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In fantasy football, I normally live by a pretty simple rule when ascribing value for players who seem to be blowing up all of the sudden:

One great (or terrible) game may be a fluke.

Two great (or terrible) games in a row mean a player is worth further exploring and analyzing.

Three great (or terrible) games in a row are a trend and likely indicative of that player's future potential worth.

Of course, heading into Week 3, we are still on the second week of analysis with many players, so my trade values aren't going to change too drastically from last week—or from my draft rankings from before the season.

But we will take a look at a few players trending up or down and try to establish whether their current forms will be the norm or if they'll normalize going forward.

NFL Fantasy Football: Week 3 Trade Values Rank Position Rank Player Position Team Trade Value 1 1 Antonio Brown WR Pittsburgh Steelers 11 2 1 David Johnson RB Arizona Cardinals 11 3 2 Le'Veon Bell RB Pittsburgh Steelers 11 4 3 Lamar Miller RB Houston Texans 11 5 4 C.J. Anderson RB Denver Broncos 11 6 5 Todd Gurley RB St. Louis Rams 11 7 6 Matt Forte RB New York Jets 11 Rank Position Rank Player Position Team Trade Value 8 2 Odell Beckham Jr. WR New York Giants 10 9 3 Julio Jones WR Atlanta Falcons 10 10 4 A.J. Green WR Cincinnati Bengals 10 11 1 Rob Gronkowski TE New England Patriots 10 Rank Position Rank Player Position Team Trade Value 12 7 Ezekiel Elliott RB Dallas Cowboys 9 13 8 Mark Ingram RB New Orleans Saints 9 14 9 LeSean McCoy RB Buffalo Bills 9 15 10 DeMarco Murray RB Tennessee Titans 9 16 5 DeAndre Hopkins WR Houston Texans 9 17 6 Allen Robinson WR Jacksonville Jaguars 9 18 7 Kelvin Benjamin WR Carolina Panthers 9 Rank Position Rank Player Position Team Trade Value 19 2 Jordan Reed TE Washington 8 20 1 Cam Newton QB Carolina Panthers 8 21 2 Aaron Rodgers QB Green Bay Packers 8 22 11 Spencer Ware RB Kansas City Chiefs 8 Rank Position Rank Player Position Team Trade Value 23 12 Jamaal Charles RB Kansas City Chiefs 7 24 8 Jordy Nelson WR Green Bay Packers 7 25 9 Brandon Marshall WR New York Jets 7 26 10 Dez Bryant WR Dallas Cowboys 7 27 11 Alshon Jeffery WR Chicago Bears 7 28 12 Mike Evans WR Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 29 13 Brandin Cooks WR New Orleans Saints 7 Rank Position Rank Player Position Team Trade Value 30 13 Melvin Gordon RB San Diego Chargers 6 31 14 Latavius Murray RB Oakland Raiders 6 32 15 Ryan Mathews RB Philadelphia Eagles 6 33 16 Carlos Hyde RB San Francisco 49ers 6 34 17 LeGarrette Blount RB New England Patriots 6 35 14 Amari Cooper WR Oakland Raiders 6 36 15 Larry Fitzgerald WR Arizona Cardinals 6 37 16 Eric Decker WR New York Jets 6 38 17 Stefon Diggs WR Minnesota Vikings 6 39 18 Doug Baldwin WR Seattle Seahawks 6 40 3 Andrew Luck QB Indianapolis Colts 6 41 4 Russell Wilson QB Seattle Seahawks 6 42 3 Greg Olsen TE Carolina Panthers 6 Rank Position Rank Player Position Team Trade Value 43 19 Demaryius Thomas WR Denver Broncos 5 44 20 Jordan Matthews WR Philadelphia Eagles 5 45 21 Julian Edelman WR New England Patriots 5 46 22 Sammy Watkins WR Buffalo Bills 5 47 23 Mike Wallace WR Baltimore Ravens 5 48 18 Doug Martin RB Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 49 19 Jonathan Stewart RB Carolina Panthers 5 50 20 Matt Jones RB Washington 5 51 21 Isaiah Crowell RB Cleveland Browns 5 52 22 Eddie Lacy RB Green Bay Packers 5 53 5 Drew Brees QB New Orleans Saints 5 54 6 Ben Roethlisberger QB Pittsburgh Steelers 5 Rank Position Rank Player Position Team Trade Value 55 4 Travis Kelce TE Kansas City Chiefs 4 56 5 Julius Thomas TE Jackonsville Jaguars 4 57 6 Zach Ertz TE Philadelphia Eagles 4 58 7 Delanie Walker TE Tennessee Titans 4 59 24 T.Y. Hilton WR Indianapolis Colts 4 60 25 Randall Cobb WR Green Bay Packers 4 61 26 Jeremy Maclin WR Kansas City Chiefs 4 62 27 Jarvis Landry WR Miami Dolphins 4 63 28 DeSean Jackson WR Washington 4 64 29 Allen Hurns WR Jacksonville Jaguars 4 65 30 Michael Crabtree WR Oakland Raiders 4 66 31 Josh Gordon WR Cleveland Browns 4 67 7 Carson Palmer QB Arizona Cardinals 4 68 8 Tom Brady QB New England Patriots 4 Rank Position Rank Player Position Team Trade Value 69 32 Willie Snead WR New Orleans Saints 3 70 33 Travis Benjamin WR San Diego Chargers 3 71 23 Jeremy Hill RB Cincinnati Bengals 3 72 24 Giovani Bernard RB Cincinnati Bengals 3 73 25 Devonta Freeman RB Atlanta Falcons 3 74 26 Tevin Coleman RB Atlanta Falcons 3 75 27 Thomas Rawls RB Seattle Seahawks 3 76 28 Christine Michael RB Seattle Seahawks 3 77 29 Arian Foster RB Miami Dolphins 3 78 30 Theo Riddick RB Detroit Lions 3 79 8 Dwayne Allen TE Indianapolis Colts 3 80 9 Eric Ebron TE Detroit Lions 3 81 10 Tyler Eifert TE Cincinnati Bengals 3 82 31 Frank Gore RB Indianapolis Colts 3 83 32 Rashad Jennings RB New York Giants 3 84 33 Matt Asiata RB Minnesota Vikings 3 Rank Position Rank Player Position Team Trade Value 85 34 Jeremy Langford RB Chicago Bears 2 86 35 T.J. Yeldon RB Jacksonville Jaguars 2 87 36 DeAngelo Williams RB Pittsburgh Steelers 2 88 9 Derek Carr QB Oakland Raiders 2 89 10 Matt Ryan QB Atlanta Falcons 2 90 11 Eli Manning QB New York Giants 2 91 34 Emmanuel Sanders WR Denver Broncos 2 92 35 Golden Tate WR Detroit Lions 2 93 36 Marvin Jones WR Detroit Lions 2 94 37 Will Fuller WR Houston Texans 2 95 38 Tavon Austin WR St. Louis Rams 2 96 11 Jimmy Graham TE Seattle Seahawks 2 97 39 Sterling Shepard WR New York Giants 2 98 40 Victor Cruz WR New York Giants 2 99 41 Michael Floyd WR Arizona Cardinals 2 100 37 Charles Sims RB Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2

