Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
New York Giants Rank  Player Projections QB 9 Eli Manning Pass: 280, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0 RB 23 Andre Brown Rush: 70, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0 RB 43 David Wilson Rush: 30, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0 WR 2 Victor Cruz Rec: 8-110, 1 TD WR 57 Ramses Barden Rec: 4-50, 0 TD TE 3 Martellus Bennett Rec: 7-70, 1 TD K 11 Lawrence Tynes FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3 DEF 26 Defense / ST   View all Week 3 Rankings or Projections		Carolina Panthers Rank  Player Projections QB 5 Cam Newton Pass: 270, 2 TD Rush: 30, 0 RB 17 DeAngelo Williams Rush: 70, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0 RB 55 Mike Tolbert Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0 RB 60 Jonathan Stewart Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0 WR 11 Steve Smith Rec: 6-90, 1 TD WR 30 Brandon LaFell Rec: 5-70, 1 TD TE 13 Greg Olsen Rec: 5-50, 0 TD K 4 Justin Medlock FG: 3/3 XP: 3/3 DEF 30 Defense / ST

Giants Are 48-34-5 (.585) in road openers... Last week, became 1st team since 1951 LA Rams with 500-yard passer (QB Eli Manning, 510) & 2 150-yard receivers (Hakeem Nicks, 199; Victor Cruz, 179) in same game. Manning's 510 yards are 2nd most in team history. Nicks (10 catches, 199 yards, TD) & Cruz (11 catches, 179 yards, TD) are 1st teammates with 10+ catches & 175+ yards in same game... In last meeting, RB Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 76 yards & TD. Rookie RB David Wilson played at Bank of America Stadium with Virginia Tech in ACC Champ in 2010 & 2011. RB Andre Brown rushed for 71 yards & TD last week... Nicks had career-high 3 rec. TDs in last game vs. Car., tied for 2nd most in game in team history. Cruz has 10 career rec. TDs & avg. 54.8 yards per TD (548 yards). Has 6 TDs of 65+ yards & 9 TDs of 20+ yards... DE Jason Pierre-Paul has 7 sacks in past 6. LB Mathias Kiwanuka had 2 sacks & FF in last meeting.

Panthers QB Cam Newton became 2nd player in NFL history (MICHAEL VICK) with 250+ pass yards (253), 125+ rating (129.2), 70+ rush yards (71) & rush TD in single game... In 12/21/08 meeting vs. NYG, RB DeAngelo Williams tied team record with 4 rush TDs. Had 108 rush yards on 24 carries in that contest. When Williams has 18+ att., team is 15-3 (.833). In 12/27/09 meeting vs. NYG, RB Jonathan Stewart rushed for team-record 206 yards... WR Steve Smith aims for 3rd in row vs. NYG with TD catch. Had 3 catches for 104 yards (34.7 avg.) last week, incl. 66-yard rec. WR Brandon LaFell had 6 catches for 90 yards in Week 2... S Charles Godfrey had 9-yard INT-TD last week vs. NO, 1st TD of career. DE Charles Johnson has 17 sacks in past 24. DE Greg Hardy had FF & safety in last meeting. LB Jon Beason had INT last week, his 9th career INT.