Fantasy Football Outlook: Tee Higgins, Tyler Boyd, Joe Mixon (Week 4)

Let’s roll out the red carpet for the 2023 Usage Report for Week 3, to prepare for success in Week 4. The Fantasy Football Week 4 Rankings Forecast features Waiver Wire Pickups and Buy Low/Sell High Trade Targets. Here is the full Fantasy Forecast for Week 4. Below we’ll dive into a few notable players.

Let’s ride. Because the forecast calls for more action in the upcoming Week 4 slate.

For some overarching data points, check out my Twitter/X thread that covers some important nuggets from Week 3’s action…

Week 3 Fantasy Football Snap Counts

To prepare you for Week 4…

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Along with snap counts…

Week 3 Fantasy Football Takeaways

My Week 3 NFL rapid reactions…?

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Fantasy Football Outlook

Cincinnati Bengals

Buy Tee Higgins, Add Tyler Boyd, Hold Joe Mixon

Joe Burrow played in Week 3 despite being extremely questionable leading up to the game. He still didn’t look 100% – he may never be this season – tossing for 259 yards on 49 pass attempts. 0 TDs and one interception.

Tee Higgins left with an injury after playing 86% of the snaps. He was virtually non-existent on the field going for just 2 catches on 21 yards despite 8 targets. In two of three games Higgins has done nothing with high target volume. Still, his volatile nature suggests he will bounce back in Week 4. His injury is not believed to be severe as it was reported later to be cramps.

Meanwhile, Ja’Marr Chase managers can exhale a sigh of relief. A consensus top-five fantasy pick went off for 141 yards on 12 catches. 15 targets. 32% target share. 44% air yards share. But similar to AJB, he just hasn’t found the end zone yet.

Tyler Boyd finished second with nine targets (5 for 39 yards). He would likely see the biggest increase in volume should Higgins miss any time. The schedule is juicy overall for the Bengals offense to get back on track with the Titans, Cardinals and Seahawks their next three matchups.

Irv Smith Jr. did not play, so Tanner Hudson took over his role as the TE1.

Joe Mixon remained a bell cow playing 75% of the snaps. He rushed 19 times for 65 yards and scored while adding one catch for 5 yards. The Titans are a brutal matchup, so I get the idea of selling high. However, the matchups after that are soft, so I’d just hold Mixon as one of the few true three-down backs left in the NFL. He still has a decent role as a receiver, so he could get there based on just volume or TDs in Week 4.

-Andrew Erickson