9/30/26 - Week 4 Fantasy Football Preview: Starts, Sits, Injuries & Props

Joe Zola (0:00)

Welcome in to No Punt Intended, presented by Club Fantasy. Been a month, I think. I'm technically your host, Joe Zola. Week four of the NFL and Fantasy football season. Wow.

This year sucks, guys. Everything about it's just horrible. No, not really. This has been a fun four weeks. This is normally the week now, as we've seen in recent years, where you can kind of start figuring things out. The starters didn't play in the preseason, and now they have three games under their belt. This is supposed to be the fourth, fifth, and sixth games that they technically play, but really, where they're like full go, now we can feel it, and hopefully teams are starting to feel themselves out and starting to actually right the course, right the wrongs, or keep the course remaining the same, such as some of these teams that are undefeated. Josh, myself, Ryan, we're here to answer all of your questions for week four. Let's get into it.

Josh, Joe Zolo, yes, I am here.

Josh (1:23)

He is alive, folks.

Joe Zola (1:26)

I am here this week. I have, of course, missed the last few weeks. I've been in Detroit and Cleveland with the Party Animals. And spoiler alert, guys, I will be missing the next two weeks due to being in Washington, DC, and then the 2027 Selection Show rehearsals for Banana Ball.

So then I'll be in the clear for one week and then I have the draft. But anyways, I'll be like, I'm here, you know, you got me this week. Just savor it every time I'm on the show.

Josh (1:57)

Thursday or not a Thursday, but a Saturday in between one of these weeks.

Joe Zola (2:00)

So just savor it, gentlemen, just savor it. That's all I'm saying. Just savor it.

Week four, my teams are up and down. I don't give a shit about your guys teams. All I know is I laid the lumber to Ryan's dynasty team this weekend. Hey, so did I.

Ryan (2:16)

I was going to say. Smoked him. Josh did it in another league.

It was an ugly week for two of Ryan's dynasty teams. These were mildly competitive teams.

Joe Zola (2:25)

I needed a good week because I'm second in points four and I was 0-2. So it's like I was getting shafted and also fuck you, Caleb Williams, in your hamstring injury. Anyways, news and notes. The biggest one of the week, the Packers have signed Kevin Zeitler.

Look out. Offensive line problem is fixed.

Ryan (2:44)

The run game is fixed, is what I was going to say.

Joe Zola (2:47)

Now all they need are 11 defenders and then they'll be set and have a football team.

Other big ones throughout this, Dante Pettis is back with the Niners, could play a factor with wide receiver injuries. Giants have released Odell Beckham. Oh no. Rico Dowdell is out tomorrow. So if you have Jalen Warren, that should bode well for him technically. Jalen McMillan of Tampa Bay, he's on IR again. Both starting corners for the Panthers are out, so that only helps Amon-Ra St. Brown this weekend. Not that he needed the help, but it helps more.

Ryan (3:24)

This might be the first NFL game played with no corners.

Josh (3:28)

Yes. Neither of those teams have corners. It's wild.

Joe Zola (3:32)

I need Jalen Coker to be healthy. It's all I'm saying.

Ryan (3:36)

The world does.

Joe Zola (3:37)

I need Jalen Coker to be healthy. Jaden Reed, IR, out for the season. Bye. Lamar Jackson did not practice today, being Wednesday. Nico Collins is back at practice. Jay Jeff also out of practice on Wednesday. Bryce Young, full participant. Lee Gett, week to week. And Coker is also day to day.

They both did not practice today. Puka Nacua is expected to go in week four. Terrence Ferguson, however, at the tight end, not expected to play with an ankle injury. You guys were in here before we were.

I don't know if that's a normal thing. I haven't been here the first three weeks.

Josh (4:08)

So let's dive into it. Jeff.

Joe Zola (4:10)

Hell yeah. Need a receiver and a flex. Full PPR. Parker Washington. Christian Watson. Zay Flowers. De'Andre Swift. Who do we got, Ryan?

Ryan (4:20)

I mean, full PPR. You're not benching.

I want to be need one wide receiver, one flex. Oh, Jesus. I'm too.

Josh (4:26)

This is loaded.

Ryan (4:27)

Yeah. I mean, you can't bench Zay Flowers after what he did in game one. It's Watson and Flowers. Sucks benching Parker Washington, but he's your worst of your three wide receivers.

Josh (4:36)