Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson owners, this is your week to scrounge the waiver wire. The Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks and four other teams get the bye-week treatment.
Fantasy football rankings, Week 4: Quarterbacks
The SB Nation fantasy staff looks forward to Week 4 and ranks the quarterbacks.
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Luckily, quarterback isn't exactly a shallow position, and there are options to help teams stay afloat in the meantime. Kirk Cousins will undoubtedly be one of the week's hottest waiver adds -- he was owned in just 49 percent of Yahoo! Leagues before dropping 427 yards and three scores on the Philadelphia Eagles.
Ben Roethlisberger also helms a rising Pittsburgh Steelers offense that draws a Tampa Bay defense that just got steamrolled by the Atlanta Falcons, and projects as a QB1 in our consensus rankings (No. 11 overall).
So while you’re deciding how to deal without your top quarterback this week, take a look at how we have the rest stack up.
Quarterback rankings, Week 4
(DK: Daniel Kelley; DC: Dan Ciarrocchi; JD: John Daigle; SK: Scott Kaliska):
| Rank | Consensus | Team | Opponent | DK | DC | JD | SK |
| 1 | Drew Brees | NO | @DAL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | @CHI | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Andrew Luck | IND | TEN | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Philip Rivers | SD | JAC | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Matt Ryan | ATL | @MIN | 7 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| 6 | Matthew Stafford | DET | @NYJ | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | Jay Cutler | CHI | GB | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| 8 | Colin Kaepernick | SF | PHI | 8 | 10 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Nick Foles | PHI | @SF | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | Kirk Cousins | WAS | NYG | 11 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
| 11 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | TB | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Tony Romo | DAL | NO | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 |
| 13 | Cam Newton | CAR | @BAL | 10 | 13 | 18 | 13 |
| 14 | Tom Brady | NE | @KC | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| 15 | Eli Manning | NYG | @WAS | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | Alex Smith | KC | NE | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 |
| 17 | Teddy Bridgewater | MIN | ATL | 23 | 24 | 12 | 17 |
| 18 | Geno Smith | NYJ | DET | 18 | 21 | 19 | 18 |
| 19 | Blake Bortles | JAC | @SD | 19 | 20 | 16 | 22 |
| 20 | Ryan Tannehill | MIA | OAK (England) | 22 | 16 | NR | 16 |
| 21 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | HOU | BUF | 15 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| 22 | Mike Glennon | TAM | @PIT | 24 | 19 | 17 | 25 |
| 23 | Jake Locker | TEN | @IND | NR | 17 | NR | 20 |
| 24 | EJ Manuel | BUF | @HOU | 20 | 23 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | Joe Flacco | BAL | CAR | 21 | 25 | 24 | 21 |
| UR | Derek Carr | OAK | MIA (England) | 25 | NR | 21 | NR |
| UR | Zach Mettenberger | TEN | @IND | NR | NR | 25 | NR |
