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October 01, 2019

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Brian Van Dorn's Week 4 lineup didn't have any players wearing Antonio Brown's favorite helmet. But it had maximum-points players Jared Goff, Davante Adams, Will Lutz and the Giants defense. Click through to see his roster -- plus the perfect entry, the season-long rankings, and the percentage of use for Week 4.

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Week 4 winning score
Brian Van Dorn - Schutt Air Advantage Plays
Pos	Name	Team	Score
QB	Lamar Jackson	BAL	30.95
QB	Jared Goff	LAR	33.85
RB	Devonta Freeman	ATL	18.00
RB	James Conner	PIT	26.50
WR	Davante Adams	GB	28.00
WR	Cooper Kupp	LAR	26.90
WR	Kenny Golladay	DET	23.70
TE	Evan Engram	NYG	9.40
TE	Eric Ebron	IND	11.80
PK	Wil Lutz	NO	12.00
PK	Matt Bryant	ATL	4.00
ST	NY Giants	NYG	17.00
ST	Indianapolis	IND	3.00
	Total		245.10

Week 4 perfect score
Pos	Player	Team	Score
QB	Jameis Winston	TB	35.15
QB	Jared Goff	LAR	33.85
RB	Nick Chubb	CLE	39.30
RB	~~Christian McCaffrey~~	~~CAR~~	~~33.90~~
RB	Jordan Howard	PHI	32.50
WR	Chris Godwin	TB	41.20
WR	Robert Woods	LAR	29.40
WR	Davante Adams	GB	28.00
TE	~~Austin Hooper~~	~~ATL~~	~~22.00~~
TE	Will Dissly	SEA	18.70
TE	Jimmy Graham	GB	18.10
PK	Josh Lambo	JAC	14.00
PK	Ty Long	LAC	12.00
PK	Matt Prater	DET	12.00
PK	Wil Lutz	NO	12.00
PK	Matt Gay	TB	12.00
ST	New England	NE	19.00
ST	NY Giants	NYG	17.00
	Total		338.20

We had a huge shakeup in the overall standings this week -- except for Chad Henslee, who stayed in first place overall. Check the second place team, which jumped from 46th last week. And the fourth place team wasn't in last week's top 50.

Top 25 after Week 4 games
Rk	Last	Pts	Team	Owner	Hometown
1.	1.	950.5	Headbangers	Chad Henslee	Nederland, Texas
2.	46.	912.8	Super Bowl Cowboys	Jeff Roberts	Powell, Ohio
3.	21.	911.9	put him in the bathroom	Ed Borcky	Wallingford, Pa.
4.	-	909.1	Jason S.	Jason Schuetz	Ft. Collins, Colo.
5.	32.	907.0	Brian B.	Brian Baker	Sparta, Mich.
6.	34.	904.6	JR'S RAMMERS	John Ruppe	Fort Myers, Fla.
7.	29.	901.4	Joe Mic's Picks	Joseph Michelangelo	Oceanside, N.Y.
8.	18.	901.3	VooDoo	Jacques Smith	Chevy Chase, Md.
9.	5.	901.2	Ralph C.	Ralph Cunningham	Owasso, Okla.
10.	-	898.4	OU Hoop	Tim Hooper	Flower Mound, Texas
11.	-	897.7	Baitfish	Phil Scarcella	Palm Coast, Fla.
12.	45.	896.9	DaddyoMaui	Christopher Kepler	Makawao, Hawaii
13.	6.	895.8	Frank S.	Frank Sui	New York, N.Y.
14.	3.	892.1	Comet’s Crushers	Joel Van Diggelen	Vernon Hills, Ill.
15.	23.	891.8	zten	Julius Habjanetz	Pittsburgh, Pa.
16.	31.	888.8	VK	Victor Kitzes	Maple Valley, Wash.
17.	40.	888.4	Crushers	James Zabloudil	Romeoville, Ill.
18.	-	888.2	Demolition Men	Susan Mason	Huntersville, N.C.
19.	17.	887.9	Mile High Hoosier	Kevin Johnson	Rio Rancho, N.M.
20.	-	887.6	SlappyWhite	Steve Lantvit	Lisle, Ill.
21.	4.	886.8	Johnathan H.	Johnathan Hicks	Pasco, Wash.
22.	42.	886.2	Dam Guy	Dave Garner	Mossyrock, Wash.
23.	14.	886.0	Chubbs Peterson	Ed Weiss	Parsippany, N.J.
24.	22.	885.8	Travis P.	Travis Perry	Coeburn, Va.
25.	2.	885.7	Scott S.	Scott Simpson	Burlington, N.J.

