The 10 Most Intriguing Players of Week 4 (2025 Fantasy Football)

Fantasy football is a soap opera. It gives us compelling characters with story arcs that sometimes defy belief.

At any point in a season, some players stand out as particularly intriguing. Perhaps they’re overachieving or underachieving. Maybe their role has dramatically changed. Maybe they have an especially fascinating matchup — a revenge game, or a matchup against a team they’ve historically destroyed.

This weekly article will shine a spotlight on 10 of the most intriguing players of a particular week.

The concept may or may not have been inspired by People magazine’s annual 25 Most Intriguing People of the Year article. (Take it easy, People — the royalty check is in the mail.)

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Most Intriguing Fantasy Football Players of Week 4

1. Cam Skattebo (RB – NYG)

I have seen the future of the New York Giants’ backfield, and his name is Cam Skattebo.

Forgive me for co-opting Jon Landau’s famous line about a young Bruce Springsteen. But it’s kind of fitting, isn’t it? Like Springsteen, Skattebo is destined to rise to stardom in New Jersey.

First-round draft picks Abdul Carter and Jaxson Dart might be the more consequential rookies for the Giants, but Skattebo could be an avatar for a team trying to crawl its way out of the NFL cellar and forge a new identity. Skattebo could become the soul of the New York Giants.

Skattebo seems like the right guy at the right time for the right team. He grew up in Rio Linda, California, and played college ball at Arizona State, but he seems like a perfect fit for the Tri-State area. Skattebo shares traits with a lot of the people in metropolitan New York. He’s tough, hardworking and, um … let’s call him “assertive.”

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After playing only eight snaps in Week 1, Skattebo had 11-45-1 rushing and 2-14-0 receiving against the Cowboys in Week 2. But Skattebo truly arrived in Week 3, with 10-60-1 rushing against a tough Chiefs run defense, plus an exciting 6-61-0 receiving on eight targets.

Giants back Tyrone Tracy is out this week with a dislocated shoulder. Expect the Giants to lean heavily on Skattebo with rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart making his first NFL start against a good Chargers defense.

Now it’s up to Skattebo to show that he’s The Boss.

2. Jaxson Dart (QB – NYG)

I swear, this article wasn’t ghostwritten by the Giants’ media relations department. Yes, there are two Giants atop this week’s list. We think Jaxson Dart’s first NFL start certainly bears watching.

The Giants traded back into the first round to take Dart with the 25th overall pick, giving up third-round picks in 2025 and 2026 to move up nine spots. It was inevitable Dart would play at some point in his rookie year, but it’s mildly surprising the Giants are letting him wet his beak this early. Apparently, they could bear no more than three games of dusty veteran Russell Wilson.

Dart has a tough matchup Sunday against a Chargers pass defense that ranks fifth in DVOA (defense-adjusted value over average) and 10th in pressure rate. The rookie gets a breather against the Saints in Week 5, but then he’ll have to run a three-week gauntlet that includes two games against the Eagles and a game against the Broncos.

Dart is a willing and able runner, and that’s probably his best chance of providing any fantasy value early on while he tries to find his NFL sea legs as a passer. Let’s face it: His passing numbers these first few games aren’t apt to be pretty.

Can Dart preserve the fantasy value of star wide receiver Malik Nabers? Through three games, Nabers is the WR7 in half-point PPR scoring with 16-251-2 on 32 targets. Nabers’ investors probably aren’t too distraught about the quarterback change after watching him post 2-13-0 on seven targets last week against the Chiefs.

There are subplots here as well.

It will also be interesting to see how Dart meshes with Wan’Dale Robinson, who has become a different type of receiver this year. In 2024, Robinson averaged 7.5 yards per catch and had an average depth of target (aDOT) of 4.8 yards. This season, Robinson is averaging 14.9 yards per catch and has an aDOT of 12.5 yards. Will he go back to being a short-area possession receiver with Dart, or has Robinson permanently transformed into a vertical receiver?

