It’s Week 4 of the 2020 NFL season, and we’ve got more football ahead, starting with Thursday’s New York Jets and Denver Broncos matchup.
As always, we’re here to help with your weekly decisions with our fantasy lineup advice. Each week, we give you the studs (players with plus matchups due to the defense they’re facing or their team situation), duds (players with tougher matchups or who are in muddled roster situations at the moment) and sleepers (a player you might consider starting who could be in for a big week).
Here are the names we’ve got for Week 4, and as we always say, good luck!!
Studs
QB Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals
He’s had two 300-plus yard days and two games with multiple touchdowns. I expect a repeat of those stats against a middling Jaguars secondary, or if Cincy’s trailing late.
RB James Robinson, Jacksonville Jaguars
James Robinson, RB1. That’s right! He’s fantastic. And now he gets to face the Swiss-cheese run defense that is the Cincinnati Bengals. It’s time to stop sleeping on him and declare he’s a top running back the rest of the way.
WR Stefon Diggs, Buffalo Bills
He didn’t put up big numbers against the Rams, but this week, he faces a Raiders team that could be down cornerback Damon Arnette. That’s probably good news for Diggs.
TE T.J. Hockenson, Detriot Lions
The Saints have given up the most fantasy points to opposing tight ends and I like Hockenson’s floor (at least 53 yards in all three of his games this year). The ceiling could be his first touchdown since Week 1.
Duds
QB Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers
I like what I’ve seen so far, but the Buccaneers’ pass rush is for real, so I worry about his visit to Tampa.
RBs Mark Ingram, JK Dobbins, Baltimore Ravens
It doesn’t matter that the Washington Football Team is a pretty good matchup. I can’t trust either of them right now until we see one emerge from the pile of RBs in Baltimore.
WR Marquise Brown, Baltimore Ravens
More Ravens? Yep. The thing here is Brown has been targeted exactly six times in each of his first three games and he’s turned only one of those days into a solid fantasy performance (101 yards in Week 1 vs. the Browns). Washington has been pretty good against the pass, so I might look elsewhere for a WR starter this week.
TE Hayden Hurst, Atlanta Falcons
Why is a guy who has found paydirt two straight weeks here, especially when the Falcons will no doubt be throwing a ton to catch up against the Packers? Two things: I worry about the volume (he had an eight-target game sandwiched between a five- and three-look game) and there are a lot of other good tight end options to be had (see below!).
Sleepers
QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, Miami Dolphins
Another “holy cow he’s going to throw a lot in a come-from-behind attempt” candidate with a matchup against the Seahawks.
RB Mike Davis, Carolina Panthers
Forget the rushing yards. While they’re nice and they give you points, it’s the receptions that are huge: eight in each of his past two games and if the Panthers want to keep up with the Cardinals, they’ll need him to do that again. I’m betting he does.
WR Cooper Kupp, Los Angeles Rams
It’s kind of hard to think of Kupp as a sleeper given his performances over the years, but I think he has a second straight great game. James Bradberry might be covering Robert Woods a lot, and the rest of the Giants’ secondary is awful, leaving Kupp to put up WR1 numbers.
TE Dalton Schultz, Dallas Cowboys
There are A LOT of mouths to feed in Dallas — Amari Cooper, Michael Gallup, CeeDee Lamb, Ezekiel Elliott — yet Schultz has shown the past couple of weeks that he has a slice of the receiving pie. Against a Browns team that’s given up the fourth-most tight end fantasy points in 2020, he’s worth a start.
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