Week 4

I’m going to be away this weekend and it’s been a bad week so I’m going to condense everything into a few points which will hopefully give you a starting point.

Bye weeks begin
The Carolina Panthers and Washington Redskins have the week off so if you have AP, Reed, Cam, Funchess or McCaffrey then you will have to look to your bench or the waiver wire. As it stands I think any other players from those teams may be droppable although You’d like to hope the Redskins receivers would step up soon and I have a feeling DJ Moore may kick on so may be worth a ticket in the lottery.

Thursday night 
Vikings @ Rams
If the NFL were predictable fantasy would be so easy and the whole thing would probably be less fun (but also less infuriating). The predictable thing after last week would be to see the Rams roll over the Vikings who seemed to be caught off guard by Buffalo. I’m not so sure it’s going to go that way though. Call it the law of averages or regression towards the mean but the Vikings won’t be that bad again and with the Rams now a few defensive pieces down (mainly both CBs) the signs are there.

Sunday Early Games
NYJ@JAX, MIA@NE, PHI@TEN, HOU@IND, BUF@GB, DET@DAL, TB@CHI, CIN@ATL.
This is the week to fire up Green Bay and hope they aren’t the surprise disappointment. The Lions should be able to carry on (or even Kerryon) their recent good work as they go to Dallas to play a Cowboys team still struggling. Look for Cincinnati to fire away at Atlanta who are losing defenders quicker than Clay Matthews gets penalties. With the exception of the Jets vs Jags and Bucs vs Bears, the other games have the potential to be shootouts. Miami have made it difficult to predict who will score their points but again looking across the season I think this week may be the turn of Drake to be the big hitter.

Mid-Afternoon Slate
SEA@ARI, CLE@OAK, NO@NYG, SF@LAC
Two rather underwhelming games for fantasy open the afternoon slate but the following two looks juicy. Fire up your Saints and Chargers and the charger defence should be the play of the week. It’s hard to say any more than to avoid overthinking these games.

SNF and MNF
BAL@PIT, KC@DEN
An AFC North Rivalry and an AFC West divisional matchup find themselves in the Prime Time slots and they are probably the hardest to predict how the game will go. The Ravens have a defence the Steelers could only dream only and the Steelers have an offence the Ravens could only dream of. Everyone is playable in that game but also anyone could bust.
The Chiefs are as high power as you get this year but the Broncos Defence is still pretty resolute. This game may be all about whether Keenum and the Broncos off nice can keep pace with the Chiefs. Lindsey and/or Royce Freeman may decide this one, boom and win, bust and lose.

Injuries
Keep an eye as there’s plenty going down with Jake Butt being the latest. However, people like Devonte Freeman are returning but may need a week to get back into the groove.