Who's Hot - fantasy points per game Last four Weeks?
(Fantasy Points per game based on standard scoring)
Quarterback
Rank | Player | G | Cmp | Att | CmpPct | PYd | YD/Att | TD | INT | Rush | RYd | Yd/Rush | TD | FantPt | FantPt/G |
1 | Drew Brees | 4 | 126 | 171 | 73.7 | 1420 | 8.3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 127.9 | 32 |
2 | Tom Brady | 3 | 70 | 94 | 74.5 | 913 | 9.71 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | 93.7 | 31.2 |
3 | Aaron Rodgers | 4 | 124 | 179 | 69.3 | 1163 | 6.5 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 117 | 6.9 | 0 | 120.9 | 30.2 |
4 | Dak Prescott | 3 | 58 | 93 | 62.4 | 781 | 8.4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 64 | 5.3 | 1 | 87.5 | 29.2 |
5 | Marcus Mariota | 4 | 84 | 126 | 66.7 | 1099 | 8.72 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 103 | 6.9 | 1 | 115.3 | 28.8 |
6 | Matt Ryan | 4 | 102 | 145 | 70.3 | 1240 | 8.55 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | 114.9 | 28.7 |
7 | Kirk Cousins | 3 | 86 | 129 | 66.7 | 1022 | 7.92 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 1 | 80.3 | 26.8 |
8 | Andrew Luck | 4 | 90 | 142 | 63.4 | 1096 | 7.72 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 145 | 5.2 | 1 | 102.3 | 25.6 |
9 | Jameis Winston | 3 | 60 | 99 | 60.6 | 710 | 7.17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 76.4 | 25.5 |
10 | Andy Dalton | 3 | 67 | 101 | 66.3 | 846 | 8.38 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 2 | 76.1 | 25.4 |
11 | Tyrod Taylor | 4 | 77 | 130 | 59.2 | 872 | 6.71 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 194 | 6.9 | 3 | 99 | 24.8 |
12 | Josh McCown | 1 | 25 | 49 | 51 | 341 | 6.96 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 24.1 | 24.1 |
13 | Blake Bortles | 4 | 98 | 171 | 57.3 | 1106 | 6.47 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 110 | 6.1 | 0 | 93.3 | 23.3 |
14 | Colin Kaepernick | 3 | 53 | 102 | 52 | 728 | 7.14 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 173 | 7.9 | 0 | 69.7 | 23.2 |
15 | Matthew Stafford | 4 | 91 | 137 | 66.4 | 995 | 7.26 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 | 92.4 | 23.1 |
16 | Eli Manning | 3 | 78 | 119 | 65.5 | 856 | 7.19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 0 | 69.2 | 23.1 |
17 | Case Keenum | 3 | 86 | 131 | 65.6 | 908 | 6.93 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 | 65.4 | 21.8 |
18 | Derek Carr | 4 | 105 | 161 | 65.2 | 1122 | 6.97 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 0 | 86.9 | 21.7 |
19 | Carson Palmer | 3 | 87 | 129 | 67.4 | 918 | 7.12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 64.6 | 21.5 |
20 | Cam Newton | 3 | 61 | 106 | 57.5 | 759 | 7.16 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 1 | 63 | 21 |
21 | Philip Rivers | 4 | 89 | 153 | 58.2 | 1091 | 7.13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 0 | 76.1 | 19 |
22 | Jay Cutler | 1 | 20 | 31 | 64.5 | 252 | 8.13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17.8 | 17.8 |
23 | Nick Foles | 2 | 36 | 55 | 65.5 | 410 | 7.45 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -4 | -1 | 0 | 35.1 | 17.6 |
24 | Russell Wilson | 4 | 91 | 134 | 67.9 | 1030 | 7.69 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 17 |
25 | Sam Bradford | 3 | 78 | 118 | 66.1 | 725 | 6.14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 49.7 | 16.6 |
Brees, Brady, Rodgers....Prescott? That's right. Dak Prescott is among the league's best fantasy quarterbacks over the last four weeks. And right behind him is Marcus Mariota. Not seen in the Top 5 or even the Top 10 include Eli Manning, Derek Carr, Cam Newton, Philip Rivers and Russell Wilson. I wouldn't go out of my way to trade Philip Rivers for Marcus Mariota, but numbers are numbers and you could make an argument for why that's a good decision. Mariota's 6.7 yards per rush this season is second only to Colin Kaepernick (7.9). The ebb and flow of the season will show different quarterbacks in the Top 10 for any given four game stretch. It's no different with Mariota who was 29th in Weeks 1-4 and now 5th in Weeks 6-9.
