Updated Week 3 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

Our updated Week 3 fantasy football Flex rankings (RB, WR, TE) for 2021. Nick Mariano was ranked 9th and 11th overall out of 130 experts, follow his Flex ranks.

Welcome to Week 3 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 3 Flex rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. These Flex rankings are geared towards making decisions for your Flex spot (RB/WR or RB/WR/TE), which in most leagues consists of running backs, wide receivers and in many cases tight ends as well:

• Trey Sermon Expected To See Bulk Of Carries
• Dalvin Cook (Ankle) Unlikely To Play
• Darrell Henderson Jr. Is Not Expected To Play
• Tee Higgins Is Not Expected To Suit Up
• Antonio Brown Officially Ruled Out
• Odell Beckham Jr. Expected To Make His Season Debut
• Josh Jacobs Officially Ruled Out
• DeAndre Hopkins Will Be A Game-Time Decision
• Trey Sermon Cleared And In Line To Start In Week 3
• Elijah Mitchell Doubtful For Sunday Night
• Kerryon Johnson Promoted From 49ers Practice Squad
• JaMycal Hasty Placed On Injured Reserve
• Eagles Activate Zach Ertz From COVID-19 List
• Kadarius Toney Off The Injury Report For Week 3
• Jamison Crowder Doubtful To Make Season Debut
• Tevin Coleman Won't Play Against Broncos
• Evan Engram Questionable To Make His Debut In Week 3
• Russell Gage Ruled Out For Week 3
• Christian McCaffrey (Hamstring) Expected To Miss A Few Weeks
• Antonio Gibson Good To Go Sunday
• Miles Sanders (Chest) Practicing In Full
• Diontae Johnson Ruled Out Against Bengals
• Jarvis Landry Placed On Injured Reserve
• Amari Cooper Says He's Good To Go
• Tyrell Williams Ruled Out For Week 3

These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Brandon Murchison and Scott Engel - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 3.

And in case you weren't aware, our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #11 overall in 2018 out of ~120 industry experts, and was ranked #9 overall the year before. So be sure to follow his rankings every week!

• 2025 fantasy football rankings (redraft)
• Dynasty fantasy football rankings
• 2025 NFL rookie fantasy football rankings
• Best ball fantasy football rankings
• Quarterback fantasy football rankings
• Running back fantasy football rankings
• Wide receiver fantasy football rankings
• Tight end fantasy football rankings

Week 3 Fantasy Football Flex Rankings

You can also see our full Week 3 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 9/26 at 11:45 am ET:

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