Even though we are deep into week 5 now, I wanted to take a chance to look back at the first quarter of 2018 and address the MVP, biggest busts, best rookies, and a few other things. Some of these guys will be responsible for fast starts to your fantasy season and others will be responsible for a dreadful outlook on the rest of the season.
Most Valuable Player
As of the end of week four, I considered 3 players to be in the race for fantasy MVP. These
Instead of just naming an MVP, I took to Twitter and ran a poll for results that didn’t show my bias. The poll collected 80 votes and here were the results:
Alvin Kamara-54%
Patrick Mahomes-39%
Michael Thomas-5%
With these results, Alvin Kamara is our quarter of 2018 fantasy football MVP.
All-Fantasy Team Through 4 Weeks
These guys are the best of the best so far for 2018 in terms of fantasy points scored at their respective positions. A lot of these don’t provide much of a surprise, but the likes of Patrick Mahomes, Jared Cook, and Darius Leonard have shined bright thus far in 2018.
QB | Patrick Mahomes |
RB | Alvin Kamara |
RB | Todd Gurley |
WR | Michael Thomas |
WR | Adam Thielen |
TE | Jared Cook |
Flex | Melvin Gordon |
D | Bears |
IDP | Darius Leonard |
K | Justin Tucker |
All-Bust Team Through 4 Weeks 2018
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Position | All-Bust |
QB | Russell Wilson |
RB | Le’Veon Bell |
RB | |
WR | Keenan Allen |
WR | Odell Beckham Jr. |
TE | Rob Gronkowski |
Flex | Dalvin Cook |
D | Vikings |
IDP | Landon Collins |
K | Greg Zurlein |
All-Rookie Team Through 4 Weeks 2018
The all-rookie team is led by a nice variety of guys from first-round such as Josh Allen and Saquon Barkley to undrafted players such as Phillip Lindsay.
Position | Fanasty Rookie |
QB | Josh Allen |
RB | Saquon Barkley |
RB | Phillip Lindsay |
WR | Calvin Ridley |
WR | Antonio Callaway |
TE | Will Dissly |
Flex | Kerryon Johnson |
D | N/A |
IDP | Darius Leonard |
K | Jason Sanders |
All-Sleeper Team Through 4 Weeks
Position | All-Sleeper |
QB | Ryan Fitzpatrick |
RB | James Conner |
RB | Marshawn Lynch |
WR | DeSean Jackson |
WR | Tyler Boyd |
TE | Eric Ebron |
Flex | James White |
D | Cleveland |
IDP | Darius Leonard |
K | Cody Parkey |
After a great first quarter of the 2018 fantasy season, I am very excited to see what is in store for the 2nd quarter and the rest of 2018.
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