Matt Ryan and Andrew Luck are among the Top 8 playing four games in four weeks. Ryan has more touchdowns in that span, 11 vs 7 for Luck, however Luck adds 145 yards rushing with a rushing touchdown to his credit. The result is a approximately 3 less fantasy points per game for Luck, but still among the league's better fantasy quarterbacks in that time range.
Running Back
Rank | Player | G | Rsh | Yd | Yd/Rush | TD | Targ | Rec | RecYd | Yd/Rec | TD | FantPt | FantPt/G |
1 | Jay Ajayi | 3 | 77 | 529 | 6.9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 79.3 | 26.4 |
2 | Melvin Gordon | 4 | 104 | 469 | 4.5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 162 | 11.6 | 1 | 87.1 | 21.8 |
3 | David Johnson | 3 | 65 | 248 | 3.8 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 169 | 9.4 | 0 | 59.7 | 19.9 |
4 | Latavius Murray | 3 | 49 | 221 | 4.5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 56.1 | 18.7 |
5 | Ezekiel Elliott | 3 | 68 | 345 | 5.1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 0 | 53.9 | 18 |
6 | Matt Forte | 4 | 76 | 293 | 3.9 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 1 | 67.1 | 16.8 |
7 | Lamar Miller | 3 | 52 | 266 | 5.1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 1 | 48.8 | 16.3 |
8 | Jonathan Stewart | 3 | 59 | 222 | 3.8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 48.7 | 16.2 |
9 | LeGarrette Blount | 3 | 55 | 220 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 48.7 | 16.2 |
10 | DeMarco Murray | 4 | 81 | 346 | 4.3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 0 | 64 | 16 |
11 | Spencer Ware | 3 | 48 | 227 | 4.7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 114 | 19 | 1 | 46.1 | 15.4 |
12 | LeSean McCoy | 3 | 48 | 236 | 4.9 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | 45.3 | 15.1 |
13 | Jacquizz Rodgers | 2 | 45 | 223 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 30.1 | 15.1 |
14 | Jeremy Hill | 3 | 42 | 282 | 6.7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 42.6 | 14.2 |
15 | Frank Gore | 4 | 67 | 264 | 3.9 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 56.4 | 14.1 |
16 | Theo Riddick | 2 | 25 | 126 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 83 | 9.2 | 1 | 26.9 | 13.5 |
17 | DuJuan Harris | 2 | 21 | 98 | 4.7 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 1 | 25.9 | 13 |
18 | Jordan Howard | 3 | 48 | 209 | 4.4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | 38.4 | 12.8 |
19 | Mark Ingram | 4 | 50 | 276 | 5.5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 2 | 49.8 | 12.5 |
20 | Giovani Bernard | 3 | 43 | 181 | 4.2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 36.7 | 12.2 |
21 | C.J. Anderson | 2 | 26 | 144 | 5.5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 23.8 | 11.9 |
22 | Matt Jones | 2 | 26 | 162 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 | 11.1 | |
23 | LeVeon Bell | 3 | 45 | 166 | 3.7 | 0 | 29 | 22 | 161 | 7.3 | 0 | 32.7 | 10.9 |
24 | Devonta Freeman | 4 | 55 | 210 | 3.8 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 103 | 7.4 | 1 | 43.3 | 10.8 |
25 | Christine Michael | 4 | 49 | 157 | 3.2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | 42.1 | 10.5 |
26 | James White | 3 | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 93 | 7.8 | 3 | 30.7 | 10.2 |
27 | Mike Gillislee | 4 | 31 | 197 | 6.4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 39 | 9.8 |
28 | Rob Kelley | 3 | 30 | 161 | 5.4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28.2 | 9.4 |
29 | Devontae Booker | 4 | 51 | 205 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 0 | 37.4 | 9.4 |
30 | Terrance West | 3 | 46 | 118 | 2.6 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 28 | 9.3 |
Raise your hand if you had Jay Ajayi leading the way in the league's second quarter of the season. His 529 yards rushing in the last four weeks (3 games) is tops in the league. That's 176 rushing yards per game!
