Johny The Greek's Cornerback Corner: Week 4
Johny The Greek's Cornerback Corner: Week 4
What are the best CB options for IDP fantasy football leagues in Week 4?
Welcome back to the Cornerback Corner! As is tradition, we’ll start with some transparency and then get right into this week’s calls.
Last week I made 80 calls for leagues of all shapes and sizes. Of those 80 calls, 3 were declared inactive or injured during play at a point which caused them to miss their projection (early in the game), so subtracting those players we’re left with 77 adjusted calls.
Of those, 59 were correct (matched, beat, or were within a slim margin of their projection on Yahoo and MFL), and 18 were incorrect (didn’t match or beat projection and weren’t even close), giving us 76% accuracy for Week 3.
Of those 59 correct calls, 30 of them were “massive hits” (doubled, tripled, or more, their projection), giving us a 50% massive hit rate on correct calls for Week 3.
We sit at 75% accuracy overall for the season with 42% of all correct calls ending up as “massive hits.”
Week 1: 78% accuracy, 34% massive hit rate
Week 2: 71% accuracy, 43% massive hit rate
Week 3: 76% accuracy, 50% massive hit rate
We’ll continue to use “recent” quarterback completion and wide receiver target stats for another week or so. Then we’ll be shifting to team rankings for passing offense, wide receiver targets, etc. We’ve almost got enough real data to look at the big picture for our “outlook” section.
Please see THIS or THIS if you need a primer in cornerback streaming or what’s being discussed in this article (for new readers).
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Cowboys at Giants
Outlook: We’ve got a nice 44.5 over/under for the early line for this divisional showdown, Dallas is favored by a touchdown. Daniel Jones seemed to improve in Week 3 as he completed 24 passes on 34 attempts with about two-thirds of those targets going to the New York wide receivers. Trevon Diggs, at the minimum, should have his hands full with Malik Nabers, who saw 12 targets last week and 18 the week prior.
Dak Prescott completed 28 passes on a ridiculous 51 attempts with about half of those targets going to their wide receivers. Dak will usually give us value since Dallas is always just a second away from abandoning their run game and throwing it all over the yard, just like last week, and the week before that. Our New York corners will most certainly have value with this in mind.
Dallas Cowboys
Trevon Diggs (CB): IDEAL, he played 98% of snaps last week and it’s a good bet he’s heavily involved in trying to slow down Nabers who’s seen 30 targets in the last two weeks.
Caelan Carson (CB): SOLID, he played 98% of snaps last week. Deeper leagues only, he’s banged up and the matchup stinks beyond whoever is responsible for Nabers.
Jourdan Lewis (CB): SIT, he only played 49% of snaps last week.
DaRon Bland (CB): SIT, although he is due to return from IR shortly, grab him now for later. With the injury grim reaper out in full force having a cornerback of this quality returning in the next few weeks will be huge for us.
New York Giants
Deonte Banks (CB): IDEAL, he played 100% of snaps last week and will have his hands full with CeeDee and company.
Cor’Dale Flott (CB): SOLID, he played 96% of snaps last week. Nick McCloud is also back from injury this week and could be involved but with Phillips out now, (9/25/24), Flott should still have a role.
Andru Phillips (CB): SIT, if healthy, he only played 10% of snaps last week then left with an injury. There was no direct replacement. OUT this week as of 9/25/24.
Saints at Falcons
Outlook: We’ve got a nice 46 points for the early over/under in this one, we’ll take it. Derek Carr came back to earth last week with just 14 completions on 25 attempts with about half of the total targets going to their wide receivers. This season, we’ve seen limited completions/attempts from Carr in the New Orleans wins and their one loss. With this in mind, we’ll say deeper leagues only for any Atlanta corners.
Kirk Cousins completed 20 of 29 passes last week with 20 of those targets going to the Atlanta wide receivers. He’s been looking much better with his plant foot health and has been giving us solid value for our opposing cornerbacks. Our New Orleans options should be in a great spot this week.
New Orleans Saints
Marshon Lattimore (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps in his first game back from injury last week.
Paulson Adebo (CB): IDEAL, he played 100% of snaps last week and has been red hot the first three weeks of the season.
