The story of Week 3 at the quarterback positions is replacing injured starters. As of Tuesday morning, we aren't projecting Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, or Jaxson Dart to play in Week 3. On Monday, I addressed how those injuries affect their teammates in my Week 3 risers and fallers.
I will address my favorite replacement options, led by Bryce Young, in the waiver wire section below. Before we get there, I want to talk about a guy who is not on the waiver wire, but may be on your bench. After two weeks, is Patrick Mahomes back?
In CBS leagues, Mahomes currently ranks as the QB3 with an average of 30.3 Fantasy points per game. But his two games couldn't have been much different. In Week 1, he threw for less than 200 yards against the Broncos but ran for a touchdown and threw two more.
In Week 2, he completely dominated a bad Colts defense with 381 passing yards and three touchdowns. He certainly looked back in that game, making some classic Mahomes throws, but it was the Colts. Then again, in Week 3, he faces the Dolphins.
Looking at the underlying stats, Mahomes' true dropback percentage is the lowest of his career at 53.6%. That's not a great sign for Fantasy points, as dropbacks and designed rushes are the two opportunities for QBs to score points, and Mahomes doesn't have a designed rush in two games. His scramble rate has remained stable, so it seems concerns about his ACL are pretty much nil, at least from his perspective.
Where we have seen the biggest difference through two weeks is that Mahomes' off-target rate (5.4%) is also at a career low, his yards per attempt are his best mark since 2022, and his play action rate (28.6%) is the highest since 2020. He also, despite the Josh Simmons situation, has the second-lowest pressure rate of his career. It is awfully early to jump to too big of conclusion, but the one thing I think we can say definitively is that the Chiefs actually have a good offense again.
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