Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
San Francisco 49ers Rank  Player Projections QB 24 Alex Smith Pass: 200, 1 TD Rush: 10, 0 RB 3 Frank Gore Rush: 80, 1 TD Rec: 5-40, 0 WR 41 Michael Crabtree Rec: 3-40, 1 TD WR 63 Josh Morgan Rec: 3-40, 0 TD TE 9 Vernon Davis Rec: 5-60, 0 TD K 25 Joe Nedney FG: 1/2 XP: 2/2 DEF 25 Defense / ST   View all Week 4 Rankings or Projections		Atlanta Falcons Rank  Player Projections QB 11 Matt Ryan Pass: 230, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0  RB 4 Michael Turner Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 1-10, 0 RB 39 Jason Snelling Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0 WR 5 Roddy White Rec: 6-80, 1 TD WR 56 Harry Douglas Rec: 3-40, 0 TD TE 3 Tony Gonzalez Rec: 7-70, 1 TD K 16 Matt Bryant FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3 DEF 7 Defense / ST

49ers Team is 8-0 when QB Alex Smith starts & has rating of 96+. Aims for 6th start in row with 220+ pass yards... RB Frank Gore had 9 catches for career-high 102 yards last week, 1st 100-yard rec. game in career. Finished with 145 scrimmage yards. Since 2006, has 7,049 scrimmage yards (5,146 rush, 1,903 rec.), most in NFL. In career, when Gore has 24+ att., 49ers are 12-0... TE Vernon Davis ties for 2nd among NFC TEs with 15 receptions & ranks 3rd with 173 rec. yards. Since start of 2009, Davis has 13 rec. TDs, most among NFL TEs. WR Josh Morgan had 12-yard TD catch last week. In only meeting, had 4 catches for 78 yards (19.5 avg.)... LB Patrick Willis had 2 FFs in last meeting. DT Justin Smith has started 142 games in row, longest active streak by DL. Has 1.5 sacks in 3 career games vs. Atl. CB Shawntae Spencer had INT last week.

Falcons QB Matt Ryan is 14-1 (.933) as starter at home. Has 96.4 rating in those 15, incl. 7 games with 100+ rating. In career, has posted 100+ rating 11 times & Falcons are 11-0. Had 108.8 rating last week & aims for 3rd in row with 100+ rating. Had career-high 329 passing yards & posted 110 rating in only start vs. SF... RB Michael Turner rushed for 97 yards & 3 TDs in last meeting. In past 11 home games with 15+ att., has rushed for 1,368 yards (124.4 per game) & 17 TDs, incl. 7 100-yard games. Had 114 rush yards & TD last week... WR Roddy White had 8 catches for franchise-record 210 yards & 2 TDs in last meeting. Had TDs of 90 & 31 yards in that game. Has 7 TDs in past 8 at home. Had TD catch in Week 3. TE Tony Gonzalez needs 29 rec. yards to become 1st TE with 12,000. Had 8 catches for 110 yards & TD last week ... DE John Abraham aims for 4th in row vs. SF with sack. Had sack last week & has 91.5 sacks since 2000, 2nd most in NFL. DE Kroy Biermann had sack & FR in last meeting. CB Brent Grimes had INT last week. S Thomas DeCoud had INT in Week 3.