In today's Fantasy Life Newsletter, presented by Experian:

When you make an important decision, it’s done when the most information is available. There should be no rush to make it and be completed at the last moment.

The same should apply when it comes to fantasy football starting lineups. The rush to make decisions on who to start makes no sense when dealing with so many injuries and questionable players.

Once the moves are made for Thursday games, wait until Sunday before finalizing moves. There’s so much we don’t know on Friday and even Saturday. 

Then there are players who suffer an injury in practice like Saints WR Chris Olave did on Friday. He is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury. Jordan Love is questionable after missing the past two games, and that impacts what to do with the Packers wide receivers.

Joe Mixon is listed as questionable, and if he plays Cam Akers isn’t an option. Jauan Jennings is coming off a game of 11 receptions for 175 yards with 3 touchdowns, and it came with George Kittle and Deebo Samuel missing the game. Kittle will play and there’s a chance Deebo plays. Kenneth Walker might return, but the game is Monday night and Zach Charbonnet would be downgraded.

Always have a contingency plan, but wait until all the information is out before finalizing those lineups. Don’t rush it.

What is in today’s newsletter?

  1. Jess Bryant gathers the Fantasy Life Experts for a Week 4 Roundtable discussion
  2. Watercooler: A running back set to boom for the Steelers?

Fantasy Roundtable: Jayden Daniels QB1 Upside, Surprises, and More

  • by Jess Bryant

For this week’s roundtable, I invited Peter Overzet, cooterdoodle, and Paul Charchian to talk about a variety of subjects, including whether Jayden Daniels could be the QB1 overall, if Andy Dalton and Bo Nix can keep it up after breakthrough games, other surprise players, Jordan Love’s return, and so much more. Here’s a snippet of that roundtable.

Does Jayden Daniels have QB1 Overall Upside?

  • Which QBs, if any, are you starting over him in Week 4?

Pete Overzet: It's a pretty short list—Josh Allen, Kyler Murray, Lamar Jackson, Jalen Hurts. I think you start him over the Mahomes and Strouds of the world. Life comes at you fast. 

Paul Charchian: He's my QB5 this week, and all four guys in front of him are also run-pass hybrids—Kyler Murray, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, and Jalen Hurts. My only area of caution is that sometimes rookie passers take a step back right now when they've accumulated enough tape for defenses to figure out tendencies.

Cooterdoodle: I have to imagine that if you drafted Jayden Daniels, you also didn't draft the elite quarterbacks we've come to know in fantasy right now (Allen, Murray, Jackson). So, I genuinely hope you don't have tough decisions this week on the QB front. But for the sake of answering honestly, I'm starting Daniels over Stroud Stroud (though I love him), Mahomes (though he's the GOAT), and Sam Darnold (though he deserves so much better than anyone's bench).

Jess Bryant: I have Jayden Daniels on a team with C.J. Stroud. For the first three weeks, I started Stroud, but this week, I'm going with cooterdoodle and starting Daniels. I'll look to matchups and player progressions in the future, but I am betting Daniels stays in that team's QB spot moving forward. I also have Daniels on a team with Anthony Richardson, and Daniels will undoubtedly be starting, though I reserve hope for Richardson. Otherwise, I'd prefer only Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, or Kyler Murray to Daniels. 

Andy Dalton? Bo Nix??

  • With Andy Dalton now starting at QB for the Panthers and Bo Nix delivering a solid performance for the Broncos in Week 3, which players from Carolina and Denver would you feel confident starting?
     
  • Bonus Panthers Question: Where is the ideal trade destination for Bryce Young?

Peter Overzet: This is a pretty easy answer with the Panthers–just Diontae Johnson and Chuba Hubbard (Xavier Legette is a nice bench stash with Adam Thielen out, though). Things are bleak with the Broncos with heavy rotations at both RB and WR. There's not a single player I'm "confident" in starting.

Young isn't getting traded, but Miami should be willing to kick the tires on him.

Paul Charchian: Diontae Johnson and Chuba Hubbard become weekly starters. We'll keep watching Xavier Legette and Jonathan Mingo, who had similar usage rates last week. Adam Thielen was running from the slot primarily, and Mingo took over those routes in Week 3, suggesting he could see a spike in playing time with Thielen out.

I don't expect the Panthers to trade Bryce Young for pennies on the dollar, but owner David Tepper is prone to quick reactions and could surprise us. Miami is the only team with an immediate need for a starter, but the better landing spot is somewhere like New Orleans, with an aging veteran quarterback, where they'd be able to groom Young for a few seasons.

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