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Week 4 Fantasy Points Allowed Charts and Start Advice

Having trouble figuring out who to start at quarterback this week? How about who to start in your flex spot in your lineup? Yeah? Check out the fantasy points allowed charts before setting your lineups on Sunday.

By Ray Guilfoyle
Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

I know I am not the only fantasy football owner who goes back and forth on who to start as my second running back or who to start in my flex position every Sunday morning. I check out the projections from numberFire. I check the injury reports. I check the over/under totals for the game. Anything to give me an edge.

You can check all of those sources, but one thing fantasy owners want to know is: which defenses give up the most FANTASY points (FPA) to quarterbacks or running backs. Well, the folks over at FFToday provide these exact stats. Maybe you already check them out, but I am start ing a new series here that gives you some of the FPA stats they provide on a weekly basis, along with some recommendations to start or sit a player.

I will take a look at just the top three skill positions every week: quarterback, running back and wide receiver, providing you the 12 defenses that allow the most FANTASY points to QBs, RBs and WRs during the NFL season.

Below you will see the 12 worst defenses in FPA for QBs, RBs and WRs through the first three weeks of the season:

Quarterbacks

FF Today's default scoring for their fantasy points allowed stats:

Quarterback Position

PaYd:

1.00 point for every 20.00

PaTD:

4.00 points each

RuYd:

1.00 point for every 10.00

RuTD:

6.00 points each


Week 4 QB Selections

Passing

Fantasy

Team

G

Cmp

Att

Yard

TD

Fpts

Fpts/G

Opponent

Start/Sit

1. Kansas City Chiefs vs. QB

3

76

127

923

10

88.4

29.5

Bengals

Start Andy Dalton

2. New Orleans Saints vs. QB

3

53

84

829

6

84.5

28.2

Cowboys

Start Brandon Weeden

3. Buffalo Bills vs. QB

3

90

157

1,006

7

79.8

26.6

Giants

Start Eli Manning

4. Baltimore Ravens vs. QB

3

74

118

909

6

78.7

26.2

Steelers

Sit Michael Vick

5. New England Patriots vs. QB

3

66

101

835

6

76.8

25.6

Bye

6. Houston Texans vs. QB

3

57

106

699

6

74.1

24.7

Buccaneers

Start Jameis Winston

7. Oakland Raiders vs. QB

3

85

128

994

6

74

24.7

Bears

Sit Jake McCown

8. Detroit Lions vs. QB

3

80

102

881

5

71.9

24

Seahawks

Start Russell Wilson

9. New York Giants vs. QB

3

96

140

1,035

5

71.6

23.9

Bills

Start Tyrod Taylor

10. Pittsburgh Steelers vs. QB

3

77

106

820

6

71.2

23.7

Ravens

Start Joe Flacco

11. Jacksonville Jaguars vs. QB

3

81

117

892

5

70

23.3

Colts

Start Andrew Luck DUH

12. Chicago Bears vs. QB

3

55

77

609

8

68.6

22.9

Raiders

Start Derek Carr


Running Backs

FF Today's default scoring for their fantasy points allowed stats:

Running Back Position

RuYd:

1.00 point for every 10.00

RuTD:

6.00 points each

ReYd:

1.00 point for every 10.00

ReTD:

6.00 points each


Week 4 RB Selections

Rushing

Fantasy

Team

G

Att

Yards

TD

Fpts

Fpts/G

Opponent

Start/Sit

1. Atlanta Falcons vs. RB

3

58

264

6

100.1

33.4

Texans

Start Arian Foster (if healthy)

2. San Diego Chargers vs. RB

3

74

387

4

82.6

27.5

Browns

Start Isaiah Crowell

3. Cleveland Browns vs. RB

3

89

464

3

79.1

26.4

Chargers

Start Melvin Gordon

4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. RB

3

97

419

4

78.3

26.1

Panthers

Start Jonathan Stewart

5. San Francisco 49ers vs. RB

3

68

284

5

71.2

23.7

Packers

Start Eddie Lacy

6. St. Louis Rams vs. RB

3

81

339

3

68.2

22.7

Cardinals

Start Chris Johnson

7. Jacksonville Jaguars vs. RB

3

61

212

4

65.9

22

Colts

Start Frank Gore

8. New York Giants vs. RB

3

63

226

2

65.6

21.9

Bills

Start Karlos Williams

9. Detroit Lions vs. RB

3

81

288

4

65.1

21.7

Seahawks

Start Marshawn Lynch/Thomas Rawls

10. Indianapolis Colts vs. RB

3

78

267

4

65

21.7

Jaguars

Sit T.J. Weldon

11. Green Bay Packers vs. RB

3

56

241

4

64.8

21.6

49ers

Start Carlos Hyde

12. Dallas Cowboys vs. RB

3

67

219

4

63.7

21.2

Saints

Start C.J. Spiller


Wide Receivers

FF Today's default scoring for their fantasy points allowed stats:

Wide Receiver Position

RuYd:

1.00 point for every 10.00

RuTD:

6.00 points each

ReYd:

1.00 point for every 10.00

ReTD:

6.00 points each


Week 4 WR Selections

Team

G

Rec

Yards

TD

Fpts

Fpts/G

Opponent

Start/Sit

1. Kansas City Chiefs vs. WR

3

57

750

9

130.2

43.4

Benglas

Start Marvin Jones

2. Baltimore Ravens vs. WR

3

55

782

6

114.8

38.3

Steelers

Start Markus Wheaton

3. Buffalo Bills vs. WR

3

56

652

5

96.6

32.2

Giants

Start Rueben Randle

4. San Francisco 49ers vs. WR

3

38

665

4

90.5

30.2

Packers

Start James Jones

5. Philadelphia Eagles vs. WR

3

49

593

5

89.3

29.8

Redskins

Start Pierre Garcon

6. Chicago Bears vs. WR

3

38

459

7

87.9

29.3

Raiders

Start Amari Cooper

7. New England Patriots vs. WR

3

40

619

4

86.6

28.9

Bye

8. Indianapolis Colts vs. WR

3

36

497

5

81.9

27.3

Jaguars

Start Allen Robinson/Allen Hurns

9. Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. WR

3

42

544

4

78

26

Texans

Start DeAndre Hopkins/ Cecil Shorts

10. Miami Dolphins vs. WR

3

40

567

3

77.7

25.9

Jets

Start Brandon Marshall

11. Cleveland Browns vs. WR

3

34

456

5

75

25

Chiefs

Start Jeremy Maclin

12. Detroit Lions vs. WR

3

52

600

2

74.9

25

Seahawks

Start Doug Baldwin


Fantasy Rundown

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