Fantasy Football Week 4 Rankings: Projections and Matchups to Love

The fantasy football realm is off to a bang in Week 4 thanks to Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green.

In a juicy matchup against the Miami Dolphins on Thursday Night Football, Green led his team to a 22-7 win while catching 10 passes for 173 yards and a score, good for a solid 23-point outing that is sure to have him among some of the highest scorers of the week.

Call it yet another lesson in how critical matchups are on a week-to-week basis. With potential shootouts on the schedule and good teams beating up on floundering ones, owners have no shortage of plus-matchup opportunities to utilize on the way to victory.

       

Week 4 Schedule

         

Quarterbacks

Welcome to the Drew Brees show, otherwise known as Week 4.

The New Orleans Saints quarterback is the second-highest scorer at the position so far this year, posting two outings of 25 or more points and throwing eight touchdowns.

Brees has had some simple matchups, but it doesn’t matter much—especially if they keep flowing. They do in Week 4 when the Saints travel to take on the San Diego Chargers and a defense that has allowed the seventh-most points to quarterbacks on average and five passing scores over three outings.

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Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions sits right behind Brees in scoring and in a better position this weekend.

Stafford gets to beat up on the Chicago Bears (Detroit gives up a lot of points to quarterbacks, too, but have fun starting Brian Hoyer or Jay Cutler), owners of a defense that has allowed 16 or more points twice while playing inexperienced players such as Carson Wentz and Dak Prescott.

Stafford has 25 or more points over two games already, meaning he’s another 20-point lock this weekend.

            

Running Backs

On the other side of the Saints-Chargers encounter is the latter’s Melvin Gordon, who seems to have slotted right into his role as one of the best backs in the league.

After a disappointing rookie showing, Gordon has 13 or more points in all three games this year alongside four rushing scores. His scores come by way of an all-important fantasy stat provided by Rotoworld’s Nick Mensio:

Red-zone rushing attempts leaders through Week 3:Carlos Hyde 17Matt Forte 16Melvin Gordon 14C.J. Anderson 13David Johnson 12

— Nick Mensio (@NickMensio) September 28, 2016

The Saints allow the most points to running backs on average, so Gordon failing to have a big day would land as …

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