Fairly a number of sleeper picks hit throughout a football-filled Sunday. Tyquan Thornton scored two touchdowns on 111 yards, TJ Hockenson caught all 13 of his targets, and RJ Harvey caught 10 passes out of the Broncos' backfield. Right here's an early take a look at some waiver wire pickups to focus on for Tuesday's Week 5 deadline.
QB, CJ Stroud
In three of his 4 video games performed this season, Stroud has handed for at the least 274 yards. Two of these video games, together with Week 3 towards the Cowboys, went for over 345 yards. Now that Nico Collins is again, we should count on Stroud to maintain slinging the rock.
QB, Kirk Cousins
I questioned the Raiders and the way their schedule had featured groups with a mixed 1-8 report earlier than Sunday. Nevertheless, they held on to a skinny 30-27 loss to the Chiefs. Cousins is the QB6 in fantasy soccer heading into Sunday and Monday Evening Soccer.
RB, Keaton Mitchell
Mitchell owns about 25% of the Chargers' dashing quantity and averages about 6-8 makes an attempt per recreation. Mitchell can be averaging simply over 3 targets per recreation. He’s a major handcuff to Omarion Hampton and, apparently, a favourite of Mike McDaniel, as typically reported.
RB, Tank Bigsby
g. Although unconfirmed, Barkley might miss a few video games. After Barkley received harm on Sunday, Bigsby out-attempted Will Shipley 14-to-6. The duo did see about the identical snaps, however utilization mattered: Bigsby noticed extra, and the Eagles appeared to worth him as the higher playmaker.
Let's not neglect that final season, the Eagles traded for Bigsby after Shipley had a robust preseason.
WR, Keon Coleman
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Coleman has run the second-most routes of any Invoice in 2026. He has run two fewer than Khalil Shakir, two greater than Dalton Kincaid, and 19 greater than DJ Moore. In Week 4, Coleman caught 6 receptions on 7 targets for 116 yards and 1 landing. Coleman has now caught 14 of 16 targets this season.
WR, Roman Wilson
Wilson is averaging 6.0 targets, 3.5 receptions, 47 yards, and 0.5 touchdowns per recreation. Nevertheless, he has not run greater than 19 routes in both of his final two video games, during which Michael Pittman Jr. has performed.
I'm writing to advise you to not overspend on Wilson at pickup. A favourite of Aaron Rodgers does matter, however an absence of quantity can’t constantly create top-25 relevance at vast receiver.
WR, Darius Cooper
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One other vast receiver to not overspend on is Darius Cooper. He had 7 targets in Week 4, essentially the most of any Eagles pass-catcher. The dialog was very unsure relating to how the Eagles' offense would function with out DeVonta Smith.
Now we all know the way it divides: Cooper ran about the identical variety of routes to Dontayvion Wicks and Makai Lemon and was the most efficient of the three. The division is extra of a 33% three-way cut up. Nevertheless, as soon as Smith is again, this Cooper's worth will die.
TE, TJ Hockenson
Hockenson received a large lower of that Justin Jefferson pie. With Jefferson out in Week 4, Hockenson had 13 targets, or a 40% goal share. Higher but, Hockenson caught each single one for 119 yards. As long as Jefferson is out, as he could also be once more in Week 5, Hockenson is a shoo-in top-10 tight finish, legitimately with TE1 upside.
TE, Michael Mayer
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– When Bowers doesn't play: 7.3 fantasy PPG
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Since Brock Bowers returned to the Raiders lineup, Mayer's enjoying time has not decreased. Mayer has run a 73% share of the Raiders' passing performs in 2026. In actual fact, Mayer ran a 78% share in Week 4 and 76% in Week 3.
In that newest recreation, Mayer caught 8 of 9 targets for 82 yards. He has extra receptions and yards per recreation than anybody apart from Brock Bowers and Ashton Jeanty.
TE, Mike Gesicki
After catching one other landing on 5 targets and three receptions, Gesicki ranks 4th in yards per reception amongst tight ends (Min. 12 targets). He’s T-2 in touchdowns with 3 whole.
Joe Burrow is clearly making a concerted effort to unfold the ball relatively than rely solely on Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. To again that up, second-string vast receiver Dohnte Meyers caught 7 of 9 targets in Week 4.
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