Melvin Gordon has been consistently productive all season long and undoubtedly could be the fantasy MVP in the first half of the season. Gordon's 11 touchdowns in his Sophomore year after zero as a rookie is what makes this story all the more compelling. The injury to Danny Woodhead most definitely played a role in Gordon's ascension, but it's hard to ignore that he wouldn't have produced regardless.
David Johnson tops the season-long ranks from a fantasy points per game approach, edging Gordon by nearly a full point per game. Johnson's reign as the best fantasy back should continue this week against San Francisco - the league's worst run defense, by far (173 rushing yards allowed to opposing team running backs per week). Interestingly enough, Johnson is only averaging 3.8 yards per carry in the last four weeks.
Wide receiver
Rank | Player | G | Rsh | Yd | Yd/Rush | TD | Targ | Rec | RecYd | Yd/Rec | TD | FantPt | FantPt/G |
1 | Odell Beckham Jr/td> | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 317 | 18.6 | 4 | 55.7 | 18.6 | |
2 | Mike Evans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 23 | 296 | 12.9 | 4 | 53.6 | 17.9 | |
3 | A.J. Green | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 23 | 378 | 16.4 | 1 | 43.8 | 14.6 | |
4 | Julio Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 27 | 453 | 16.8 | 2 | 57.3 | 14.3 | |
5 | Kenny Britt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 228 | 16.3 | 3 | 40.8 | 13.6 | |
6 | Mike Wallace | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 18 | 341 | 18.9 | 1 | 40.1 | 13.4 | |
7 | Michael Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 344 | 13.2 | 3 | 52.4 | 13.1 | |
8 | Brandin Cooks | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 23 | 341 | 14.8 | 3 | 52.3 | 13.1 |
9 | Golden Tate | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 32 | 379 | 11.8 | 2 | 50.3 | 12.6 |
10 | Jamison Crowder | 3 | 1 | -9 | -9 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 267 | 14.1 | 2 | 37.8 | 12.6 |
11 | Randall Cobb | 3 | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 162 | 8.1 | 3 | 36.3 | 12.1 |
12 | Cole Beasley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 167 | 10.4 | 3 | 34.7 | 11.6 | |
13 | Davante Adams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 31 | 281 | 9.1 | 3 | 46.1 | 11.5 | |
14 | Rishard Matthews | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 208 | 12.2 | 4 | 44.8 | 11.2 | |
15 | Amari Cooper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 32 | 387 | 12.1 | 1 | 44.7 | 11.2 | |
16 | Russell Shepard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 2 | 22.1 | 11.1 | |
17 | J.J. Nelson | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 179 | 13.8 | 2 | 32.6 | 10.9 |
18 | Donte Moncrief | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 2 | 21.5 | 10.8 |
19 | Ty Montgomery | 3 | 19 | 119 | 6.3 | 0 | 28 | 23 | 202 | 8.8 | 0 | 32.1 | 10.7 |
20 | Robert Woods | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 256 | 13.5 | 1 | 32.2 | 10.7 |
21 | Kendall Wright | 4 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 293 | 18.3 | 2 | 42.8 | 10.7 |
22 | Terrelle Pryor | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 22 | 241 | 11 | 3 | 42.5 | 10.6 |
23 | Antonio Brown | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 30 | 18 | 230 | 12.8 | 1 | 30.9 | 10.3 |
24 | Jordy Nelson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 17 | 265 | 15.6 | 2 | 38.5 | 9.6 | |
25 | Dez Bryant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 1 | 19.2 | 9.6 |
The last four weeks show Odell Beckham Jr Mike Evans, A.J. Green, Julio Jones and then Kenny Britt rounding out the Top 5 wide receivers. Britt's three touchdowns put him into this range. Mike Wallace is sixth after a strong last three games. Surprisingly, Wallace is tied for 13th overall this season with the arguably more popular Michael Thomas, who finds himself 7th in the last four weeks.
Another interesting turn of events is the rise of Golden Tate (9th in FP/game over the last four weeks) vs. 104th in weeks 1-4, where many decided to drop him outright. Both Tate and Jamison Crowder have ascended into fantasy relevance over the last four weeks and it doesn't look like it will change anytime soon. Tate has tripled Marvin Jones in receptions 32-10 in that span and is firmly the top receiving threat for the Lions heading into their bye this week. It wasn't long ago that Jones was the #1 fantasy receiver.
