1. Alex (3-0)
Last week: 1
With Henry putting up one of the worst weeks of his career, Brian Robinson falling back down to Earth, Puka not being dominant, and Mark Andrews having a mediocre showing, everything seems like Alex should have lost this game. However, his Herbert/Allen stack paid off, as he got a combined 65 points from them, accounting for over half his total points. With Mike Williams being out for the year, this stack should continue to pay off for Alex, and he may be able to win a good number of games even if the rest of his very talented roster falls short. Alex is only 4th on scoring for the year and has the 2nd least points scored against him, which would both be causes for concern, but his team seems to be underperforming every week and he is still winning games handily. If his team plays up to their potential, Alex will not lose another game.

2. Jacob (2-1)
Last week: 4
Jacob finally got the performances out of his Wide Receivers that he needed to comfortably win a game. Davante put up over double his previous season high, and AJ Brown is starting to put up numbers closer to his draft expectations. Zack Moss is also looking like a great waiver add, with Jonathan Taylor saying that he still does not want to play for the Colts, as Moss has secured the backfield with high-quality play in the absence of Taylor. However, he has a notable lack of depth at the RB position, as Kelley and Dillon seem to not be able to put up points as starting running backs, and Charbonnet just can't secure playing time behind a dominant Kenneth Walker. Jacob has to hope the rest of his team can continue to carry him to wins until Aaron Jones is back and healthy. ** Note: This ranking may be due to author bias. The author is attempting to make the most objective rankings he can, but needs to note his potential biases. **

3. Paxton (2-1)
Last week: 3
Paxton won this week on the back of the Bills Defense. When your Kicker and DST combine for 44 points, you'll be able to win every single week, and this showed despite poor performances from his RB room. Rhamondre had his season low in a game where Zeke looked like the better back, so Paxton has to hope that Stevenson can maintain a high usage, as a RBBC in New England could be a bad situation for him. Swift currently seems to be the clear #1 back in Philly, so Paxton has to hope that Swift both stays healthy and stays on top of the running back room, as Gainwell, Penny, and Scott could all do a decent job of leading the backfield in his absence. Kyren Williams also had a rough performance in his first game as the lead back in LA, which may follow the same issues that Josh Kelley and AJ Dillon are seeing as they step into a lead back role.

4. Stone (1-2)
Last week: 5
Mostert is looking like an incredible waiver add, but dropping Achane might come back to bite him with the RB scarcity this year. However, we won't know how this backfield is going to look on weeks that they're not putting up 70 points. The classic "play the defense who's playing Houston" also hurt Stone this week, as Houston decided to look like an actual NFL team for the first time since JJ Watt was healthy. If the Jags offense can start to pick up some steam, Stone can continue to be very dangerous with his Lawrence/Ridley stack, but they haven't put up as much as he would have hoped to at this point in the year.

5. Nate (3-0)
Last week: 2
With the third-lowest score this week, Nate did not win this game as much as Ethan lost it. Hurts put up decent points with the fact that he was playing in the pouring rain, and Cooks, Diggs, and Olave all did well, but Nate's best performers were his kicker and defense. Elliott could win Nate games this year, as his 11 points this week ties for his season low, and 15 points from a defense is able to make up for any underperforming players (*cough* Waller *cough*). Gibbs' lack of production in a week where Montgomery was out is concerning, as he was expected to have a breakout week this week. A win is a win here, but Nate has a lot of players who performed just fine, and not many who are putting up a ton of points. I think Nate will be a consistent team this year, and should continue to put up numbers in the high 90s/low 100s - the question is whether that will be enough to continue to beat his opponents. Nate manages to stay in the top half of the rankings this week solely because he has managed to win all three games so far, but his team has some huge holes in it and I would not bet on him continuing to win at the same rate.

6. Tim (1-2)
Last week: 9
Tim went to Germany and, in the process, Blitzkrieg'ed all over Bryce. Let's hope that Reynolds goose-egg isn't a metaphor for the Battle of the Bulge.
All of Tim's players did incredibly well this week outside of Reynolds, and he comfortably put up a league high in points this season. Moving away from Burrow seems to be a good idea for now, and with Kirk being the #1 quarterback this year so far, he was able to get a wonderful pickup off the waiver wire. Another waiver add, Tank Dell, put up a massive 23 as the Texans actually looked not bad, and he may continue to produce well. Tim's bench is quite thin, but for a team that started to play for next year by picking up potential keepers in weeks 1 and 2, Tim is still a contender to win the league, and needs to be taken seriously.

7. Erik (1-2)
Last week: 6
Erik is the owner of the best running back room in the league; sadly, Ekeler and Monty are hurt, as his WRs need some help. The Texans' manhandling of Dallas hurt his Dak/Ceedee stack and cost him the game this week. At the end of the day, it's hard to beat an opponent with 32 points from their defense, but Erik's lineup kept him in this game even through the Monday night games. Sam LaPorta is continuing to look like a great pick at TE, and as his RB room gets healthy, Erik is going to be very hard to beat. If he can manage to add a star WR, I can see Erik making a deep playoff run this year.

8. Bryce (0-3)
Last week: 10
Positives: Lamar, McCaffrey, Pittman, Addison, Mattison
Negatives: The Bengals offense looks dreadful, and without a passing attack, Mixon won't be able to run the ball for enough fantasy points. The Cardinals decided not to pass the ball this week, meaning Ertz did nothing to help either. The biggest diappointment on Bryce's team is the Broncos DST, however. They managed to get a TD, or he would have been stuck with a -11 from them. I would recommend immediately dropping them, although they do play Chicago next week for the Toilet Bowl, so they may be worth one more chance before picking up a defense who won't set a record for most yards allowed in history.
Overall, it's hard to pinpoint exactly why Bryce did so poorly this week. He wasn't going to win against Tim's 150 points unless he had several of his players have the best games of their careers, and instead, many of Bryce's most promising players posted season lows this week. Fantasy is weird sometimes, and Bryce seems to be cursed more often than the rest of us, and this seems to just be a continuation of his bad luck. Bryce has the players to possibly win a lot of games this season, but he needs to go get an exorcism or something to rid himself of his fantasy football demons.

9. Ethan (1-2)
Last week: 7
Last year, the Bears were bad, but Fields looked good enough to possibly carry them to wins. This year so far, the Bears are so bad that Fields might get hurt from the amount of constant pressure he is taking. For a QB who was expected to be in the top 3-5 range this year, Fields is currently the QB16, which hurts Ethan even more as he went for the DJ Moore stack. With a bad day for Bijan as well, Ethan saw the consequences of drafting incredibly talented players on God-awful teams. Mike Williams looked like a hoss until he hurt his leg, and although he won't be sent to get made into glue, his season is over and so may be Ethan's. We'll have to see if Eth can use the waiver wire or trade his way out of this situation, but he will need to find some playmakers, and fast.

10. Perry (1-2)
Last week: 8
Perry had 4 players score 18 or more, and the rest scored under 10. His kicker being in the top half of that stat is a bit concerning, and both running backs scoring below 10 is not a good look for his future success (who knew Breida was even still in the league?). Perry is currently banking on his Tua/Tyreek stack carrying his team, with Amari Cooper also putting up a good number of points. If the Dolphins have a bad week, Perry is going to have a bad week. Sadly for Perry, I think we're going to see a lot more bad weeks in his future, because not every team is going to give up record-setting yards in a game. Perry's depth concerns push him to the bottom of the chart this week, as he has a patchwork team with few answers for its struggles so far.