You can feel it, I’m sure. Autumn out there, sharpening its edges. A chill through the screen door. Leaves scraping along the pavement. That late-afternoon glare through the windshield, with the sun already, somehow, so very low. Beneath the trees, deeper, sharper shadows. Above it all reigns the harvest moon, full and splendid, illuminating the way forward re. how to manage the remainder of the football season.
Because trading before Week 4 sometimes means selling a player before his coach has figured out how to use him. Or buying somebody whose September production you’ll spend October begging him to repeat. I prefer to give these arrangements four games, when I can. But that’s just how I hande my business. Let the rookie earn his snaps, you know? Let the quarterback develop a preference. Let somebody disappoint me enough that I can explain, with some precision, why I’m finally willing to dispense of him, be rid of his fruition—or lack there of.
After this week, I’ll begin making those decisions with conviction. Big-league trade talks. Waiver claims. An overhaul of a bench we stocked so lovingly a month ago. You’ve watched where the opportunities go; now you can, by my measure, freely cut the players where the opportunities do not.
For now, though, we’ve got one more Sunday before taking inventory. Hang your finest harvest moon of a lineup over the changing landscape. I’d like to greet the colder weather with a win.
A win for which, hopefully, I’ve got the right stashes below. I’ve also got my full FLEX rankings, plenty of injury replacements, and the rest of the suite of my Five Lists of Five: Week 4 Edition.
This is your Sunday roundup. Best of luck in Week 4, everyone.
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Dan Johnson’s Week 4 Five Lists of Five
Links to each article below. Every name listed here has an deep-dive in its respective article. This is just the at-a-glance view, for you Sunday-coffee war minds.
Top five must-start WRs in Week 4
- Josh Downs, IND (vs. WAS [London])
- Michael Wilson, ARI (at NYG)
- Luther Burden III, CHI (vs. NYJ)
- Christian Watson, GB (at TB)
- Jordan Addison, MIN (vs. MIA)
Top five must-start RBs in Week 4
- Braelon Allen, NYJ (at CHI)
- Jeremiyah Love, ARI (at NYG)
- Aaron Jones, MIN (vs. MIA)
- Cam Skattebo, NYG (vs. ARI)
- Bhayshul Tuten, JAC (at CIN)
- Stefon Diggs, WAS (at IND [London])
- Bill Croskey-Merritt, WAS (at IND [London])
- RJ Harvey, DEN (at SF)
- Jameson Williams, DET (at CAR)
- Rashee Rice, KC (at LV)
Top five fantasy defenses for Week 4
- Seahawks D/ST (vs. LAC)
- Ravens D/ST (vs. TEN)
- Packers D/ST (at TB)
- Jets D/ST (at CHI)
- Falcons D/ST (at NO)
Top five players to stash before Week 4
- Kenyon Sadiq, TE, NYJ
- Woody Marks, RB, HOU
- Tre Harris, WR, LAC
- Kendre Miller, RB, NO
- Mike Washington, RB, LV
Dan Johnson’s Week 4 PPR rankings
2026 Fantasy Football
Week 4 PPR Rankings
Top 160 FLEX · Top 24 QB · Top 16 D/ST
DJ rank (ECR gap) · + = higher than consensus; – = lower. Example: 12 (+5) means ECR 17.
FLEX combines RB, WR and TE. Each position tab uses its own FantasyPros ECR. DJ rankings exclude Thursday; ECR retains full-week numbering.
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