Fantasy Football Week 4 RB Rankings: Rex Burkhead Shines

Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings Week 4

Getty Rex Burkhead #34 of the New England Patriots.

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings for Week 4 of the 2020 NFL regular season. In this week’s column, we discuss the potential loss of Chris Carson from lineups, as well as how to handle Rex Burkhead amid his breakout performance.

* If you’re looking for more information on how to best set your lineup this coming week check out our Week 4 RB Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em.

Reminder: These rankings are based on full-PPR scoring formats.

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Running Back Outlook Week 4

In typical Rex Burkhead (RB30) fashion, the New England Patriots running back exploded out of the blue to finish Week 3 as RB2 thanks to three total touchdowns and 34.80 fantasy points. Rostered in just 11% of Yahoo leagues, Burkhead will be a hot add this week. With that said, we have to remember what type of player and offense we are dealing with here. Despite his stellar performance, Burkhead has still not carried the football more than seven times in a single game this season and had scored no more than 8.90 fantasy points prior to this past Sunday.

The positives; he’s totaled 16 targets in the passing game over the past two weeks. However, that’s expected to change once James White returns, which could be as early as this week. The last time both running backs were active, Burkhead didn’t see a single pass come his way. Speaking of returning to the lineup, the much-hyped Damien Harris is eligible to come off of IR this week adding yet another back set to eat into Burkhead’s touches, along with Sony Michel who is fresh off his first 100-yard performance since the 2018 playoffs.

NFL Network’s Ian Rappoport has reported that despite Chris Carson‘s (RB10) knee sprain, the Seahawks should “have him back on the field shortly.” If Carson’s good to go he’s automatically an RB1 across all formats. This year’s RB9 in fantasy faces off with a Miami defense that allowed 30.90 points to UDFA James Robinson last Thursday. If for whatever reason Carson can’t go, expect a split between Carlos Hyde (RB36) and Travis Homer (RB52), slightly favoring the former. Rookie DeeJay Dallas (RB67) should also see some run.

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Week 4 Fantasy Rankings: Running Back

  1. [QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DEF | Ks]
    • Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough
  1. # Running Backs TEAM Opp.

    1

    Alvin Kamara NO

    @ DET

    2

    Dalvin Cook MIN

    @ HOU

    3

    Ezekiel Elliott DAL

    vs. CLE

    4

    Austin Ekeler LAC

    @ TB

    5

    Aaron Jones GB

    vs. ATL

    6

    Josh Jacobs LV

    vs. BUF

    7

    Derrick Henry TEN

    BYE*

    8

    Jonathan Taylor IND

    @ CHI

    9

    James Conner PIT

    BYE*

    10

    Chris Carson SEA INJ

    @ MIA

    11

    James Robinson JAC

    @ CIN

    12

    Nick Chubb CLE

    @ DAL

    13

    Devin Singletary BUF

    @ LV

    14

    C, Edwards-Helaire KC

    vs. NE

    15

    Miles Sanders PHI

    @ SF

    16

    Kenyan Drake ARI

    @ CAR

    17

    Darrell Henderson LAR

    vs. NYG

    18

    Mike Davis CAR

    vs. ARI

    19

    Melvin Gordon DEN

    @ NYJ

    20

    Myles Gaskin MIA

    vs. SEA

    21

    David Johnson HOU

    vs. MIN

    22

    Joe Mixon CIN

    vs. JAC

    23

    Todd Gurley ATL

    @ GB

    24

    Raheem Mostert SF INJ

    vs. PHI

    25

    Mark Ingram II BAL

    @ WAS

    26

    Jerick McKinnon SF

    vs. PHI

    27

    Kareem Hunt CLE

    @ DAL

    28

    David Montgomery CHI

    vs. IND

    29

    Antonio Gibson WAS

    vs. BAL

    30

    Rex Burkhead NE

    @ KC

    31

    Nyheim Hines IND

    @ CHI

    32

    J.K. Dobbins BAL

    @ WAS

    33

    Joshua Kelley LAC

    @ TB

    34

    James White NE pers.

    @ KC

    35

    Adrian Peterson DET

    vs. NO

    36

    Carlos Hyde SEA

    @ MIA

    37

    Ronald Jones II TB

    vs. LAC

    38

    Frank Gore NYJ

    vs. DEN

    39

    Leonard Fournette TB INJ

    vs. LAC

    40

    Malcolm Brown LAR

    vs. NYG

    41

    Sony Michel NE

    @ KC

    42

    Devonta Freeman NYG

    @ LAR

    43

    Phillip Lindsay DEN INJ

    @ NYJ

    44

    Latavius Murray NO

    @ DET

    45

    D’Andre Swift DET

    vs. NO

    46

    Chase Edmonds ARI

    @ CAR

    47

    Cam Akers LAR INJ

    vs. NYG

    48

    Jeff Wilson Jr. SF

    vs. PHI

    49

    Zack Moss BUF INJ

    @ LAR

    50

    Benny Snell Jr. PIT

    BYE*

    51

    Duke Johnson HOU INJ

    vs. MIN

    52

    Travis Homer SEA

    @ MIA

    53

    Dion Lewis NYG

    @ LAR

    54

    Damien Harris NE INJ

    @ KC

    55

    Wayne Gallman NYG

    @ LAR

    56

    Jordan Howard MIA

    vs. SEA

    57

    Kerryon Johnson DET

    vs. NO

    58

    Jamaal Williams GB

    vs. ATL

    59

    Alexander Mattison MIN

    @ HOU

    60

    Chris Thompson JAC

    @ CIN

    61

    Anthony McFarland PIT

    BYE*

    62

    Brian Hill ATL

    @ GB

    63

    Kalen Ballage NYJ

    vs. DEN

    64

    Giovani Bernard CIN

    vs. JAC

    65

    Royce Freeman DEN

    @ NYJ

    66

    La’Mical Perine NYJ

    vs. DEN

    67

    DeeJay Dallas SEA

    @ MIA

    68

    Boston Scott PHI

    @ SF

    69

    Tyler Ervin GB

    vs. ATL

    70

    JD McKissic WAS

    vs. BAL

    71

    Jordan Wilkins IND

    @ CHI

    72

    LeSean McCoy TB

    vs. LAC

    73

    Devontae Booker LV

    vs. BUF

    74

    Peyton Barber WAS

    vs. BAL

    75

    Tony Pollard DAL

    vs. CLE

    76

    Jalen Richard LV

    vs. BUF

    77

    Gus Edwards BAL

    @ WAS

    78

    J.J. Taylor NE

    @ KC

    79

    Matt Breida MIA

    vs. SEA

    80

    A.J. Dillon GB

    vs. ATL

    81

    Patrick Laird MIA

    vs. SEA

    82

    Corey Clement PHI

    @ SF

    83

    Kyle Juszczyk SF

    vs. PHI

    84

    Darrynton Evans TEN

    BYE*

    85

    Justin Jackson LAC

    @ TB

    86

    Ito Smith ATL

    @ GB

  1. *Check out our Week 4 Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Ems to further optimize your lineups
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