New Orleans Saints RB Alvin Kamara (hip/ribs) @ Atlanta Falcons
Date/Time: Sunday, 1:00 pm Japanese
New Orleans Saints working again Alvin Kamara was added to Wednesday’s harm report after evidently struggling Week 3 hip and ribs accidents. Kamara is not any stranger to enjoying via harm, notably having suffered a ribs cartilage fracture in Week 1, 2022. He missed Weeks 2 and 4 and remained on the harm report via Week 5. There isn’t any cause to imagine Kamara’s present accidents are vital as a cartilage fracture, giving him first rate odds of suiting up in Week 4. Ought to Kamara sit out, No. 2 working again Jamaal Williams could be RB2-viable, although considerably touchdown-dependent.
New Orleans’ is a 1.5-point street underdog and New Orleans’ 53.3 p.c run-play price on performs with a rating differential of three.0 factors or much less ranks No. 1 amongst NFL groups, per PFF.
Williams continues to be forcing missed tackles successfully in his age-29 season, rating eleventh amongst 41 NFL working backs with not less than 20 dashing makes an attempt, averaging 0.25 missed tackles compelled per try.
Amongst 29 NFL working backs with not less than 5 purple zone dashing makes an attempt, Williams ties for eighth in first-down and/or landing conversion price (33.3 p.c) and second in missed tackles compelled per dashing try (0.33) and ranks fourth in yards per dashing try (3.8).
Arizona Cardinals TE Trey McBride (concussion) vs. Washington Commanders
Date/Time: Sunday, 4:05 pm Japanese
Arizona Cardinals tight finish Trey McBride started Week 4 with consecutive Did Not Take part designations after struggling his first recorded concussion in Week 3. McBride’s progress might be simple to trace as he strikes via the NFL concussion protocol’s 5 phases, nonetheless, the choice might come extraordinarily late within the lively/inactives course of as a result of part 4’s wiggle room, requiring the participant to easily take part in “team-based sports-specific train, and non-contact soccer actions” earlier than being cleared for contact.
If McBride is unable to play, fantasy managers have three alternative choices accessible to them.
Baltimore Ravens’ No. 2 tight finish Isaiah Probably stays accessible in 24.2 p.c of ESPN leagues and 27.0 p.c of Yahoo! leagues. His 43.9 p.c receiving snap share trails No. 1 tight finish Mark Andrews by simply 8.1 p.c and Probably’s 2.24 yards per route run (YPRR) common towers over Andrews’ 0.92. Baltimore faces a Buffalo protection seemingly lacking its two beginning linebackers and beginning slot cornerback.
McBride’s backup Elijah Higgins has averaged 1.69 YPRR since getting into the league in 2023. He faces a Washington protection permitting 6.73 yards per protection snap and an 81.8 p.c catch price to opposing tight ends, respectively rating fifteenth and tying for twenty second amongst NFL groups.
Jacksonville Jaguars backup tight finish Brenton Unusual stays extensively accessible regardless of starter Evan Engram being unable to apply as a result of a hamstring pressure. Unusual is the PPR TE10 during the last two weeks.
Houston Texans RB Joe Mixon (ankle) vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Date/Time: Sunday, 1:00 pm Japanese
Houston Texans working again Joe Mixon (ankle), No. 2 working again Dameon Pierce (ankle) and No. 3 large receiver Tank Dell (chest) did not apply on each Wednesday and Thursday, severely jeopardizing their Week 4 availability. No. 1 large receiver Nico Collins (hamstring) was added to Thursday’s harm report as a Restricted Participant, indicating he might have suffered the harm in apply. Fantasy managers ought to add Houston working again Cam Akers, who is obtainable in additional than 65.0 p.c of ESPN and Yahoo! leagues. He’s a volume-based RB2 candidate for Zero RB groups and a viable flex possibility for many 12-team roster constructions.
Akers tied for a team-high 10 touches (9 dashing makes an attempt and one reception on one goal) in Houston’s 7-34, Week 3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
The anticipated Week 4 sport script ought to push Akers north of final week’s whole, with Houston at the moment sitting as a 6.0-point house favourite over a Jacksonville Jaguars protection lacking linebacker Foyesade Oluokun (foot). Amongst Jacksonville defenders in run protection, Oluokun ties for third in tackles for loss or no achieve (one), ties for second in stops (4) and ranks first in tackles (9). He’s additionally the staff’s finest working back-coverage defender, permitting 0.13 yards per protection snap whereas registering three qualifying tackles.
Chicago Bears WR Rome Odunze (hip) vs. Los Angeles Rams
Date/Time: Sunday, 1:00 pm Japanese
Chicago Bears large receiver Rome Odunze was added to Thursday’s harm report with a hip harm. The harm’s specifics stay undisclosed. DPT Jeff Mueller said on X, “Hopefully it’s not hip flexor/comfortable tissue which might include excessive reinjury threat in-game. If [he does not participate] tomorrow, I lean in direction of it being that.”
If Odunze fails to apply on Friday however fits up on Sunday, he could be a particularly unstable flex possibility. If he is ready to apply in a restricted capability on Friday, he’s a must-start WR3. Odunze prowls the deep through an 18.3-yard common depth of goal (aDot), averaging 17.3 yards per reception.
The Los Angeles Rams’ large receiver-coverage unit ties for the fifth-highest explosive cross performs allowed price (23.5 p.c) whereas permitting the second-most yards per protection snap (10.51).
If Odunze is inactive, fantasy managers ought to take into account including gamers like Seattle Seahawks large receiver Tyler Lockett (56.0 p.c rostership price on Yahoo!), Cincinnati Bengals slot receiver Andrei Iosivas (19.0 p.c rostership price on Yahoo! and 12.7 p.c on ESPN) or Buffalo Payments large receiver Keon Coleman (52.0 p.c rostership price on Yahoo! and 66.0 p.c on ESPN)
Detroit Lions TE Sam LaPorta (ankle) vs. Seattle Seahawks
Date/Time: Monday, 8:15 pm Japanese
Detroit Lions tight finish Sam LaPorta suffered an obvious lateral/inversion ankle sprain in Week 3, colloquially known as a “low” ankle sprain, per Physician of Bodily Remedy (DPT) Edwin Porras. He was initially carted off the sector although he returned to play ineffectually, incomes zero targets within the second half. Detroit faces the Seattle Seahawks in Week 4’s Monday Evening Soccer sport, placing fantasy managers in a tough place. Until an actionable, optimistic outlook for LaPorta is given earlier than Sunday’s early-game slate, fantasy managers ought to count on LaPorta to overlook Week 4. He was unable to apply on Thursday.
Per DPT Adam Hutchison’s 2023 Damage Report, solely 20.0 p.c of tight ends who are suffering a low ankle sprain miss no time and the typical time missed is 2.3 weeks.
Seattle’s mid-tier tight finish protection unit ranks 14th in catch price allowed (73.9 p.c),nineteenth in yards allowed per protection snap (7.48) and eighth in explosive cross performs allowed price (8.7 p.c). Backup tight finish Brock Wright’s profession 1.11 YPRR common precisely displays his replacement-level expertise although his 80.3 p.c catch depicts enough reliability for a pocket passing quarterback like Jared Goff. Wright is a viable TE1 streamer.
The three alternative choices listed in McBride’s part above are additionally cheap concerns.
