Dynasty League 2026 Week 4: It's Been a While
For the first time since Week 14 of 2024 we had 8 teams score 100+ points in a regular season week. It seems the scoring we saw in 2024 is starting to swing back around…for some of us anyway. Here are your week 4 results:
NUKEM 110.08 over Kade’s Dawgs 105.94
After a massive Sunday night performance by Tetairoa McMillan, our Player of the Week, Rob climbed his way into the lead with the projections favoring him heading into the Monday night showdown. Curt was relying on his Quarterback to help him catch back up, and to also not target Rob’s Tight End, Juwan Johnson. Fortunately for Rob, Johnson’s 8.9 points sealed the win for him. Switching back to TMac quick, his 38.20 points are the new highest total by a player this season.
Fear Itself 142.62 over Space Rangers 132.52
There you have it, Nathan has snapped his longest win streak record, and that number is going to keep climbing until one of y’all can end his reign. Allen and Gibbs had average weeks, but Nacua returned and was aided by Stafford’s love of targeting one person a whole lot. The guy was coming off injury Stafford, let him rest, throw the ball to Adams instead! Great all-around performance for Nathan, only player in the single digits was his defense. Did the rest of you notice that the backup Running Back in Atlanta had three touchdowns? Had Tommy Rees given two of those to his star, Bijan Robinson, I would’ve won. But it’s all good, I’ll just be over scanning the injury updates on Chase every few minutes, silently weeping.
Shadow Legion 117.80 over The Empire 94.98
Things were looking a bit rough for Anthony to start Sunday. Barkley went out after 3 touches, his bench was blowing up, and a good chunk of his starters were doing next to nothing. But then that Prescott to Lamb connection started heating up and took him all the way home. Seattle’s defense would seal Bryar’s fate during the late afternoon Window. Bryar still had Olave on Monday night, but he was unable to replicate McMillan’s Sunday night showing. Bryar was worried that he was going to regret not starting Goff and Williams. Well, not to fear Bryar, you still would’ve lost by 7.
Michael Style 134.78 over Bolt Battalion 109.12
Down by about 30, Coker ruled out and having to swap in Brian Robinson, Alex had just Robinson, St. Brown and LaPorta left. The projections had Matthew holding on by the skin of his teeth. Alex would only need St. Brown and LaPorta on Sunday night to get the job done for him. However, his lead was minimal and there was still the chance that Robinson could fumble and get hurt on Monday night costing him the game, so Alex reached out and asked what the rule was on benching a player on Monday night to secure a win. For those unaware, you are not allowed to, that rule was implemented way back in year 2 (I believe). It didn’t matter anyways. Robinson stole three touchdowns from the real Robinson and Alex obliterated his little bro once again. The return of Nico Collins was a major bright spot for Matthew. It would’ve been nice if some of your other players had matched his energy though, am I right?
Storm Surge 157.26 over Ferocious Felines 104.88
Now that is the week the Storm Surge desperately needed! A huge morale booster. I feel like it should probably be asked though, is this what we should be expecting moving forward, or is this just terminal lucidity? Four players over 20 points after not having a single player reach that mark in the first three weeks is wild! Fred, that #1 pick is coming more and more into view. I’ll send over some links later.
ay_Bilat 134.90 over Fantasy Fairies 65.92
Well folks, in case you were wondering, our 2025 runner-up is definitely back. Three straight weeks over 130 points, and back-to-back wins to put himself right back in the playoff race. This week was a nice all-around team performance, six players in the double digits, with Hubbard (25.40) and Tee Higgins (21.20) leading the way. He’ll have to hope that late game injury to Higgins doesn’t linger. Ryan has gone the exact opposite direction. After his 150-point explosion in week 1 against me (thanks for that), he has been on a steep decline scoring 103.16 in week 2, then 82.92 last week, and now this. Hurts has looked awful in the new offense. Swift had more points in week 1 then he’s had in the last three weeks combined. Kincaid started out as one of the top fantasy Tight Ends and has been a dud in back-to-back weeks. And now Rashee Rice, his big offseason acquisition, is hurt. Looking to get in on those Jeremiah Smith sweepstakes? You’ve got some ground to make up if so.
