A shakeup at quarterback will also shake up these rankings. Find out who made it and who didn’t on this week’s edition of fantasy five for Thursday Night Football.
With Week 3 getting under way in just over 24 hours, it’s time for all the fantasy owners out there to think about players worth playing in this week’s edition of Thursday Night Football. With quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo likely being inactive barring a miracle, we can expect to see Jacoby Brissett playing QB for the Patriots.
I promise you this, Brissett won’t be in these rankings either. But there will be a few players you may not have suspected. Let’s get to the rankings now.
3. Houston Texans defense
Two weeks into the season, the Texans may just be the third best defense in the NFL behind Denver and Minnesota. The Texans defense is getting sacks on 12 percent of quarterback dropbacks two games into the season, meaning the quarterback is getting sacked more than once per 10 dropbacks. They lead the league for now with nine sacks. Defensive linemen Jadaveon Clowney and J.J. Watt both have two QB pressures on top of two sacks already for Watt and one for Clowney.
This defense is better than in years past with the evolution of Clowney. He’s finally healthy and being his third year in the league, he’s starting to show why the Texans took him as the number one overall pick. Now paired with JJ Watt on the other side of the line, the Texans pass rush is becoming elite. But let’s take a look at how Clowney effects the run game.