Updated 9/26 at 6:25 ET. Ticked Arian Foster down ahead of likely removal. If/when Foster is ruled out, Alfred Blue unlikely to be moved much. Moved Eric Decker and Ladarius Green down. Made various minor changes at receiver/tight end.  When Ahmad Bradshaw underwent neck surgery last October, there was a chance he was never coming back. Neck operations and running backs don’t mix. Just ask Bradshaw’s former teammate David Wilson. But Bradshaw isn’t just back, he’s thriving. Through three games, he’s turned 37 touches into a whopping 264 yards and three touchdowns. Bradshaw is a modest 17th in running back snaps, but only nine runners have more yards from scrimmage. Averaging a cool six yards per carry, Bradshaw is sixth in running back fantasy points. All this is despite splitting Indy’s backfield with Trent Richardson, a back Bradshaw is predictably running circles around. Although T-Rich is improved on his nightmarish 2013, he’s turned in 38 fewer yards (226) than Bradshaw on four more touches (41). Richardson, who has already fumbled twice, comes off the field for Bradshaw in the red zone. He has zero touchdowns. Now 28, Bradshaw doesn’t just look good in comparison to Richardson. He’s amazingly agile for a back who’s racked up 1,138 career touches and undergone five foot operations. He’s the anti-Richardson as a runner, using quick feet and excellent vision to hit the hole before it collapses. Bradshaw is decisive, and always moving forward. When he gets in space, he knows what to do with it. There is no dancing. When Bradshaw is moving with the ball in his hands, he almost resembles Darren Sproles. That is not to suggest Bradshaw moves with anywhere near the same speed as Sproles, but instead the same urgency and cleverness. Now Bradshaw gets the Titans, a team fresh off getting humiliated by the Bengals, and allowing the 12th most fantasy points to opposing running backs. As long as Richardson is healthy, Bradshaw isn’t going to be a 20-touch per game player. Coach Chuck Pagano . But Bradshaw has proven he only needs 10-15 touches to make a major fantasy impact, especially since so much of his work comes in the red zone. Bradshaw is best utilized as an RB2/FLEX, but there will be weeks — say when he has a plus matchup and six teams are on bye — when he’s a legitimate RB1. Week 4 is one of those weeks. Fire Bradshaw up against the Titans, and never look back. Week 4 QuarterbacksRank Player Name Opponent Notes 1 Drew Brees at DAL 2 Aaron Rodgers at CHI 3 Andrew Luck vs. TEN 4 Matthew Stafford at NYJ 5 Nick Foles at SF 6 Jay Cutler vs. GB 7 Matt Ryan at MIN 8 Philip Rivers vs. JAC 9 Colin Kaepernick vs. PHI Probable (back) 10 Ben Roethlisberger vs. TB 11 Kirk Cousins vs. NYG 12 Tony Romo vs. NO Probable (back) 13 Cam Newton at BAL 14 Tom Brady at KC 15 Eli Manning at WAS 16 Joe Flacco vs. CAR Probable (illness) 17 Alex Smith vs. NE 18 Geno Smith vs. DET 19 Ryan Tannehill at OAK 20 Blake Bortles at SD 21 Teddy

• published: 27 Sep 2014
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