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ArticleFantasy Football: 13 NFL Preseason Week 3 Takeaways (2026)August 31, 2026

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Rookie WR Cyrus Allen of the Chiefs has been a popular sleeper pick in fantasy drafts, but Allen played behind Tyquan Thornton in Kansas City's final regular-season game and appears to be no better than No. 4 on the team's WR depth chart.

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Thornton outranks sleeper Allen on Chiefs' WR depth chart.

Thornton outranked Cyrus Allen on the Chiefs' WR depth chart in the preseason finale, suggesting he is ahead of the popular sleeper pick in Kansas City's WR hierarchy.

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Rashee Rice was charted with the same average route depth as Tyquan Thornton in this game. Xavier Worthy's rate was notably lower.

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Rashee Rice has a tiny career average depth of target of 4.9 yards. Last night was 2.5 yards. Rice needs serious volume to pay off in box score. The...

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Thornton played 67% of snaps but saw just one target on 22 routes.

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Chiefs: RBs: Kenneth Walker: 74% opp share, 58% route share, all i5, split 2 min Workhorse that you want on your fantasy team Emmett Johnson is the c...

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The Chiefs WR room in Week 1: Rashee Rice - 2/2 + 19 Yards + TD Xavier Worthy - 3/6 + 18 Yards Tyquan Thornton - 0/1 Cyrus Allen - 0/1 It’s rough… bu...

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Thornton is a waiver target to replace Nabers if ruled out for Week 1.

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