#Trendspotting: Week 3 - Footballguys

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Reader's Guide

As you read, you may run into some colors in the text. Green text is a good matchup for that team's offensive players. Red text is a bad matchup. Some other key items are below:

• All reference to fantasy points assumes DraftKings scoring rules unless otherwise specified.
• All stats reference the full 2018 season unless otherwise specified.
• All fantasy points rankings in the matchup graphics are on a per-game basis to account for bye weeks.

This week, we'll discuss the following topics:

• Follow the Targets
• Funnel Watch
• The Weakest Links
• Developing Trends
• How Will They Score?
• Playcalling Preferences
• Kansas City (vs. San Francisco)
• Atlanta (vs. New Orleans)
• L.A. Rams (vs. L.A. Chargers)
• Tampa Bay (vs. Pittsburgh)
• San Francisco (at Kansas City)
• Denver (at Baltimore)

Follow the Targets

In this section, we'll look at the worst passing defenses and dissect how they allow their fantasy production.

The eight teams shown are the bottom eight in passing yards allowed, listed from most yards to fewest.

Commentary

• Kansas City and Tampa Bay have allowed so much passing yardage that they appear susceptible to all positions. While these defenses will probably appear on this list all year long, more sample size will help us distinguish which position(s) they are especially terrible at defending.
• New Orleans is profiling like Tampa Bay did last season. The vast majority of the success against them is via the wide receiver position, with other positions not (yet) doing much damage.
• Since it's only two games, use context with thi
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