NFL Week 3 Sleeper Picks Player Predictions (2024)
Welcome to Sleeper Picks! Sleeper’s newest offering promised plenty of entertainment and action, and they delivered. We will break down our top three picks for this week's NFL action. Similar to fantasy sports, the goal in Sleeper Picks is to draft a team of players based on who you think will perform better than the field. But with Sleeper Picks, you pick teams of 2-8 players from multiple teams based on your preferences and predict whether those players will score more or less than a predetermined amount. There are a number of ways to play and a variety of strategies to employ, and we’ll guide you through the process each week.
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NFL Week 3 Sleeper Picks
2024 Record: 4-2
Malik Nabers (WR – NYG): OVER 65.5 receiving yards
Nabers saw 18 targets in Week 2 and should see another steady stream of targets this week against Cleveland. The Browns will likely roll coverage his way to prevent splash plays, but the Giants manufacture enough touches for Nabers, who has after-the-catch juice, for him to generate all of this yardage purely off his short and intermediate targets. Mash the More on Nabers for Week 3 at Sleeper Picks.
Brock Bowers (TE – LV): OVER 48.5 receiving yards
Bowers has been every bit as advertised since entering the league, and it’s honestly a surprise that this number has been set so low. It makes sense for a tight end, but anyone who followed Bowers in college knows he is more big slot than TE in terms of explosive ability and usage. He has recorded 58 or more receiving yards in both of his first two games in the NFL, and only gamescript causing Gardner Minshew to stop throwing will be able to prevent Bowers from hitting at least 49 this weekend. Bump the More on Bowers for Week 3 at Sleeper Picks.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR – SEA): OVER 4.5 receptions
We generally don’t touch reception totals in this column, but this one stood out. JSN recorded 12 receptions in Week 2, but the total remained the same for JSN as it had been all season at 4.5 receptions. Anyone who has been paying attention knows that JSN has supplanted Tyler Lockett as the WR2, and there are going to be a handful of nights when he leads the team in target and receptions. He has always been someone who profiles as a 100 reception receiver, he just needed the role to flourish. JSN still has the issue of getting open too quickly on some plays, which prevents him from truly maximizing his potential, but he has been good about using a varied tempo to delay his point of separation. Jab the More on JSN for Week 3.
Writers note: The lines are constantly changing on Sleeper, so there is a high probability that one or all of the numbers may no longer be the same when you open your app. There are excellent values when they are first posted, with the only catch being that they are not all released at the same time. Vigilance could provide a solid return on investment this season, literally.
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