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Week 4 fantasy football rankings: Look for big things from Zeke Elliot
Sep 28, 2017, 1:17 pm
Below are my PPR fantasy rankings for Week 4. Most leagues are using points per reception these days, so take that into consideration when looking at the ranks. Six points are awarded for every receiving and rushing TD, and four points for every passing TD. If you are playing in a non-PPR league, pass-catching running backs lose a bit of value and so do possession receivers. Make sure you check the status of players that have been limited or out of practice.
I will update rankings throughout the week. If you have any start-sit questions, feel free to hit me up at @jordanpfx on Twitter, and I will do my best to get to every question. Include your scoring system with your questions. Good luck!
QB
1 T. Brady NE
2 A. Rodgers GB
3 D. Brees NO
4 R. Wilson SEA
5 M. Ryan ATL
6 P. Rivers LAC
7 A. Dalton CIN
8 C. Palmer ARI
9 C. Wentz PHI
10 D. Prescott DAL
11 T. Siemian DEN
12 M. Mariota
13 K. Cousins WAS
14 A. Smith KC
15 M. Stafford DET
16 E. Manning NYG
17 D. Carr OAK
18 D. Watson HOU
19 B. Roethlisberger PIT
20 J. Cutler MIA
21 T. Taylor BUF
22 B. Bortles JAC
23 J. Goff LAR
24 J. Winston TBRB
1 E. Elliott DAL
2 D. Freeman ATL
3 K. Hunt KC
4 T. Gurley LAR
5 D. Cook MIN
6 L. Bell PIT
7 L. McCoy BUF
8 J. Ajayi MIA
9 L. Fournette JAC
10 C. Hyde SF
11 T. Montgomery GB
12 J. Howard CHI
13 M. Gordon LAC
14 C. Carson SEA
15 D. Murray TEN
16 J. Mixon CIN
17 C. Anderson DEN
18 C. McCaffrey CAR
19 M. Ingram NO
20 T. Cohen CHI
21 C. Thompson WAS
22 T. Coleman ATL
23 M. Gillislee NE
24 D. Johnson CLE
25 L. Miller HOU
26 M. Lynch OAK
27 J. White NE
28 J. Allen BAL
29 F. Gore IND
30 W. Smallwood PHI
31 T. West BAL
32 L. Blount PHI
33 J. Rodgers TB
34 T. Riddick DET
35 A. Abdullah DET
36 B. Powell NYJ
37 I. Crowell CLE
38 A. Kamara NO
39 A. Ellington ARI
40 S. Vereen NYG
41 J. Charles DEN
42 D. Foreman HOU
43 G. Bernard CIN
44 J. Stewart CAR
45 D. Henry TEN
46 C. Johnson ARI
47 A. Peterson NO
48 C. Sims TB
WR
1 A. Brown PIT
2 A. Green CIN
3 O. Beckham NYG
4 J. Nelson GB
5 J. Jones ATL
6 D. Bryant DAL
7 M. Thomas NO
8 K. Allen LAC
9 B. Cooks NE
10 D. Baldwin SEA *Game-time decision. He may be limited if he plays. Consider other options.
11 D. Parker MIA
12 D. Hopkins HOU
13 S. Diggs MIN
14 T. Hill KC
15 M. Evans TB
16 D. Adams GB
17 D. Thomas DEN
18 G. Tate DET
19 E. Sanders DEN
20 C. Hogan NE
21 A. Jeffery PHI
22 L. Fitzgerald ARI
23 A. Thielen MIN
24 J. Landry MIA
25 S. Watkins LA
26 R. Cobb GB
27 A. Cooper OAK
28 W. Snead NO
29 R. Matthews TEN
30 M. Bryant PIT
31 D. Jackson TB
32 P. Garcon SF
33 D. Amendola NE
34 J. Crowder WAS
35 S. Shepard NYG
36 K. Benjamin CAR
37 M. Lee JAC
38 T. Hilton IND
39 C. Kupp LAR
40 K. Britt CLE
41 T. Pryor WAS
42 M. Sanu ATL
43 J. Nelson ARI
44 J. Maclin BAL
45 J. Brown ARI
46 M. Crabtree OAK No practice Friday
47 K. Wright CHI
48 A. Hurns JAC
TE
1 R. Gronkowski NE
2 T. Kelce KC
3 Z. Ertz PHI
4 J. Graham SEA
5 D. Walker TEN
6 J. Cook OAK
7 C. Clay BUF
8 C. Brate TB
9 K. Rudolph MIN
10 R. Griffin HOU
11 J. Witten DAL
12 M. Bennett GB
13 E. Ebron DET
14 B. Watson BAL
15 V. Davis WAS
16 A. Seferian-Jenkins NYJ
17 E. Engram NYG
18 H. Henry LAC
19 C. Fleener NO
20 J. Doyle IND
21 J. Thomas MIA
22 D. Njoku CLE
23 A. Gates LAC
24 M. Lewis JAC
DEF
1 Seahawks
2 Jaguars
3 Vikings
4 Giants
5 Broncos
6 Packers
7 Bengals
8 Steelers
9 Cardinals
10 Chiefs
11 Patriots
12 Lions
13 Buccaneers
14 Ravens
15 Falcons
16 Eagles
17 Texans
18 Rams
19 Panthers
20 Titans
21 Jets
22 49ers
23 Cowboys
24 Saints
Kicker
1 S. Gostkowski NE
2 M. Bryant ATL
3 D. Bailey DAL
4 B. Walsh SEA
5 W. Lutz NO
6 J. Tucker BAL
7 R. Succop TEN
8 J. Elliott PHI
9 M. Prater DET
10 M. Crosby GB
11 N. Folk TB
12 H. Butker KC
13 P. Dawson ARI
14 B. McManus DEN
15 K. Fairbairn HOU
16 R. Bullock CIN
17 C. Boswell PIT
18 G. Tavecchio OAK
19 C. Parkey MIA
20 G. Zuerlein LAR
21 G. Gano CAR
22 J. Myers JAC
23 K. Forbath MIN
