When the season started, most Fantasy managers -- myself included -- were high on Drake Maye and Jalen Hurts. We also were excited about Malik Nabers and Davante Adams. With Week 4 now in the books, the current trajectories of all four of those players is critical to monitor.
Let's dive into some of the biggest winners and losers from Week 4. You can definitely make an argument for Maye as a winner this week, especially after what the early part of the season looked like for him compared to the way he performed Sunday. Now, the schedule is starting to get a little bit lighter with upcoming matchups against Las Vegas, the Jets, Chicago, Miami, Green Bay and Detroit before a bye in Week 11.
This was after he faced Seattle, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville and Buffalo to open the season, including three of those games on the road. Brown (ankle), who has been out since Week 1, should return during that stretch, and there's reason for optimism for Maye again. After the way he played against Buffalo, Maye is starting to look like a No. 1 Fantasy quarterback once again.
I was optimistic about Nabers prior to Week 4 and it mostly had to do with the matchup against Arizona. I didn't think everything was quite as bad as it seemed for him lately. Between getting banged up in the Rams game and losing Jaxson Dart (knee) in Week 2, and then playing that rough game in bad weather against Tennessee in Week 3, he needed a bounce-back performance.
This was a game where I really wanted to see him come out and perform well, and he absolutely did against the Cardinals. After this week, I think Nabers is firmly back in our good graces, given the connection he showed with Jameis Winston. Given the injuries at wide receiver right now in the NFL, Nabers is no worse than a No. 2 Fantasy receiver, if not a borderline No. 1 guy, heading into Week 5 in another great matchup at Washington.
The situation with Hurts is frustrating. You can certainly give him a pass, if you want, since he was missing DeVonta Smith (hamstring), Dallas Goedert (knee) and Lane Johnson (personal), and then Saquon Barkley (hamstring) got hurt early in Week 4 against the Rams. He was down, arguably, his most important teammate, against a tough defense.
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