Fantasy Football Week 3 Defense Rankings

The Minnesota Vikings and first-year QB J.J. McCarthy may be the team to pick on when it comes to defense matchups in fantasy football. The Vikings had an awful showing on Sunday Night Football vs. the Atlanta Falcons, a defensive unit that topped the D/ST scoring in fantasy for Week 2 with six sacks, two picks and two fumble recoveries for 21 points. That makes seven of eight quarters of bad football for McCarthy to start his NFL career as a starter.

The Vikings take on the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 3. The Bengals don't offer an elite defensive unit but could make for a decent streamer. Even Minnesota will be an OK D/ST streaming option for fantasy football with Joe Burrow sidelined and Jake Browning, who had three INTs in Week 2, starting at QB.

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It's also worth mentioning the Falcons have a shot at being the top scoring defensive unit for back-to-back weeks with a matchup against the Panthers on tap. Below are our D/ST consensus rankings for Week 3.

Good luck in Week 3!