{"id":385200,"date":"2025-09-21T10:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/385200\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T10:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:41:11","slug":"a-j-brown-start-or-sit-week-3-fantasy-football-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/385200\/","title":{"rendered":"A.J. Brown start or sit: Week 3 fantasy football advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season is upon us and the action will continue on Sunday with a rematch of last year\u2019s NFC Divisional round as the Los Angeles Rams visit the Philadelphia Eagles at 1 p.m. ET on FOX.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Eagles successfully downed the Chiefs in their Super Bowl LIX rematch last Sunday, escaping Arrowhead Stadium with a 20-17 win. All-Pro wide receiver A.J. Brown was relatively quiet in the victory and his lack of impact so far this season is something to be noted.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Below, we\u2019ll go over Brown\u2019s outlook in fantasy football for Week 3.<\/p>\n<p>Fantasy Football\u00a0analysis: Eagles WR A.J. Brown<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brown was a top-10 wideout in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/nfl\/adp\/ppr-wr.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ADP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ADP<\/a> entering the season and has massively underperformed through the first two weeks of the regular season. He has just six receptions for 35 yards through two games and is currently ranks as WR84 in PPR leagues and WR 101 in standard leagues. He\u2019s put up these woeful numbers despite being on the field for at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballguys.com\/stats\/snap-counts\/teams?team=PHI&amp;year=2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:87% of of offensive snaps;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">87% of of offensive snaps<\/a> in both of Philly\u2019s games. So what gives?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For starters, the Eagles have decided are leaning into a run-heavy scheme under new offensive coordinator Kevin Petullo and that has been reflected by them having a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamrankings.com\/nfl\/stat\/passing-play-pct\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:league-low 40% passing rate;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">league-low 40% passing rate<\/a>, leading to a league-low 253 passing yards through two games. Neither him nor DeVonta Smith have had much of an impact so far this season and we saw both of them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/eagles-receivers-a-j-brown-and-devonta-smith-voice-frustration-over-phillys-passing-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:voice their frustrations;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">voice their frustrations<\/a> with the offense last year prior to the Super Bowl run. We\u2019ll see if they can get things turned around in this home matchup against the Rams.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Start or sit in Week 3 PPR leagues?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Start. Brown managers should stay the course with him in their starting lineups this week because there\u2019s a particular matchup ripe for exploiting. As PennLive\u2019s Johnny McGonigal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/philadelphiaeagles\/2025\/09\/can-this-frustrated-eagles-star-exploit-favorable-matchup-vs-rams.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pointed out;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">pointed out<\/a>, the Rams are down to Cobie Durant and Emmanuel Forbes as their top cornerbacks with Akhello Witherspoon suffering a broken clavicle. Brown absolutely torched Forbes when the latter played for the Commanders in 2023, combining for eight catches, 192 yards, and three touchdowns through two matchups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If there\u2019s a game for the All-Pro to break out of his early-season slump, it\u2019s right here in Week 3.<\/p>\n<p>Start or sit in Week 3 standard leagues?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season is upon us and the action will continue on Sunday with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[8694,346,11728,5640,25,7190,1999,7,58,6,242,109,2476],"class_list":{"0":"post-385200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-a-j-brown","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-cobie-durant","11":"tag-devonta-smith","12":"tag-eagles","13":"tag-emmanuel-forbes","14":"tag-fantasy-football","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-los-angeles-rams","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-philadelphia","19":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","20":"tag-philadelphiaeagles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115241869939066384","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}