Fantasy football rankings, Week 4: Wide receivers for standard, PPR leagues

Bye weeks are upon us and we’ll be missing some big-name receivers this week. We take a look at your options with our Week 4 rankings.

by Scott Kaliska

Sep 24, 2014, 1:34 PM UTC

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After dealing with off-field issues and injuries that have played tricks with our rosters, we now have bye weeks to deal with for the next nine weeks. This week, along with Weeks 9 and 10, are the worst due to six teams being unavailable. The six teams that have their bye are Arizona, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Seattle and St. Louis. The one benefit is that injured players like A.J. Green, Marvin Jones and Demaryius Thomas will have some well deserved recovery time. Key wideouts that we'll be without include: Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Floyd, A.J. Green, Demaryius Thomas, Wes Welker, Emmanuel Sanders and Percy Harvin.

T.Y. Hilton left Sunday's game with an ankle sprain and did not return. Depending on what kind of ankle sprain Hilton has, he could miss significant time, but coach Chuck Pagano did not believe that the injury was that bad. So hopefully it's not a high ankle sprain and we'll have Hilton back on the field for a great matchup on Sunday. Harry Douglas injured his foot on Thursday night against Tampa Bay, and the extra days before his next game against Minnesota should help. Roddy White will no doubt return from his hamstring injury to also face the Vikings.

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Keenan Allen looked like he was somewhat limited by his groin injury against Buffalo, and his two catches for 17 yards didn't help any fantasy owners. We hope that he can recover and practice this week, especially since his Week 4 matchup is a tasty one with the Chargers facing Jacksonville. DeSean Jackson was a game-time decision last week but ended up having a monster game. Maybe it was the revenge factor that got him through, but the short week will be doing us no favors this week. He'll probably miss most practices this week but should be good for Thursday night. Rod Streater fractured his foot and will be lost for multiple weeks. I know Raiders are not the most sought after fantasy players, but this should only add to the targets that James Jones receives. He's worth taking a chance on with bye weeks upon us.

If you're in need of some help this week, take a good look at Jordan Matthews. He'll be a hot commodity after the game he had last week against Washington, and while he's technically not the No. 2 receiver, his numbers say otherwise. Even if he doesn't get the snaps or targets that a WR2 should be getting, being a part of the Eagles' offense is never a bad thing. The Jets are at the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to offensive weapons -- although, if you happened to watch the complete game on Monday night, it looked like Jeremy Kerley has some value. With Eric Decker in and out of the lineup, Kerley will continue to amass targets. He's only a WR4, but carries pretty good value in PPR leagues.

Wide Receiver rankings (Standard), Week 4
(DK: Daniel Kelley; DC: Dan Ciarrocchi; JD: John Daigle; SK: Scott Kaliska)

Rank	Consensus	Team	Opponent	DK	DC	JD	SK
1	Calvin Johnson	DET	@NYJ	1	1	1	1
2	Julio Jones	ATL	@MIN	2	2	4	2
3	Dez Bryant	DAL	NO	3	3	3	3
4	Antonio Brown	PIT	TAM	5	5	2	5
5	Jordy Nelson	GB	@CHI	6	4	7	4
6	Brandon Marshall	CHI	GB	4	6	10	6
7	Jeremy Maclin	PHI	@SF	7	10	6	9
8	Alshon Jeffery	CHI	GB	11	7	13	7
9	Michael Crabtree	SF	PHI	9	14	5	15
10	Pierre Garcon	WAS	NYG	19	9	8	13
11	Mike Wallace	MIA	OAK (England)	20	12	11	10
12	Julian Edelman	NE	@KC	8	19	15	12
13	Andre Johnson	HOU	BUF	10	13	20	11
14	DeSean Jackson	WAS	NYG	17	11	14	19
15	Victor Cruz	NYG	@WAS	12	16	18	17
16	Keenan Allen	SD	JAC	18	15	17	14
17	Randall Cobb	GB	@CHI	15	8	39	8
18	Brandin Cooks	NO	@DAL	21	20	9	20
19	Cordarrelle Patterson	MIN	ATL	28	17	16	18
20	Kelvin Benjamin	CAR	@BAL	16	18	24	21
21	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	BUF	14	28	12	28
22	Steve Smith Sr.	BAL	CAR	22	24	19	23
23	Roddy White	ATL	@MIN	13	22	28	26
24	Reggie Wayne	IND	TEN	23	26	25	25
25	Vincent Jackson	TAM	@PIT	24	21	40	16
26	Marques Colston	NO	@DAL	29	23	32	22
27	T.Y. Hilton	IND	TEN	26	29	26	30
28	Sammy Watkins	BUF	@HOU	27	27	31	27
29	Kendall Wright	TEN	@IND	30	31	23	31
30	Cecil Shorts III	JAC	@SD	31	35	27	32
31	Golden Tate	DET	@NYJ	35	25	43	24
32	Markus Wheaton	PIT	TAM	38	30	29	36
33	Terrance Williams	DAL	NO	32	38	37	29
34	Mike Evans	TAM	@PIT	40	39	21	39
35	Rueben Randle	NYG	@WAS	43	34	30	33
36	Greg Jennings	MIN	ATL	33	36	38	40
37	Anquan Boldin	SF	PHI	41	32	42	34
38	Eric Decker	NYJ	DET	36	33	45	35
39	Allen Robinson	JAC	@SD	45	41	22	43
40	Jordan Matthews	PHI	@SF	37	43	33	45
41	Torrey Smith	BAL	CAR	42	37	46	37
42	James Jones	OAK	MIA (England)	25	NR	NR	41
43	Malcom Floyd	SD	JAC	34	NR	41	42
44	Jeremy Kerley	NYJ	DET	39	48	35	48
45	Justin Hunter	TEN	@IND	48	40	47	38
46	Davante Adams	GB	@CHI	NR	47	34	NR
47	Harry Douglas	ATL	@MIN	NR	NR	36	46
48	Hakeem Nicks	IND	TEN	44	42	NR	47
49	Dwayne Bowe	KAN	NE	46	44	NR	44
50	Eddie Royal	SD	JAC	47	49	48	50
UR	Allen Hurns	JAC	@SD	50	46	NR	49
UR	Nate Washington	TEN	@IND	NR	NR	44	NR
UR	Riley Cooper	PHI	@SF	NR	45	NR	NR
UR	Brian Hartline	MIA	OAK (England)	49	50	NR	NR
UR	Andre Roberts	WAS	NYG	NR	NR	49	NR
UR	Eric Weems	ATL	@MIN	NR	NR	50	NR

