Week 4 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings: Chase Brown Falls Out Of Top 15

Bengals RB Chase Brown is coming off one of his worst fantasy stat lines since the middle of last season.
Bengals RB Chase Brown is coming off one of his worst fantasy stat lines since the middle of last season. / Brad Rempel-Imagn Images

The running back rankings continue to look mostly chalk at the top, but several players have moved up this week and a few have moved down.

Kenenth Walker III is among the low RB1s, and Jordan Mason is now a near must-start runner. Omarion Hampton also moved up with a good performance and the loss of Najee Harris in Los Angeles.

I also have Cam Skattebo in the RB2 range with Tyrone Tracy Jr. out of action for several weeks, and Trey Benson is now an RB2/flex with James Conner (foot) out for the rest of the season.  

On the flip side, Chase Brown has moved down into the lower RB2 range in what is now a questionable Bengals offense.  Rhamondre Stevenson has also fallen after his two lost fumbles last week. Jacory Croskey-Merritt is a risky flex in a Washington committee.

With that said, here are my fantasy running back rankings for Week 4.

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Week 4 Fantasy Running Back Rankings

RK

Player

TM

Opponent

1

Bijan Robinson

ATL

vs. WAS

2

Christian McCaffrey

SF

vs. JAC

3

Jahmyr Gibbs

DET

vs. CLE

4

Jonathan Taylor

IND

at LAR

5

James Cook

BUF

vs. NO

6

Saquon Barkley

PHI

at TB

7

De'Von Achane

MIA

vs. NYJ

8

Bucky Irving

TB

vs. PHI

9

Josh Jacobs

GB

at DAL

10

Jordan Mason

MIN

at PIT

11

Derrick Henry

BAL

at KC

12

Kyren Williams

LAR

vs. IND

13

Omarion Hampton

LAC

at NYG

14

Ashton Jeanty

LV

vs. CHI

15

J.K. Dobbins

DEN

vs. CIN

16

Cam Skattebo

NYG

vs. LAC

17

Kenneth Walker III

SEA

at ARI

18

Trey Benson

ARI

vs. SEA

19

Alvin Kamara

NO

at BUF

20

Chase Brown

CIN

at DEN

21

Breece Hall

NYJ

at MIA

22

Javonte Williams

DAL

vs. GB

23

Chuba Hubbard

CAR

at NE

24

Travis Etienne Jr.

JAC

at SF

25

Tony Pollard

TEN

at HOU

26

Quinshon Judkins

CLE

at DET

27

David Montgomery

DET

vs. CLE

28

D'Andre Swift

CHI

at LV

29

TreVeyon Henderson

NE

vs. CAR

30

Kenneth Gainwell

PIT

vs. MIN

31

Nick Chubb

HOU

vs. TEN

32

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

WAS

at ATL

33

Zach Charbonnet

SEA

at ARI

34

Isiah Pacheco

KC

vs. BAL

35

Rhamondre Stevenson

NE

vs. CAR

36

Kareem Hunt

KC

vs. BAL

37

Woody Marks

HOU

vs. TEN

38

Tyler Allgeier

ATL

vs. WAS

39

Justice Hill

BAL

at KC

40

Bhayshul Tuten

JAC

at SF

41

RJ Harvey

DEN

vs. CIN

42

Chris Rodriguez

WAS

at ATL

43

Braelon Allen

NYJ

at MIA

44

Miles Sanders

DAL

vs. GB

45

Ollie Gordon II

MIA

vs. NYJ

46

Rico Dowdle

CAR

at NE

47

Rachaad White

TB

vs. PHI

48

Blake Corum

LAR

vs. IND

49

Kyle Monangai

CHI

at LV

50

Kaleb Johnson

PIT

vs. MIN

51

Ty Johnson

BUF

vs. NO

52

Devin Singletary

NYG

vs. LAC

53

Jeremy McNichols

WAS

at ATL

54

Ray Davis

BUF

vs. NO

55

Brian Robinson Jr.

SF

vs. JAC

56

Jerome Ford

CLE

at DET

57

Emari Demarcado

ARI

vs. SEA

58

Zamir White

LV

vs. CHI

59

Antonio Gibson

NE

vs. CAR

60

Zavier Scott

MIN

at PIT


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MICHAEL FABIANO

Michael Fabiano is a fantasy football analyst for Sports Illustrated. His weekly rankings and Start 'Em, Sit 'Em articles are must-reads for fantasy players. He is also the co-host of the Fantasy Dirt Podcast on SI. Before joining SI in August 2020, he worked for CBS Sports, NFL Network and SiriusXM. He also contributes to Westwood One Radio. Fabiano was the first fantasy analyst to appear on one of the four major TV networks and is a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame.