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Fantasy Football: IDP takeaways from preseason Week 3

2RMCAG5 Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young (9) slides while pursued by Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell (46) during a preseason NFL football game Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)

  • An interesting linebacker rotation in Miami and Cleveland: If these rotations continue into the regular season, IDP managers may want to avoid them altogether.
  • The Green Bay Packers and New York Jets appear to have their starting safeties sorted: A couple of unexpected names pop up for IDP managers to keep an eye on.
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With one week’s worth of NFL preseason games in the books, there were a few IDP-related takeaways to make note of in order to get ready for this fantasy football season.

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Pittsburgh Steelers @ Atlanta Falcons

  • The Steelers rotated the IDPs that we’re looking to gain some clarity on in this game.
  • Cole Holcomb played an every-down role at linebacker through the first two defensive drives with the starters.
  • Elandon Roberts started next to Holcomb but rotated off on third down for safety Damontae Kazee.
  • Kwon Alexander replaced Roberts next to Holcomb for the second drive and played every defensive snap.
  • At safety, Keanu Neal played every snap on the first drive alongside Minkah Fitzpatrick, but Kazee played the majority of the second drive after Neal started the drive for just one snap.
  • Both Neal and Kazee stayed in the game once the starters were done for the night.
  • The Falcons did not play any of their expected first-team defense in this game.

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