Weekly scoring leaders, 2019 season
Week	Name	Hometown	Team	Points	Perfect score	Pct Perfect
4	Brian Van Dorn	Minneapolis	Schutt Air Advantage Plays	245.10	382.20	64.1%
3	Johnathan Hicks	Pasco, Wash.	Johnathan H.	282.95	394.00	71.8%
2	James Zabloudil	Romeoville, Ill.	Crushers	257.35	312.85	82.3%
1	Jeff Turner	Villa Rica, Ga.	Jeff T.	275.00	396.55	69.3%

Percentage of Week 4 lineups that included the player
Pct	Score	Name	Pos	Team
65.1%	5.00	Justin Tucker	PK	BAL
64.1%	9.40	Evan Engram	TE	NYG
47.1%	3.90	Marlon Mack	RB	IND
46.6%	26.90	Cooper Kupp	WR	LAR
46.6%	19.00	New England	ST	NE
45.8%	9.10	Tyler Lockett	WR	SEA
40.4%	26.50	James Conner	RB	PIT
36.7%	3.00	Baltimore	ST	BAL
36.2%	16.70	Russell Wilson	QB	SEA
35.7%	12.30	Darren Waller	TE	OAK
34.6%	28.00	Davante Adams	WR	GB
33.3%	15.20	Deshaun Watson	QB	HOU
32.3%	30.95	Lamar Jackson	QB	BAL
30.2%	18.70	Will Dissly	TE	SEA
28.4%	9.80	Amari Cooper	WR	DAL
22.7%	10.10	Mark Ingram	RB	BAL
21.6%	4.00	Brett Maher	PK	DAL
20.8%	23.50	Philip Rivers	QB	LAC
20.6%	8.40	Sammy Watkins	WR	KC
17.5%	12.00	Wil Lutz	PK	NO
17.2%	4.00	Ka'imi Fairbairn	PK	HOU
16.9%	13.50	Zach Ertz	TE	PHI
16.4%	33.85	Jared Goff	QB	LAR
15.6%	2.00	Jacksonville	ST	JAC
14.1%	13.10	Mark Andrews	TE	BAL
14.1%	1.00	Minnesota	ST	MIN
13.8%	12.00	Pittsburgh	ST	PIT
13.5%	11.85	Dak Prescott	QB	DAL
13.0%	11.80	Derrick Henry	RB	TEN
12.8%	18.50	Michael Thomas	WR	NO
12.5%	4.50	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	PIT
12.0%	12.00	Seattle	ST	SEA
11.5%	10.00	Joey Slye	PK	CAR
10.9%	0.00	Green Bay	ST	GB
10.4%	18.50	Chris Carson	RB	SEA
9.6%	2.50	Greg Olsen	TE	CAR
9.6%	26.00	Todd Gurley	RB	LAR
9.4%	21.90	David Johnson	RB	ARI
8.9%	3.00	Indianapolis	ST	IND
8.6%	23.70	Kenny Golladay	WR	DET
8.3%	9.00	Houston	ST	HOU
8.3%	5.00	Denver	ST	DEN
8.1%	4.00	Zane Gonzalez	PK	ARI
7.8%	18.55	Daniel Jones	QB	NYG
7.6%	18.90	Mike Evans	WR	TB
6.8%	4.00	Matt Bryant	PK	ATL
6.8%	9.00	Jason Myers	PK	SEA
6.5%	28.35	Matthew Stafford	QB	DET
6.3%	33.70	Aaron Rodgers	QB	GB
6.3%	11.70	T.J. Hockenson	TE	DET
6.3%	0.00	Terry McLaurin	WR	WAS
5.7%	2.60	Adam Thielen	WR	MIN
5.5%	16.90	Sterling Shepard	WR	NYG
5.0%	6.30	Tyler Boyd	WR	CIN
5.0%	17.70	Kerryon Johnson	RB	DET
5.0%	39.30	Nick Chubb	RB	CLE
4.7%	9.70	Larry Fitzgerald	WR	ARI
4.7%	21.65	Matt Ryan	QB	ATL
4.7%	7.50	Demarcus Robinson	WR	KC
4.7%	29.80	Wayne Gallman	RB	NYG
4.4%	10.30	Joe Mixon	RB	CIN
4.4%	6.20	Marquise Brown	WR	BAL
4.2%	6.00	Adam Vinatieri	PK	IND
3.9%	9.00	Mason Crosby	PK	GB
3.9%	20.75	Kyler Murray	QB	ARI
3.9%	0.00	Michael Badgley	PK	LAC
3.7%	6.00	Aldrick Rosas	PK	NYG
3.4%	7.00	Dallas	ST	DAL
3.1%	12.80	Josh Jacobs	RB	OAK
3.1%	9.00	Chris Boswell	PK	PIT
3.1%	2.90	Mecole Hardman	WR	KC
3.1%	13.10	Brandin Cooks	WR	LAR
2.9%	16.90	LeSean McCoy	RB	KC
