NFL Week 4 Fantasy Football Recap: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• Mike Evans: 8 receptions, 103 yards, 2 touchdowns

• Travis Kelce: 9 receptions, 92 yards, 1 touchdown

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Add Rachaad White: Leonard Fournette managed an ineffective -3 yards on three carries, which contributed to the rookie seeing significant playing time.

Fournette hadn’t played as well heading into this game, either.
His yards after contact per carry, first-down rate and avoided tackle rate are all down significantly from last season.
Fournette had appeared on the injury report in past weeks with a hamstring injury but wasn’t listed this week.
His fantasy value was saved by a five-yard touchdown catch late in the fourth quarter tonight.
White took two full drives in the first half and second half, rather than the Buccaneers rotating by situation.
Because the backs are used interchangeably, Tampa Bay could give White significantly more playing time if desired.
He’s worth a waiver wire addition just in case his playing time improves to that degree.

The Buccaneers' wide receivers are finally (relatively) healthy: The Buccaneers didn’t have most of their wide receivers a week ago but had the top four wideouts on their depth chart playing together for the first time.

Mike Evans and Chris Godwin remained clear starters for Tampa Bay despite the new competition.
Russell Gage and Julio Jones largely had to fight for playing time for the second spot.
It will be hard to trust Gage and Jones going forward if the Buccaneers follow this trend, as both players ran a route on less than 50% of the team’s dropbacks.
Godwin was the clear leader in snaps out of the slot, while Evans ran the second-most snaps out of the slot. Gage had been the primary slot receiver in the first three games, but he was stuck running routes on the outside.
Breshad Perriman missed this game, but he will likely be the fifth wide receiver when healthy. He could further complicate the situation.

Monitor the Cameron Brate injury: Brate suffered a concussion near the end of the first half and missed the rest of the game.

Brate was off to a fine start, totaling four catches for 32 yards on seven targets.
Cade Otton took over as the primary receiving tight end for the rest of the game.
Kyle Rudolph was a healthy inactive for Tampa Bay.
This is probably a situation to avoid if Brate misses a game, but Otton would be the player to pick up in deep leagues.

Isiah Pacheco’s increased usage: Pacheco garnered his most promising usage of the season, which is a trend that could continue.

Most of his snaps came at the expense of Jerick McKinnon rather than Clyde Edwards-Helaire.
Edwards-Helaire handled a larger majority of snaps on early downs compared to last week.
All three backs received noteworthy snaps in short-yardage and goal-line situations. This was also a situation dominated by McKinnon last week.
McKinnon maintained his role as the third down and two-minute drill back.
Edwards-Helaire remains a weekly fantasy starter.
It’s OK to add Pacheco in deeper leagues, but it would be difficult for him to become a fantasy starter without an Edwards-Helaire injury.
It’s OK to cut McKinnon in most leagues after him losing a lot of snaps.

Skyy Moore sees increased usage: Moore is the other Kansas City rookie who was more involved in the offense tonight, running just as many routes as he did over his first three games combined.

Moore surpassed Justin Watson for fourth on the depth chart, while Watson still saw limited playing time.
This rotation hurt all of the Chiefs' wide receivers, as no receiver ran a route on over 80% of the team’s pass routes.
Mecole Hardman has seen his role reduced the most and can be dropped in most league formats.
Moore could see his snaps increase further as the season progresses, but it might not reach a point where he can be relied on in fantasy leagues this year.

Table Notes

Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three stats have these plays removed.
Targets may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear thrown-away pass, where the NFL may give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data will not.
Carries are only on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles won’t count for the total number of carries in the game.