5 Fantasy Football Moves You NEED to Make Before Week 3: Is It Time to Drop Marvin Harrison Jr.? (Ep. 2208)
Ryan Wormeli and Tara Roberts run through five fantasy moves to make ahead of Week 3, framing them as buys, sells, and drops based on early-season role changes. Central argument: don't overreact to raw box scores without checking underlying usage (snaps/targets/routes), which should drive buy-low, sell-high, and drop decisions on players like Loveland, Wilson, Waddle, Harrison Jr., and Hubbard.
This episode of the FantasyPros Fantasy Football Podcast has hosts Tara and Ryan Wormley walking through five roster moves to make ahead of Week 3, built around a coming-off-a-brutal-Week-2 framing (weather chaos, injuries, low scoring). The central argument is that early-season sample sizes are already telling clear stories at several positions — some good (buy), some bad (sell/drop) — and managers need to act now before value shifts.
The arguments
Colston Loveland is a buy-low despite a nearly invisible stat line. Tara argues the box score (one catch for three yards through two weeks) massively understates his role: he's playing 85% of snaps and ran more routes than any other Bears pass-catcher in Week 1, with targets simply not following him yet. She still ranks him a low-end TE1, moved down from a clear TE3 preseason projection, but well above the shakier tier of Kyle Pitts and Mark Andrews, and prefers him over teammates Rome Odunze and Luther Burden given Odunze's tie to Caleb Williams' hamstring uncertainty and Burden's competition from Keenan Allen/Kalief Raymond-type roles.
Garrett Wilson is a buy now, before his matchups explode. Tara frames this as a WR1 for a WR2 price: back-to-back weeks of seven targets have given him a steady floor even in messy conditions (weather, low Jets pass volume behind Breece Hall usage), and he's about to face Detroit and then a Chicago secondary that's been a season-long weakness. Ryan agrees and extends the case further out, pointing to a favorable schedule stretch (a road game at Cleveland, then New England, Miami, Raiders) that should keep Wilson's ceiling alive well past the next two weeks, with Adonai Mitchell's emergence as a deep threat also helping keep defenses honest.
Jaylen Waddle is a sell-high off his big Week 2 game. Tara's reasoning: Denver's receiving corps has been a season-to-season roller coaster, and this is not an offense like Seattle's that funnels volume to one receiver regardless of matchup or game plan — it can easily swing back to spreading targets (as in Week 1) rather than repeating the eight-catch, 100-plus-yard week. Ryan agrees but adds a scheduling wrinkle: Denver's defensive slate is tough through the middle of the season but softens after Week 12 (Miami, Jets, Raiders, Bills), so he'd either sell now if you don't need him or try to buy him back cheap after the bye for a playoff push.
Marvin Harrison Jr. should be dropped, full stop, in most leagues. Tara says two weeks provide enough evidence that Trey McBride is the unquestioned first read and Michael Wilson has clearly overtaken Harrison as Arizona's WR1, both in snaps and targets, in both positive and negative game scripts. She'd rather roster someone like Denzel Boston on pure talent/opportunity, citing a PFF stat that Harrison has only two catchable targets on the season (tied for fewest among receivers with 60-plus receiving snaps). Ryan is slightly less final on Harrison as a player but agrees he should be dropped in fantasy now, arguing his tenure in Arizona looks over and he'd love to see a real-life trade to a receiver-needy team like the Ravens or Texans for a change of scenery.
Chuba Hubbard is a buy-low sell-high shop-around, not a panic move. Tara's position: Hubbard is a legitimate RB1 right now, benefitting from expanded volume, goal-line work, and receiving-game usage in an improved Bryce Young offense, and Jonathan Brooks' latest injury further removes any timeshare threat. Because Hubbard likely isn't anyone's primary starter and his value is rising while people are still slow to fully trust him, she says this is a good window to shop him to a running-back-needy team for an upgrade elsewhere. Both hosts agree his current FantasyPros rest-of-season ranking of RB30 (with Brooks right behind at RB31) is too low given the clarity of his role.
What it means for your roster
- Add/hold Colston Loveland in deeper leagues as a low-end TE1; don't cut him for a fringe waiver piece — target him only as part of a package if trading him.
- Trade for Garrett Wilson now, before his Detroit/Chicago back-to-back, especially if you can get him at a WR2 price; his multi-week matchup stretch and Adonai Mitchell's deep-threat role support a real ceiling.
- Shop Jaylen Waddle immediately after his big game if you need a running back or another position; if you keep him, expect roller-coaster weeks through the tougher part of Denver's schedule and consider buying back after the bye.
- Drop Marvin Harrison Jr. in most 10-team-and-up formats — the target/snap gap to Michael Wilson and McBride is real, and he's being outproduced by nearly every low-end waiver option; don't hold based on draft-capital nostalgia.
- Shop Chuba Hubbard for an upgrade at a position of need while his value is rising and before people fully price in Jonathan Brooks' unreliability; both hosts believe his true value is above his current RB30 ranking, so sellers should move now.
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me like five times, shame on me.” — Tara Roberts
Players in this episode
→ Suffered what appears to be a hamstring injury, considered week-to-week but not viewed as a major long-term issue.
↑ Confirmed as the unquestioned first read in the Arizona passing offense, ahead of all receivers including Harrison Jr.
↑ Despite just one catch through two weeks, he's playing 85% of snaps and running the most routes among Bears pass catchers, so his lack of production looks like random target variance rather than a real role decline; he's still a TE1 but moved down to a low-end TE1 in rest-of-season rankings.
↑ Buy target coming off two straight weeks of steady target volume (7 targets each week); considered a WR1 floor at a WR2 price given favorable upcoming matchups vs Detroit and Chicago and a full-season schedule that gets softer later.
↓ Facing target competition from Kalif Raymond, making his outlook shakier than Loveland's.
↓ Coming off a huge game (8-for-10 targets, 100+ yards) but flagged as a sell-high because Denver's/Miami's offense historically has volatile week-to-week usage among pass catchers, and the near-term schedule is tough; could be a buy-back target later after the bye when schedule improves.
→ Seen as a riskier hold than Loveland because his role could be more affected by any Caleb Williams absence.
↑ Called the clear RB1 in Carolina benefiting from goal-line work and receiving touchdowns; recommended shopping him around to running back-needy teams now while his value is rising, especially with Jonathan Brooks re-injured, though not a mandatory sell.
→ Referenced as producing low single-digit output while functioning mainly as a field-stretcher in the same offense discussed with Waddle.
↓ Recommended drop candidate after two weeks showing he's clearly behind Trey McBride and Michael Wilson in the pecking order, with PFF data showing him tied for fewest catchable targets among receivers with 60+ snaps; hosts still hold long-term belief in his talent but say the Arizona fit isn't working.
↑ Has out-snapped and out-targeted Marvin Harrison Jr. in both games this season and is now viewed as the clear WR1 in Arizona's offense.
↓ Suffered another injury, reinforcing that he's not currently a threat to Chuba Hubbard's workload; hosts still like him long-term but flag him as an injury liability.
→ Mentioned as a tight end who could rank above Loveland in some rest-of-season tiers.
↑ Suggested as a waiver-wire replacement for managers dropping Marvin Harrison Jr. based on pure talent level.
→ Emerging as a deep-threat complement to Garrett Wilson, helping keep his price affordable by drawing some target share attention.
→ Not viewed as a real threat to Chuba Hubbard's role.