Week 4 Fantasy Football WR Rankings and Tiers: Zay Flowers WR8, Matthew Golden WR19, MORE

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Zay Flowers is averaging 9.36 yards per route run, more than twice the next-best receiver, and the highest mark over the last 10 years was 2023 Tyreek Hill at 3.85. Kalif Raymond is the PPR WR12 and Matthew Golden already leads the NFL in DPI yards. Ian Hartitz ranks his top 60 wide receivers for Week 4, sorts them into six tiers, and stops after every tier for a bigger question about the position.

TIER 1: THE BIG SEVEN
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ja'Marr Chase, Chris Olave, Amon-Ra St. Brown, CeeDee Lamb, Davante Adams, Drake London.
Key question: what receivers are most overdue for a touchdown? Nine WRs have 20+ targets and zero receiving TDs, led by George Pickens (25), Josh Downs (24), Tetairoa McMillan and Malik Washington (23).

TIER 2: BALLERS, SHOT CALLERS
Zay Flowers, Garrett Wilson, Parker Washington, Christian Watson, Tetairoa McMillan, George Pickens, Tee Higgins, Justin Jefferson, DeVonta Smith.
Key question: who have been the most efficient real-life WRs in the NFL? Zay Flowers at 9.36 yards per route run, then Jaxon Smith-Njigba at 4.35.

TIER 3: YOU SHOULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT STARTING THEM
Josh Downs, Jaylen Waddle, Matthew Golden, Rashee Rice, DJ Moore, Michael Wilson, Malik Nabers, Ladd McConkey, Mike Evans.
Key question: which defenses have been the worst against wide receivers? The Commanders, allowing 7 more PPR points per game to WRs than the next-worst defense.

TIER 4: LIFE IS MOSTLY GOOD
Stefon Diggs, Terry McLaurin, Jameson Williams, Devaughn Vele, Jordan Addison, Deebo Samuel Sr., Luther Burden III, DK Metcalf, Malik Washington, Jakobi Meyers.
Key question: what teams have had the least catchable deep targets? Per Fantasy Points, the Rams, Buccaneers, Packers, Raiders and Titans. The Jets, Bengals, Vikings, Lions and Saints lead the league.

TIER 5: THERE'S AT LEAST ONE PRETTY GLARING RED FLAG
Tre Tucker, Kalif Raymond, Emeka Egbuka, Keenan Allen, Kayshon Boutte, Rome Odunze, Dontayvion Wicks, Rashod Bateman, Khalil Shakir, Denzel Boston, KC Concepcion, Mack Hollins.
Key question: what defenses have played an outlier amount of man coverage? Seven have run man on more than 25% of snaps: the Browns, Bears, Colts, Bengals, Patriots, Broncos and Buccaneers.

TIER 6: DON'T START THEM EVEN IF THERE'S A FIRE
Xavier Worthy, Romeo Doubs, Carnell Tate, Wan'Dale Robinson, Pat Bryant, Courtland Sutton, Michael Pittman, Chris Godwin Jr., Tre' Harris, Quentin Johnston, Keon Coleman, Marvin Harrison Jr., Brian Thomas Jr.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:24 Tier 1: The big seven
5:06 Key question: the WRs most overdue for a TD
6:21 Tier 2: Ballers, shot callers
15:01 Key question: the most efficient real-life WRs
15:51 Tier 3: You should feel good about starting them
26:39 Key question: the worst defenses against WRs
27:32 Tier 4: Life is mostly good
36:07 Key question: the least catchable deep targets
38:31 Fantasy Genius
40:15 Tier 5: At least one pretty glaring red flag
44:16 Key question: the outlier man-coverage defenses
45:59 Tier 6: Don't start them even if there's a fire
50:43 Wrapping up

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