.J. Reed player · negative
    “CB D.J. Reed, Detroit Lions”

    Matchup between Adonai Mitchell and D.J. Reed.

  • Detroit Lions team · neutral
    “Detroit Lions”

    Team affiliation for D.J. Reed.

  • Ladd McConkey player · positive
    “WR Ladd McConkey... McConkey is set for a bounce-back week against Buffalo.”

    Analysis of Ladd McConkey's matchup against Buffalo.

  • Los Angeles Chargers team · neutral
    “Los Angeles Chargers vs. CB Dee Alford”

    Matchup between Ladd McConkey and Dee Alford.

  • Dee Alford player · negative
    “CB Dee Alford, Buffalo Bills”

    Matchup between Ladd McConkey and Dee Alford.

  • Buffalo Bills team · neutral
    “Buffalo Bills”

    Team affiliation for Dee Alford.