Week 4 IDP Waiver Wire: Look Who’s Attacking Drake Maye Next

Week 4 IDP Waiver Wire Targets

This list of IDP waiver wire pickups is sorted by position, and then by priorty.

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Mason Graham, DT, Cleveland Browns

The fifth-overall pick from last year has gone from good option for DT-required leagues to relevant for any DL slots with a terrific start to the year.

Graham has at least 1 sack in every game so far, and his 2 in the win over Carolina pushed the season total to 4. Not bad for a guy who finished his rookie campaign with just a half-sack and 4 total QB hits.

Graham has already eclipsed both those numbers this season (5 total hits) and has nearly matched last season’s tackles for loss total (6 this year; 7 last).

Cleveland still has seven more games before its bye, a span that includes vulnerable pass protection in Baltimore, Tennessee and Houston.

Bradley Chubb, Edge, Buffalo Bills

Chubb went quiet fantasy-wise in Sunday’s win over the Chargers but hid a pair of QB hits behind his mere 3 assists. That makes three straight games of 2 QB hits to open his Bills stint. 

Next comes a Patriots offense that has allowed 3 sacks in each of the first three weeks. QB Drake Maye has faced the eighth-highest pressure rate among multi-game starters, according to Pro Football Focus.

Chubb looks like a good bet to get back into the sack column this week and sits available in 84% of Sleeper IDP leagues.

Lukas Van Ness, DL, Green Bay Packers

I’m giving this guy one more mention even though he thanked me for last week’s inclusion by going quiet against the Falcons.

His mere 1 pressure in that contest, however, followed 9 total across the first two weeks. And those came against Vikings and Jets lines that rank among the league’s top half in ESPN’s pass-block win rates so far (14th and 13th, respectively).

This week’s matchup finds a Bucs squad that ranks just 24th. And Tampa Bay now must turn to undrafted rookie QB Jalon Daniels for his first pro start after Baker Mayfield dislocated his right thumb. That makes the Buccaneers more likely to run -- especially because Daniels was a runner in college -- which should raise the tackle floor for Green Bay’s front.

If we’re in the midst of a Van Ness breakout, then the 25-year-old former first-round pick should become a guy we can start regularly rather than a matchup play.

Calijah Kancey, DT, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Kancey looks like he’ll be a boom-bust player for pressure-friendly leagues for as long as he’s playing. He’s coming off three straight busts to open this season but finds a potential boom spot in Week 4.

Tampa faces Jordan Love, who has tallied the league’s second-most pressured dropbacks through three weeks (59), trailing only Bryce Young (62). That has produced 8 sacks for Packers opponents to date.

Green Bay’s run-game struggles also align poorly with a Bucs defense that perennially plays that area tougher. That has continued this season, with Tampa sitting seventh in run-defense DVOA compared with 20th against the pass.

Continued rushing struggles would only motivate more passing volume, which would increase the opportunities for Kancey and others on this defensive front.

Demario Davis, LB, New York Jets

Davis delivered his best game so far this season in Sunday’s loss to the Lions. He posted team highs in solo (7) and total tackles (10), including his first sack with the Jets. 

One factor that worked in Davis’ favor vs. the first two weeks was a more normal number of defensive snaps. The Jets spent just 50 snaps on the field in Week 1. That climbed to 59 in Week 2 and 63 on Sunday. Last year’s NFL average stood at 61.3. More snaps, of course, mean more chances to put up numbers.

Week 4 holds a Bears matchup that has supplied the ninth-most points to LBs so far. Then come the Browns, who sit fourth on that list.

Eric Wilson, LB, Minnesota Vikings

Wilson tallied a game-high 10 tackles (6 solo) in Sunday’s win over the Buccaneers, including 1.5 sacks. Wilson also added a pass defensed. 

Don’t be surprised if we get more sack production going forward. Wilson leads off-ball LBs in pass rushes so far, according to PFF.

He supplied QB hits in each of the first two games and now gets a Dolphins offense that allowed 9 sacks over the first two weeks (though none to the Chiefs in Week 3).

Evan Williams, S, Green Bay Packers

The arrival of Zaire Franklin via offseason trade cast some uncertainty on whether he or Edgerrin Cooper would lead the Packers in tackles this season. But so far it’s been neither.

Williams notched a second-straight 10-tackle line in last Thursday night’s loss to the Falcons. That gives him a DB-leading 27 total tackles and 17 solos after three weeks.

We’ll see whether Tampa Bay starting an undrafted rookie at QB this week means fewer plays reaching the Green Bay secondary, but the Packers’ general defensive issues so far should keep opportunities coming Williams’ way.

Christian Izien, S, Detroit Lions

Izien perennially disappears somewhere on some roster until better players get hurt, and then he pops out for production.

That came for the Lions last week, when he racked up 11 tackles (9 solo, 3 TFLs) and a pass breakup in the win over the Jets.

Izien got his shot after the season-ending injury to Avonte Maddox, who was filling in for a secondary already missing Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph on the PUP list. Izien had similar turns for the 2024 and 2023 Bucs.

This week should present him another shot at Carolina, which has supplied the seventh-most points to DBs so far. Treat Izien as a short-term option only, though.

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