Fantasy Football Rankings Updates For Week 4: Upgrade Emanuel Wilson, Dontayvion Wicks & More

There’s a saying in poker: it’s better to win late than win early. The same can be said in fantasy football. From a weekly standpoint, the fantasy football rankings leading into kickoff are far more important than the rankings early in the week. We get more information as the week progresses, with the final piece of news dropping when inactives are officially announced.

We got our first big wave of news with the Friday injury reports. A handful of marquee players have been officially ruled out for Week 4, which has had a big impact on the rankings. Let’s dive into a handful of players who could be surprising contributors this week, as well as a handful of guys who look a bit shaky.

Week 4 Fantasy Football Rankings Risers

Emanuel Wilson, RB, SEA

At one point during the offseason, it looked as though Wilson was going to be the Seahawks' starting running back this season. Then they drafted Jadarian Price in the first round, while Zach Charbonnet reportedly was ahead of schedule in his injury recovery. All of a sudden, it seemed like Wilson wasn’t even a lock to make the team.

Wilson has spent the first three weeks as a part-time player, but he’ll get his chance to shine in Week 4. Price has been ruled out with an injury, leaving Wilson and George Holani as the Seahawks' remaining two running backs. Holani also isn’t at 100%, so Wilson figures to carry most of the rushing load. Holani will likely still handle the passing downs, but Wilson could get upwards of 70-80% of the carries.

That’s an appealing proposition for fantasy purposes, especially in a game where the Seahawks are seven-point favorites. Wilson ultimately looks like a low-end RB2 or flex vs. the Chargers, with Matthew Berry and Alex Cupps ranking him inside the top 25 at the position.

Dontayvion Wicks & Makai Lemon, WRs, PHI

The Eagles’ offense has yet to answer the big questions they were facing entering this season. The team is sitting at 2-1, but they could very easily be 0-3: they needed a failed two-point conversion from the Commanders to escape that contest and a last-minute TD drive to beat the Titans. They were embarrassed by Case Keenum and the Bears in Week 3, and they rank outside the top 20 in both offensive and defensive EPA per play.

The Eagles are going to have to figure things out this week without two of their top pass catchers. Dallas Goedert remains out of the lineup, while DeVonta Smith will join him in Week 4. Those two players have combined for a 44% target share this season, so it opens up a ton of opportunities for the rest of the roster.

Wicks should be the team’s top option. He’s already been the team’s No. 2 receiver, posting an 81% route participation and 18% target share through the first three weeks. He’ll get a bump in both areas, making him a solid WR3 for fantasy purposes.

Lemon is the wild card. He was a first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, and he’s seen plenty of snaps through the first three weeks. That said, it’s yet to materialize into much production. He has just a 12% target share, while he’s averaged just 2.3 0.5-PPR points per game. Lemon should see a larger chunk of targets against the Rams this week, making him a “break glass in case of emergency” flex play.

Kenyon Sadiq, TE, NYJ

Like with the Eagles, the Jets are running thin on bodies on offense. Adonai Mitchell will miss his second straight game, while Omar Cooper is still sidelined with a high-ankle sprain. Breece Hall will also miss this week’s contest vs. the Bears, as will No. 2 TE Mason Taylor.

It opens the door for Sadiq to take on his largest workload of the season. Sadiq has plenty of talent. The Jets selected him in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft, and he’s already contributed two touchdowns. However, his utilization has otherwise been mediocre: 50% route participation, 14% target share.

Sadiq should be much closer to an every-snap player in Week 4, which gives him plenty of upside. Despite his modest target share, he’s earned a target on 22% of his routes run. If he can maintain that figure with a higher snap count, he could flirt with low-end TE1 status against the Bears. We currently have him as TE14 in our consensus rankings, with Kendall Valenzuela the highest on him at TE10.

Fallers In The Week 4 Fantasy Rankings

Luther Burden, WR, CHI

Burden had his best game of the season in Week 3. He finished with a 33% target share in that contest, and he racked up 16.3 0.5-PPR points vs. the Eagles.
With that in mind, it’s a bit disappointing that the Eagles are going with Tyson Bagent at QB in Week 4. Keenum was extremely efficient in piloting the Bears’ offense, and it remains to be seen if Bagent can do the same.

The Bears will also have to deal with a matchup vs. an up-and-coming Jets defense. They’ve allowed the second-fewest yards per game this season, albeit against some uninspiring competition (the Titans and Packers).

Burden is still a clear starter in deeper leagues, but he’s down to just WR27 in our consensus rankings. That’s far from what was expected of him heading into this season.

MarShawn Lloyd, RB, GB

With Josh Jacobs out of the picture for the Packers, Lloyd was going to get his opportunity to show what he can do as the team’s starting running back. Turns out, what he can do is very little. He’s averaged just 3.0 yards per attempt and 3.3 yards per reception, making him one of the least-efficient RBs in all of football.

The only thing keeping Lloyd alive is that the other Packers’ RBs haven’t been much better. Chris Brooks has averaged just 3.6 yards per attempt, while Kaleb Johnson has averaged just 3.2.

Still, Johnson continues to earn more snaps on a weekly basis, while Lloyd’s snap share continues to fall. He was on the field for just 24% of the team’s offensive snaps last week, so it’s impossible to trust him at the moment. I’m not even sure that Lloyd is rosterable at this point, let alone start-worthy.

Kyle Pitts, TE, ATL

To anyone who fell for the Pitts trap this offseason: I’m truly sorry. We’ve all been hoodwinked by him at one point or another, some of us more than once.

Pitts came on strong down the stretch last season, but that was with Kirk Cousins under center. With Cousins now gone, Pitts is going to have to make it work with Michael Penix Jr. That has never really happened in the past, so it was always a risky proposition.

Still, I don’t think anyone expected it to be this bad. Pitts has just a 9% target share through three weeks, which is the same mark as Austin Hooper. He has just two catches for 20 yards for the entire year.

It should get a bit better for Pitts moving forward, but he is simply not a starting fantasy TE at this point. He’s down at TE24 in our Week 4 rankings.