We talked about it in this space last week, but it's worth doing again: More and more top running backs are catching pa ses at the expense of cla sic PPR backs. When making the Week 4 PPR RBrankings, it wasn't as easy to just slide Derrick Henry and Leonard Fournette down the list. Henry's being involved in the Tenne see screen game, while Jacksonville is simply leaving Fournette in on pa sing downs. Players like Josh Jacobs and Nick Chubb would also have been cla sic off-the-field-in- Ian Kinsler Jersey pa sing-down-situation guys, but this year, Oakland and Cleveland have shown no problem throwing to them.

That seemingly league-wide development makes it tougher to find PPR sleepers. Most of the names who figure into the weekly rankings are the same ones you'd find in standard-league ranks. At least James White is the player we've known and loved (or hated -- it's the Patriots), and he should be back this week after mi sing Week 3 due to the birth of his child.

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Guys like Tarik Cohen, Dion Lewis and Nyheim Hines still receive small rankings bumps, astheir respective teams have them on the field frequently enough that their PPR value is better than standard. It's just not by as much as it used to be. Even someone like Royce Freeman can baffle us. He's a big and strong runner to the point that Denver handed Carlos Asuaje Jersey off to him as a fullback multiple times in Week 3,yet it also has lined Freeman up as the boundary wide receiver in all of their games this season -- and it hasn't been as a decoy, as they've thrown him screens and curl pa ses. Meanwhile, Phillip Lindsay is getting carries inside the one-yard line in addition to also being used as a receiver.

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So, what are you, the fantasy owner in a PPR league, to do about this trend? Step one is coming to our PPR rankings, so good work there. Beyond that, your best bet for deciphering PPR value in a given week is to predict game flow. If a team projects to be trailing, that could be good for any of their RBs to catch pa ses. Also, if you can spot anything in the underlying stats, like Atlanta's propensity to funnel targets to backs, then that Christian Villanueva Jersey can help, too.

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Overall, PPR fantasy strategy hasn't changed that much with lead backs getting more catches in unexpected places. You just might have to wash your brain of the cla sic names to buy or avoid in PPR.

One final note: Week 4 features byes for Le'Veon Bell, Matt Breida, Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson, Jr. At least the first three all have PPR value in most weeks, so be sure to check out our rankings below to find the players to replace them for this week.

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Week 4Fantasy PPR Rankings: RBs

These rankings are for full-point PPR leagues.

1Christian McCaffrey, CAR @ HOU.2Austin Ekeler, LAC @ MIA.3Alvin Kamara, NO vs. DAL.4Ezekiel Elliott, DAL @ NO.5Mark Ingram, BAL vs. CLE.6James Conner, PIT vs. CIN.7Marlon Mack, IND vs. OAK.8Josh Jacobs, OAK @ IND.9Nick Chubb, CLE @ BAL.10David Johnson, ARZ vs. SEA.11Kerryon Johnson, DET vs. KC.12Joe Mixon, CIN @ PIT.13Phillip Lindsay, DEN vs. JAX.14Dalvin Cook, MIN @ CHI.15Leonard Fournette, JAX @ DEN.16Derrick Henry, TEN @ ATL.17Todd Gurley, LAR vs. TB.18Aaron Jones, GB vs. PHI.19David Montgomery, CHI vs. MIN.20Devonta Freeman, ATL vs. TEN.21James White, NE @ BUF22LeSean McCoy, KC @ DET23Sony Michel, NE @ BUF.24Chris Carson, SEA @ ARZ.25Royce Freeman, DEN vs. JAX26Miles Sanders, PHI @ Kirby Yates Jersey GB27Wayne Gallman, NYG vs. WAS.28Darrel Williams, KC @ DET.29Rashaad Penny, SEA @ ARZ30Tarik Cohen, CHI vs. MIN31Devin Singletary, BUF vs. NE.32Adrian Peterson,WAS @ NYG33Carlos Hyde, HOU vs. CAR34Kenyan Drake, MIA vs. LAC35Peyton Barber, TB @ LAR36Chris Thompson, WAS @ Giants.37Duke Johnson Jr., HOU vs. CAR38Nyheim Hines, IND vs. OAK39Dion Lewis, TEN @ ATL40Jamaal Williams, GB vs. PHI.41Ronald Jones, TB @ LAR42Jordan Howard, PHI @ GB43Dare Ogunbowale, TB @ LAR44Darrel Williams, KC @ DET45Frank Gore, BUF vs. NE46Rex Burkhead, NE @ BUF.47C.J. Prosise, SEA @ ARZ.48Latavius Murray, NO vs. DAL49Ito Smith, ATL vs. TEN50Giovani Bernard, CIN @ PIT51Melvin Gordon, LAC @ MIA52DeAndre Washington, OAK @ IND.53Gus Edwards, BAL vs. CLE54Malcolm Brown, LAR vs. TB.55Alexander Mattison, MIN @ CHI56Kalen Ballage, MIA vs. LAC57Tony Yu Darvish Jersey Pollard, DAL @ NO.58Jalen Richard, OAK @ IND59T.J. Yeldon, BUF vs. NE