Week 4 Fantasy Football Projections: Predicting the Top Scorer at Every Position

If you’re lucky enough to have one of these six players/teams…you are going to be in excellent shape in Week 4.

These aren’t the typical “Pick Tom Brady stupid” picks, this is based purely off the matchup that presents itself:

QB: Eli Mannng @ Arizona Cardinals

Manning struggled in the first two weeks before exploding against the “dream team” Eagles secondary for four TDs. He isn’t making the dumb plays of previous years and this week he has a spectacular matchup against the Cardinals 25^th ranked pass defense.

With the return of WR Mario Manningham…expect Manning to have a field day on the young and inexperienced Cardinals secondary.

RB: Adrian Peterson @ Kansas City Chiefs

Ok, this is an obvious pick…but it’s impossible to put anybody else in this spot.

The Chiefs are the 28^th ranked defense against the run and are not exactly playing with a ton of effort (as opposed to the Vikings, that have at least been extremely competitive).

Peterson has almost 300 yards and three TDs in three games and with the flack coach Leslie Frazier took for ignoring him in the second half last Sunday, 30 carries is in the realm of possibilities.

WR: Larry Fitzgerald vs. New York Giants

The Giants secondary is very banged up and really struggle against faster and taller players.

I can already envision Fitzgerald going up to grab a jump ball at its highest point…80 yards later he has a touchdown.

TE: Rob Gronkowski @ New England Patriots

How crazy is it to think he’s the top tight end in the league right now?

Gronkowski is deadly up the seam and is the recipient of razor sharp throws from Tom Brady—who is currently playing in another stratosphere.

Five TDs in three weeks?

Aaron Hernandez is still nursing an injury?

There is no reason to think he won’t keep up this insane pace against a soft Raiders secondary.

K: Neil Rackers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

The high-powered Texans offense is good enough to move the ball…but not good enough to stuff it into the end zone on a regular basis.

Expect Rackers to have a ton of opportunities on Sunday.

D/ST: Chicago Bears vs. Carolina Panthers

Rookie Cam Newton is due to have a performance where everything goes wrong. The Bears are very upset about how they let a winnable game against the Packers slip away.

Expect the Bears to create multiple turnovers and completely shutdown a horrible Panthers run game.

Oh yeah, they have Devin Hester returning punts too.