Alontae Taylor (CB): SOLID, with Lattimore back his snaps dropped to just 67% played but he still cleared his projection and is blitzing off the edge fairly routinely.
Koolaid McKinstry (CB): SIT, he was the Lattimore replacement but is not a starter yet. He only played special teams last week.
Atlanta Falcons
AJ Terrell (CB): SOLID, deeper leagues only due to the matchup (Carr hasn’t completed more than 19 passes in a single game this season, 19,11,14 completions in his first three games). Terrell plays every snap most weeks.
Mike Hughes (CB): SOLID, much deeper leagues only due to the matchup and only playing 70% of snaps last week.
Dee Alford (CB): SOLID, much deeper leagues only due to the matchup and only playing 65% of snaps last week.
Bengals at Panthers
Outlook: The early over/under for this one sits at 44.5 points total. Andy Dalton looked incredible last week and obviously should be under center again this week. He completed 26 of 37 passes with two-thirds of those targets going to the Carolina wide receivers. Our Cincy options should have value with this in mind as strange as that is to say out loud.
Joe Burrow completed 29 of 38 passes with about half of those targets going to his wide receivers. It wasn’t great, but the return of Tee Higgins should help fix this lack of wide receiver targets and Burrow himself looked solid. Our Carolina options should be in a good spot this week.
Cincinnati Bengals
Dax Hill (CB/S): SOLID, he played 98% of snaps last week.
Cam Taylor Britt (CB): SOLID, he played 98% of snaps last week.
Mike Hilton (CB): SOLID, deeper leagues only due to his 75% snap share last week and the reduced production we’ve seen from him to start the season.
Carolina Panthers
Jaycee Horn (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Mike Jackson (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Troy Hill (CB): SOLID, super risky, much deeper leagues only, he played 75% of snaps last week and his snaps have fluctuated significantly from week to week.
Rams at Bears
Outlook: The early over/under for this one sits at 42.5 points which is acceptable. Caleb Williams completed 33 passes on a massive 52 attempts last week as Chicago found themselves in an early hole they were trying to climb out of. 34 of those targets were to the Chicago wide receivers corps, which should give our Los Angeles corners some value in your medium to deeper leagues.
Matt Stafford completed 16 of 25 passes with about half of all targets going to the Los Angeles wide receivers. The lack of Cooper Kupp and Puka Nakua was evident in the box score and wide receiver targets this week. Kyren Williams was the entire game plan. I’d expect more of the same until either of those two can return from injury. It will be medium to deeper leagues for our Chicago options to split the difference between Stafford being excellent and having no one to throw the ball to.
Los Angeles Rams
Tre’Davious White (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Cobie Durant (CB): SOLID, he played 99% of snaps last week.
No significant third CB option
Darious Williams (CB): SIT, on IR at the time of writing, he could be back in the next couple of weeks though. Grab him now for later, he’s an excellent option who will play every snap pretty quickly upon his return.
Chicago Bears
Tyrique Stevenson (CB): SOLID, he played 98% of snaps last week.
Jaylon Johnson (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Kyler Gordon (CB): SOLID, deeper leagues only, he played 80% of snaps last week.
Vikings at Packers
Outlook: The early over/under for this one sits at 42.5 points and is essentially a pick-em. Jordan Love should be back this week so we can throw out the Malik Willis statistics, and we are all aware of how effective Love can be. Our Minnesota corners will have value.
For the reverse, Sam Darnold completed 17 passes on 28 attempts last week with half of those targets going to the Minnesota corners. They were also never really in danger so they took their foot off the gas a bit against Houston. I’ve seen enough to know that Darnold is the truth in this offense, our Green Bay corners have life here as well. And we may even get Jordan Addison back this week as well, adding more wide receiver targets for our Green Bay corners to eat from.
This is a sneaky good matchup across the board for solid cornerback production despite the mediocre over/under.
Minnesota Vikings
Byron Murphy (CB): SOLID, he played 90% of snaps last week.
Shaq Griffin (CB): SIT, he did play 70% of snaps last week but much of it came during blowout rest where the other starters were sitting.
Stephon Gilmore (CB): SOLID, he only played 67% of snaps last week but got to rest due to the blowout. Through Weeks 1 and 2 we saw that he played the most along with Byron Murphy.
