Fast Five: NFL players who impressed Buzz in Week 4

Fast Five is a quick list that might offer a basic starting point for a themed collection or new focus -- five things that could be fun for a beginner or a new way to add something to your stash if you're a grizzled veteran.

This time? Five NFL players who impressed Buzz in Week 4.

PRIME TARGET
Tyreek Hill -- WR, Kansas City Chiefs (Rookie Cards in 2016 boxes)
Patrick Mahomes' deep-threat receiver put up yet another big game this week with a league-leading 11 catches for a league-leading 186 yards and a league-leading three TDs (tied with another guy on this list) in a 42-30 win over the Eagles. He's in his sixth season and should reach the 6,000-yard mark for his career this week ... or, at worst, sometime next week. Only one other WR in NFL history has posted more than a game of 10-185-3 and that's Jerry Rice. Hill has done it more than once. Some of Hill's stuff can be cheap -- and that's where I might dabble and slab -- but there's no chance that his big stuff will be under the radar. He may be undervalued compared to the record-setting prices of stuff for his QB, though.

Keep reading for four more making up the list this time.

OFF THE HOBBY SCRAP HEAP?
Sam Darnold -- QB, Carolina Panthers (Rookie Cards in 2018 boxes)
A change of scenery has worked -- and he's definitely been a highlight this season -- but it's a matter of whether you believe. This week? A cool 301 passing yards and two TDs with the cherry on top of that being two rushing TDs. He has a league-leading five TDs on the ground this season -- more than Derrick Henry and Ezekiel Elliott -- though I know that won't last. He had five rushing TDs in three years as a Jet and he's easily on pace to have a career year with 1,189 passing yards already (just 2,2o8 last year and a high of 3,024 two seasons ago) and he's got five passing TDs, too, which is on pace to also make for a career year. It's a long season but he could have some people looking at his previously lofty cards that simply shouldn't still be lofty after three years as a Jet. If you're a speculator or flipper, rare cards of him with bargain prices should be on your radar ... at least for quick moves this year.

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WORTH IT ... THIS WEEK
Ezekiel Elliott -- RB, Dallas Cowboys (Rookie Cards in 2016 boxes)
This was a better week for RBs with eight guys getting to 100 yards and some of the usual suspects among them -- Derrick Henry topped them all yardage-wise at 157. This former Ohio State star finally topped the 100-yard mark this year with 143 and a TD in a win over the Panthers. He's not had any issues getting to the end zone -- he had two last week and has four for the year -- but only had 95 yards last week and then 71 and 33 in other games. Card-wise, he's a big name ... but he didn't even have 1,000 yards last year. He needs fed and the team needs to win to justify that card attention and the Cowboys haven't been to the Super Bowl since 1995 ... when Elliott was born. Right now I just don't see it long-term considering the prices on his stuff but cheaper rare cards and autos could do well in the short-term, especially if they finally do something in the postseason.

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REMEMBER ME?
Cordarrelle Patterson -- RB, Atlanta Falcons (Rookie Cards in 2013 boxes)
If you're still holding his cards from 2013 now is your time to move them after a five-catch, 82-yard, three-TD game that ended up being a loss to the WFT that could easily be summed up by moving around those letters. He was a first-round pick back in 2013 out of Tennessee and is on his fifth team as a pro -- a sign he's definitely good enough to stick around all this time for sure, but I'd take what you can for his cards ... or dabble quickly if you can find some nice stuff really cheap. He's been a 1,000-yard rusher three times so there's potential there but I think time for widespread interest in his cards is in the past ... unless he can rattle off a few more outrageous games like this one. (Anything is possible these days.)

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THE ARRIVAL?
Trey Lance -- QB, San Francisco 49ers (Rookie Cards in 2021 boxes)
Ten players had at least two receiving TDs this week and Deebo Samuel was among them on the stat sheet. He almost closed things up here but then I remembered the more-important development in that game ... Trey Lance. With Jimmy Garoppolo injured, Lance took over completing nine of 18 passes for only 157 yards but a pair of TDs in a 28-21 loss to the Seahawks. It was his first in-air action since the opener where he had a TD pass on his only throw. In between, he had a single carry for a TD against the Packers. If he's in there as the main man for a full game next week, will he do both? The expectations are there ... but the Cardinals are up next. This could be an interesting team to watch in the next month. His cards aren't cheap so I'd be selective with NFL stuff main priority but rarer college stuff also in play but with a lower ceiling.

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