Week 4 Rapid Reaction + WTF? Moments

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Welcome to Fantasy Focus Monday Morning Rapid Reaction. My name is Daniel Dopp alongside Liz Loza. Liz, how are you doing right now?

Liz Loza (1:17)

I'm good, but man, everything we thought was up is in fact down. I think this week, to me, the takeaway immediately in terms of a feeling is patience. A lot of people that we had written off started to come to life a little bit. Now we have to decide, this is the fun part, and you and the rest of the Focus crew will do this throughout the week.

How much of it is real and how much of it is a mirage?

Daniel Dopp (1:38)

Yeah, we're four weeks in the sample size. It's big enough now that we can kind of take a full look at everything that we've seen from a player.

But with that, Liz, right now, we are just gonna talk about the week four games. I'm with you, make sure you hang out with us. We're gonna talk about the entirety of the weekend and hang out with Liz and I on Facts vs. Feelings, which will come out every single Thursday throughout the season. But tonight, we're gonna do a rapid reaction. Liz and I are recording this. While I have the Sunday Night Football game on in front of me, Amon Ross St. Brown is currently on my screen. Liz, which means I'm sure you're also watching this game. But let's dive into everything that is week four from the NFL slate.

SPEAKER_3 (2:14)

Boy, that escalated quickly.

Liz Loza (2:17)

I mean, that really got out of hand fast.

Daniel Dopp (2:20)

The first player from WCF, Liz, what the fantasy? CD. Lam had 17 catches, 17 catches, not targets, 17 catches for 189 yards, one touchdown and 21 targets, 41.3 fantasy points.

This dude was unbelievable. There is no question about the wide receiver one in Dallas between him and George Pickens. It's clearly CD. Lam, he is him in this situation.

Liz Loza (2:48)

100 percent. I mean, for context, his 17 catches are the most by any player since Keenan Allen in 2023 He was an absolute ball hog in this game. You mentioned George Pickens. He had a couple of clutch plays, but much more important for real football than for fantasy. CD. Lam continues to ascend and he is getting fed.

Daniel Dopp (3:11)

Yes, he is. He is unbelievable. Let's also talk about a couple of running backs with hat tricks. Liz Loza, Javante Williams found the end zone three times. 19 carries, 62 yards and three touchdowns. Plus, here's the great part, five catches for 21 yards, 31.3 fantasy points. I love the three touchdowns, but I also love the seven points from the receiving game for Javante Williams. Absolutely crushed in this one. Take it on Tampa Bay next week. If you are a Javante Williams manager, you're feeling good here after week four.

Liz Loza (3:41)

I also love that he did this in this matchup. We've learned that the Texans secondary, much more generous than we were anticipating heading into the season as evidenced by CD Lamb and the prior weeks. We'll get into those stats a little bit, but also the run defense for the Texans had been pretty stout, and yet Javante Williams continues to truck.

This Dallas Cowboys offense is finding a groove, and these two players are benefiting tremendously from it. There's also, you mentioned two running backs that had a hat trick. Should we move on to Kywin Williams of the Los Angeles Rams? 16 carries for 80 rushing yards and two rushing scores. Plus, you mentioned it with Javante Williams. We love extra production through the air. Williams converted 10 of 13 for 66 receiving yards, and that got him 36.6 fantasy points.