Josh Metellus (CB/S): IDEAL, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Green Bay Packers
Jaire Alexander (CB): SOLID, he played 98% of snaps last week.
Keisean Nixon (CB): SOLID, he played 74% of snaps last week but hasn’t had any return yards since Week 1. I’ll keep an eye on that, just a note for now.
Eric Stokes (CB): SOLID, he played 98% of snaps last week. Only play him if Valentine is inactive, otherwise SIT.
Carrington Valentine (CB): SIT, he was inactive last week due to an ankle injury, even if he can play I’d avoid the reinjury risk altogether. Stokes was his replacement.
Jaguars at Texans
Outlook: We’ve got a nice 46.5 for the early over/under for this divisional matchup. CJ Stroud, and Houston in general, had a down week last week with just 20 completions on 31 attempts. The vast majority of targets last week went to the Houston wide receivers. Everyone has a bad week occasionally, we know how good he and that wide receivers room is. Our Jacksonville cornerback corps will certainly have value.
Trevor Lawrence completed 21 of 38 passes with about two-thirds of all targets going to the Jacksonville wide receiver corps. However, they were immediately in a negative game script and forced to throw far more than they want to. The Jacksonville offense we saw in the season’s first two games is more likely what we’ll get going forward. Our Houston options will have value, but only in deeper leagues against this team that favors the run over the pass unless they’re forced to abandon it.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Montaric Brown/Tyson Campbell (CB): With Campbell still injured and out, and as of today (9/24/24) it doesn’t look like he’ll be back anytime soon, it was Montaric Brown as the replacement again last week. We’ve seen it enough to trust it now, he played 100% of snaps and led all Jacksonville players in combined tackles. IDEAL, he’s in a great matchup against this awesome Houston passing attack. Make sure that Campbell is inactive before starting Brown, he only has value as a replacement for Campbell and won’t play if Campbell does.
Ronald Darby (CB): SOLID, he played 84% of snaps last week then sat due to the blowout.
Darnell Savage/Jarrian Jones (CB): Savage is still hurt and only played about 60% of snaps the last time we saw him and Jones only played 9% of snaps last week. SIT them both, for now, we’ll adjust later if we need to.
Houston Texans
Derek Stingley (CB): SOLID, deeper leagues only due to the matchup, he played 98% of snaps last week.
Kamari Lassiter (CB): SOLID, deeper leagues only due to the matchup, he played 98% of snaps last week.
No significant third CB option
Steelers at Colts
Outlook: We’ve got a surprising 40.5 early over/under for this game, I was expecting a much lower total, to be honest, after what we’ve seen from these teams to start the season. Justin Fields completed 25 passes on 32 attempts but only 14 of those targets were to the Pittsburgh wide receivers corps. It was his best day passing in a Pittsburgh uniform but those wide receiver targets are still less-than-ideal.
Anthony Richardson completed 10 entire passes on just 20 attempts with 14 of those targets going to the Indy wide receivers. The trend for Indy has been lots of running the ball with the occasional shot play and not the “dink and dunk” type of passing we’re looking for to get a nice floor for opposing cornerback tackles.
It will be deeper leagues only across the board for this one. Also, we’ve got tons of injury issues for Indianapolis this week. The matchup being crappy lines up well for us if we need to sit Kenny Moore etc. It’s not like the 99’ Rams are in town.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Joey Porter Jr (CB): SOLID, much deeper leagues due to the matchup, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Donte Jackson (CB): SOLID, much deeper leagues only due to the matchup, he played 89% of snaps last week.
Beanie Bishop (CB): SIT, he only played 54% of snaps last week and the matchup isn’t great at all.
Indianapolis Colts
Kenny Moore (CB): SOLID, he played 92% of snaps last week but left with a late hip injury. He cruised past his projection last week which was nice to see after the slow start to the season but this injury plus the bad matchup is less-than-ideal for us this week. Still, if he can play you play him, he’s that good.
Jaylon Jones (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Dallis Flowers (CB): SIT, he may see an increase in snaps if Moore can’t go but this isn’t the matchup to play those games.
Juju Brents (CB): SIT, on IR.
