Week 4 Fantasy Football Sneaky Starts & Sleepers

Sep 28, 2022

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All but the luckiest fantasy owners at some point need to find the proverbial diamond in the rough—a waiver wire or bench player capable of putting up some points in a pinch. This weekly feature is dedicated to that part of fantasy football. It's not pretty, but it's part of the game.

Note: Week 4 is “aFPA week” at 4for4. We are now using only 2022 data in our Hot Spots/Strength of Schedule tools.

Quarterbacks

Russell Wilson, Broncos (@ LV, 29)

It’s been a tough ride–sorry, couldn’t resist–for Wilson managers thus far. After a pretty productive Week 1 against his old team, he was a major disappointment against the Texans and pretty bleh against a good 49ers team. Week 4 represents a “get right” spot for the Denver passing attack. The Raiders have given up an average of 273/1.7 to opposing quarterbacks this year.

Jared Goff, Lions (vs. SEA, 27)

Goff won’t be quite as appealing if Amon-Ra St. Brown is out, but the Seahawks are still a great matchup and Goff has enough weapons to produce. He is averaging 249/2.3 through three games (QB11) and has his best matchup to date.