3. Omarion Hampton (RB – LAC)

Omarion Hampton’s fantasy fortunes took an abrupt turn in Week 3. His stakeholders were wringing their hands when Hampton was the WR44 in half-point PPR scoring after his first two games and averaging 3.1 yards per carry.

But Hampton had a breakout against the Broncos last Sunday, with 19-70-1 rushing and 6-59-0 receiving to finish as the fantasy RB5 on the week. Hampton looked every bit like the rugged do-it-all back the Chargers thought they were getting when they drafted the University of North Carolina star with the 22nd pick of the 2025 NFL Draft.

The bigger development was that Chargers running back Najee Harris ruptured his Achilles against Denver. Hampton now has the backfield mostly to himself.

FantasyPros rankers are bullish on Hampton going forward. He’s RB12 in FantasyPros’ rest-of-season expert consensus rankings (ECR).

The outlook seems bright for Hampton this week against a Giants defense ranked dead last in DVOA versus the run and has allowed the fourth-most fantasy points to running backs.

4. Brian Thomas Jr. (WR – JAX)

What happened to the receiver who had 87 catches for 1,282 yards and 10 touchdowns as a rookie last season and seemed destined to be a fantasy cornerstone for years?

The 2024 season was a hot-air balloon ride for Thomas investors. The 2025 season has been the Hindenburg.

Sure, it’s still early. But it’s hard to find silver linings in Thomas’ performance to this point. He has 7-115-0 and sits at WR51 in fantasy scoring. With 25 targets, Thomas has a catch rate of just 28%. He’s third on his own team in receiving yardage behind tight end Brenton Strange and receiver Dyami Brown.

The chemistry between Thomas and Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence seems off — a combination of bleach and rubbing alcohol.

Thomas has been dealing with a sore wrist. He’s had some ugly drops, and there have been instances where it looked as if he was shying away from contact. Is it possible the wrist is bothering Thomas more than he’s let on? It’s silly to question his toughness after Thomas played through a chest/rib injury that might have sidelined other players. But something is off.

Regardless of the causes behind Thomas’ early-season struggles, his fantasy stakeholders now have to think long and hard about whether Thomas still warrants a spot in their starting lineups. That’s certainly not where they expected to be with a player who had an average draft position (ADP) of WR8 (15 overall).

5. Caleb Williams (QB – CHI)

Can we stop talking about Caleb Williams’ nail polish now?

After a rookie season that was more concerning than encouraging, Williams is starting to cook. He ranks QB3 in fantasy scoring after dropping 298 passing yards and four touchdowns on the Cowboys last week. Caleb ranks sixth in passer rating (107.6) among quarterbacks with more than one start. He’s tied for second in touchdown passes (seven) and is 11th in passing yards (715). Williams is adding rushing value, too, with 97 rushing yards and a touchdown.

Maybe the Ben Johnson-Caleb Williams marriage is going to work out after all.

Williams coasts from one good matchup to another. He and the Bears travel to Sin City this week to face the Raiders, whose pass defense ranks 26th in DVOA.

6. TreVeyon Henderson (RB – NE)

We have more than a month to go before Halloween, but Patriots running backs Rhamondre Stevenson and Antonio Gibson broke out the Butterfingers last week.

Stevenson lost a pair of fumbles last week against the Steelers. After the second fumble, Gibson came into the game on the Patriots’ next series and promptly coughed up a fumble himself.

Those costly transgressions in New England’s 21-14 loss to Pittsburgh might have kicked down the door for Henderson, the second-round rookie from Ohio State. Gibson’s fumble happened early in the third quarter, and from that point on, Henderson was the only New England running back to touch the ball.

Henderson played on 35.2% of New England’s offensive snaps in Week 1 and 31.7% in Week 2. His snap share rose to 45.9% last week with the second-half workload spike. It’s fair to wonder whether the rookie’s snap share might crest 50% for the first time in Week 4.

