Week 3 Dynasty Fantasy Football Mailbag: Buy Low On Colston Loveland?

Dynasty Fantasy Football Mailbag for Week 3

How are you valuing Josh Jacobs right now? Thoughts on Green Bay backfield in general?

Even as a resident Green Bay Packers fan, it's challenging for me to find anything positive about this rushing attack. Obviously, without Josh Jacobs, they were going to be a different unit entirely, especially after they let Emanuel Wilson sign with Seattle. However, I didn't expect it to be this bad.

The offensive line was once the pride and joy of this organization. but it's in shambles and only getting worse. I am not all that interested in Jacobs because I simply do not know what the future holds for him. If I could sell him for a future 2nd-round pick, I'm likely doing that unless (for some reason) I'm viewing him as the missing piece for my championship hopes.

Is now the time to buy low on Bears wide receivers and Colston Loveland?

Absolutely. It's mind-boggling how Ben Johnson has been utilizing his offensive playmakers through the first two weeks of the season. In his latest Utilization Report, Dwain McFarland said the following:

What in the absolute f@#% is happening here? We have Round 1 and Round 2 NFL picks ceding playing time and schemed targets to a budget-bin free agent.

That about sums it up. That also means that I am definitely buying any of Colston Loveland, Rome Odunze, and especially Luther Burden if fantasy/dynasty managers are panicking about their usage thus far.

While I would like to assume things will get better, I suppose only time will tell.

Bryce Young or Sam Darnold for the rest of the season in a Superflex league?

This is not a question I ever expected to be answering after two weeks, but I am absolutely here for it. Give me Bryce Young.

Through two games, the Panthers offense looks legit and Jalen Coker, one of my favorite offseason targets, is a big reason why.

Yes, Sam Darnold has Jaxon Smith-Njigba and the Seahawks are certainly the better all-around team, but Young has been lighting it up. Once again, Dwain is back with the hard-hitting data we crave:

The team is also dialing up other cheat codes for their young passing attack. The Panthers are mixing up their personnel groupings and using play action on 28% of dropbacks. The Panthers rank sixth in motion at 61%.

I love it when offenses aren't … stale. I love it when they get creative and play to the strengths of their playmakers. While I don't suspect Young will keep up his current pace for the entire season, the NFC South is so open and the Panthers have as good a chance as anyone to make a playoff push in 2026.

What should we make of Travis Etienne in dynasty leagues?

I'm gonna be honest, it's not looking great and I can't figure out why.

OK, that's not entirely true … I can see why. His usage and utilization just haven't been there. But what I can't figure out is why. The Saints literally just signed him to a 4-year/$48 million contract this past spring.

That's a ton of money to shell out for a guy who's essentially splitting time with the corpse of Alvin Kamara, Kendre Miller and some guy named CJ Donaldson.

Dwain illustrated this perfectly:

Etienne led the backfield in snaps at 53%, but handled only 33% of the rushing attempts—lower than his Week 1 mark of 43%. His routes also fell slightly from 38% to 33%, and his target share plummeted from 16% to 6%.

All you can do is hold or buy on the cheap in the hopes that the Saints remember A) how talented he is and B) how much money they gave him.

With Jaxson Dart done for the season, what’s the outlook for the Giants pass catchers? Any value in stashing Jameis Winston?

News broke on Wednesday that Jaxson Dart would miss the remainder of the season after suffering a knee injury in Week 2. Besides being a brutal blow for fantasy managers everywhere in a vacuum, the ripple effects will extend to the rest of this offense.

As for Malik Nabers, he already finished working his way back from a knee injury, but now he's picked up a shoulder injury as well. I am out on all Giants offensive playmakers not named Isaiah Likely. I suppose you can continue to trot out Cam Skattebo but this offense just got a lot less efficient.

As for Jameis Winston, we've seen this movie before. There will be games where he throws for 350+ yards and 3 TDs, and other games where he tosses 3 INTs. In fact, that could all happen in the same game. I am out on Winston outside of a desperation play in Superflex formats.

Which players currently in the top 20 (PPR) that were drafted outside of the top 100 should we be buying high on? (Coker, Diggs, Boston, Wicks, Tucker, Samuel, Raymond)

Personally, this is easily Jalen Coker. I wrote about him this offseason as a target in dynasty startup drafts because he was the projected WR2 on what I thought would be a better offense in 2026.

Coker played in only 11 games in each of his first two seasons, but he finished strong down the stretch in 2025, scoring three times in his final five games. Now that we're a pair of games into the 2026 season, the Coker hype is paying off in a big way.

In Week 1, he went 8-138-2 TDs on 9 targets. He followed up that impressive performance with an 8-66-0 line on 9 targets on Sunday afternoon.

Again, it's only been two weeks, but it's been awesome to see Bryce Young elevate both his play and this entire offense.

Players Mentioned in this Article

JoshJacobs
RBGB
PPG
0.0
EmanuelWilsonQ
RBSEA
PPG
4.8
Proj
4.4
ColstonLoveland
TECHI
PPG
0.4
Proj
7.4
RomeOdunzeQ
WRCHI
PPG
6.0
Proj
7.1

Published Sep 25, 2026, 4:00 AM ET