NFL Week 4 Weather: Zero High-Wind Games Means No Excuses for Your Fantasy Quarterback

Every NFL season features at least one weekend where we all suddenly pretend to be amateur meteorologists. We stare at radar loops trying to figure out if a 15 mph gust is enough to ruin a parlay.

Thankfully, Week 4 is giving us a break. Sports meteorologist Kevin Roth just dropped his latest forecast, and the biggest takeaway is what is missing from the radar.

"Kevin Roth noted he has 4 games tagged YELLOW for a chance of rain, zero high wind games."

According to Roth, there are exactly zero high-wind games on the slate this weekend. He did tag four matchups with a yellow warning for a chance of rain, but the heavy stuff is staying away.

Wind is the actual enemy of modern football. A little rain just makes guys slip and gives us cool slow-motion highlights. But high wind turns a perfectly thrown deep ball into a wounded duck landing three sections over.

For anyone staring at a betting slip or agonizing over a fantasy lineup, a zero-wind forecast is a massive green light. You do not have to bench your star quarterback just because he is playing outdoors in October.

The passing games are safe, the kickers have no excuses, and the overs are officially in play. Keep an eye on those four rain-threatened games as kickoff approaches, but for now, you can lock in your picks without checking the Doppler.