Wide Receiver Usage Deep Dive: Week 4 – CeeDee Lamb Flirting with WR1 Season and Who is Jeff Smith?
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All season long Zachary Krueger will go in-depth with all of the key wide receiver performances. Providing weekly targets, air yards breakdowns, and fantasy points over expectation trends, he’ll help you dominate the waiver wire and make the best start/sit decisions in your upcoming fantasy football matchups.

All offseason, the 2020 rookie wide receiver class was discussed as perhaps the best class of the last several years. Guys like CeeDee Lamb, Henry Ruggs, Jerry Jeudy and Justin Jefferson were just a few of the rookies being lauded as the cream of the crop.

Week 4 gave us a lot to be excited about, but perhaps most importantly, it gave us a taste of what the star wide receiver landscape will look like in the near future.

In addition to some noteworthy rookie performances, other young wideouts burst onto the scene and could become popular waiver adds this week.

Here’s a look at some of the noteworthy receiver performances from Week 4.

Week 4 Target Recap

PlayerTeamTgtRecYardsTD
Amari CooperDAL16121341
Terry McLaurinWAS14101180
DeVante ParkerMIA12101100
Keenan AllenLAC128620
Robby AndersonCAR118990
Adam ThielenMIN1081141
Allen RobinsonCHI1071011
Damiere ByrdNE105800
Isaiah FordMIA104480
Jamison CrowderNYJ1071040
D.J. CharkJAC98952
Darnell MooneyCHI95520
DeAndre HopkinsARI97410
Emmanuel SandersNO96930
Jeff SmithNYJ97810
Olamide ZaccheausATL98860
Chris HoganNYJ84230
Hunter RenfrowLV85570
Kenny GolladayDET84621
Marquez Valdes-ScantlingGB84450
Marquise BrownBAL84860
Mike EvansTB871221
Odell Beckham Jr.CLE85812
Tyler BoydCIN87900
Zach PascalIND83580
CeeDee LambDAL75792
Cooper KuppLAR75691
Darius SlaytonNYG73480
Greg Ward Jr.PHI74380
Robert WoodsLAR76350
Sammy WatkinsKC74430
Scott MillerTB75831
Stefon DiggsBUF761150
Tee HigginsCIN74770
Tim PatrickDEN761131
Will FullerHOU761081
Cedrick WilsonDAL63340
D.J. MooreCAR64490
D.K. MetcalfSEA641060
Golden TateNYG64200
Jarvis LandryCLE65480
Julian EdelmanNE63350
Justin WatsonTB64400
Kendrick BourneSF63330
Laviska Shenault Jr.JAC65860
N'Keal HarryNE63211
Tyreek HillKC64641
Zay JonesLV64320
A.J. GreenCIN5130
Anthony MillerCHI53160
Brandon AiyukSF52180
Calvin RidleyATL5000
Christian BlakeATL53470
Christian KirkARI53191
Dontrelle InmanWAS54290
Isaiah WrightWAS54200
John BrownBUF54420
Justin JeffersonMIN541030
Keelan ColeJAC54460
Michael GallupDAL52290
Randall CobbHOU52360
T.Y. HiltonIND53290
Chris ConleyJAC43440
Cole BeasleyBUF43321
Curtis SamuelCAR43510
Damion RatleyNYG43340
David MooreSEA43951
Jakeem GrantMIA43360
Jerry JeudyDEN42611
Josh ReynoldsLAR43250
Julio JonesATL44320
Kenny StillsHOU42391
Mecole HardmanKC44271
Miles BoykinBAL42280
Nelson AgholorLV44441
Noah BrownDAL44430
Tre'Quan SmithNO44542
Tyler LockettSEA42390
Andy IsabellaARI3230
Brandin CooksHOU3000
Braxton BerriosNYJ3000
DaeSean HamiltonDEN3190
Danny AmendolaDET32570
Darrius ShepherdGB32210
Deebo SamuelSF33350
Freddie SwainSEA32320
Larry FitzgeraldARI3240
Preston WilliamsMIA31150
Russell GageATL32220
Travis FulghamPHI32571
Cam SimsWAS22170
Cordarrelle PattersonCHI2100
Deonte HarrisNO21100
Devin DuvernayBAL2140
Jamal AgnewDET2110
John HightowerPHI22220
Lawrence CagerNYJ2000
Marvin JonesDET2190
Ted GinnCHI22110
Willie SneadBAL22200
Alex EricksonCIN1190
Andre RobertsBUF1160
Auden TateCIN11150
C.J. BoardNYG1000
Daurice FountainIND1000
Gabriel DavisBUF11261
Isaiah McKenzieBUF11180
Jalen GuytonLAC11721
Malik TaylorGB11200
Marcus JohnsonIND11270
Marquez CallawayNO11160
Marvin HallDET1000
Mike ThomasCIN1150
Olabisi JohnsonMIN1000
Seth RobertsCAR11100
Taysom HillNO1180
Trent TaylorSF1000
Tyron JohnsonLAC11531
Van JeffersonLAR1000
Brandon PowellATL0000
Collin JohnsonJAC0000
Dante PettisSF0000
DeAndre CarterHOU0000
Diontae SpencerDEN0000
Donovan Peoples-JonesCLE0000
Gunner OlszewskiNE0000
Isaiah ZuberNE0000
James ProcheBAL0000
Jaydon MickensTB0000
K.J. HillLAC0000
K.J. OsbornMIN0000
Lynn BowdenMIA0000
Pharoh CooperCAR0000
Theo RiddickLV0000

Darnell Mooney

Last week, Sam Wallace took to The Blitz to dive deeper on Bears rookie wide receiver Darnell Mooney. In the article, Sam points out Mooney’s elite speed and player comps, which are both worth mentioning for a player who is quickly ascending Chicago’s WR depth chart.

Prior to Week 4, Mooney was second on the Bears in snap share (52%) and third in WR targets (11). Week 3 also marked the second week in a row where Mooney out snapped fellow WR Anthony Miller, while matching him in targets with five.

Given the recent numbers, Mooney’s eventual usurping of Miller on the depth chart felt inevitable. In Week 4 however, it finally came to a head.

In his Week 4 tilt against the Colts, Mooney was second among Bears WRs with nine targets, and finished the day with 9.9 PPR points. Mooney’s receiving line of 5/52/0 bested Miller’s 3/19/0 line, as Mooney has now seen 17 targets over the last three week’s to Miller’s 10.

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