Fantasy Football Week 4 Wide Receiver Preview: Matchups That Matter, Screenings, DFS Games & More

If you watched the Cowboys game on Monday night as Ezekiel Elliott Fantasy manager, you had to be encouraged. The same cannot be said for wide receivers.

CeeDee Lamb and Amari Cooper combined for just seven targets in a game where the Cowboys shot the ball 41 times. It was the second week in a row that the team ran the ball more than they passed, which isn’t what we’d expect from a Kellen Moore-led attack. Under Moore, the Cowboys had thrown the ball at a 56% rate heading into 2021. In Week 1 that number was even higher, but that hasn’t held up over the past two weeks. .

It’s hard to know how much to win in two weeks, but the Cowboys defense looks much better and the offense has handled the ball very well over the past two weeks. That, combined with the Panthers’ strong start in defense, puts Lamb and Cooper outside my top 12 for the first time this season. What is harder to tell is if they are both out of this range for the rest of the season.

Right now, I think they’ll both be # 2 high-end wide receivers, making them low buy candidates if someone is willing to sell less than that. Just be aware that if the use of the past two weeks continues, you won’t buy low. And neither Cooper, Lamb nor Dak Prescott will meet their Draft Day expectations.

Here’s the rest of the WR Week 4 preview:

WR week 4 preview

The following players should not be playing week 4 at this time. Here’s what it means:

• 37.6% – Brandin Cooks leads all receivers with a target share of 37.6%.
• 3.56 – Ja “Marr Chase has scored 3.56 fantasy points per target in his first three games. There’s a major regression ahead, but I’m also hoping for a lot more targets.
• 151 – Jakobi Meyers has now seen 151 career targets without touching down.
• 91.2 – Cooper Kupp leads all non-quarters with 91.2 PPR Fantasy points.
• 31 – Mike Williams has 31 targets in three games. It looks like he’s going to break his career record of 90.
• 6.2 – Stefon Diggs’ 6.2 yards per target are the lowest of his career. It’s such a small sample size that I would bet on a regression in the coming weeks. Buy low.
• 8.8 – Calvin Ridley’s aDOT in 2021. Over the past two years it has been over 13.
• 18% – DeAndre Hopkins 2021 target share. The Arizona Cardinals’ passing offense was much less focused.