As the NFL season progresses, fantasy football can get more challenging. Whether you're impacted by injuries or by underperforming players, you may find yourself in a position in which you're trying to scrape together a worthwhile lineup on a given week.
But there are also advantages to this happening at least a few weeks into the season. Now that we've gotten three weeks of action, it's clear how offenses like to operate and which defenses may struggle to stop a particular position. There's data to analyze, and you can play the matchups when looking for fill-in players either on your bench or the waiver wire.