Broncos at Jets
Outlook: We’ve got a 37.5-point early over/under for this likely defensive struggle. Aaron Rodgers looked like himself last week as he completed 27 passes on 35 attempts with 18 of those passes going to the New York wide receivers corps. Despite the lower over/under I think our Denver options will have some solid value in this one. Especially Riley Moss who was picked on a good amount last week against Tampa Bay (and held up to the scrutiny, he was PFF’s number one rated CB in Week 3).
Bo Nix also improved last week, he completed 25 passes on 36 attempts with over two-thirds of those targets going to the Denver wide receiver corps. He may make a ton of mistakes but has been completing short passes fairly often to start the season, our New York cornerbacks will have some value as well but we’ll say in deeper leagues only since this is still anything but a “sure thing.”
Denver Broncos
Patrick Surtain (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Riley Moss (CB): SOLID, he played 98% of snaps last week.
JaQuan McMillian (CB): SOLID, deeper leagues only, he played 86% of snaps last week.
New York Jets
DJ Reed (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Sauce Gardner (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Michael Carter (CB): SOLID, much deeper leagues only, he played 73% of snaps last week.
Eagles at Buccaneers
Outlook: This one looks excellent with the 48.5-point early over/under and a battle between two of the better offenses in the league. Jalen Hurts completed 29 passes on 38 attempts last week with 18 of those targets going to the Philadelphia wide receiver corps. The health of Devonta Smith and AJ Brown is the deciding factor for me in this one, if both can go then we are looking great. Anything less than that and we may have to be cautious with our Tampa Bay cornerbacks.
Baker Mayfield completed 25 passes on 33 attempts with about half of those targets going to the Tampa Bay wide receivers. Even in a lopsided loss, we’re still seeing Baker complete passes and the talent is here to take advantage of. Our Philly corners are looking good in this one.
Philadelphia Eagles
Darius Slay (CB): SOLID, he played 84% of snaps last week but will likely see more against this more pass-heavy Tampa Bay offense.
Quinyon Mitchel (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Avonte Maddox (CB): SOLID, much deeper leagues only, he only played 52% of snaps last week.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jamel Dean (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Zyon McCollum (CB): SOLID, he played 99% of snaps last week.
Christian Izien (CB/S): SOLID, he played 93% of snaps last week but only has value if Antoine Winfield Jr is inactive. Izien is the replacement safety for Winfield but is incorrectly designated on several sites. SIT him if Winfield plays.
Commanders at Cardinals
Outlook: We’ve got the highest over/under of the week so far at 51.5 points, a thing of beauty. Kyler Murray completed 21 of 34 passes last week with the vast majority of all targets going to the Arizona wide receivers corps. Our Washington corners will have value.
Jayden Daniels completed 21 of 23 passes with over two-thirds of those targets going to the Washington wide receivers. Daniels looks promising but this team has favored the run over the pass for the most part this season. Our Arizona corners will have value but are best used in deeper leagues.
Washington Commanders
Benjamin St Juste (CB): IDEAL, he played 100% of snaps last week and has been cruising past his projection every game so far this season.
Quan Martin (CB/S): SOLID, he played 97% of snaps last week.
Mike Sainristil (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Emmanuel Forbes/Noah Igbinoghene/Michael Davis (CB): SIT, with Forbes injured we’ve now seen Davis and Igbinoghene attempt to replace him with neither getting “acceptable” playing time or having that role long enough for us to “trust it.”
Arizona Cardinals
Sean Murphy Bunting (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Starling Thomas (CB): SOLID, deeper leagues only, he played 81% of snaps last week.
Garrett Williams (CB): SOLID, much deeper leagues only, he only played 62% of snaps last week.
Patriots at 49ers
Outlook: With an early over/under of just 39.5 points and San Francisco favored by 9.5 points this one looks like a bloodbath where our New England options may have value simply due to extra defensive snaps. San Francisco typically dominates time of possession and against this New England “offense” that feels like a foregone conclusion.
Jacoby Brissett only completed 12 passes on 18 attempts last week with 14 of those targets going to the New England wide receivers corps. After watching this New England passing attack for three games now, it’s safe to say any San Francisco corners should only be used in deeper leagues this week. They may still beat their projection, but it would have to be from a lucky splash play, and not the tackles and defended passes we look to for our floor each week.
