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The Week 4 qualifier at a glance
| Entry | $50 · 50-entry maximum · up to 3 entries per account |
|---|---|
| Starts | Sunday, October 4 at 1 p.m. ET |
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| 2nd / 3rd | $175 / $75 |
| Salary cap | $55,000 · nine-player Superflex roster |
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Here’s who we like this week.
Quarterbacks
Trevor Lawrence ($6,400) @ CIN
Fresh off giving up nearly 300 yards and 3 TDs to 42-year-old Aaron Rodgers, the Bengals now face one of the hottest QBs in the game. T-Law has 29 combined TDs in his last 10 games and has hit 21 Fanball points in 2 of the first three weeks. One of the only things holding him back has been the Jags’ opponents’ inability to score. He only threw the ball once in the 4th quarter last week against New England and zero times in the 4th against Cleveland in Week 1. He had 7 TDs in those two games despite the limited attempts. As this game has the highest over/under of the week at 51.5, I expect Cincinnati to at least put up enough points that Trevor might actually have to throw it in the 4th.
Jared Goff ($6,100) @ CAR
You don’t need a ton of stats to back up Goff so far: 8 TD passes, with at least 2 in every game. This week he gets a Panthers team that just put both of its starting cornerbacks, Jaycee Horn and Mike Jackson, on IR. Their stats include a 40-point game to Caleb Williams, the Cooper Rush and Jack Strand combo in Week 2, and Deshaun Watson, who cobbled together a half-decent day last week.
Jacoby Brissett ($5,500) @ NYG
One of the best garbage-time QBs we’ve seen recently, Brissett has multiple TD passes in 11 of his last 15 games and is 5th in pass attempts on the year. He’s also cleared 275 yards in two of his first three games, with the only exception being against Seattle, which is understandable. With Trey McBride, Michael Wilson, and Jeremiyah Love, Brissett doesn’t need to be great to put up fantasy points. He just needs to get the ball in these guys’ hands and let them go to work. New York gave up multiple TDs to Dak and Matt Stafford before giving up just one to the Titans’ broken offense last week.
Bryce Young ($5,300) vs. DET
I actually might like Young better in this one. The Lions have allowed the most 20+ and 40+ passing plays in the league this year, along with the most completions, the most pass yards and the second-most passing scores. Geno Smith managed 321 and 3 last week. The Lions are still missing both of their starting safeties, so this could be an ultra shootout.
Running Backs
Christian McCaffrey ($8,100) vs. DEN
It might finally be time for the 9ers to fully unleash CMC this year. They blew out the Rams in Week 1, the Dolphins are maybe the worst NFL team in 5 years so they didn’t need him in Week 2, and then they had a 17-point lead in the 3rd quarter against the Cardinals in Week 3. Despite this, CMC has at least 4 catches in every game and scored three TDs. In Week 3, the game actually became close in the second half. In that close-game environment, CMC retook the workhorse role we normally expect of him, outsnapping backup Kaelon Black 45-8. It’s an excellent matchup, as Denver has allowed the 2nd-most rushing yards and 3rd-most receiving yards to backs.
Derrick Henry ($7,800) vs. TEN
Kind of hard to believe, but in Henry’s third year in Baltimore, he hasn’t yet played against the Titans. Super revenge game; I don’t think he dug how that all ended. The Titans are allowing the 8th-most rushing yards on the season and have seen an average of 32 RB touches per game. Teams are just keeping it simple with short passes and runs against Tennessee, and it’s working. If he didn’t score twice in this game, I’d legitimately be surprised.
Chase Brown ($6,400) vs. JAX
This one is pretty straightforward. Averaging just shy of 20 touches per game this year, Brown is in a great spot as a home favorite over Jacksonville in the highest-totaled game on the slate. The Jags have allowed the 5th-most receiving yards to backs, and Brown is currently 9th in catches among all backs. He’s seen at least 4 targets in 11 of his last 13 games. Brown really seems to have iced Samaje Perine, who has just 15 touches all season. Elite volume plus the game environment at $6,400 is just really strong value.
Aaron Jones ($6,000) vs. MIA
Since Jordan Mason got hurt, the offense has run right through Aaron Jones: 23 touches in Week 2 and 22 in Week 3. They’re going to ride him until they can’t. In a week where they might be missing Justin Jefferson against one of the worst run defenses in the league, this seems like a no-brainer. The Dolphins have allowed the most TDs to RBs this year, 7 so far, and are giving up the 6th-most combo yards per game at 138.
Wide Receivers
Amon-Ra St. Brown ($7,900) @ CAR
It’s not a stretch to pair Goff up with his top receiver. ARSB didn’t get to multiple TDs last week, but he did score 1. Like I mentioned, the Panthers are down their top two corners, and they can put up points too, so this could be a legendary points bonanza on Sunday night.
