NFL Fantasy: Hannah Wilkes gives a quarterback (ish) Season Review of top fantasy performers | NFL News

Air sportsNFL Fantasy Football guru Hannah Wilkes helps you navigate your way through the 2021 season in her weekly column, where this week she gives a season overview over four weeks of the 17-game season.

Over the past two weeks, I’ve established that writing about Fantasy Football is a lot easier when your teams win. Sadly, like many of us, I find myself in a quarter-season fantasy crisis. Across several leagues.

It’s embarassing. But fear not the season is still young and armed with four weeks of information, now we know who deserves to be supported and who no longer deserves a spot on our list – no matter how good they were there. ‘last year.

With that in mind, I’ve put together a sort of quarter-pole report card for the key points on your fantasy list. Some are surprises, some are glaring, and some might give you some insight as you’re looking for a lineup refresh and we’re cruising through the start of the off weeks starting Monday.

Strategist

Sure… Patrick Mahomes is at the top of the quarter stack. Although the Kansas City Chiefs are sitting at the bottom of the AFC West, their superstar QB threw 14 touchdowns, rushed for one, amassed 1,218 passing yards and a cool 111.92 fantasy points. ! This guy can carry your otherwise poor list, a fact which is also revolutionary for me to point out that « the sky is blue ».

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Patrick Mahomes threw an unusual underarm touchdown pass for the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 4 against the Philadelphia Eagles

Well done… You supported Jalen Hurts or Sam Darnold when writing your QB. Sitting third and fifth respectively in the QB Fantasy leaderboard (the bread of a Tom Brady sandwich in fourth place, if you will), Hurts grows up in his role in Philly (or should I say « rolling » #breadpuns) despite the team results not yet forthcoming, and Darnold is living proof that the « Adam Gase Effect » was real in New York City. He casually became the first QB in NFL history to rush for five touchdowns in his teams’ first four games of the season, and he threw five more touchdowns this quarter, in stark contrast to the total. new for which he succeeded in 2020 in New York.

apologies if… Like me, you were excited by the Minnesota Vikings after three weeks of fantastic performances from Kirk Cousins. A meager 10.12-point booty against the Cleveland Browns is less than ideal. But maybe stick with him as the Vikings host the Detroit Lions this Sunday …

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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins ​​talks to Neil Reynolds about his first start to the season

To recover

The king… Derrick Henry does things Derrick Henry and naturally leads the way for fantasy backers in what I would call a generally disappointing squad so far this season (yes, I said it, come see me). With almost double rushing yards from Austin Ekeler, second in four weeks, there’s not much to say … except to express my immense regret for taking Christian McCaffery on him in Not One, But two leagues.

Cordarrelle Patterson has had a sensational, if somewhat surprising, start to the season for the Atlanta Falcons

‘Score’darrelle… Cordarrelle Patterson is perhaps the biggest breakthrough in RB despite only rushing for a single touchdown! His three catch for touchdowns in the Atlanta Falcons’ loss to the Washington football team in Week 4 caught our attention *. Hope he puts on another great show at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday against the Jets.

*and cursing yet another winning match-up performance from a SAT ON MY BENCH guy!

Well done… You stayed with Saquon Barkley. After a few calm performances in the first two weeks of the season as he came back from that ACL tear, he is coming back to form and racking up some fantasy catches and points, scoring three times in the last two games of the New York Giants. .

Large Recipient

Top 3….Cooper Kupp, Tyreek Hill, Deebo Samuel. A *, A * and A ** for Deebo for being our surprise of the season so far. To quote my NFL Over time co-host Josh Denzel, he really plays like a guy named Deebo. I’m still not quite sure what that means, but it kind of makes sense. Plus, with twelve 49ers catching a touchdown over four weeks, he’s the only guy in red and gold to appear twice in the end zone. Particularly impressive when you consider how low he went in fantasy drafts. Deeeeeebo.

San Francisco 49ers extended player Deebo Samuel is the NFL’s main receiver for four weeks

Moore’s thing… DJ Moore may have been signed up for WR2 in the vast majority of leagues, but this guy scores like a true WR1. Exceeding 100 receiving yards in his last two games, with three touchdowns, he’s potentially on his way to a career season and his catch percentage is up. Also, let’s not forget that in PPR leagues, receptions mean points and points mean prizes.

Tight end

Urgh… There is no position in Fantasy Football, no, in all fantasy sports, more stressful than figuring out what to do at Tight End in 2021. Unless you drafted Travis Kelce or Darren Waller, that is. is a hard place to navigate and the week to week fluctuations this year are WILD!

Sensationally… Darren Shultz is fourth overall at TE (behind Kelce, Waller and the currently injured Rob Gronkowski) although he scored just 3.80 Fantasy points in Week 2 against the Los Angeles Chargers. This conundrum, I think, sums up the whole position and I can’t bring myself to express a lot of positivity about it.

Kicker

Well Named… A single point separates the No.1 from No.2 and two of the three of the best kickers in Fantasy Football after four games each. Tyler Bass had 44 points on 14 PAT and six field goals, Justin Tucker’s right leg of HOF candidate made his way to 43 points thanks in part to his long-range ability, and Matt Prater’s 17 PAT thanks to this full shot. The Arizona Cardinals offense places him in 3rd place.

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Watch Justin Tucker’s record 66-yard NFL field goal for Baltimore Ravens vs Detroit Lions

Look, there’s not much variation in the kicker and whether your guy is scoring big depends on the game itself and what position the team is in, so this isn’t a place for which you should stress or make wild exchanges.

Zen atmosphere only at K. OK?

Defense

When it comes to defense, both from a real football standpoint and from a fantasy standpoint, this line from NFL Research sums it up accurately and succinctly:

« Buffalo’s defense is even hotter than its chicken wings in 2021 »

Frankly, I can think of something else to say on the matter. But I will say that in Fantasy the best thing you can do is stream your defense based on your opponent, don’t be too loyal.

Unless, of course, you have the bills.

Join Hannah Wilkes and Josh Denzel on NFL Overtime every Thursday at 9 p.m. on Sky Sports NFL. This week, they will be joined by special guests Dan Hanzus and Gregg Rosenthal from the Around the NFL podcast.