Big Blue View
Welcome to Week 4! As the first month of the 2025 season comes to a close, injuries are piling up, as is often the case. One week after multiple quarterbacks went down, some big-name receivers got hurt in Week 3, plus a few running backs that were in timeshares – opening the door for some backs to have big (and perhaps league-winning) opportunities going forward. A good example of this dynamic from last season was Chase Brown, after Zack Moss got injured.
If you’ve been hit hard by the injury bug, soldier on, use the waiver wire and trade opportunities as best you can, and try to get past these early weeks with minimal damage.
Week 3 had some dramatic finishes, and with Green Bay losing at Cleveland and Carolina smoking Atlanta, a lot of survivor pool entries were blown to smithereens. What does Week 4 have in store? Well, the loser of BAL@KC is going to be 1-3. Beyond that, I don’t know, but I’ll do my best to make some accurate predictions from a fantasy standpoint.
Stats of the Week:
The 2024 Carolina Panthers gave up the most points in NFL history. On Sunday, the 2025 Panthers recorded the first shutout of the season.
In the last 17 games that Jalen Hurts has started and finished (including playoffs), the Eagles are a perfect 17-0.
Derrick Henry lost fumbles by season: 2023 – zero, 2024 – one, 2025 – two, in three games.
A total of nine defensive and special teams TDs were scored in Week 3. On perhaps the most consequential one of them, 336-pound Eagles’ defensive tackle Jordan Davis was clocked at just over 18.5 mph as he returned a blocked field goal to the house.
Over the past two games, the Cowboys’ defense has allowed 748 passing yards, seven passing TDs, and 11 pass plays of 25+ yards. In case you’re new to football, those aren’t good numbers.
On the flip side, the Browns’ swarming defense is allowing a league-low average of 19 yards per possession. The QBs the Browns have faced are Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, and Jordan Love.
Spencer Rattler is now 0-9 as an NFL starter. The record for consecutive losses to start a career is 15 (Deshone Kizer, who lost all 15 of his NFL starts).
The Broncos led for the entirety of the fourth quarter in each of their last two games, other than as time expired with the game-winning field goals sailing through the uprights. You can’t make it up.
Week 4, here we go!
**Bye Weeks: NONE
Week 4 Rides, Fades and Sleepers
For those who are familiar with this column, you know the drill. For everyone else: The Rides, Fades, and Sleepers is an analysis of players that I think are primed for an especially strong or poor performance, often as compared to consensus expectations. This isn’t a straight-up Start/Sit exercise. As a general rule, start your studs. I’ll rarely...
