There’s a reason why Vegas set the Atlanta vs New Orleans game as the highest point total of all the week 3 games. Take either QB this game, you can’t go wrong. Both have an arsenal of weapons to work with down field. Brees and Ryan will put up some numbers this week.
*Note: stats below are based on footballoutsiders.com’s DVOA analysis, be sure to check out their explanation on DVOA if you haven’t read about it before.
Best QB to Start in 2016 NFL Week 3
| Name | Salary | GameInfo | Matchup DVOA |
| Matt Ryan | 7400 | Atl@NO 08:30PM ET | 54 |
| Drew Brees | 7900 | Atl@NO 08:30PM ET | 53.9 |
| Philip Rivers | 6700 | SD@Ind 04:25PM ET | 53.1 |
| Carson Palmer | 7200 | Ari@Buf 01:00PM ET | 39.5 |
| Eli Manning | 7000 | Was@NYG 01:00PM ET | 32 |
| Derek Carr | 6900 | Oak@Ten 01:00PM ET | 26.9 |
| Joe Flacco | 6100 | Bal@Jax 01:00PM ET | 5.1 |
| Aaron Rodgers | 7700 | Det@GB 01:00PM ET | 5 |
| Matthew Stafford | 6800 | Det@GB 01:00PM ET | 0.1 |
| Kirk Cousins | 6400 | Was@NYG 01:00PM ET | -2.6 |
| Andrew Luck | 7600 | SD@Ind 04:25PM ET | -4.9 |
| Ryan Tannehill | 6200 | Cle@Mia 01:00PM ET | -9.5 |
| Cam Newton | 7800 | Min@Car 01:00PM ET | -25.8 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 7300 | Pit@Phi 04:25PM ET | -29.9 |
| Russell Wilson | 7100 | SF@Sea 04:05PM ET | -32.1 |
| Blake Bortles | 6500 | Bal@Jax 01:00PM ET | -36.8 |