Fantasy Football with Phil

Week three of the NFL season was the week of wide receivers. There were 13 receivers with over 100 yards this week. Thirteen! If it were a Friday, this would really have been freaky.

Bad jokes aside, no position sees players oscillate in value as much as wide receiver does. With an incredibly deep stable of top flight wideouts this season, many owners opted to take chances on crafty old veterans or up-and-coming youngsters rather than fork over a top 10 pick for Antonio Brown. If you picked Steve Smith Sr., then congratulations -- you officially cheated father time. Welcome to the Peyton Manning club. Rename your team "The Grave Robbers" and collect your championship trophy already. The 36-year-old put up 186 yards and two touchdowns against the Bengal's solid defense. Not to be outdone, 32-year-old Larry Fitzgerald posted his second 100+ yard game in a row.

On the other end of the spectrum, rookie Amari Cooper built on a successful week two, catching eight of 11 targets for 134 yards against the Browns. Mike Evans exhibited a pulse, along with plenty of rust, earning his first 100-yard game of the season, but leaving yardage on the field with multiple drops.

Finally, we have A.J. "Wolverine" Green, who drew strength from the lunar eclipse and conjured an absolutely ridiculous 227-yard, two-touchdown game on 10 catches. That is more than double his yardage from weeks one and two combined.

As promised, I will explore a trade offer someone asked me about. Very simple -- the trade was Allen Robinson for Todd Gurley. Robinson is a wideout with legit No. 1 receiver skills. A polished route runner with athleticism and deep ball speed, his biggest knock is that there are no other receiving weapons to draw double teams, and the Jaguar's offense is mediocre. The Pats doubled Robinson all game, and quarterback Blake Bortles couldn't manufacture touches for his best weapon. Should other teams figure out Robinson like the Patriots did, his ceiling will be severely limited.

The biggest knock on Todd Gurley is that his upside is purely speculative. A highly productive college back, Gurley is coming off a major injury. Playing for a toothless offense, he failed to impress in his debut. That said, the Rams will feed Gurley as many carries as his surgically repaired knee can handle. Gurley's value depends on whether those carries are run-of the-mill three-yarders between tackles or whether the offense can scheme up ways to get him one-on-one matches in space. If the Rams can't figure out how to unleash Tavon Austin, then what hope can we have for Gurley?

Despite the plethora of talented pass-catchers out there, I'm leaning toward Robinson in this trade. Gurley has just about every negative you look for in a bust with the exception of talent. Even if the Jaguars suck, at some point they are just going to throw it deep to Robinson. That's not true of the Rams.

This week's earth-shattering injury is Big Ben Roethlisberger's MCL sprain. The timetable is four to six weeks, during which time Michael Vick will make starts. Vick manages to start no matter where he ends up, and I am beginning to suspect voodoo. Either way, he's worth a look in the Steelers' prolific offense -- especially with dynamo Le'Veon Bell back from suspension.

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