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Fantasy Football: Week 3 WR rankings (Half-PPR)

The injury bug has already hit the wide receiver position, unfortunately, with a number of injuries through the first two weeks of the season to some top options, including (but not limited to): Justin Jefferson (quad), CeeDee Lamb (ankle), Cooper Kupp (ankle), Puka Nacua (knee), Deebo Samuel (calf), A.J. Brown (hamstring) and Jordan Addison (ankle). Yikes.

It sounds like Jefferson and Lamb should be good to go, luckily, but the rest have concerning outlooks on their availability for Week 3.

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Luckily, there are some players drafted in the later rounds who are stepping up to the place ... like Tampa Bay Buccaneers wideout Chris Godwin. Some of us here at Yahoo Fantasy predicted Godwin would have a bounce-back season as he made his return to a full-time slot role. However, none of us could have predicted that he'd rank as the overall WR1 for fantasy through the first two weeks of the season.

Chris Godwin headshot
Chris Godwin
IR
WR - TB - #14
2024 - 2025 season
62
Targets
50
Rec
576
Yds
5
TD

Godwin may have continued his hot start to the year in Week 2 with another big fantasy day... but it wasn't as big as that of rookie Marvin Harrison Jr., who defeated the "slow" narratives circulating after Week 2 with a stunning 5-134-2 line despite playing just 70% of snaps in the Arizona Cardinals' blowout win over the Rams. Joining him in the "rookie breakout" category was New York Giants' rookie Malik Nabers, who impressed with a 10-127-1 line of his own in Week 2.

Marvin Harrison Jr. headshot
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR - ARI - #18
2024 - 2025 season
60
Targets
33
Rec
499
Yds
6
TD

Is a Rome Odunze breakout next? How will wide receivers Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle fare without Tua Tagovailoa at quarterback? Is Diontae Johnson a viable flex option with Andy Dalton in at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers? With all of those questions up in the air, our fantasy experts are here to help with their Week 3 wide receiver rankings for half-PPR scoring formats:

Which wide receiver do you predict will have a dominant showing in Week 3?