Week 3 Fanduel DFS Plays of the Week

DraftHustle’s Top DFS Plays of the week for FanDuel

QB

Patrick Mahomes – KC, $8,100 – vs Dolphins

Through the first two weeks Patrick Mahomes looks like his back to his MVP caliber after a knee injury in 2025.  He is averaging 27.3 Fanduel PPG over the 1^st 2 weeks of the season, and he gets an excellent matchup in week 3 against the Miami Dolphins who have already been carved up by Kirk Cousins and Brock Purdy.  He comes out as the top points per dollar value for QBs on the week 3 slate, making him a great play in cash and tourneys on Fanduel.

RB

Chuba Hubbard - CAR, $6,700 – vs Browns

After a bunch of Johnathon Brooks hype in the off-season, Chuba Hubbard has remained he top RB in Carolina in 2026. He has averaged over 17 FanDuel PPG this year despite only averaging 14 touches a game.  With Brooks landing on IR with a core injury, Hubbard is in line to get an even bigger workload, starting this week against the Cleveland Browns.  The Browns have given up an average of 110 rushing yards per game to RBs so far this year, and I expect Hubbard to approach at least that in this juicy matchup.

WR

Chris Olave – NO, $8,100 – vs Raiders

Chris Olave has carried over his excellent play in 2025 over into 2026. Through 2 weeks, he is averaging 9 receptions for 134 yards, and 22.4 FanDuel PPG.  He will look to continue that play into week 3 against the Las Vegas Raiders who give up the 4^th most FanDuel PPG to WRs this year. This games has a decent O/U (43.5) and with Saints having the 9^th highest Vegas implied team total (23.5 points), Chris Olave will look to get plenty of targets and score plenty of fantasy points. 

TE

Travis Kelce – KC, $5,500 – vs Dolphins

After a down 2025, Travis Kelce has looked like his former All-Pro self so far in 2026.  He is coming of a strong week 2 performance, putting up 8 catches for 101 yards and a TD against the Colts.  He gets a great matchup against the Miami Dolphins in week 3 who are struggling every where on defense in 2026.  Kansas City has the 4^th highest Vegas implied total (27.75 points) on this slate, which means plenty of fantasy points for Travis Kelce in South Beach.

DST

Tennessee Titans - $3,100 – vs Giants

For D/ST in week 3, we are dumpster dicing to the bottom of the salary page for values and rolling with the Tennessee Titans. This is strictly a matchup play, as the Titans face a very banged up New York Giants offense who lost Jaxson Dart for the season in week 2, and will be starting Mr. Turnover Jameis Winston this week.  This game has by far the lowest O/U on the slate (37.5), so there isn’t expected to be much offensive production at all. Take the value at D/ST this week and oad up on the rest of your lineup.

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