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Fantasy Football Week 4 Rankings: Top Players, Sleepers and Positional Guide
- Updated: September 28, 2016
We’re heading into the quarter mark of the 2016 NFL season.
How’s your fantasy team doing?
Whether you’re 3-0, 0-3 or somewhere in between, don’t fret; there’s still plenty of time to surf the waiver wire, add some new talent to your team and start piling up those wins.
As we head into Week 4, here are all the projected top players at each position, as well as some sleepers.
Note that the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles are on byes in Week 4.
Quarterback
Top Player: Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
It’s likely that very few fantasy owners who actually drafted Drew Brees this season expected him to be one of the safest starts by Week 4, but that’s exactly the situation in which we find ourselves.
Cam Newton’s offensive line allowed eight sacks to the Minnesota Vikings. Andrew Luck has thrown an interception and lost a fumble in each of his last two games. Philip Rivers didn’t throw a single touchdown in the San Diego Chargers’ Week 3 matchup with the Indianapolis Colts.
And there’s Brees, leading the league in passing after three weeks, per ESPN:
Drew Brees had yet another huge week. Here are your NFL leaders in Pass, Rush and Rec Yds through Week 3. pic.twitter.com/S8r5pbs6wr
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 27, 2016
The New Orleans Saints might be winless, but Brees is still producing in fantasy. He has the second-most points of any quarterback in fantasy this season so far, with 71.88.
And in some ways, a struggling Saints team is better news for Brees owners, as long as they’re not Saints fans. After all, the further behind New Orleans falls in games, the more the team will rely on Brees’ arm to catch up.
Running Back
Top Player: Le’Veon Bell, Pittsburgh Steelers
Fantasy owners who have been stashing Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell on their benches for the last three weeks can finally plug him into their lineups in Week 4.
And if you want to take Steelers coach Mike Tomlin at his word, we’ll be seeing “a lot” of Bell on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs:
Tomlin: You’re going to see Le’Veon Bell on Sunday, and a lot of him.
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 27, 2016 …
