Welcome to our IDP Fantasy Football Starts for Week 3 of the 2022 fantasy football season!
Unlike our Fantasy Football Starts & Sits for Week Two players on offense, given the broad range of IDP scoring settings available to people that can throw a player’s perceived value through a loop, for our IDP section, we’ll just be recommending to you players you should consider starting this week based on IDP scoring format as well as output potential. So sit back, relax and enjoy our IDP Fantasy Football Starts for Week 3!
Defensive Backs
START: Julian Love versus The Dallas Cowboys
Julian Love gets the sack and MetLife is ROCKING
— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) September 18, 2022
(via @Giants) pic.twitter.com/GyhNe7xUPw
Coming off an impressive fantasy performance that saw him earn DB4 honors in Fantasy Pros IDP scoring (which can be found here) with 19.5 fantasy points, Julian Love looks to be the help this Giants team needs in helping to play against the run. Playing 65% of his total snaps from Week 2 (which is above the league average among defensive backs on the season), look for Love to maintain this type of usage versus a Cowboys team to make them one-dimensional on offense this Monday Night.
Additional Starting Candidates: Darrick Forest vs. The Philadelphia Eagles and Donovan Wilson vs. The New York Giants
Defensive Lineman
START: Trevis Gipson versus The Houston Texans
Trevis Gipson (@trevisgipson) with the ghost/rip sack. Robert Quinn must’ve shared his notes with Gipson after he got a sack with the same move earlier in the game! #passrush #dabears pic.twitter.com/70UvfH3TJ4
— DLineVids (@dlinevids1) September 19, 2022
While Al-Quadin Muhammad, currently on the season, is leading snap totals across from Robert Quinn in Chicago, Trevis Gipson completely outperformed Muhammad this past week, posting 4 total pressures, 3 QB Hits, 2 TFLs, and 2 sacks.
While his total snap and pass-rushing snap percentages need to rise dramatically to be an every-week starter on your fantasy rosters, Gipson should boast another impressive week against the Texans’ Titus Howard, who has already allowed a sack on the season while playing against two pass-rusher deficient teams.
Additional Starting Candidates: Greg Rousseau versus The Miami Dolphins and Charles Harris versus The Minnesota Vikings.
Linebackers
START: Frankie Luvu versus The New Orleans Saints
Most tackles for loss this season
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) September 20, 2022
FRANKIE LUVU 4
Micah Parsons 4
Myles Garrett 4
Von Miller 4@frankluvu7 ballin for the @Panthers pic.twitter.com/otKKYoxDEe
Frankie Luvu came out SWINGING last week, tallying 10 solo tackles, 4 TFLs, and 1 PD versus the New York Giants. This week he’s going against a New Orleans Saints team that is allowing the second most points in the league to ILBs (15 Fantasy Pros IDP points) on the season. While there is a concern that the LB1 from last week is dealing with an injury as of Thursday’s practice if he’s clear to go, insert him into your lineup with confidence this week!
Additional Starting Candidates: Mykal Walker vs. The Seattle Seahawks, Dre Greenlaw vs. The Denver Broncos, and T.J. Edwards vs. The Washington Commanders
Thanks for reading our IDP Fantasy Football Starts for Week 3.
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Good luck this week!
