Fantasy Football Week 4 Sleeper Picks: Julius Jones, Running Back

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With a couple of top running backs out (Brian Westbrook, Michael Turner, DeAngelo Williams) due to fantasy football’s first bye week of the season, there is room at the top of the mountain for some of the less heralded runners in fantasy football. Here is one of my Week 4 fantasy football sleeper picks at the running back position.

Julius Jones, Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis Colts

Julius Jones didn’t get any love in the preseason—at least not from the fantasy football world. He was getting drafted in late-late rounds, and I got him for $1 in my fantasy football auction draft.

But in just 3 weeks this season, Jones already has two 18-fantasy point games (ESPN Standard Scoring), two touchdowns, and two games for which he has gone over 100-all purpose yards. He is averaging 14.3 fantasy points per game, and that includes Week 2 when he left the game early due to an injury. Seriously, this man is having a very viable season fantasy-wise, and it shouldn’t go unnoticed.

Entering Week 4 of the fantasy football season, Jones is completely healthy and appears to have kept running back Edgerrin James on the sideline for the time being. Thus, as he and the Seahawks prepare to face off against the Colts ill-fated rushing defense, I have no choice but to make Jones one of my sleeper picks for Week 4.

The Colts rushing defense is egregious. Sure, they did a nice job against Arizona’s rushing attack—then again, Arizona doesn’t have a rushing attack, so that explains that. Unfortunately for the Colts, the Seahawks do have a rushing game, and they will use it. Last week, en route to a 98-yard rushing game, Jones had 19 carries and caught a screen pass for a touchdown. His speed, ability to break tackles, and good hands out of the backfield make him a nightmare matchup for a Colts defense that is still likely to be without Bob Sanders.

Also, the prospect of Matt Hasselbeck not being healthy for Week 4 is a good thing for Jones owners. If Seneca Wallace starts in place of Hasselbeck, the Seahawks will have to rely on the running game more than they usually do, which could mean even more carries for Jones. Not to mention, just about every team that plays the Colts (outside of the Cardinals) will do their best to keep Peyton Manning on the sideline by running down the clock. Seahawks coach Jim Mora is a very likely candidate to employ such a strategy given that he has always been a big proponent of the running game dating back to his days with the Atlanta Falcons.

So for Week 4 you can stay down on Julius Jones if you want to. However, in my opinion, he appears to have a hold on the majority of the Seahawks carries, and in a matchup with the Colts, I’ll take the opposing feature back any day of the week.

That is just one of our fantasy football sleeper picks for Week 4. For more sleeper picks and fantasy football Week 4 projections, check out the articles below…

Week 4 Sleeper Picks
1. Quarterback Sleeper Pick: David Garrard
2. Quarterback Sleeper Pick: Jason Campbell
3. Running Back Sleeper Pick: Julius Jones
4. Running Back Sleeper Pick: Darren McFadden
5. Tight End Sleeper Picks
6. Defensive Sleeper Picks

Fantasy Football Week 4 Projections
1. Quarterbacks Week 4 Projections
2. Running Back Week 4 Projections
3. Wide Receiver Week 4 Projections
4. Tight End Week 4 Projections
5. Defensive Week 4 Projections

Fantasy Football Week 4 Projections – Secondary Picks
1. Fantasy Football Secondary Picks – Quarterbacks
2. Fantasy Football Secondary Picks – Running Backs
3. Fantasy Football Secondary Picks – Wide Receivers
4. Fantasy Football Secondary Picks – Tight Ends
5. Fantasy Football Secondary Picks – Defenses

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