Wide Receiver rankings (PPR), Week 4

Rank	Consensus	Team	Opponent	DK	DC	JD	SK
1	Calvin Johnson	DET	@NYJ	1	1	2	1
2	Julio Jones	ATL	@MIN	2	2	4	2
3	Antonio Brown	PIT	TAM	5	4	1	4
4	Dez Bryant	DAL	NO	3	5	3	5
5	Jordy Nelson	GB	@CHI	4	3	9	3
6	Brandon Marshall	CHI	GB	6	9	10	9
7	Pierre Garcon	WAS	NYG	15	8	7	7
8	Michael Crabtree	SF	PHI	10	12	5	13
9	Julian Edelman	NE	@KC	8	10	11	11
10	Jeremy Maclin	PHI	@SF	7	14	6	14
11	Alshon Jeffery	CHI	GB	14	6	15	8
12	Andre Johnson	HOU	BUF	9	11	21	10
13	Mike Wallace	MIA	OAK (England)	20	13	13	12
14	Victor Cruz	NYG	@WAS	16	15	17	16
15	Randall Cobb	GB	@CHI	17	7	36	6
16	Brandin Cooks	NO	@DAL	24	17	8	17
17	Cordarrelle Patterson	MIN	ATL	29	18	12	15
18	DeSean Jackson	WAS	NYG	18	16	16	24
19	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	BUF	12	24	14	25
20	Steve Smith Sr.	BAL	CAR	19	22	18	19
21	Keenan Allen	SD	JAC	22	19	19	18
22	Kelvin Benjamin	CAR	@BAL	11	21	25	23
23	Roddy White	ATL	@MIN	13	20	27	20
24	Reggie Wayne	IND	TEN	21	23	24	21
25	Kendall Wright	TEN	@IND	28	27	22	28
26	Vincent Jackson	TAM	@PIT	25	25	41	22
27	T.Y. Hilton	IND	TEN	23	31	29	31
28	Marques Colston	NO	@DAL	31	26	32	26
29	Sammy Watkins	BUF	@HOU	27	29	31	30
30	Cecil Shorts III	JAC	@SD	30	36	26	35
31	Markus Wheaton	PIT	TAM	38	30	30	32
32	Golden Tate	DET	@NYJ	34	28	43	27
33	Terrance Williams	DAL	NO	33	32	38	29
34	Greg Jennings	MIN	ATL	32	34	39	34
35	Allen Robinson	JAC	@SD	46	42	23	43
36	Rueben Randle	NYG	@WAS	43	37	28	38
37	Anquan Boldin	SF	PHI	40	33	40	33
38	Mike Evans	TAM	@PIT	36	46	20	46
39	James Jones	OAK	MIA (England)	26	35	NR	37
40	Jeremy Kerley	NYJ	DET	35	41	34	41
41	Jordan Matthews	PHI	@SF	39	43	33	44
42	Eric Decker	NYJ	DET	37	38	47	39
43	Justin Hunter	TEN	@IND	45	39	49	36
44	Torrey Smith	BAL	CAR	42	40	48	40
45	Malcom Floyd	SD	JAC	41	47	45	49
46	Eddie Royal	SD	JAC	44	48	44	48
47	Harry Douglas	ATL	@MIN	NR	NR	37	47
48	Davante Adams	GB	@CHI	NR	NR	35	NR
49	Dwayne Bowe	KC	NE	NR	44	NR	42
50	Brian Hartline	MIA	OAK (England)	47	45	NR	45
UR	Donnie Avery	KC	NE	50	NR	42	NR
UR	Allen Hurns	JAC	@SD	48	49	NR	50
UR	Nate Washington	TEN	@IND	NR	NR	46	NR
UR	Hakeem Nicks	IND	TEN	49	50	NR	NR
UR	Andre Roberts	WAS	NYG	NR	NR	50	NR