Fantasy football Week 3 winners and losers (Taylor's Version)
Loser: Chicago Bears QB Justin Fields
"Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change, trust me"
- Taylor Swift (2012)
In her 2012 smash hit "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", Swift croons about an inconsistent boyfriend that she will be cutting off for good. For fantasy football players, Justin Fields is that boyfriend. After vowing to never throw a pick-six again last November, he did it again against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 2. Week 3 didn't go any better.
After all, it was just last week that Fields remarked that his struggles might be due to 'coaching'. We'll miss the Bears signal caller picking these fights and us falling for it, screaming that we're right and that he's a bust (?). Well, maybe we aren't there just quite yet, but the third-year QB just posted his third straight game with fewer than 15 fantasy points.
The rushing upside has been the only thing keeping Fields in double-digit scoring in each of these three games, whether it be scoring or yardage. For real life purposes or otherwise, 99 yards against the Chiefs, as well as an interception in three consecutive games, won't cut it.
I just, I mean, this is exhausting, you know? Don't give up on Fields yet, but he needs to earn his place on your fantasy football roster now. The 24-year-old and the starting QB spot on your team are never getting back together, like ever.