2.9%	11.80	Eric Ebron	TE	IND
2.9%	29.40	Robert Woods	WR	LAR
2.6%	14.00	Josh Lambo	PK	JAC
2.6%	26.50	Leonard Fournette	RB	JAC
2.6%	12.00	Ty Long	P	LAC
2.3%	18.00	Devonta Freeman	RB	ATL
2.3%	12.00	Matt Prater	PK	DET
2.1%	1.40	Delanie Walker	TE	TEN
2.1%	8.30	Christian Kirk	WR	ARI
1.8%	17.00	NY Giants	ST	NYG
1.8%	17.80	Aaron Jones	RB	GB
1.8%	4.70	Tyler Eifert	TE	CIN
1.8%	7.40	D.J. Moore	WR	CAR
1.8%	13.80	James White	RB	NE
1.8%	7.00	Phillip Lindsay	RB	DEN
1.6%	0.00	Atlanta	ST	ATL
1.6%	7.60	Josh Gordon	WR	NE
1.6%	0.00	Dan Bailey	PK	MIN
1.3%	2.00	Buffalo	ST	BUF
1.3%	6.60	John Ross	WR	CIN
1.3%	10.00	Eddy Pineiro	PK	CHI
1.3%	41.20	Chris Godwin	WR	TB
1.3%	3.00	Randy Bullock	PK	CIN
1.3%	2.00	Cincinnati	ST	CIN
1.3%	0.00	T.Y. Hilton	WR	IND
1.3%	27.15	Jacoby Brissett	QB	IND
1.3%	6.30	Curtis Samuel	WR	CAR
1.3%	19.15	Mason Rudolph	QB	PIT
1.3%	8.40	D.J. Chark	WR	JAC
1.3%	9.00	Jason Witten	TE	DAL
1.3%	9.35	Andy Dalton	QB	CIN
1.3%	6.00	Brandon McManus	PK	DEN
1.0%	1.85	Case Keenum	QB	WAS
1.0%	0.00	Mike Williams	WR	LAC
1.0%	0.00	Vance McDonald	TE	PIT
1.0%	10.00	Cleveland	ST	CLE
1.0%	10.70	Marvin Jones	WR	DET
1.0%	7.00	Tennessee	ST	TEN
1.0%	6.20	Calvin Ridley	WR	ATL
0.8%	6.30	O.J. Howard	TE	TB
0.8%	6.00	Cairo Santos	PK	TEN
0.8%	10.00	Carolina	ST	CAR
0.8%	4.00	Stephen Hauschka	PK	BUF
0.8%	19.70	Diontae Johnson	WR	PIT
0.8%	5.10	Jared Cook	TE	NO
0.8%	21.30	Carson Wentz	QB	PHI
0.8%	7.00	Julian Edelman	WR	NE
0.8%	4.00	Jake Elliott	PK	PHI
0.8%	10.00	Chris Thompson	RB	WAS
0.8%	11.90	John Brown	WR	BUF
0.8%	12.60	Tyrell Williams	WR	OAK
0.5%	9.70	David Montgomery	RB	CHI
0.5%	18.85	Gardner Minshew	QB	JAC
0.5%	7.00	New Orleans	ST	NO
0.5%	35.15	Jameis Winston	QB	TB
0.5%	18.10	Mohamed Sanu	WR	ATL
0.5%	3.90	Phillip Dorsett	WR	NE
0.5%	4.40	Paul Richardson	WR	WAS
0.5%	3.00	Dustin Hopkins	PK	WAS
0.5%	14.00	Kansas City	ST	KC
0.5%	24.20	Courtland Sutton	WR	DEN
0.5%	11.60	Dede Westbrook	WR	JAC
0.5%	10.45	Teddy Bridgewater	QB	NO
0.3%	16.25	Josh Allen	QB	BUF
0.3%	8.10	Tyler Higbee	TE	LAR
0.3%	9.60	Dallas Goedert	TE	PHI
0.3%	14.90	Geronimo Allison	WR	GB
0.3%	18.10	Jimmy Graham	TE	GB
0.3%	1.60	D.K. Metcalf	WR	SEA
0.3%	11.60	Kyle Allen	QB	CAR
0.3%	10.00	Oakland	ST	OAK
0.3%	15.40	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	DEN
0.3%	2.20	Kyle Rudolph	TE	MIN
0.3%	5.30	Will Fuller	WR	HOU
0.3%	1.70	Rex Burkhead	RB	NE
0.3%	4.80	Nick Vannett	TE	SEA
0.3%	3.60	Trey Burton	TE	CHI
0.3%	7.00	Daniel Carlson	PK	OAK
0.3%	1.50	Vernon Davis	TE	WAS
0.3%	6.30	Sony Michel	RB	NE
0.3%	17.35	Derek Carr	QB	OAK
0.3%	8.80	James O'Shaughnessy	TE	JAC
0.3%	21.20	Baker Mayfield	QB	CLE
0.3%	5.10	Jordan Akins	TE	HOU
0.3%	7.10	Randall Cobb	WR	DAL
0.3%	10.90	Frank Gore	RB	BUF
0.3%	12.20	Jack Doyle	TE	IND

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