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Clutch Score vs. Consensus: Week 4's Boldest Calls

Where our Clutch Score ranks players most differently than the experts do for Week 4: who we are starting above consensus, and who we are sitting.

This week is in the books: see how these calls did →

The Clutch Score is our own projection of how a player scores this week, built from matchup, Vegas odds, usage and season projections rather than a poll of analysts. Most weeks it lands near expert consensus. Where it doesn't is the interesting part: a gap between our ranking and the field's is where a start/sit edge hides. These are our boldest calls for Week 4.

We line up each player's positional rank in our model against the experts' positional rank for the same week. A back we slot at RB12 whom the consensus has at RB20 is a +8 gap; the wider it is, the bolder the call. Both sides are weekly, so this is a disagreement about Sunday rather than about the season. Our biggest value is Xavier Worthy (WR34 to us, WR48 by consensus, +14), and our widest fade is Marvin Harrison (WR73 vs WR51, -22).

These calls were locked in on Sep 30, 2026, 12:08 PM ET and do not change afterwards, so they can be checked against what actually happened. Anyone who did not end up playing that week is left out of the lists above; the week's scorecard still carries him.

Starts: where we’re higher than consensus

Players our model ranks meaningfully above the experts this week. If we’re right, these are the lineup calls the field is slower to make.

Sits: where we’re lower than consensus

Players our model ranks below the experts this week. Not bad players, just ones whose matchup this week reads worse to us than to the field.

PlayerOur rankConsensusGap
WRMarvin HarrisonARIWR73WR51-22
WRDK MetcalfPITWR47WR26-21
WRRomeo DoubsNEWR52WR35-17
QBJalen HurtsPHIQB20QB5-15
WRJaylen WaddleQDENWR32WR17-15
WRDeebo SamuelSFWR37WR24-13
WRChris GodwinTBWR57WR45-12
RBOmarion HamptonLACRB32RB21-11
WRLadd McConkeyLACWR33WR22-11
WRGarrett WilsonNYJWR16WR5-11
WREmeka EgbukaTBWR43WR32-11
RBQuinshon JudkinsCLERB35RB24-11
WRMatthew GoldenGBWR29WR18-11
WRMakai LemonPHIWR70WR60-10
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Rankings reflect FantasyPros expert consensus (PPR); projections via Sleeper. Generated live, so the names update as consensus moves.