Henderson gets a yummy home matchup against the Panthers, whose run defense is a sieve. Carolina gave up the most fantasy points to running backs in 2024 and is allowing 5.7 yards per carry to running backs this season.

7. Jake Ferguson (TE – DAL)

Would you believe that Jake Ferguson is on pace for 153 receptions?

Yeah, yeah, small sample size and all that. But Ferguson is clearly fantasy-viable again after falling off the map in 2024.

In 2023, his second NFL season, Ferguson had 71-761-5 and finished as the TE9 in half-point PPR fantasy scoring. Last year, he had 59-494-0 and finished as the TE34 in fantasy scoring. Ferguson’s production nose-dived after Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott sustained a season-ending hamstring injury in Week 9. From Week 10 on, Ferguson played six games and didn’t top 40 yards in any of them.

Prescott is back, and he’s peppering Ferguson with targets — 32 of them so far. Ferguson’s 27 catches are second-most among all NFL pass-catchers, trailing only Puka Nacua.

But Ferguson is averaging only 6.8 yards per catch, and he’s still looking for his first touchdown since he had three of them in the Cowboys’ 48-32 playoff loss to the Packers in January 2024.

Perhaps Ferguson can end his scoring drought against his home-state Packers, who come back to Dallas for the Micah Parsons Bowl on Sunday night. Ferguson played for the University of Wisconsin. His grandfather is former Wisconsin head coach Barry Alvarez.

Ferguson should be prominently involved on Sunday night. The Cowboys will be without star wideout CeeDee Lamb, who injured his ankle last week. Quick throws to Ferguson could help Prescott avoid pressure from star EDGE rusher Parsons, who’s likely to be breathing fire against his old team.

8. Quentin Johnston (WR – LAC)

Remember when Quentin Johnston was a fantasy pariah with frying pans for hands?

Don’t look now, but Johnston is the WR5 in half-point PPR fantasy scoring. Johnston has 14-239-3 on 24 targets and has been a model of efficiency, averaging 17.1 yards per catch, 10 yards per target and 2.06 yards per route run.

Johnston will try to stay hot in Week 4 against a leaky Giants pass defense that has yielded the second-most fantasy points to wide receivers.

The former first-round pick is playing up to his draft pedigree. Let’s tip our hats to Johnston for seemingly overcoming a case of the dropsies that threatened to derail his career.

9. Derrick Henry (RB – BAL)

We don’t want to be accused of lese-majeste for suggesting this, but… should we be worried about Derrick Henry?

His Highness opened with a wildly impressive 18-169-2 rushing performance in the Ravens’ wild 41-40 loss to the Bills. But since then, Henry has had an 11-23-0 rushing day against the Browns and a 12-50-1 game against the Lions. Henry lost a fumble against Buffalo in Week 1 and lost another against Detroit on Monday night.

There’s no reason for Henry investors to panic yet. But our antennae are always up with 31-year-old running backs. Father Time comes for us all, and while Henry has shown no signs of age to this point, you never know when a senior citizen running back might go careening over the age cliff.

OK, that’s enough monarchial slander for today. Henry can reassert his royal credentials this weekend against the Chiefs, whose rugged run defense held him to 13-46-1 in the 2024 season opener.

10. Jordan Addison (WR – MIN)

Jordan Addison returns from a three-game suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. He’ll make his 2025 debut in Ireland, where the Vikings will take on the Steelers.

The 23-year-old Addison has scored 19 touchdowns over his first two NFL seasons and has managed to be fantasy-relevant despite sharing targets with Justin Jefferson, one of the best receivers in the game.

But will Addison play a full complement of snaps in his first game back? And will he be in sync with quarterback Carson Wentz, who made his first start for the Vikings last week in place of the injured J.J. McCarthy? Wednesday was the first day Wentz has ever thrown a pass to Addison in a Vikings practice.