Fantasy Football Week 4: Waiver-Wire Pickups, Rankings and Stat Projections

One thing is guaranteed about fantasy football. And that one thing is nothing is guaranteed.

There were a lot of busts in Week 3, with the likes of Kelvin Benjamin, Ben Roethlisberger and Will Fuller—who all have been fantastic to start the season—bombing big time for their respective teams.

You have to still love Roethlisberger’s value for the rest of the season, with Le’Veon Bell returning to the field in Week 4, but it was a definite shock to see his Pittsburgh Steelers get manhandled by rookie quarterback Carson Wentz and the rest of the Philadelphia Eagles. 

Heading the next round of action, there are a lot of favorable matchups for elite fantasy players, and Yahoo Sports has the projections for each player heading into Week 4. Take a look at the forecasted points leaders by position for that slate of games: 

Note that kickers are not included and defenses won’t be given a “boom, bust or sleeper” label. 

            

Quarterbacks 

Boom: Andrew Luck, QB, Indianapolis Colts

Andrew Luck’s offensive line is terrible; it’s not his fault he’s inconsistent throwing the ball. He’s an elite quarterback in this league and deserves better than what he’s getting with the Indianapolis Colts, but he’s still a fantasy stud.

He proved why he’s still one of the best signal-callers on Sunday in what has become a stereotypical come-from-behind win for Luck against the San Diego Chargers.

Luck to the rescue.Andrew Luck’s 63-yard strike to T.Y. Hilton gave the QB his 14th career GW drive and Indy its first win. pic.twitter.com/TiK0jZOce3

— ESPN (@espn) September 25, 2016

Luck is projected to score the second-most fantasy points among quarterbacks, with 22.99, trailing only the Carolina Panthers’ Cam Newton (who had a terrible game Sunday). The Colts have an easier matchup in Week 4, against the Jacksonville Jaguars, in what should be a shootout for both offenses.

Look for Luck to have time to throw the ball against a vulnerable Jaguars defense that has allowed the sixth-most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks this season.

        

Bust: Eli Manning, QB, New York Giants

I’m on record as saying Eli Manning would have a breakout season this year, and let’s just say the jury is still out.

While Manning has had good points in 2016, he’s also had some head-scratching moments—big surprise. While he’s still a solid quarterback to start most weeks, Week 4 is not friendly for the New York Giants signal-caller, as Manning will go up against a stout Minnesota Vikings defense.

The Vikings are scary, even without Teddy Bridgewater and Adrian Peterson. The team is so talented they dismantled the defending NFC champion Panthers on the road, 22-10, while holding Newton to 16.08 points. While that’s not an awful number, if you take away Newton’s 26 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown, he would’ve scored 7.48 points.

Manning is nowhere near as mobile a quarterback as Newton, so imagine him trying to scramble against a Vikings defense that had eight sacks and three interceptions against the Panthers.

         

Sleeper:  Dak Prescott, QB, Dallas Cowboys 

Have faith in a rookie quarterback. It seems to be working out fairly well for the Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys so far this season. 

NFC East:Dak Prescott, 75 passing attempts, no interceptions (NFL rookie record).Carson Wentz, 71 passing attempts, no interceptions.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 20, 2016

He’s not a player who can have a 30-point performance by any means, but Dak Prescott has been impressive these past two weeks, scoring 18.28 points in Week 2 …

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