The fourth Sunday of the NFL season featured fairly a little bit of motion and high-scoring performances, beginning with a morning sport in Dublin, Eire, and ending in Dallas with a sport that led to a tie. Total, six gamers scored 30 PPR factors, together with Los Angeles Rams WR Puka Nacua and Las Vegas Raiders rookie RB Ashton Jeanty. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes turned again time to throw 4 TD passes.
Nevertheless, the large story in Week 4 was, as soon as once more, an damage. New York Giants star WR Malik Nabers tore the ACL in his proper knee in his group’s beautiful win over the Los Angeles Chargers. QB Jaxson Dart performed nicely. RB Cam Skattebo performed nicely. Fantasy managers misplaced Nabers — in lots of circumstances their first-round decide — for the remainder of the 2025 season.
Every Monday, earlier than the present NFL week ends, we’ll determine gamers accessible in a minimum of 50% of ESPN customary leagues worthy of your consideration, from customary codecs to deeper choices. The NFL is a weekly league, and participant valuation and roles seldom stay stagnant. It doesn’t matter the way you purchase gamers on your fantasy rosters, simply that you just get them.
Jaxson Dart, New York Giants (rostered in 21.1% of ESPN leagues): What a Sunday of blended feelings for the Giants. Dart’s first begin went nicely sufficient statistically, as he scored 19.84 PPR factors — primarily due to his 54 speeding yards and landing. Nevertheless, he tried solely 20 passes and was beneath heavy stress. Dart’s operating capability may make him look statistically like New England Patriots sophomore Drake Maye, which is probably particular in fantasy. Dart must be a QB2 this season even with a restricted group of receivers to throw to now that Nabers is out. No QB1 choices are on bye this week, however fantasy managers ought to add Dart anyway for a Week 5 street sport towards the New Orleans Saints … and past.
Sam Darnold, Seattle Seahawks (9.4%): Darnold scored 16.08 PPR factors to open Week 4, a tricky Thursday win on the street towards the Arizona Cardinals. He continues to play environment friendly soccer. He has been mistake-free in three of 4 video games and has accomplished 70% of his passes. Darnold faces an overmatched Tampa Bay Buccaneers secondary in Week 5.
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Woody Marks, Houston Texans (33.2%): Marks, a fourth-round decide from USC, didn’t see many probabilities over the primary three weeks, incomes simply 12 speeding makes an attempt, and he turned them into solely 44 yards. He additionally caught two passes. On Sunday, towards the woeful Tennessee Titans, the Texans cut up the work between the rookie and wily veteran Nick Chubb extra evenly. Marks turned his 21 touches into 119 yards and two touchdowns, together with his receiving work. That’s 27.9 PPR factors. Chubb scored 8.2. Benefit, Marks.
The Texans actually ought to depend on Marks transferring ahead, beginning in Week 5 towards the Baltimore Ravens, although this may stay a timeshare, and no person appears to know when or if Joe Mixon (foot) will play once more. Marks turns into a viable RB2 choice even towards the Ravens.
Kenneth Gainwell, Pittsburgh Steelers (35.6%): Starter Jaylen Warren (knee) was a shock inactive Sunday morning, and plenty of fantasy managers have been merely not ready to take away him from lineups. Others added Gainwell and have been rewarded with 31.4 PPR factors, the No. 3 RB efficiency from Week 4 (coming into Monday).
Gainwell may be value including this week regardless that the Steelers are on a bye in Week 5, as a result of we shouldn’t presume that Warren will probably be absolutely healed for Week 6 towards the Browns or past. This knee drawback may linger. Gainwell not often began over 4 seasons with the Eagles, and maybe he lacks the dimensions to deal with a daily position, however what he achieved Sunday was fairly spectacular.
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Wan’Dale Robinson (54.3%) and Darius Slayton (3.6%), New York Giants: Nicely, somebody must catch the soccer now that Nabers is finished, and these fellows mixed for six receptions on 9 targets Sunday. Robinson is way extra rostered, coming off a season through which he caught 93 passes, although he turned them right into a mere 699 yards and three touchdowns. He averaged 5.0 yards per goal with Daniel Jones, Drew Lock, Tommy DeVito and Tim Boyle throwing the soccer final season. Dart is best, and Robinson, speedy out of the slot and never a lot of a downfield risk, must be productive. Slayton will get downfield higher, however he doesn’t determine to see main quantity. Regardless, there’s a void on this offense. Robinson and Slayton should see alternative.
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Dallas Goedert, Philadelphia Eagles (67.8%): Goedert is rostered in additional than 50% of leagues, however he was began in a mere 15.2% of them in Week 4. He tallied a position-leading 19.7 PPR factors, and he has had three touchdowns over the previous two weeks. Goedert has been a relative disappointment in current seasons for each manufacturing and well being causes, however he appears to have a protected position in what has grow to be a wildly inconsistent Philadelphia offense.
Brenton Unusual, Jacksonville Jaguars (22.7%): A repeat identify from prior weeks, Unusual has six receptions on seven targets over consecutive weeks, which could not appear to be a lot, but it surely’s fairly good on this offense. Unusual leads the Jaguars with 19 receptions and 192 receiving yards.
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Arizona Cardinals (24.6%): The Cardinals D/ST has reached double-digit fantasy factors in only one sport (Week 2 towards the Carolina Panthers) and did so primarily due to an early fumble restoration for a landing. The Cardinals host Tennessee on Sunday, and the Titans didn’t rating in Week 4.
Jacksonville Jaguars (7%): It appears harmful to depend on the Jaguars for a Week 5 dwelling sport with the Chiefs, after seeing what Kansas Metropolis did to the Ravens on Sunday. Then once more, the Jaguars D/ST has scored double-digit PPR factors in three of 4 video games. That’s spectacular.
New York Giants (7.2%): The Giants have loads of different stuff happening, clearly, however the protection performed admirably towards Justin Herbert and the Chargers. In Week 5, the Giants hit the street towards the Saints. The Saints aren’t an offensive juggernaut. Then once more, one may make the case so as to add the Saints D/ST (0.6%) towards the Giants, too! Go together with the Giants first.