Predicting NFL Week 4 upsets, plus weekly buzz, notes

If high-level quarterback matchups are your thing — and of course they are — allow us to draw your attention to NFL Week 4. That's where you'll find MVP candidates Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens and Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills scheduled for a head-to-head meeting in Charm City. It's also where you'll find the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Tom Brady and Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes offering up an encore of their Super Bowl LV showdown, this time from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.

Beyond the biggest names are a quartet of younger guns — the Bengals' Joe Burrow and Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa squaring off on Thursday night in Cincinnati, and the Eagles' Jalen Hurts and Jaguars' Trevor Lawrence battling Sunday in Philadelphia. Lawrence, who struggled as a rookie last season under the misbegotten Urban Meyer regime in Jacksonville, has seen his star rise in the early stages of 2022 with a Jags team that leads the AFC South.

ESPN Insiders Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler talked all things quarterback this week, also making their upset picks, offering fantasy advice and emptying their notebooks of all the latest chatter.

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Graziano: I think the Cincinnati Bengals are going to be just fine. They've been in all three of their games at the end. They're still loaded at key positions on offense and defense. Joe Burrow's protection is not sustainable at its current level, but I don't think it'll stay at its current level. When I spoke earlier this season with Chiefs left tackle Orlando Brown Jr., he told me it took about six or seven weeks into the 2021 season before Kansas