{"id":247720,"date":"2025-09-23T10:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=247720"},"modified":"2025-09-23T10:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:21:17","slug":"week-4-quarterback-rankings-fantasy-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/09\/23\/week-4-quarterback-rankings-fantasy-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 4 Quarterback Rankings Fantasy Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 3 of the NFL Season is in the books. It is time to look ahead to Week 4. Here are the Week 4 quarterback rankings for fantasy football. There are a lot of injuries to monitor: Jayden Daniels, Justin Fields, and Brock Purdy are all questionable, while J.J. McCarthy and Joe Burrow are out.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Quarterback Rankings Week 4 Fantasy Football<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Tier 1: The Big 4<\/b><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rank<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Player<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Josh Allen<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Orleans Saints<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Lamar Jackson<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Jayden Daniels*<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atlanta Falcons<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Jalen Hurts<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Big 4 quarterbacks are the best of the best in fantasy football:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniels missed the Week 3 game with a knee injury and will <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/inews.zoombangla.com\/jayden-daniels-injury-update-is-the-commanders-qb-playing-in-week-4-vs-falcons\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">be questionable in Week 4<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/falcons\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Falcons<\/a>. Backup quarterback Marcus Mariota was fantastic, scoring over 20 fantasy points in Daniels\u2019 absence. If Mariota plays again in Week 4, he will be a viable option in fantasy lineups.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurts had three passing touchdowns for the first time since Week 17 of 2023. Yes, that is 2023, not 2024. It has been over a year since he had three passing touchdowns. He added a rushing touchdown as well and finished as the number two quarterback on the week.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Tier 2: Low-End QB1s<\/b><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rank<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Player<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Patrick Mahomes<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baltimore Ravens<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Justin Herbert<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Giants<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Jordan Love<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dallas Cowboys<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Baker Mayfield<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Bo Nix<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Justin Fields*<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dolphins<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These guys are low-end QB1s, and I feel comfortable starting any of them as my QB1 this week:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahomes was great on the ground in the first two weeks, leading to two straight QB6 finishes to begin the year. He only had two rushing yards in Week 3 and finished with just 13 fantasy points. His fantasy success is tied to his rushing ability, with how much the offense is struggling.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love gets a great matchup against a struggling <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Cowboys<\/a> defense. Caleb Williams was just the overall QB1 in Week 3 against them. Fire Love up as a must-start in Week 4.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nix and Fields (if he plays) both have great matchups as well and are in the top ten of the quarterback rankings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Tier 3: High-End QB2s<\/b><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rank<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Player<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Daniel Jones<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles Rams<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Kyler Murray<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle Seahawks<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Caleb Williams<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Drake Maye<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carolina Panthers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Geno Smith<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arizona Cardinals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This tier consists of the high-end QB2:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both Jones and Williams are top-four fantasy football quarterbacks on the season through three weeks. Not many people expected that. These two should be in all fantasy lineups.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith had his best day of the season, throwing for 289 yards and three passing touchdowns. He gets another good matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bears\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Bears<\/a> in Week 4.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Early Season Rookie Reactions - Dynasty and Redraft Impacts\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qph6n1ZooEM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Tier 4: Superflex Options Only<\/b><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rank<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Player<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Carson Wentz<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Brock Purdy*<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Dak Prescott<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green Bay Packers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Jared Goff<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleveland Browns<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Sam Darnold<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arizona Cardinals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Matthew Stafford<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indianapolis Colts<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Aaron Rodgers<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota Vikings<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Michael Penix Jr<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Commanders<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24<\/span><\/td>\n<td><b>Bryce Young<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New England Patriots<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These players are options only in very deep leagues or SuperFlex leagues:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wentz did a great job filling in for J.J. McCarthy and made the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/vikings\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Vikings&#8217;<\/a> offense look good, although it was against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bengals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Bengals<\/a>. He is a streaming option against a struggling <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/steelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Steelers<\/a> defense in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/international\/games\/dublin\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dublin, Ireland game<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Purdy is expected to return from injury for the Week 4 game and has a great matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Jaguars<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prescott and Goff receive significant downgrades this week, as they face the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/packers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Packers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/browns\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Browns<\/a>, respectively.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Amanda Perobelli\/Reuters via Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 3 of the NFL Season is in the books. 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