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The following are my non-PPR rankings for Week 3. Notes, including injuries and situations, will follow the player's name. 1. Calvin Johnson @ Tennessee 2. AJ Green @ Washington - Gave up 15 receptions and 160 yards to Danny Amendola next week. 3. Roddy White @ San Diego 4. Brandon Marshall vs St. Louis - Will be a good matchup with Cortland Finnegan here. 5. Julio Jones @ San Diego - Not convinced he's the receiver that he was last week. He'll have another breakout game against this average defense. 6. Miles Austin vs Tampa Bay - He's the pinnacle of the offense.Tony Romo's No. 1 target. 7. Dwayne Bowe @ New Orleans - Saints have struggled mightily versus wide receivers. Bowe tore up Buffalo last week (even though it was garbage time) and has been the primary target of Matt Cassel. 8. Mike Wallace @ Oakland - I'm likeing this...

This is the second game of the 2012 preseason I am reviewing. Here is a link to the first one I did, on the Redskins vs Bills. The Learning Curve is a series that will recap what I learned in every NFL preseason game, and could possibly extend into the regular season.

1. The sky is the limit for second-year wide receiver Julio Jones. In one quarter of work on Thursday, Jones exploded for six receptions, 109 yards, and a seven yard touchdown. While he is just in his second NFL season, I think he has the skill-set to post the best numbers for a receiver in the NFL this season, and I can't say that about many others. Jones is a prototypical receiver with incredible length and athleticism. Other than Calvin Johnson and Andre Johnson (when healthy), Jones could be the most difficult receiver to cover in man-to-man because of his incredible catch radius. I'm very excited for Jones this season.

I think it's fair to call Titus Young a huge boom-or-bust player this season. He's got the ability to boom, but does he have the focus that an elite receiver like teammate Calvin Johnson has? Young certainly didn't live up to my expectations in his rookie season as he caught just 48 of his 80 targets (with eight drops) after being taken 44th overall in the 2011 NFL Draft, and was expected to play opposite of Calvin Johnson. He has the physique to be one of the top deep ball wide receivers in the NFL, but is he ready for it? Although Young finished 2011 with 48 catches, and he didn't exactly make his season look all that pretty, as his first touchdown catch did not come until Week 8 when he was left wide open in the end zone by the Denver Broncos.  At many times he gave up...