Brian Hartline: Emerging Dolphins Receiver Is a Must Add for Fantasy Owners

After his breakout Week 4 performance, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brian Hartline deserves to be the most widely added player in fantasy leagues this week. 

Hartline unavoidably exploded onto the radars of fantasy owners this past Sunday when he went for 12 catches and a whopping 253 yards and a touchdown. 

A big chunk of those stats came on this play. 

Hartline's huge day created a massive pile of fantasy points that went unused since he was only owned in 2.1 percent of leagues on NFL.com.

While this production blows anything else the fourth-year receiver has previously done out of the water, it is not exactly coming out of the blue. He had a nine-catch, 111-yard effort in Week 2. 

Hartline has been rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill's favorite target. He has an amazing 48 targets on the season. That is 16 more than the Dolphins next most-heavily targeted player, Davone Bess. 

Hartline's production will fluctuate all season, like it already has, due to the nature of the Dolphins' sporadic offense. 

However, that offense is young, and you'd expect them to make strides as the season goes on, and the emerging chemistry between Hartline and Tannehill should only improve. 

Hartline is getting enough targets that he is never in danger of coming up close to a goose egg, and he is going to have his share of big games as this season plays out. 

He is an excellent flex option to have on the bench and he is even a passable No. 2 wide receiver option on a consistent basis.