Start Courtland Sutton or Brenton Strange? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start Courtland Sutton over Brenton Strange in Week 4.

Market-based projections have Courtland Sutton at 9.3 points and Brenton Strange at 8.9, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Courtland Sutton at 38.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 29% chance to score a touchdown (17, 13 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Brenton Strange, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Brenton Strange at 36.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Courtland Sutton 0.4 points ahead of Brenton Strange on the market projections.

Injury status

Courtland Sutton was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Brenton Strange was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Usage before Week 4

Through Week 3, Courtland Sutton played 79 percent of DEN snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 1 against KC: 39 of 51 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 2 against JAX: 45 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 3 against LAR: 58 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 4 went

Courtland Sutton scored 1.4 PPR points and Brenton Strange scored 16.5.

The call was wrong: Brenton Strange outscored Courtland Sutton by 15.1.

Courtland Sutton finished 7.9 points below the 9.3 the market projected.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1.4 PPR points.

Courtland Sutton finished as the week's WR101 in PPR scoring.

Brenton Strange finished 7.6 points above the 8.9 the market projected.

Their other Week 4 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Darren Waller over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Brenton Strange over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cade Otton.
• Start Carnell Tate over Brenton Strange.