NFL Week 4: Mariota, Miller, Hollins, Tremayne Named Fantasy Sleeper Picks

Injuries to teammates have opened bigger roles for Kendre Miller and Brycen Tremayne, while Marcus Mariota and Mack Hollins drew Week 4 sleeper mentions in a new fantasy analysis.

A fantasy football analysis published ahead of NFL Week 4 highlights four lightly owned players who could help short-handed rosters: quarterback Marcus Mariota, running back Kendre Miller and wide receivers Mack Hollins and Brycen Tremayne. Miller and Tremayne in particular are in line for expanded duties because injuries have ruled out teammates. The writer framed the exercise around the surprise Week 3 performances of Kenyon Sadiq, Konata Mumpfield and Roman Wilson, which few anticipated.

Mariota, the backup to Jayden Daniels, arrives off a Week 3 showing with three total touchdowns, and a note cited in the piece puts him and Daniels at nine starts each since 2025. Even on roughly 50 percent of the playing time of other NFL starters through three weeks, he ranks 12th in Big Time Throws with four, eighth in average depth of target and fifth in average time to throw. His Week 4 opponent, Indianapolis, sits eighth-worst in the league in defensive pass EPA allowed per play.

In New Orleans, running back Travis Etienne Jr. will miss Week 4. Alvin Kamara is expected to handle the lead workload, with Miller picking up meaningful snaps alongside him. After Etienne went down, Kamara played 20 snaps to Miller's 14, and Kamara recorded six carries to Miller's four, though Miller drew two targets while Kamara saw none.

Miller has been a steady part of the Saints' run game since Week 1. At halftime of the opener, snap counts showed him at 10 snaps, four attempts and 18 yards, compared with 15 snaps, four attempts and six yards for Etienne. The analyst's yardage model projects a two-to-one advantage for Kamara in Week 4 but describes the split as volatile, ranking Miller as his RB48 with a possible top-30 finish.

The piece lists Mack Hollins while arguing the Patriots receiver hardly qualifies as a sleeper anymore. His ownership stood below 40 percent as of Saturday afternoon. Hollins led New England in Week 3 with eight targets, six receptions and 87 yards and ran more routes than anyone on the roster, and the writer rates him a top-35 receiver for the week and the best Patriots option.

Projected usage backs that case. Hollins is pegged for an estimated 24 percent of New England's receiving yards, ahead of Romeo Doubs at about 18 percent and Hunter Henry and Demario Douglas at 15 percent each. He is the only Patriots pass-catcher the analyst would start in Week 4 lineups.

Carolina will be without wide receivers Jalen Coker and Xavier Legette, which puts Tremayne in the starting lineup alongside Tetairoa McMillan. Tremayne ran 11 more routes than John Metchie III in Week 3, but the writer expects tight end Darren Waller to serve as the team's No. 2 pass-catcher and recommends adding Waller where he remains available.

The matchup itself offers room for optimism. Detroit ranks fourth-worst in defensive pass EPA allowed per play, and all three Lions starting cornerbacks place outside the top 50 in both PFF coverage grade and completion percentage allowed. Tremayne's projection is described as volatile, with the writer pointing to the ceiling the matchup provides.