Fantasy Football: 5 Players You Can Drop After Week 3

Fantasy football can be a cruel hobby. Fake footballers spend many a summer night plotting draft strategies, and identifying target sleepers or bounce-back candidates.

But sometimes those strategies and sleepers don't pan out.

It's important to do a thorough roster examination to get dead weight off your squad each week. These decisions get a little easier with each passing week, as data starts to become more actionable as the NFL season rolls along.

This past weekend revealed a host of candidates who looked like prime cut candidates after Week 2, but warranted one more week of consideration before throwing in the towel. But now that Week 3 has come and gone, who are these cut-worthy candidates?

Let's find out.