If fantasy football were easy, we’d all be 3-0 and pretending we’re masterminds who saw everything coming. Instead, most of us are staring at our benches, wondering why we started the guy with three targets instead of the one who went off for 120 yards. That’s where the Featured Pros step in. They’ve done the homework (and spared you the regret) with their Week 4 Sleepers and Duds list, so you can feel smart without actually having to be psychic.
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Fantasy Football Week 4 Start/Sit Advice: Sleepers & Duds
Sleepers
Which player outside of the top 100 in the FantasyPros flex rankings is a good sleeper start, and why do you think he has upside this week?
Mark Andrews (TE – BAL)
“Stop me if you have heard this story before… Mark Andrews starts slow, and owners are freaking out about what to do with the star tight end! Don’t forget that the story ends with him coming alive and ending the 2024 season with 11 touchdowns! Well, here we go again, but this time he came back to fantasy relevance sooner. From the onset of the Monday night game, Baltimore targeted Andrews, and he showed out to the tune of 6 receptions for 91 yards and two touchdowns! He is Lamar Jackson‘s favorite and best target, and going forward, he will be the player that is leaned on to help lead the receiving corps in Baltimore.”
– Adam Dove (The Fantasy Couriers)
“Mark Andrews reminded us in Week 3 that he’s still a useful fantasy asset, going for 91 yards and two touchdowns against the Lions. Andrews went into Week 3 ranked behind Juwan Johnson in the Expert Consensus rankings. Andrews has been a top-five TE for more than half a decade. Ranking Johnson ahead of Andrews was like turning down a job candidate with a great resume and hiring a guy with a sparse resume but a firm handshake. Andrews is still worth starting.”
– Pat Fitzmaurice (FantasyPros)
Duds
Which player inside the top 40 in the FantasyPros flex rankings is likely to disappoint fantasy managers this week?
Brian Thomas Jr. (WR – JAC)
“Brian Thomas Jr. is my selection for the second week in a row. On the season, he has fantasy finishes of WR37, WR61 and WR42. You can blame this on Trevor Lawrence or Thomas having a case of the drops, but something isn’t right. The community continues to rank Thomas as a top-12 option based on his incredible 2024 season. I expect he will bounce back at some point this season, but this week is another tough matchup. The Jags face a 49ers team allowing the fifth-fewest fantasy points to the position. I’m going to one-up my call of outside the top 30 last week, and call for him to be outside the top 36 receivers in Week 4.”
– Ellis Johnson (FantasyPros)
Chase Brown (RB – CIN)
“Chase Brown is really struggling, and this offense does not have Joe Burrow to elevate it. The offensive line play is rough, and Brown himself his struggling. We loved the situation with him getting a lion’s share of the work on a top offense. Now he is not on a top offense, averaging two yards per carry, and he has scored 8.5 points combined in the last two weeks. You probably are starting him, but not confidently until proven otherwise.”
– David Heilman (Sports Gambling Podcast Network)
“Chase Brown came into the season as many owners’ fantasy darling. He finished last year strong and was expected to pick up where he left off. That has not happened, and through three weeks, he hasn’t exceeded 100 yards rushing. Total. He is still considered a top-40 player in half-PPR rankings, but until he starts to show signs of production, owners should steer clear of Brown.”
– Adam Dove (The Fantasy Couriers)
“It has to be Chase Brown. Yes, the matchup on paper is decent against a Denver defense that has been torn up by running backs two weeks in a row. But why don’t we assess the landscape of the Bengals, shall we? The Bengals lost Joe Burrow, probably for the season, in Week 2. They now have Jake Browning at quarterback, the offensive line is weak, to put it mildly, and the defense is simply atrocious. That is not a great recipe for establishing any sort of run game, and Brown is the victim of circumstance with this one.”
– Ed Birdsall (Talking Points Sports)
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