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Fantasy football sit-and-start advice should always be relative and league-dependent. Many starts and sits are obvious too, so we will instead focus on fringe options in this column, the ones that take real thought. Good luck with your Week 4 lineups!
New Orleans Saints @ Atlanta Falcons
Start: Drake London
London ranks third in first-read target rate since Week 1 when Kirk Cousins was more limited. He also owns a 35% air yards share and a 60% end zone target share over those two games. Kyle Pitts isn’t commanding targets while sporting a zero separation score against both zone and man coverage. Meanwhile, Bijan Robinson is dealing with a shoulder injury (and still searching for the second top-five weekly fantasy finish of his career). Atlanta is also due for positive third-down regression, so London is a strong start this week.
Cincinnati Bengals @ Carolina Panthers
Start: Diontae Johnson
Johnson led all wide receivers in expected fantasy points during his first start with Andy Dalton. He saw a whopping 37.8% target share after seeing 21.8% with Bryce Young, who was clearly holding this Dave Canales offense back. Johnson also saw a 44.8% first-read target rate and a 10.2 aDOT while finishing with a career-high 122 receiving yards — his first 100-yard game since Week 13, 2021. He nearly had two more touchdowns Sunday and is tied for the league lead in end-zone targets.
Dalton provided 29 catchable targets in Week 3 after Young totaled 38 over the first two games of the season. Johnson is an elite separator and will see even more targets with Adam Thielen on IR. Throw away Johnson’s stats with Young (and with Kenny Pickett for that matter), as his fantasy value dramatically improved with Carolina’s quarterback switch.
Johnson has historically seen a big increase in production when his QB isn’t pressured, so the Bengals look like a good matchup this week. Johnson sat out Thursday’s practice with a groin injury as a precaution due to field conditions, but he…
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Publish date : 2024-09-27 15:57:59
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