Randall Cobb, Cole Beasley and Davante Adams have also come on strong recently, each with three touchdowns over the last four weeks (Adams the only one who played 4 games).
Falling in the ranks lately is Michael Crabtree, 35th in FP/gm after being a Top 10 wide receiver in the first quarter of the season. Crabtree has two strong games and two weak ones in the last four week span with only one touchdown scored. Amari Cooper has been more efficent, catching 78% of targets thrown his way, while Crabtree has a much lower 54% reception percentage. One big game will bump Crabtree right back into the mix, and there's not enough doubt to expect he'll see a drop off in targets. Cooper has done more with his opportunities recently and that's why he's ahead at this time.
Tight End
Rank | Player | G | TD | Targ | Rec | RecYd | Yd/Rec | TD | FantPt | FantPt/G |
1 | Rob Gronkowski | 3 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 364 | 22.8 | 3 | 54.4 | 18.1 |
2 | Jordan Reed | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 99 | 11 | 1 | 15.9 | 15.9 |
3 | Jason Witten | 3 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 192 | 13.7 | 2 | 31.2 | 10.4 |
4 | Jimmy Graham | 4 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 279 | 12.7 | 2 | 39.9 | 10 |
5 | C.J. Fiedorowicz | 3 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 163 | 10.2 | 2 | 28.3 | 9.4 |
6 | Vernon Davis | 3 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 222 | 17.1 | 1 | 28.2 | 9.4 |
7 | Jack Doyle | 4 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 228 | 11.4 | 2 | 34.8 | 8.7 |
8 | Delanie Walker | 4 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 222 | 13.1 | 2 | 34.5 | 8.6 |
9 | Tyler Eifert | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 111 | 11.1 | 1 | 17.1 | 8.6 |
10 | Eric Ebron | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 171 | 12.2 | 0 | 17.1 | 8.6 |
11 | Coby Fleener | 4 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 196 | 13.1 | 1 | 31.8 | 8 |
12 | Lance Kendricks | 3 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 179 | 9.4 | 1 | 23.9 | 8 |
13 | Greg Olsen | 3 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 157 | 13.1 | 1 | 21.7 | 7.2 |
14 | Antonio Gates | 4 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 162 | 10.1 | 2 | 28.2 | 7.1 |
15 | Cameron Brate | 3 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 94 | 8.5 | 2 | 21.4 | 7.1 |
16 | Travis Kelce | 4 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 215 | 12.6 | 1 | 27.5 | 6.9 |
17 | Vance McDonald | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 1 | 19.3 | 6.4 |
18 | Hunter Henry | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 113 | 12.6 | 1 | 17.3 | 5.8 |
19 | Levine Toilolo | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 2 | 22.6 | 5.7 |
20 | Zach Miller | 3 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 164 | 10.9 | 0 | 16.4 | 5.5 |
Rob Gronkowski and Jordan Reed lead the way with Jason Witten a surprising 3rd and Jimmy Graham 4th. Witten's huge Week 9 that saw him collect 8 receptions for 134 yards and a touchdown put him into the Top 3 for fantasy points per game. Reed has only played one game over the last four weeks, but his 9-99-1 performance in Week 8 against Cincinnati is enough to put him among the best tight ends heading into the third quarter of the season.
C.J. Fiedorowicz has at least 7 targets in each of the last four games with two scores in the last three games. Tyler Eifert is down in the ranks in this span, but he only played two games with one being a ramp-up game. His last game, against Washington, Eifert rose to the occasion with 9 receptions for 102 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more positive results from Eifert in the third quarter of the season as he gets acclimated after being out with injuries for most of the year.
After a roaring start to 2016, Greg Olsen has slowed down recently catching only 6 passes in the last two games, but he did score a touchdown. I don't expect that to continue, but I also am a bit leery considering him a Top 3 tight end like he was in the first quarter of the season.
Eric Ebron has come on strong lately and looks to be fully healed from a knee/ankle injury that hampered his availability and production ealrier in the season. Ebron has 7 catches in each of the last two games with 79 and 92 yards respectively. If he can keep up that pace and find the end zone once or twice, he'll creep right into the Top 5 or 6.
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