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Chargers RB Omarion Hampton has gotten off to a rough usage start in four games under new OC Mike McDaniel. Sunday's loss to the Seahawks, however, marked the first time he has watched a teammate amass more carries. Keaton Mitchell rushed a team-high 10 times for 39 yards. Hampton drew 9 carries but did take them for 45 yards and a TD. Kimani Vidal rushed five times for 25 yards. Both Mitchell (6) and Vidal (3) beat Hampton's 2 targets. Hampton caught both of his for 8 yards. Mitchell tied for the team lead with 5 catches, gaining 24 yards. Vidal supplied 2 catches for 11 yards.

Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence played an efficient brand of ball in Week 4, completing 18 of 23 passes for 227 yards and 1 score. That wasn’t much help in fantasy, though, especially when you factor in his 0 rushing yards. Lawrence has now been held under 10 rushing yards in three of four games.

Plenty of QBs have needed some assimilation time after a change in offensive scheme. But Justin Herbert's struggles under OC Mike McDaniel go well beyond that. Herbert endured another terrible outing in Sunday's loss at Seattle, tossing another 2 INTs amid a 19-for-31 line with 189 yards and a TD.

Saints WR Jordyn Tyson (hamstring) is eligible to come off IR this week, but ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that the rookie is still "weeks away" from a return. Tyson is "making progress and feeling good," per Schefter, but he's not expected to debut until Week 7 at the earliest. The Saints are wisely taking it slow with Tyson, who has been dealing with hamstring trouble for about a full year now. He's still worth keeping stashed as a potential second-half asset, but don't plan on getting Tyson into starting lineups until November.

Bengals RB Chase Brown finished with only 10 yards on 9 carries in Sunday’s loss to the Jaguars. Cincinnati largely abandoned the run, instead asking Joe Burrow to attempt 54 passes. That allowed Brown to save his PPR day with 11 catches (on 11 targets) for 71 yards.

TE Zach Ertz rejoined his original NFL team in the wake of Dallas Goedert's Week 2 MCL sprain. The veteran has played just a limited role in the two games since, though. He ran a mere 11 routes among Jalen Hurts' 32 dropbacks in Sunday's loss to the Rams. Ertz did garner 4 targets, but even that ranked just fourth on the team -- despite the Eagles also missing WR DeVonta Smith. Overall, Ertz has run a route on just 38.1% of Hurts' dropbacks and drawn a target on 11.5% of the QB's pass attempts.

The absence of WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) for Sunday's loss to the Rams obviously elevated the role and importance for every remaining Eagles receiver. But neither Dontayvion Wicks nor rookie Makai Lemon led the group. Darious Cooper drew a team-high 7 targets, caught three of them for a team-high 33 yards, and scored both Eagles TDs. Lemon followed with a 3-27 receiving line on 6 targets, while Wicks went 3-18 on 5 targets. Philadelphia totaled just 93 passing yards for the game, as Jalen Hurts endured his lowest yardage output and worst completion rate (44.4%) of any pro game he's started and finished.

Eagles QB Jalen Hurts had already been missing TE Dallas Goedert (MCL sprain) and then lost WR DeVonta Smith for Sunday's game against the Rams. That obviously set him up for difficult passing situations. But Hurts' final line in the loss still came out strange. He threw for just 93 yards on 12-of-27 passing (44.4%). That marked the lowest yardage output and worst completion rate of Hurts' career for any game he has started and finished.

Tank Bigsby took over the Philadelphia backfield Sunday after Saquon Barkley left with a hamstring injury after his second carry. Bigsby carried 14 times for 55 yards (3.9 per rush) in the loss to the Rams. Will Shipley followed with 6 carries for 23 yards (3.8). Each guy finished with no catches on a single target. They played a matching 29 snaps, but Shipley got a slight boost from Bigsby leaving late in the fourth quarter with an apparent groin injury. Shipley took the remaining six plays.

The Rams got WR Puka Nacua back from a two-game hip injury for Sunday's win over the Rams, and it seemed to knock Davante Adams' numbers off. The veteran wideout managed just 4 catches for 32 yards at Philly, ranking fourth on the team in both categories. But Adams played his highest route rate so far this season, staying on the field for 53 of Matthew Stafford's 54 dropbacks (98.1%). He checked in third in targets, trailing Nacua (12) and Kyren Williams (13). Adams' 9 targets accounted for 18% of Stafford's 50 targeted passes for the game.

LaPorta produced both a team and season-high 22.4 PPR points in the Lions’ primetime loss to the Panthers. He hauled in eight of his 13 targets for 84 yards and a TD to finish as the TE2 in Week 4 pending Monday Night Football. It’s his highest-scoring game since Week 15 of his rookie season in 2023.

In a Sunday Night Football matchup with the Panthers in which the Lions trailed for nearly the entirety of the game, Goff accumulated a season-high 52 pass attempts. He completed 32 of 52 attempts for a season-high 412 yards and a TD without an INT. It’s the second time in three weeks that Goff has finished as a QB1.

Hubbard handled 20 rush attempts for 122 yards and 2 TDs while catching one of his 2 targets for another seven yards on his way to a season-high 25.9 PPR points in the Panthers’ primetime win over the Lions. With this latest RB6 finish in Week 4, he has now produced an RB1 ranking in every week of the season.

Following Young’s latest performance in a Sunday Night Football win over the Lions, he’s up to a league-leading 1,268 passing yards. He completed 29 of 41 pass attempts for 329 yards and 2 TDs without an INT, while adding an extra 3 yards on the ground. Young finished Week 4 as a QB1 for the third time across the first four weeks.

McMillan scores 44.2 PPR points to not only sit atop as the WR1 of Week 4, but record the most points by a WR this season. He set career-highs for receptions, targets, and yards in a week after catching 14 of 16 targets for 192 yards and 2 TDs in the Panthers Sunday Night Football win over the Lions.

For the first time this season, Williams led the Lions in receiving. He caught six of 8 targets for 102 yards leading to a season-high 16.2 PPR points. Despite not accounting for a TD, something he’s yet to do this season, Williams finished Week 5 ranked as a WR2.

The 49ers WR continues to produce in unconventional WR fashion. A week after accounting for 80 receiving yards without recording a reception, Samuel produced 17.0 PPR points while logging more rushing yards than receiving yards. He caught five of 6 targets for 26 yards and a TD while handling three carries for 44 more yards on his way to a high-end WR2 finish in Week 4.

Raiders QB Kirk Cousins completed 31 of 52 passes for 365 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT in Sunday's 30-27 loss to the Chiefs. He wasn't sacked once, and his longest completion went for 28 yards. Cousins averaged 7.0 yards per attempt and spread the ball to nine different receivers. TEs Brock Bowers (11 targets) and Michael Mayer (10) were his top options.

Raiders TE Brock Bowers caught 6 of a team-high 11 targets for 86 yards and a TD in Sunday's 30-27 loss to the Chiefs. His longest catch went for 21 yards, and he finished with 20.6 PPR points. Bowers played 69 of 84 snaps (82.1%) and ran 49 routes, more than any other Raider. Fellow TE Michael Mayer caught 8 of 10 targets for 82 yards. Bowers played through a knee injury that limited him in Friday's practice.

Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty ran 15 times for 58 yards (3.9 yards per carry) in Sunday's 30-27 loss to the Chiefs. He made up for it as a receiver, catching 6 of 8 targets for 68 yards with a long of 28. That added up to 126 scrimmage yards and 18.6 PPR points. Jeanty played 56 of 84 snaps (66.7%) and ran 31 routes. He briefly left late in the third quarter with a leg injury but returned on the next drive.