Fantasy Football Week 3 PPR Cheat Sheet: Player ratings to help make your toughest lineup calls (2024)

FAQs

How do I get a better fantasy football team? ›

The league standings are determined by the teams' total points. Total points leagues are often also best ball leagues, in which owners do not need to set a starting lineup, as their weekly point totals automatically reflect their highest-scoring players at each position.

Point Per Reception (ESPN Standard)

In PPR leagues, each player in your starting lineup receives points per every reception. Each reception is worth 1 point in ESPN Standard leagues and can be customized in custom leagues.

But elite RBs and WRs typically get drafted first because you need more starters at those positions and their scoring drops off more sharply. That's why the best way to draft is generally to prioritize RBs and WRs while waiting on QBs and TEs.

Usually, we say you should grab a top running back in the first two rounds and hammer a bunch of wide receivers in the next few rounds. And you can still do that! But it's never been more acceptable to draft four positions in the first four rounds.

No league size is perfect, but 12 teams is the standard most leagues try to achieve.

PPR stands for “point per reception” and refers to just that. In this format, each offensive player gets 1 fantasy point for each reception. PPR has become the most played of the three fantasy football points scoring systems mentioned above.

1. Christian McCaffrey, SF (RB1)

What is the highest PPR fantasy score ever? ›

Billy Cannon has racked up the most PPR fantasy points in a game, with 68 points versus the New York Titans on December 10, 1961.

Top Target: Justin Jefferson

Jefferson averaged 21.8 PPR points per game last season with Kirk Cousins and 18.6 without him. Ideally, Minnesota's quarterback play will be a little better than the backups last year with Sam Darnold and J.J. McCarthy.

Collusion and commissioner abuse are two main ways to cheat in fantasy football. Commissioners have a lot of power over other fantasy managers, such as: forcing add/drops. changing scoring or roster settings.

For Live Drafts

Import your team into Draft Wizard®. Open your team page at Sleeper in your browser. Launch your draft room. In a separate browser tab, navigate to the Draft Assistant.

QBs become much more important to draft in the early rounds and you could see them dominate the first round. I personally prefer to draft my two QBs in the first four rounds or so in Superflex leagues, and a third QB is a must later in the draft for bye week and injury purposes.

12 TEAMS. This is the standard size for a fantasy football league. There are enough teams to create a solid league breakdown by division and conference.