Week 4 Fantasy WR PPR Rankings: Must-starts, sleepers, potential busts

Billy Heyen

Week 4 Fantasy WR PPR Rankings: Must-starts, sleepers, potential busts image

Let's start with the good when it comes to wide receiver injuries: It sounds like superstar Michael Thomas (ankle) will make it back for Week 4, which puts right back in the top five of our fantasy WR PPR rankings. Owners of Julio Jones (hamstring), Davante Adams (hamstring) and A.J. Brown (knee), among a number of other wide receivers, might not be so lucky, though. It's just the way it is in an injury-heavy 2020, so you're going to want to scour our rankings for potential sleepers and waiver pickups who can get you through the week.

One of our favorite sleepers so far this season, Laviska Shenault, continued to prove himself worthy of PPR flex consideration with his Thursday Night Football performance. If he's going to catch between three and five passes every game while also running up to five times, that's a solid enough workload. A Week 4 matchup with the Bengals is appealing for sure, and Shenault is the only Jaguars' WR worth playing outside of DJ Chark (if he returns).

WEEK 4 PPR RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight End | D/ST | Kicker

Other pickups worth considering this week include four rookies: Minnesota's Justin Jefferson (@ Texans), who might be living up to his preseason hype, Cincinnati's Tee Higgins (vs. Jaguars), who showed a nose for the end zone, San Francisco's Brandon Aiyuk (vs. Eagles), who does a bit of everything like Aiyuk, and Buffalo's Gabriel Davis (@ Raiders), who's a deep-league special. If you're looking for PPR injury fill-ins, Greg Ward (@ 49ers), Hunter Renfrow (vs. Bills), Cole Beasley (@ Raiders), Braxton Berrios (vs. Broncos), and Allen Lazard (vs. Falcons) could really pay off if DeSean Jackson (hamstring), Henry Ruggs III (knee), John Brown (calf), Jamison Crowder (hamstring), and Davante Adams (hamstring), respectively, remain out.

WEEK 4 STANDARD RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Tight End | D/ST | Kicker

Keep an eye on how Julio Jones' hamstring injury can impact Russell Gage this week -- and keep an eye on Gage's head injury while you're at it. We've left Jones in the rankings for now, pending his early-week practice reports to see how he's doing after missing Week 3. 

WEEK 4 DFS CASH LINEUPS: FanDuel | DraftKingsYahoo

Note: Check back all week leading up to kickoff, as we'll continue to update our WR PPR rankings based on the latest news and injuries. For individual analysis of key WRs, click here.

WEEK 4 DFS TOURNAMENT LINEUPS: FanDuel | DraftKings | Yahoo

Week 4 Fantasy WR PPR Rankings

These rankings are for full-point PPR leagues

WEEK 4 FANTASY: SleepersBusts | Start 'em, sit 'em

Rank Player
1 Davante Adams*, GB vs. ATL
2 DeAndre Hopkins, ARZ @ CAR
3 DeVante Parker, MIA vs. SEA
4 Tyler Lockett, SEA @ MIA
5 Amari Cooper, DAL vs. CLE
6 Odell Beckham Jr., CLE @ DAL
7 Calvin Ridley, ATL @ GB
8 Mike Evans, TB vs. LAC
9 Allen Robinson, CHI vs. IND
10 Julio Jones*, ATL @ GB
11 Tyreek Hill, KC vs. NE
12 Kenny Golladay, DET vs. NO
13 Adam Thielen, MIN @ HOU
14 Cooper Kupp, LAR vs. NYG
15 Keenan Allen, LAC @ TB
16 Tyler Boyd, CIN vs. JAX
17 Stefon Diggs, BUF @ LV
18 Robert Woods, LAR vs. NYG
19 DK Metcalf, SEA @ MIA
20 Will Fuller V, HOU vs. MIN
21 Terry McLaurin, WAS vs. BAL
22 DJ Chark*, JAX @ CIN
23 Jarvis Landry, CLE @ DAL
24 D.J. Moore, CAR vs. ARZ
25 Julian Edelman, NE @ KC
26 Marvin Jones, DET vs. NO
27 Marquez Valdes-Scantling, GB vs. ATL
28 Marquise Brown, BAL @ WAS
29 CeeDee Lamb, DAL vs. CLE
30 Brandon Aiyuk, SF vs. PHI
31 Preston Williams, MIA vs. SEA
32 Jamison Crowder, NYJ vs. DEN
33 Emmanuel Sanders, NO @ DET
34 A.J. Green, CIN vs. JAX
35 Greg Ward Jr., PHI @ SF
36 Justin Jefferson, MIN @ HOU
37 T.Y. Hilton, IND @ CHI
38 Tre'Quan Smith, NO @ DET
39 Scotty Miller, TB vs. LAC
40 Jerry Jeudy, DEN @ NYJ
41 John Brown, BUF @ LV
42 Darius Slayton, NYG @ LAR
43 Russell Gage*, ATL @ GB
44 Brandin Cooks, HOU vs. MIN
45 Tee Higgins, CIN vs. JAX
46 Hunter Renfrow, LV vs. BUF
47 Cole Beasley, BUF @ LV
48 Golden Tate, NYG @ LAR
49 Michael Gallup, DAL vs. CLE
50 KJ Hamler, DEN @ NYJ
51 Laviska Shenault Jr., JAX @ CIN
52 Robby Anderson, CAR vs. ARZ
53 Curtis Samuel, CAR vs. ARZ
54 Deebo Samuel, SF vs. PHI
55 Andy Isabella, ARZ @ CAR
56 Christian Kirk*, ARZ @ CAR
57 Randall Cobb, HOU vs. MIN
58 N'Keal Harry, NE @ KC
59 Sammy Watkins, KC vs. NE
60 Anthony Miller, CHI vs. IND
61 Keelan Cole, JAX @ CIN
62 Braxton Berrios, NYJ vs. DEN
63 Mecole Hardman, KC vs. NE
64 Damiere Byrd, NE @ KC
65 Dontrelle Inman, WAS vs. BAL
66 Josh Reynolds, LAR vs. NYG
67 Larry Fitzgerald, ARZ @ CAR
68 Jalen Guyton, LAC @ TB
69 Gabriel Davis, BUF @ LV
70 Zach Pascal, IND @ CHI
71 Isaiah Ford, MIA vs. SEA
72 Chris Hogan, NYJ vs. DEN
73 Kendrick Bourne, SF vs. PHI
74 Demarcus Robinson, KC vs. NE
75 Danny Amendola, DET vs. NO
76 Van Jefferson, LAR vs. NYG
77 Miles Boykin, BAL @ WAS

* = Injury worry this week

Billy Heyen