Brock Purdy completed 22 of 30 passes last week with over two-thirds of all targets going to their wide receivers. We have plenty of value for Christian Gonzalez and our New England options. The only concern is we may not get “all” of the snaps we want if San Francisco pulls away early and starters rest in the fourth quarter or sooner.
New England Patriots
Christian Gonzalez (CB): IDEAL, he played 97% of snaps last week.
Marcus Jones (CB): SOLID, deeper leagues only, he only played 63% of snaps last week and has only given us 24 return yards at the most in a game this season. The reality has not matched the offseason hype as of yet.
Jonathan Jones (CB): SOLID, deeper leagues only, he played 68% of snaps last week.
San Francisco 49ers
Chavarious Ward (CB): SOLID, he played 93% of snaps last week. The matchup isn’t great but he and Lenoir play plenty and have a better chance of landing a splash play to beat their projection than most.
Deommodore Lenoir (CB): SOLID, he played 98% of snaps last week.
Isaac Yiadom (CB): SOLID, much deeper leagues only, he played 83% of snaps last week.
Chiefs at Chargers
Outlook: We’ve got a nice 43.5 for the early over/under on this one. Justin Herbert reinjured himself last week but if he’s available he completed 12 passes on 18 attempts last week with about half of those targets going to the Los Angeles wide receivers. We know he can throw it, we’ve seen it with our eyes before. If he’s healthy I’d feel good about our Kansas City corners in general, if it’s a backup quarterback we’ll demote them to “deeper leagues only.”
Patrick Mahomes completed 26 of 39 passes last week with about half of all targets going to the Kansas City wide receivers. As we’ve seen with Kansas City in recent seasons, they are still targeting their tight end position and running backs out of the backfield a ton which limits how many wide receiver targets we get out of them each week.
We’ll still have some value for our Los Angeles corners but it’s far from perfect.
Kansas City Chiefs
Trent McDuffie (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week and despite the slow start can win you your matchup any given week.
Jaylon Watson (CB): SOLID, he played 93% of snaps last week.
No significant third CB option
Los Angeles Chargers
Asante Samuel Jr (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Kristian Fulton (CB): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Ja’Sir Taylor (CB): SIT, he only played 32% of snaps last week and it looks like Elijah Molden stole some of his snaps.
Elijah Molden (CB/S): SIT, he only played 47% of snaps last week, as Taylor’s snaps fell, his increased. We could be watching a new battle for that third cornerback slot in Los Angeles. More to be revealed. Sit them both for now while this plays out.
Browns at Raiders
Outlook: We’ve got a lower over/under at 38.5 points for this one, which tracks based on what we’ve seen of these two offenses to start the season. DeShaun Watson completed 21 passes on 37 attempts last week but Cleveland was also in a negative gamescript the majority of that game, I doubt we see that many attempts from him most weeks. 24 of those 37 attempts were directed at the Cleveland wide receivers corps.
Gardner Minshew completed 18 of 28 passes with the vast majority of all Las Vegas attempts going to their wide receivers last week. Minshew also sat late due to the blowout. We’ve got enough for our Cleveland corners to have some value as well, but in deeper leagues only since he’s had a slow start overall. Aidan O’Connell may also get the start this week so it’s better to play this “safe.”
Neither team has shown us much in their pass game so far this season, it will be deeper leagues only across the board for this one.
Cleveland Browns
Denzel Ward (CB): SOLID, he played 90% of snaps last week.
Martin Emerson (CB): SOLID, he played 94% of snaps last week.
Greg Newsome (CB): SOLID, much deeper leagues only, he played 65% of snaps last week.
Las Vegas Raiders
Nate Hobbs (CB): IDEAL, he blew past his projection last week despite only playing 77% of snaps and then resting due to the blowout. He can win you your matchup on any given Sunday.
Jack Jones (CB): SIT, he played 96% of snaps last week but also “made some business decisions” and could be benched this week. Check Twitter (search “Jack Jones”) for more details. It’s too long a story for here.
Jakorian Bennett (CB): SOLID, he played 93% of snaps last week. Deeper leagues only due to the matchup.
