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Week 4 DraftKings DFS Picks & Fades (2025 season)

Updated: Oct 2, 2025

DraftKings DFS picks

NOTE: This content is for a previous week of fantasy football. But don't fear!


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It might be an understatement to say this season has been wacky. If you would've told me during the offseason that, through three weeks...

  • Daniel Jones would be the QB4

  • Javonte Williams would be the RB7

  • Tre Tucker would be the WR4

  • Juwan Johnson would be the TE2

...I would have told you that you need a sanity check.


But we see this every year: Surprise guys who come out super hot and other players, for various reasons, underperforming our priors.


The beauty of DFS is that we get a reset each week. Prices change, our analysis changes, and we get to make decisions based on what's happening in the here and now.


Here are my week 3 DraftKings DFS picks & fades that I'm considering for my lineups.



Week 3 DraftKings DFS Stack of the Week


Las Vegas Raiders: QB Geno Smith ($5,400) + WR Jakobi Meyers ($5,400) + TE Brock Bowers ($5,800). Total stack cost: $16,600.


Didn't I just say that Tre Tucker is the WR4 on the season? Am I just dumb? Yes to both, but let's take a deeper look anyways.


Tre Tucker's being buoyed by having four touchdowns. Peel those off and he's third on this team in targets, third in receptions and second in yards (the one spot where he passed Brock Bowers).


Does that mean I'm not going to play Tre Tucker? Not necessarily, but if you told me to pick who would be heavily owned in this offense, it's going to be Tre Tucker.


I expect this game to be a shootout, and if I can find leverage for large-field tournaments on a high-owned player and still take advantage of the game environment, I want to have that lineup in my portfolio.





Week 1 DraftKings DFS Picks


RB Omarion Hampton, Los Angeles Chargers ($5,900)


Sometimes obvious chalk is obvious for a reason.

  • Player he was splitting time with gets hurt? Check.

  • Plus matchup? Check.

  • Priced under $6,000? Check.


Not one to overthink. I never "lock" a player in when playing multiple lineups, but he has to be the top consideration at the position.


WR Elic Ayomanor, Tennessee Titans ($3,900)


I've been playing Elic Ayomanor for the last two weeks - even heavily considering writing him up last week - and it's paid off as he hit pay dirt in both weeks. Now he's going to have a positive game script again, facing off against the Texans in their dome.


At a price under $4K, you could do much worse than a guy who's playing as a WR2 and is averaging six targets per game on the season.


TE Hunter Henry, New England Patriots ($4,000)


Total fish move to write up a guy coming off a 29 point game, but that's the upside with a guy like Hunter Henry, who I have a ton of in best ball.


With the uncertainty around Stefon Diggs' ability to regain his pre-injury form + a good matchup + this type of variability in outcomes that supersedes everyone priced around him, it's another consideration play for multi-lineup builds.




Week 3 DraftKings DFS Fades


RB Chuba Hubbard, Carolina Panthers ($6,000)


Priced directly above Omarion Hampton, and going in the opposite direction with workshare percentage, is Chuba Hubbard.


His overall volume still looks good:

  • Week 1: 16 carries, 3 catches on 5 targets

  • Week 2: 10 carries, 5 catches on 6 targets

  • Week 3: 17 carries, 2 catches on 3 targets


So what am I worried about? Well, the team has steadily been getting Rico Dowdle more involved:

  • Week 1: 3 carries, 2 catches on 3 targets

  • Week 2: 6 carries, 1 catch on 1 target

  • Week 3: 10 carries, 1 catch on 1 target


Last week's game probably is a bit of an outlier given the 30-point trouncing of the Falcons that was so bad that Kirk Cousins made a guest appearance to take some snaps, but even looking back at the competitive week two game, you can see that Rico was used more than we would've expected.


There's just enough risk here and enough guys around him that I like better that I feel okay just seeing what happens with this trend before re-evaluating for next week. The ceiling isn't going to fall, but the floor might.


WR Travis Hunter, Jacksonville Jaguars ($4,600)


The early returns haven't been ideal with Travis Hunter, and with injuries to the defensive backs, he's been increasing his time on the side of the ball that we don't need to worry about.

  • Offensive snap percentage by week: 64% --> 59% --> 53%

  • Defensive snap percentage by week: 10% --> 60% --> 69%


He is still an elite talent, so there's absolutely a scenario where he overperforms his snap count for a ceiling game, but we haven't seen it yet and the opportunities are dwindling.




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