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10 fantasy football busts from NFL Week 3

By Zachary Thompson

Sep 25, 2016; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb (18) tumbles after missing a catch during the fourth quarter against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field. Green Bay won 34-27. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 25, 2016; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb (18) tumbles after missing a catch during the fourth quarter against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field. Green Bay won 34-27. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 25, 2016; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson (22) carries the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals in the second half at Paul Brown Stadium. The Broncos won 29-17. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 25, 2016; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson (22) carries the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals in the second half at Paul Brown Stadium. The Broncos won 29-17. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports /

C.J. Anderson-RB-Denver Broncos

Through the first two weeks of the season, C.J. Anderson looked like one of the best fantasy backs in the NFL. He was in the top-10 in fantasy points for running backs in both Week 1 and Week 2, but he was a big letdown in Week 3 landing him on our fantasy football busts list for this week.

Anderson took a back seat to the Trevor Siemian show on Sunday as the Bengals loaded up against the run and made Siemian beat them. In good news for Broncos fans, Siemian did. In bad news for Anderson owners, C.J. only ended up with 37 yards on his 14 carries and added one catch for just four more yards.

Anderson failed to get into the end zone this week, but he should be just fine going forward since teams will be hesitant to load up against him after Siemian’s Sunday stats. I’d chalk this up to a bad week, and be ready to roll him back out as an RB1 in some tasty matchups coming up. Depending on who has Anderson in your league, you could try and buy low if they over-react to his bad week.

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