**Every two weeks I’m going to post the top ten here. Players only accumulate points if they’re in your starting lineup**
TOP TEN
1) QB Josh Allen (Fear Itself) 108.96
2) RB Jahmyr Gibbs (Fear Itself) 105.00
3) RB Kenneth Walker III (Space Rangers) 104.10
4) WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba (Michael Style) 100.66
5) RB Bijan Robinson (Space Rangers) 98.40
6) WR CeeDee Lamb (Shadow Legion) 93.70
7) RB Derrick Henry (Ferocious Felines) 87.30
8) RB Jonathan Taylor (Michael Style) 81.20
9) RB K. Williams (Storm Surge) 79.20
10) WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (Michael Style) 75.80
As a special treat, with roughly 1/3 of our regular season finished, here are the top 5 rankings by position:
QB
1) J. Allen (Fear Itself) 108.96
2) D. Prescott (Shadow Legion) 74.20
3) L. Jackson (The Empire) 74.08
4) J. Burrow (Space Rangers) 72.64
5) B. Purdy (Bolt Battalion) 71.38
RB
1) J. Gibbs (Fear Itself) 105.00
2) K. Walker (Space Rangers) 104.10
3) B. Robinson (Space Rangers) 98.40
4) D. Henry (Ferocious Felines) 87.30
5) J. Taylor (Michael Style) 81.20
WR
1) J. Smith-Njigba (Michael Style) 100.66
2) C. Lamb (Shadow Legion) 93.70
3) A. St. Brown (Michael Style) 75.80
4) C. Olave (The Empire) 72.60
5) C. Watson (Bolt Battalion) 67.10
TE
1) T. McBride (Kade’s Dawgs) 52.70
2) S. LaPorta (Michael Style) 45.80
3) T. Kelce (ay_Bilat) 44.60
4) I. Likely (NUKEM) 42.00
5) H. Fannin Jr. (Space Rangers) 41.80
K
1) E. McPherson (Fear Itself) 47.00
2) B. Aubrey (Space Rangers) 41.00
3) T. Loop (NUKEM) 40.00
4) C. Little (Michael Style) 39.00
4) J. Bates (ay_Bilat) 39.00
D
1) Pittsburgh (The Empire) 37.00
2) Seattle (Shadow Legion) 35.00
3) Minnesota (Kade’s Dawgs) 33.00
3) New England (Michael Style) 33.00
5) Denver (Storm Surge) 27.00
But wait, there’s more!!! Here is the current draft order as it stands right now. The * denotes playoff spots. Reminder that the tie breaker for non-playoff teams was changed via vote, it is now lowest points gets the better pick, we’ll use head-to-head in the crazy event that two teams tie in record and points. Playoff teams exiting in the same round are positioned based on worse record, then head-to-head if record is tied, then points if they split head-to-head in the regular season.
1) Ferocious Felines – Coach Fred (0-4)
2) Kade’s Dawgs – Coach Curt (1-3)
3) Storm Surge – Coach Joel (2-2)
4) NUKEM – Coach Rob (2-2)
5) Fantasy Fairies – Coach Ryan (2-2)
6) Shadow Legion – Coach Anthony (2-2)
7) *The Empire – Coach Bryar (2-2)
8) *Bolt Battalion – Coach Matthew (2-2)
9) *ay_Bilat – Coach Trey (2-2)
10) *Space Rangers – Coach Lance (2-2)
11) *Michael Style – Coach Alex (3-1)
12) *Fear Itself – Coach Nathan (4-0)
Here’s a look ahead at next week:
Fear Itself (4-0) vs The Empire (2-2)
This has been a close series with Nathan leading 5-4. If you exclude the coaches that joined the league in the previous two seasons, then Bryar is the only coach that Nathan doesn’t have a 3+ win lead against.
Michael Style (3-1) vs Shadow Legion (2-2)
Alex won both games last year, one in the regular season and one in the 3rd place game. The regular season matchup was an easy win for Alex, but the 3rd place game was a 6-point nailbiter. What should we be expecting this go around boys? Are one of you going to dominate, or are we looking forward to a thriller?
Bolt Battalion (2-2) vs NUKEM (2-2)
Matthew beat his dad in their only matchup. That matchup was in week 11, with Matthew escaping with an 8-point win, and it featured two players that just blew up this past Sunday, Nico Collins and Tetairoa McMillan.
Fantasy Fairies (2-2) vs Storm Surge (2-2)
Joel leads the series 2-1. Last year, Ryan sailed right on through the storm like it was a pleasant, clear sky, 70 degree day. Can he right the ship and do the same this year?
ay_Bilat (2-2) vs Kade’s Dawgs (1-3)
Trey is up 7-4. Last year was the first time Curt had started a year 1-3 and that did not go well for him. There’s a big difference between that team and this one though, the ability to score. He’s currently on track to outscore his 2025 team by about 240 points. Unfortunately, we have seen teams put up points and miss the playoffs (more on that below). Can the Dawgs find a way to win against Trey’s red-hot squad?
Space Rangers (2-2) vs Ferocious Felines (0-4)
I’m leading the series 7-3. Outside of Nathan’s win streak there’s not much going on in the streaks department right now; however, if Fred loses he will break his personal longest losing streak (he just tied it at 4 straight).
It’s time for FUN STATS WITH LANCE! I hope you guys enjoy these as much as I do…
While I was looking at Curt’s team this year compared to last year it got me curious. How many seasons have we had a top 6 scoring team miss the playoffs? The answer is FIVE! Five out of seven seasons, and perhaps more importantly, this has happened in each of the last three seasons. As of right now Curt has the 5th highest scoring team in the league and the second worst record. Here’s the five in case you are curious (and remember, 2024 is when we changed our scoring system):
2025 - Matthew finished 6th in scoring, beating Ryan (the lowest scoring playoff team) by 133.82 points
2024 - Fred finished 4th, beating Alex by 120 points
2023 - Ryan finished 5th, beating Alex (who actually won the West that season) by 51.27 points
2020 - Lance finished 6th, beating Curt by 33.92 points
2019 - Nathan finished 5th, beating Ben by 54.97 points
That’s all for this week, good luck to you all in week 5!