The fantasy football and the NFL season are four games in the books. So far their have been some players who have played excellent and some have disappointed. I will give you some of the players who have impressed and have unimpressed. Wide receivers have been really good , Quarterbacks have been injured and running backs are just terrible. I may not always talk about the best players in this column so if you don't see Aaron Rodgers or Rob Gronkowski it's not because their not doing great because they are.
Impressed
QB
Carson Palmer was probably outside of most peoples top 15 coming off an ACL injury. If you drafted Palmer however you currently have a guy that should be ranked a top guy going forward. Palmer has thrown for at least 300 yards in every game since once. He has 10 touchdowns and just three picks.
Tom Brady was drafted late in all formats due to a four game suspension. However Brady won his suspension appeal and will not miss any time. He's playing like the number one Quarterback overall and he and Aaron Rodgers will be a toss up for the number one spot. 9 touchdowns and 0 interceptions through three games for Brady.
Other notables ( C. Newton , M. Ryan , E. Manning , T. Taylor , A. Dalton )
RB
Devonta Freeman has been an absolute beast this season. Six touchdowns in his last two games. Freeman is a duel threat and the Falcons have rode him to a 4-0 start. Tevin Coleman is the other running back for the Falcons and he is currently hurt.
Adrian Peterson missed basically the whole season last year and he has came back very strong this year. Peterson has just one game under 80 yards and is on a better pace then his record setting 2012 season.
Other notables ( J. Charles , L. Murray , L. Bell , T. Yeldon)p
WR
You expect Julio Jones to have a monster season but Julio Jones can have a record setting season if he stays on this pace. Jones has four touchdowns and already has three games over 130 yards.
Larry Fitzgerald is far from done. Fitzgerald was drafted by many this year just for the fact of his
name. Fitzgerald has benefited from a great start from Carson Palmer. Fitzgerald has 6 catches in every game at least and has 5 scores.
Other notables ( B. Marshall , J. Jones , K. Allen , A. Cooper , D. Hopkins )
TE
Jordan Reed has clearly benefited from playing with Kirk Cousins this season despite Cousins not really playing well. Cousins loves targeting Reed who has at least five catches in every game so far.
Charles Clay has two games over 80 yards this season. He also has two touchdowns. In a inconsistent position he has been consistent.
Other notables ( J. Witten , T. Kelce , K. Rudolph )
D/ST , K
Denver Broncos , New York Jets
Josh Brown , Justin Tucker
Un Impressed
QB
Andrew Luck may have been the first or second guy drafted at Quarterback in your draft. So far he hasn't been worth that investment. Luck has 5 touchdowns to 7 interceptions. He has no 300 yard games and missed one due to injury. Luck is still elite but his line is not.
Matthew Stafford has not impressed. It's not all his fault as the line has been terrible , the run game has been shaky and the receivers haven't played extremely well. Stafford has had trouble finding the end zone as he has 5 touchdowns and 5 picks.
Other notables ( C. Kaepernick , R. Tannehill , S. Bradford )
RB
Demarco Murray has led the crop of disappointing running backs. The position has been a mess. Murray had a good fantasy game the first game of the season but only because of one rushing touchdown and one receiving touchdown. Murray has missed one game due to injury and has 47 yards in three games.
CJ Anderson's best rushing game is 43 yards. His best receiving game was the same game with 27 yards last week. I don't know of this is a good sign but we will see. Ronnie Hillman is trying to take over the starting job from him. Anderson has no touchdowns rushing or receiving.
Other notables ( L. McCoy , M. Gordon , M. Lynch , L. Miller )
WR
Andre Johnson has been terrible. 7 catches In four games. He has zero in his last two games. Johnson has just looked old and he looks like he really isn't fitting in the system. Johnson was supposed to have a big year with Andrew Luck but it hasn't happened.
Nelson Agholor was supposed to have a big year replacing Jeremy Maclin and he has had an absolute horrible year. He has 7 catches and no touchdowns in four games.
Other notables (B. Cooks , A. Boldin , G. Tate )
TE
Jimmy Graham hasn't looked great with his new team. It's not because Graham isn't still great it's just that he doesn't really fit the Seattle system. He really hasn't been worth his draft value at all. Graham has two really good games and two really poor games. Graham however cam turn it around because he is the best receiving option on this team.
Jordan Cameron has not looked good his last two games for the Dolphins. Cameron had two decent games to start the season however the Dolphins have looked terrible and it has hurt him also. He has no touchdowns.
Other Notables ( O. Daniels , B. Watson , G. Olsen , Z. Ertz )
D/ST , K
Baltimore Ravens , Miami Dolphins
Josh Scobee , Blair Walsh
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