Running back remains fantasy football's most combustible position. And perhaps the most pressing question in all of fantasy at the moment is a big one: What to make of Todd Gurley?

The Los Angeles Rams' second-year star running back was a top-five pick in most leagues, but he's mustered just 98 rushing yards on 36 carries, adding two receptions for 14 yards. The workload is a positive—despite a floundering offense, the Rams aren't shying away from getting him the ball, as he's averaging 19 touches a game—but the horrendous quarterback play and the lack of many other dynamic weapons mean teams are keying on Gurley.

Indeed, the Rams have scored just nine points total in two games, and neither Case Keenum nor Jared Goff is striking fear in the hearts of defensive coordinators. In turn, teams can stack the box against the Rams, keeping Gurley from getting untracked.

That surely has fantasy owners worried, though the Rams aren't as concerned, as Keenum told Alden Gonzalez of ESPN.com:

Todd is going to get going. It's Todd. Just continue to operate how we are. I think the passing game and running game are going to complement each other. I think we are doing a good job of marrying some of those plays. I'm excited to see him continue to go because I know he's hungry. I thought he played well [Sunday]. We're going to rely on him a lot moving forward.

I tend to side with Keenum on this one. Gurley is too talented to be held in check all season long, and he may get going against a Tampa Bay Buccaneers team already allowing 19.5 fantasy points to opposing running backs per week (27th in the NFL).

