Rizzla presents his week seventeen rankings and takes a look back at the WR1’s from each quarter of the fantasy season.
With the fantasy football regular season now in the books we will spend this column taking a look at the WR1’s from each quarter of the season.
Davante Adams and Antonio Brown finished the fantasy season neck and neck but it was Adams who finished as fantasy football’s new number one overall receiver. Both had incredible seasons but Adams really shined as he was still able to produce at an elite level despite being the only receiver opponents had to truly worry about.
Michael Thomas 25.1
Adam Thielen 24.8
Mike Evans 21.9
Golden Tate 21.5
DeAndre Hopkins 21.4
Cooper Kupp 21.0
Will Fuller 20.4
Julio Jones 20.1
Stefon Diggs 19.8
Brandin Cooks 19.7
Calvin Ridley 19.7
JuJu Smith-Schuster 19.7
Davante Adams 27.5
Adam Thielen 25.7
Antonio Brown 25.0
Odell Beckham 22.9
Tyreek Hill 20.6
DeAndre Hopkins 19.9
Tyrell Williams 19.4
Emmanuel Sanders 19.3
Mike Evans 19.1
Julio Jones 17.6
A.J. Green 17.5
David Moore 17.2
Tyreek Hill 29.6
Stefon DIggs 27.3
Julio Jones 24.1
Michael Thomas 23.3
Brandin Cooks 23.0
JuJu Smith-Schuster 22.6
T.Y. Hilton 22.2
Tre’Quan Smith 21.0
Keenan Allen 20.8
Davante Adams 20.6
Antonio Brown 18.8
Amari Cooper 18.7
Antonio Brown 24.8
Davante Adams 22.6
Keenan Allen 22.1
DeAndre Hopkins 22.0
Doug Baldwin 19.8
T.Y. Hilton 19.7
Robby Anderson 19.5
Amari Cooper 19.4
Robert Woods 19.2
JuJu Smith-Schuster 18.1
Michael Thomas 17.4
Julian Edelman 16.9
Michael Thomas and Adam Thielen were the storylines of the first quarter of the season. Both were on insane record breaking receptions paces while Thomas’ catch rate was among the best in history and Thielen had posted four straight 100 yard receiving games.
In terms of surprise WR1’s Cooper Kupp and Will Fuller are two names that stuck out to the casual fantasy owner while Golden Tate being a top four option was also welcomed news for owners who drafted him as their WR2 or WR3.
With Randall Cobb and Geronimo Allison banged up Davante Adams became a man on a mission and led all receivers with a 27.5 point average in the seasons second quarter. Surprise names to make the WR1 list included Tyrell Williams who was expected to be playing behind Mike Williams this season and some receiver named David Moore who became a standout red zone weapon for Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks.
Tyreek Hill went bananas in the seasons third quarter with his 29.6 fantasy point average being a high watermark for the 2018 fantasy football season for any quarter of the virtual game. Stefon Diggs finally started converting his high volume of targets into fantasy production in turn making Adam Thielen disappear from the WR1 ranks. The biggest surprise name of the third quarter was Tre’Quan Smith who exploded for a ten reception, 157 yard and a touchdown game in week eleven against the banged up Philadelphia Eagles secondary.
Robby Anderson muscled his way into the WR1 ranks in the final quarter of the season joining familiar names in T.Y. Hilton, Doug Baldwin and Amari Cooper who made a statement to the fantasy world saying ‘I am here’ or better yet, ‘I am still here’, reminding the fantasy world just how talented they are when they are healthy and playing in a offense with a healthy and competent quarterback.
As always we will be updating our rankings up until kickoff so be sure to check back often for our latest updates and thoughts.
