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Week 4 fantasy football rankings: Look for big things from Zeke Elliot

Week 4 fantasy football rankings: Look for big things from Zeke Elliot
Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott has a tasty matchup against the Rams this week. Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images

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 

24 D. Hopkins WAS 

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A lockout appears unavoidable! Photo via: Wiki Commons.

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.”

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