Bills at Ravens
Outlook: We’ve got a nice 46.5-point early over/under for this one, which tracks, both offenses can score but typically they prefer the ground attack these days. Lamar Jackson completed just 12 passes on a meager 15 attempts last week with about two-thirds of all targets going to the Baltimore wide receivers. We’ve seen Baltimore forced to pass far more than they want to a couple of times already this season so that’s always a possibility. We’ll say medium to deeper leagues for our Buffalo options to play it safe.
Josh Allen completed 23 of 30 passes with about half of those targets going to the Buffalo wide receivers. Buffalo threw it a bit more this week but we’ve seen a much more run-heavy offense from them to start this season, and frankly, we’ve seen that since about halfway through last season. Our Baltimore options will have value in medium to deeper leagues to split the difference between the talent here in Buffalo and their preferred offensive style these days.
Buffalo Bills
Christian Benford (CB): SOLID, he played 85% of snaps last week and then sat due to the blowout.
Rasul Douglas (CB): SOLID, he played 80% of snaps last week and then sat due to the blowout.
Taron Johnson/Cam Lewis (CB): SOLID/IDEAL, if Taron can go he’s always ideal, my only concern is he may not play enough in his first game back from that forearm injury plus the elevated reinjury risk. So we’ll call him SOLID if he can play, and if he’s inactive again then it will be Lewis who would be IDEAL. He’s playing the same role and is healthy and has been very productive as the injury replacement for Johnson. If Taron is healthy we can’t use Lewis, he has no value other than as a direct replacement. Keep that in mind when checking the injury reports this week.
Baltimore Ravens
Marlon Humphrey (CB): SOLID, he played 96% of snaps last week.
Brandon Stephens (CB/S): SOLID, he played 100% of snaps last week.
Nate Wiggins (CB): SIT, but he did play 48% of snaps last week and his playing time is increasing. Good news for those of you with dynasty shares, but he’s not there yet.
Titans at Dolphins
Outlook: We’ve got a possible defensive struggle here as Vegas is suggesting with the early 38.5-point over/under. That tracks as we all saw Skylar Thompson last week and Will Levis has continued to struggle. Levis completed 26 passes on 34 attempts with half of those targets going to the Tennessee wide receivers. He’s completing passes, they just aren’t going anywhere, but it’s what we need to see for opposing cornerback value. Our Miami corners will have some value but only in deeper leagues.
Skylar Thompson was horrendous as the Miami backup, he only completed 13 passes on 19 attempts. Tim Boyle came in late and played as well. About half of the total targets went to the Miami wide receivers. Whether it’s Thompson or Boyle, who was just as bad, it still leaves a lot to be desired. Deeper leagues only for all options in this matchup.
Tennessee Titans
Chidobe Awuzie (CB): SIT, he was injured 25% of snaps into last week’s game, the absence is being called “extended” so IR is likely. Jarvis Brownlee appeared to be his replacement but it’s not set in stone and this isn’t a matchup we need to “chase.”
Roger McCreary (CB): SOLID, deeper leagues only due to the matchup and playing time concerns, he played 70% of snaps last week.
L’Jarius Sneed (CB): SOLID, he played 98% of snaps last week and cruised past his projection. Thank God. I was worried there for a minute.
Miami Dolphins
Jalen Ramsey (CB): SOLID, he played 92% of snaps last week, and he and Kohou got some blowout rest toward the end of the game.
Kader Kohou (CB): SOLID, he played 86% of snaps last week.
Kendall Fuller (CB): SIT, he was concussed just 25% of snaps into the game. Even if he clears protocol in one week (which is unheard of in the modern NFL), this isn’t a good enough matchup for us to “chase” him.
Storm Duck (CB): SIT, he played 39% of snaps and appears to be the Fuller replacement. We’ve only seen it once so it’s not real yet and this isn’t a matchup we need to chase.
Seahawks at Lions
Outlook: We’ve got a beautiful 48.5-point early over/under for this one and a battle of two of the more effective offenses so far this season. Geno Smith completed 26 of 34 passes last week with about two-thirds of all targets going to the Seattle wide receivers corps. Our Detroit corners should have some nice value.