Parker Washington ($6,400) @ CIN
Through three weeks, Washington has established himself as the No. 1 option in the passing game and one of only 7 players in the league with at least a 30% target share. The other names on that list? Bowers, JSN, Devonta Smith, Puka, Amon-Ra, and Trey McBride. At $6,400, Washington is $600 cheaper than any of the other guys on that list. He’s also Jacksonville’s primary slot player, running 44% of his routes from the slot, meaning he’ll mostly avoid DJ Turner, the Bengals’ best corner. As I said with T-Law, if the Bengals can just push them a bit and score 20-23 points, that should be enough for a spike game from the Jags O.
Matthew Golden ($5,900) @ TB
Jayden Reed just went on IR, leaving Christian Watson and Golden as the only viable options at WR for Green Bay. Golden has been very good in 2026. He leads the team in target share over Watson at 25%, is averaging 10 targets per game, and the Packers have no run game to speak of. Not that any of these guys are needle-movers, but the Packers did add three veteran OL this week, and I expect at least one to start Sunday. Todd Bowles might be checked out, too: he said Bucs corner Jacob Parrish was “covering well” in Week 2. Jacob Parrish was inactive in Week 2. Yikes.
Jordan Addison ($5,500) vs. MIA
I don’t know why the Vikings would play Justin Jefferson in a game where they should win by double digits, maybe even without the offense ever hitting the field. Worth noting that Josh Oliver, their TE, is probably done for the year too, one fewer receiving option. Kyler Murray is still trying to get the passing chemistry going, but he hit Addison for a long TD last week and targeted him on a few other deep balls. Overall, Addison saw 9 targets and went 5-90-1, sliced up this Bucs D, and was the de facto No. 1 WR with Jefferson missing most of the game. After trading JJ McCarthy midweek, and with most Vikings fans groaning loudly at the lack of QB play from their team, it feels like they might need to show a little something here. Addison might be the only game in town.
Tight Ends
Brock Bowers ($7,100) vs. KC
I feel really bad for the people who didn’t start him last week in redraft leagues, taking a wait-and-see approach. Bowers was Kirk Cousins’ favorite target by a long shot, with 13 targets, 10 catches, 116 yards and a score. The Raiders will need to keep up with division rival Kansas City, and I believe Patrick Mahomes has never lost in the Roomba known as Allegiant Stadium. The Chiefs faced one good TE this year, Tyler Warren, and he had 6 catches and a score.
George Kittle ($5,400) vs. DEN
Kittle led San Fran in targets, catches, and yards in Week 3 and looks primed for another big workload with Mike Evans looking very questionable with a rib injury. It’s possible the 9ers’ starting pass-catchers on Sunday are Kittle, Jacob Cowing, and Deebo Samuel. If this happens, I expect Kittle and CMC to get massive target shares. Denver was hit by Travis Kelce for 71 yards in Week 1 and just got rinsed by 33-year-old Tyler Higbee for 8-62-1 on SNF. In a week where we’re going to want to jam in Chase, Gibbs, CMC, Walker, etc., you can save $1,700 and $1,600 off Bowers and McBride while still having a ceiling that very few other TEs possess.
Travis Kelce ($4,900) @ LV
He’s turned back the clock so far this year; I guess all that wedding planning was taking it out of him last year. He scored again last week, and he loves the Raiders. He’s played them 24 times in his career, with over 1,600 total yards and 12 TDs. The Raiders have allowed the 6th-most receptions to TEs this year, and they gave up 4 touchdowns to the tight end position just last week in New Orleans.
Tyler Higbee ($3,500) @ PHI
Higbee took advantage of no Puka, as well as injuries to fellow TEs Colby Parkinson and Terrance Ferguson, in Week 3 to go 8-62-1. Parkinson and Ferguson were DNPs on Wednesday, leaving just Higbee, Davis Allen, and rookie Max Klare at TE. Klare has never seen a target, and Allen has just 5 all season. Further boosting Higbee’s chances, the Eagles’ All-Pro inside linebacker Zack Baun suffered a concussion and is unlikely to play this week. Philly has defended the position well so far, but two of their three games came against the Commanders’ and Titans’ TEs, two of the worst groups in the league.
Sleepers
Darren Waller, TE ($3,800) vs. DET
He didn’t score last week, but he was targeted 8 times in a game where Jalen Coker was missing for most of it. Again, the Lions are missing both starting safeties, and last week Kenyon Sadiq went Sadiqstic against these Lions, going 7-105 with a score. In fact, the Lions have already allowed 6 touchdowns to the tight end position, to 6 different tight ends, two every week of the season so far.
Chris Bell, WR ($3,800) @ MIN
I had the other Dolphins WR, Malik Washington, in this spot last week, and it paid off for 5-56. Bell is a 6-2, 220-pound rookie 3rd-round pick who would have gone much earlier if not for tearing his ACL in late November 2025. He ran a 4.53 40, and his closest player comparison on PlayerProfiler is Josh Gordon. Bell got the start last week, playing 72% of the snaps and turning 7 targets into 4-67. Caleb Douglas, another rookie Fins WR, did not practice Wednesday, leaving Bell as the starter. Without Devon Achane for the year, Bell and Washington are Miami’s only chances of moving the ball against Minnesota.
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