Fantasy football can be an unimaginably fickle beast at times. You start your superstar player at a given position anticipating double-digit points only to have the team’s third option siphon away his production. It happens pretty much every week. And it’s a fascinating topic for discussion which is what this weekly column will focus on. Here are some unexpected superstars from Week 3 fantasy as evidenced by their low ownership rates.<\/p>\n
Note: in discussing ownership percentages, we will be using data from Yahoo Sports leagues.<\/em><\/p>\n Few quarterbacks are under as much scrutiny early into the 2019 campaign as Cam Newton<\/a><\/strong> of the Carolina Panthers<\/a>. The former MVP underwent off-season shoulder surgery which forced him to retool his mechanics a tad. But hopes were high he could rebound after dealing with so much adversity last year. However, he injured his foot in the preseason and through two regular-season games, it was clear he wasn’t 100 percent. As a result, he sat out Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals<\/a> with what’s now being described as a Lisfranc injury, per Joe Person of The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n Enter Kyle Allen<\/a><\/strong>, who impressed mightily in relief of Newton as the Panthers romped to a 38-20 victory this past weekend. He ended up completing 73.08 percent of his passes for 261 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions. It resulted in a near-perfect 144.4 passer rating. His 24.34 fantasy points were sixth-best among quarterbacks but those stats didn’t benefit very many as he was owned in just three percent of Yahoo leagues. With Newton out for the foreseeable future, he’s an intriguing waiver wire option for those whose quarterbacks have underperformed thus far. That’s especially the case in Week Four as Carolina takes on the Houston Texans<\/a> who are conceding the sixth-most fantasy points to quarterbacks.<\/p>\n Social media certainly had a lot of fun with Allen’s emergence, as evidenced by the following viral tweet.<\/p>\n Can\u2019t believe this kid was Kyle Allen pic.twitter.com\/WCbK4i3BY8<\/a><\/p>\n — Eric Rosenthal (@ericsports) September 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nWeek 3 Fantasy Football Surprise Sensations<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Kyle Allen<\/a><\/h3>\n
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