Week 4 Waiver Wire: Fantasy Football’s Top Pickups and Breakout Candidates

We’re three weeks in, and things are starting to get interesting in the NFL. 

By now, players who were supposed to be having huge seasons are beginning to seriously worry their fantasy owners if they have gone nearly a quarter of the season without producing (we’re looking at you, Jordan Reed), while other owners have lost some of their starters to injury. 

That’s why it’s imperative to search the free agents in your league each week. You never know which difference-maker is waiting to be added to your roster.

Your roster may be in good shape heading into Week 4. But you may have an injured player on your hands, or perhaps you just want to continue tinkering with your lineup. There are a few players who emerged in Week 3 as breakout pickups on this week’s waivers. 

Players were considered potential waiver-wire options if they were owned in under 60 percent of Yahoo Fantasy leagues as of Sunday.

Players to Watch

Cameron Artis-Payne, RB, Carolina Panthers

Second-year running back Cameron Artis-Payne got the start in the backfield for the Carolina Panthers on Sunday with Jonathan Stewart out.

And though head coach Ron Rivera indicated that Artis-Payne and Fozzy Whittaker would share carries in the Panthers’ backfield, the former ended up with 12 carries to Whittaker’s five, with twice as much yardage (47 to 22). Neither had a touchdown. 

Obviously, 12 carries for 47 yards is not even RB2 or flex territory, so you shouldn’t necessarily rush to add Artis-Payne to your roster with the intent of starting him in Week 4 unless you’re desperate at running back. 

But the rusher showed enough against the Minnesota Vikings to warrant stashing him on your roster and possibly playing him in Week 4 if the signs point to him receiving more of the load, especially in …

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