Week 4 fantasy football hinges on the kicker position as much as the big-name skill players. Top streamers Jason Myers, Spencer Shrader, and Brandon Aubrey pace the board, with Werted volumes and indoor venues boosting expectations. The piece highlights optimal starts, risky sits, and waiver adds like Slye and Reichard, while warning that even proven legs can stall when offenses stall. A tiered, matchup-driven remix of Week 4 kicks guides managers through a week where field goals and extra points can tilt decisive matchups.

Inside the waiver and streamer discussion, the article stresses volume over name value and notes indoor venues, weather wins, and coaching tendencies as key drivers for kickers’ fantasy days. It also flags several reliable floor plays vs. schedule pressure and points to several mid-range options that could explode in favorable setups, making the kicker position a high-leverage play in Week 4.

In Minneapolis, the Vikings seized control before halftime. Isaiah Rodgers sparked a turnaround with a 66-yard return TD after forcing a Chase Brown fumble, then Ja’Marr Chase fumbled on Minnesota territory as Jeff Okudah pounced on the loose ball. Minnesota added a 5-yard Jordan Mason TD and Will Reichard drilled a 62-yard FG to push the halftime lead to 34-3. Evan McPherson’s 45-yard field goal was Cincinnati’s lone scoring punch in the frame.

The first-half rhythm was all Minnesota: aggressive defense, short-field opportunities, and explosive special-teams plays that left the Bengals searching for answers as the stadium roared through the break.