Jared Goff completed 18 of 23 passes with about half of their targets going to their wide receivers. Detroit got out in front early here and ran the ball (effectively) instead. It happens with this Detroit offense, we’ll have weeks where they barely pass because they can cram it down the opposing team’s throat on the ground any time they choose to. Despite this, our Seattle corners will still have value, we just need to hope the game script lines up to give us what we need for them to capitalize on that value.
Seattle Seahawks
Devon Witherspoon (CB): IDEAL, he played 89% of snaps and then sat due to the blowout last week.
Tariq Woolen (CB): SOLID, he played 89% of snaps and then sat due to the blowout last week.
Tre Brown (CB): SIT, he only played 54% of snaps last week and the Lions could just as easily run the ball a million times as pass it.
Detroit Lions
Carlton Davis (CB): SOLID, he played 97% of snaps last week.
Terrion Arnold (CB): SOLID, he played 90% of snaps last week.
Brian Branch (CB/S): SIT, he was concussed last week and likely won’t clear protocol in time for this game. If he can play he’s SOLID but it’s crazy risky. There was no clear replacement from what I saw in the snaps.
Amik Robertson (CB): SIT, he only played 47% of snaps last week.
Week 4 at a Glance:
These are not in any particular order or ranking; they are just divided into the sections you see below. I typically identify the best matchups and then the best options within those matchups to find my favorite streaming options each week. I want to help you learn to fish, not just give everyone a fish. Good luck this week!
IDEAL (our best options):
Trevon Diggs, Deonte Banks
Paulson Adebo
Josh Metellus
Montaric Brown
Benjamin St Juste
Christian Gonzalez
Nate Hobbs
Cam Lewis (if Taron is inactive, otherwise SIT)
Devon Witherspoon
SOLID (matchup or playing time isn’t perfect, best in deeper leagues):
Caelan Carson, Cor’Dale Flott
Marshon Lattimore, Alontae Taylor, AJ Terrell, Mike Hughes, Dee Alford
Dax Hill, Cam Taylor Britt, Mike Hilton, Jaycee Horn, Mike Jackson, Troy Hill
Tre’Davious White, Cobie Durant, Tyrique Stevenson, Kyler Gordon, Jaylon Johnson
Byron Murphy, Stephon Gilmore, Jaire Alexander, Keisean Nixon, Eric Stokes
Ronald Darby, Derek Stingley, Kamari Lassiter
Joey Porter Jr, Donte Jackson, Kenny Moore, Jaylon Jones
Patrick Surtain, Riley Moss, JaQuan McMillian, DJ Reed, Sauce Gardner, Michael Carter
Darius Slay, Quinyon Mitchell, Avonte Maddox, Jamel Dean, Zyon McCollum, Christian Izien (only if Winfield is inactive)
Quan Martin, Mike Sainristil, Sean Murphy Bunting, Garrett Williams, Starling Thomas
Jonathan Jones, Marcus Jones, Chavarious Ward, Deommodore Lenoir, Isaac Yiadom
Trent McDuffie, Jaylen Watson, Asante Samuel Jr, Kristian Fulton
Denzel Ward, Martin Emerson, Greg Newsome, Jakorian Bennett
Christian Benford, Rasul Douglas, Taron Johnson (if healthy, otherwise sit), Marlon Humphrey, Brandon Stephens
Roger McCreary, L’Jarius Sneed, Jalen Ramsey, Kader Kohou
Tariq Woolen, Carlton Davis, Terrion Arnold
TRAPS (sit these players):
Jourdan Lewis, DaRon Bland, Dru Phillips
Koolaid McKinstry
Darious Williams
Shaq Griffin, Carrington Valentine
Tyson Campbell, Jarrian Jones, Darnell Savage
Beanie Bishop, Juju Brents, Dallis Flowers
Noah Igbinoghene, Michael Davis, Emmanuel Forbes
Ja’Sir Taylor, Elijah Molden
Jack Jones
Nate Wiggins
Chidobe Awuzie, Kendall Fuller, Storm Duck
Tre Brown, Brian Branch, Amik Robertson
Reminder: these are only suggestions. Your lineup is your responsibility and yours alone. However, these are the same moves I’m making myself so we sink or swim together. Remember to check for inactive players before kickoff to prevent any surprise zeroes.
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