Fantasy Football Week 4 Rankings: Dallas Clark and the 4 Riskiest TE Plays

When setting your fantasy football lineups for Week 4 of the NFL season, consider these tight ends as risky plays:

Dallas Clark, Indianapolis Colts

Poor Dallas Clark. He's had a tough couple of years. First, a wrist injury all but robbed him of his 2010 season. Now, without Peyton Manning under center, his value has all but dried up in the Colts' offense. He gets the Bucs' defense on the road this week, which isn't a terrible matchup one-on-one, but when coupled with his lack of quarterback, Clark becomes a big risk fantasy-wise. 

Antonio Gates, San Diego Chargers

It looks like Gates is going to be an injury risk for the rest of the season, and there's no telling if he'll play Sunday against the Dolphins. It's a great matchup if he can go, but you're really putting the tight end position and points on the line if you keep him in your lineup. Even if he does play, there's a risk of an underwhelming performance because of the injury. It might be best to keep him on the bench until you hear he's 100 percent healthy again (if that ever happens).  

Owen Daniels, Houston Texans

Daniels has increased his productivity over the course of this season, and Matt Schaub is looking for him more and more, but the Steelers are a tough matchup for any tight end. It's a position they kept under lock historically and again this season.  

Greg Olsen, Carolina Panthers

I doubt the Bears are going to let Olsen reign over his homecoming party to Chicago on Sunday. After trading away the tight end, Olsen has found gold in Carolina with Cam Newton. If they can use him in similar ways as the Packers did a week ago with Jermichael Finley, he could be big. But I don't expect the Bears letting Olsen go wild on his former home field. 

Marcedes Lewis, Jacksonville Jaguars

It's amazing how the lack of a reliable quarterback can just drain the value of an otherwise talented receiver. That's the case in Jacksonville, as Lewis has caught just four passes the entire season. He had 58 for 700 yards and 10 scores in 2010. He won't get close to those numbers this season with a combination of Blaine Gabbert and Luke McCown.