If Gurley can't get it going against the Bucs, feel free to begin panicking.

I might be panicking when it comes to players like Eddie Lacy, Arian Foster, Devonta Freeman and Thomas Rawls, however.

Lacy: Quite simply, he hasn't played well. Twelve fantasy points in two games isn't exactly desirable.

Foster: He can't stay healthy.

Freeman: Tevin Coleman is going to steal snaps and touches from him all season long. Freeman has been given 32 touches and turned them into 13 fantasy points. Coleman has been given 27 touches and produced 23 fantasy points. Coleman isn't going away, folks.

Coleman is going to steal snaps and touches from him all season long. Freeman has been given 32 touches and turned them into 13 fantasy points. Coleman has been given 27 touches and produced 23 fantasy points. Coleman isn't going away, folks. Rawls : Injuries have plagued him early in the season, and Christine Michael (25 carries for 126 yards) has looked better anyway.

I wouldn't recommend trading these guys away, since their values are super low, but I'd hesitate to trade for any of them outside of Lacy, either, since he's the only player to this point who isn't being hampered either by injury concerns or a timeshare situation.

But running back hasn't been all doom and gloom. A few players—namely Melvin Gordon, C.J. Anderson, DeMarco Murray, Matt Forte, Isaiah Crowell and LeGarrette Blount—have been revelations.

So, which of these players can sustain their good fortunes?

Gordon is a mixed bag. On one hand, 52 percent of his fantasy points this season have come from his three touchdowns. He's currently on pace to reach the end zone 24 times. That obviously isn't sustainable.

On the other hand, with Danny Woodhead's recent ACL tear, Gordon is now potentially going to see even more touches and a bigger workload. Gordon already has 41 touches after two weeks. It's safe to assume he'll be getting right around 20 or more touches a game going forward.

Anderson, meanwhile, is going to be Denver's workhorse. The Broncos aren't going to throw the ball as often or as successfully as they did a few years back with Peyton Manning. Anderson's 40 carries for 166 yards and two touchdowns on the ground aren't a fluke—he's poised for a big year.

Murray may eventually end up losing more touches to rookie Derrick Henry, but for now, he's the team's starting running back and is producing. He's worth monitoring due to the presence of Henry, but Murray seems trustworthy for now.

If you believe Henry will eventually earn a more even split of the playing time, however, here are some fair returns for Murray:

Alshon Jeffery and Jimmy Graham

Jeffery and Jimmy Graham Greg Olsen and Willie Snead

Andrew Luck and Eric Ebron

Jordan Matthews and Julius Thomas

Demaryius Thomas and Carson Palmer

Forte has been excellent his entire career and is on a better offense with the New York Jets than he had last year in Chicago. He's also worth monitoring for the wear and tear on his 30-year-old body, but he's shown little sign of slowing down just yet and looks like a safe RB1.

Cleveland can't keep its quarterbacks healthy, so Crowell is worrisome, if only because teams probably aren't going to fear Cody Kessler and will stack the box. Crowell has been inconsistent in his career, as well, so don't overvalue him just yet.

Matt Camp of Bleacher Report agrees:

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And then there's Blount, who has been awesome for the Patriots but will probably be fed the rock less regularly once quarterback Tom Brady and tight end Rob Gronkowski return and the Pats rely more heavily on the passing game. He's a solid RB2 for now, but things may change for Blount come Week 5.

As for the other positions, the player of the week was Stefon Diggs, who continues to thrive in Minnesota.

"He's just kind of one of those guys," Diggs' new quarterback, Sam Bradford, told Matt Vensel of the Star Tribune after the Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers. "When I first got here and started watching tape, he just kind of popped. You just kind of notice him. He's always getting separation, he seems to always be finding a way to get open. Then tonight, he was pretty much unstoppable out there tonight."

Indeed, his numbers on the year are staggering—16 catches for 285 yards and a touchdown.

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More importantly, Diggs has looked polished, already seems to have an excellent rapport with Bradford—who has only been with the team for a few weeks—and doesn't have a real threat in Minnesota to take targets away from him. Plus, with Adrian Peterson out of commission, the team may turn to the passing game with more regularity.

Diggs is for real. If he's somehow available in your league, claim him. And it can't hurt to float a lowball offer to a fantasy owner in your league who had the foresight to draft him.

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