Looming over baseball is a likely lockout in December 2026, a possible management push for a salary cap and perhaps lost regular-season games for the first time since 1995.
“No one’s talking about it, but we all know that they’re going to lock us out for it, and then we’re going to miss time,” New York Mets All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso said Monday at the All-Star Game. “We’re definitely going to fight to not have a salary cap and the league’s obviously not going to like that.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and some owners have cited payroll disparity as a problem, while at the same time MLB is working to address a revenue decline from regional sports networks. Unlike the NFL, NBA and NHL, baseball has never had a salary cap because its players staunchly oppose one.
Despite higher levels of luxury tax that started in 2022, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets have pushed payrolls to record levels. The last small-market MLB club to win a World Series was the Kansas City Royals in 2015.
After signing outfielder Juan Soto to a record $765 million contract, New York opened this season with an industry-high $326 million payroll, nearly five times Miami’s $69 million, according to Major League Baseball’s figures. Using luxury tax payrolls, based on average annual values that account for future commitments and include benefits, the Dodgers were first at $400 million and on track to owe a record luxury tax of about $151 million — shattering the previous tax record of $103 million set by Los Angeles last year.
“When I talk to the players, I don’t try to convince them that a salary cap system would be a good thing,” Manfred told the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Tuesday. “I identify a problem in the media business and explain to them that owners need to change to address that problem. I then identify a second problem that we need to work together and that is that there are fans in a lot of our markets who feel like we have a competitive balance problem.”
Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement expires Dec. 1, 2026, and management lockouts have become the norm, which shifts the start of a stoppage to the offseason. During the last negotiations, the sides reached a five-year deal on March 10 after a 99-day lockout, salvaging a 162-game 2022 season.
“A cap is not about a partnership. A cap isn’t about growing the game,” union head Tony Clark said Tuesday. “A cap is about franchise values and profits. ... A salary cap historically has limited contract guarantees associated with it, literally pits one player against another and is often what we share with players as the definitive non-competitive system. It doesn’t reward excellence. It undermines it from an organizational standpoint. That’s why this is not about competitive balance. It’s not about a fair versus not. This is institutionalized collusion.”
The union’s opposition to a cap has paved the way for record-breaking salaries for star players. Soto’s deal is believed to be the richest in pro sports history, eclipsing Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million deal with the Dodgers signed a year earlier. By comparison, the biggest guaranteed contract in the NFL is $250 million for Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen.
Manfred cites that 10% of players earn 72% of salaries.
“I never use the word `salary’ within one of `cap,’” he said. “What I do say to them is in addressing this competitive issue that’s real we should think about whether this system is the perfect system from a players’ perspective.”
A management salary cap proposal could contain a salary floor and a guaranteed percentage of revenue to players. Baseball players have endured nine work stoppages, including a 7 1/2-month strike in 1994-95 that fought off a cap proposal.
Agent Scott Boras likens a cap plan to attracting kids to a “gingerbread house.”
“We’ve heard it for 20 years. It’s almost like the childhood fable,” he said. “This very traditional, same approach is not something that would lead the younger players to the gingerbread house.”