Fantasy football rankings 2016: Running backs for PPR leagues, Week 4

The return of Le’Veon Bell and more in our Week 4 fantasy football PPR rankings.

Sep 28, 2016, 12:32 PM UTC

NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City Chiefs

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Injuries continue to reshape the running back landscape in fantasy football.

The latest to go down with injury was Jeremy Langford of the Chicago Bears, which makes Jordan Howard a very sneaky PPR option going forward. The rookie out of Indiana caught four passes for 47 yards in relief of Langford.

Elsewhere, the New York Giants placed Shane Vereen on injured reserve after he suffered a torn biceps. A solid PPR back, Vereen averaged 53 catches per season from 2013-15. He is now out for at least the next eight weeks.

But the big news this week is the return of Le’Veon Bell to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ backfield. Not only has Bell been among the best backs in football, but he’s been a PPR stud capable of carrying your fantasy team to victory on a weekly basis.

Bell’s last full season came in 2014, when he caught 84 passes for 854 yards in addition to 1,361 rushing yards and 11 total scores. He is coming off a three-game suspension, and if you drafted him, your patience is about to pay off in a big way, especially in PPR leagues.

Running backs (PPR), Week 4

(ZS: Zach Senvisky, JM: Jason Marcum, AP: Adam Patrick, SK: Scott Kaliska, JG: Jeff Goldberg, KB: Kyle Bennett)

Rk	Consensus	Tm	Opp.	ZS	JM	AP	SK	JG	KB	DG
1	David Johnson	ARI	vs. LA	3	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	@ SF	1	2	5	4	4	4	1
3	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	vs. KC	5	3	6	2	5	2	3
4	Melvin Gordon	SD	vs. NO	2	4	3	3	2	5	10
5	Lamar Miller	HOU	vs. TEN	9	7	2	5	3	3	4
6	C.J. Anderson	DEN	@ TB	7	5	7	6	6	6	5
7	LeSean McCoy	BUF	@ NE	10	8	9	9	9	8	6
8	Mark Ingram	NO	@ SD	14	10	4	8	7	7	11
8	Todd Gurley	LA	@ ARI	4	9	8	12	14	9	7
10	DeMarco Murray	TEN	@ HOU	6	11	13	7	8	10	18
11	Matt Forte	NYJ	vs. SEA	8	12	12	11	13	11	14
11	Charles Sims	TB	vs. DEN	13	15	11	14	11	13	22
13	Christine Michael	SEA	@ NYJ	18	14	18	13	12	18	8
14	Devonta Freeman	ATL	vs. CAR	11	17	15	17	15	15	17
15	LeGarrette Blount	NE	vs. BUF	12	7	14	16	18	14	28
16	Theo Riddick	DET	@ CHI	21	20	10	10	10	12	27
17	Carlos Hyde	SF	vs. DAL	20	19	17	15	17	17	15
17	Frank Gore	IND	@ JAC	19	22	16	18	16	16	16
19	Latavius Murray	OAK	@ BAL	15	21	21	19	19	19	12
20	Tevin Coleman	ATL	vs. CAR	16	24	25	21	22	22	13
21	Jeremy Hill	CIN	vs. MIA	17	16	22	20	21	21	26
22	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	vs. NYG	26	18	20	22	20	20	20
23	Spencer Ware	KC	@ PIT	24	13	33	23	25	25	9
24	Giovani Bernard	CIN	vs. MIA	22	26	19	24	24	23	21
24	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	@ WAS	30	25	23	25	23	24	24
26	Matt Jones	WAS	vs. CLE	23	32	24	29	26	26	19
27	Jordan Howard	CHI	vs. DET	35	23	30	26	30	29	25
28	Duke Johnson	CLE	@ WAS	32	31	26	27	28	27	30
29	T.J. Yeldon	JAC	vs. IND	25	27	27	33	27	30	33
30	Dwayne Washington	DET	@ CHI	33	29	35	32	31	31	23
31	Cameron Artis-Payne	CAR	@ ATL	34	34	28	28	29	28	--
32	Justin Forsett	BAL	vs. OAK	31	33	29	36	39	36	41
33	Chris Ivory	JAC	vs. IND	45	38	36	34	32	32	31
34	Kenyan Drake	MIA	@ CIN	28	30	40	30	40	41	42
35	James White	NE	vs. BUF	40	44	31	37	35	37	35
36	DeAngelo Williams	PIT	vs. KC	--	28	44	41	33	35	29
37	Fozzy Whittaker	CAR	@ ATL	27	40	38	35	37	38	--
38	Derrick Henry	TEN	@ HOU	38	35	41	40	41	39	32
39	Rashad Jennings	NYG	@ MIN	--	41	32	45	32	34	34
40	Matt Asiata	MIN	vs. NYG	44	39	37	31	34	33	--
41	Terrance West	BAL	vs. OAK	41	42	34	43	36	40	37
41	Chris Thompson	WAS	vs. CLE	39	46	39	38	38	42	39
43	Orleans Darkwa	NYG	@ MIN	37	36	43	39	44	49	46
44	Jay Ajayi	MIA	@ CIN	42	37	49	42	45	43	43
45	Alfred Morris	DAL	@ SF	29	45	47	--	48	46	38
46	Bilal Powell	NYJ	vs. SEA	43	48	46	46	44	44	45
47	DeAndre Washington	OAK	@ BAL	36	43	--	44	47	48	49
48	Jamaal Charles	KC	@ PIT	40	49	42	48	42	47	--
49	Chris Johnson	ARI	vs. LA	50	--	45	--	43	--	36
50	Devontae Booker	DEN	@ TB	48	--	48	--	46	45	44
--	Charcandrick West	KC	@ PIT	46	47	--	47	--	--	48
--	Shaun Draughn	SF	vs. DAL	49	--	--	50	49	--	40
--	Dexter McCluster	TEN	@ HOU	47	50	50	49	50	50	--
--	C.J. Prosise	SEA	@ NYJ	--	--	--	--	--	--	47
--	Alfred Blue	HOU	vs. TEN	--	--	--	--	--	--	50