Week 1 of the 2018 NFL season comes to an end on Monday night. And after the first week of any fantasy season, there are always those that preform above expectations and those who do not. But we are here to discuss the three players that out shined the field, and accumulated the most fantasy points in week 1. Starting off our list at the number 3 spot is a player that is only owned in about 15% of all Yahoo fantasy leagues and that is non other then Tampa Bay QB, Ryan Fitzpatrick. He racked in 42.28 points, after throwing for a whopping 417 yards with 4 touchdowns to show for it, and whats even more impressive is that he threw no interceptions. Even after his monster week the fantasy universe seems to think this is a fluke performance as his team is lined up against the defending Super Bowl champions in week 2 and his stock has raised only slightly. Second on our list is Kansas City star WR Tyreek Hill, scoring 42.30 points for his fantasy owners. He was able to receive for 169 yard with 2 touchdowns and just to add a cherry on top he returned a punt for a 91 yard touchdown in the first quarter. He looks to repeat his monster week with his week two match up against the Stealers in Pittsburgh on Sunday. And finally coming in at our number 1 spot accumulating a week 1 high of 43.10 points, is Saints RB Alvin Kamara. He may have only rushed for 29 yards, but was able to punch in 2 TDs. However, thats not where Kamara shined, it was his 112 receiving yards and 1 receiving TD that separated him from the the rest of the pack. He looks to have another great week as the Saints are set to play the Browns week 2. With week two starting tomorrow we look forward to yet another exciting week full of surprises and full of stand outs.
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With this years football season starting on Thursday, many leagues wait till the last possible minute to do their draft as to avoid drafting while the preseason is going on, to avoid possibly drafting someone and having them get hurt before the season even starts. With this said, this season in particular is leaving fantasy team owners who posses their leagues first overall pick with a lot of tough options. In the past, there has always been a clear cut number one pick however, this year it is not that simple. To start, according to yahoo sports projections, Todd Gurley is the projected number one pick, which is understandable as he led the league in rushing TDs, receiving TDs (among RBs), and he was second in the league in both rushing yards and receiving yards (among RBs). With all that said it is a question of consistency with Gurley. Will he be able to follow up a career season with a just as strong or better season or will he fall back into the middle of the pack where before last season he was a regular. Next, the man that is synonymous with the top pick, Le'veon Bell. Bell has dominated the league over the past five years, resulting in three 1,000+ yard seasons. Bell ,coming off his first complete season in three years, is entering into his contract year, and like most NFL stars, Bell is making sure he is going to get paid to play. However, in his case, Bell is making sure that he is going to get paid before he even shows up to team camp. With the season starting Thursday, Bell is a huge question mark, I have no doubt that if he does come to a contract agreement he will continue to put up superstar numbers, but until he reports to team camp no one can know for sure if he will be ready for week one let alone the season. And Lastly, another RB throws his hat in the ring, David Johnson. After only playing in one game last year, Johnson suffered a season ending wrist injury, which has lowered his preseason ranking far lower then his projected draft ranking. This being said fantasy owners are forced to look back on the 2016 season, and the numbers speak for themselves, he rushed for 1,239 yards and rushed in for 16 TDs, while receiving for 879 yards and scoring 4 receiving TDs. The question remains as to who the most favored number one pick will be, but as it is for all fantasy football picks, its hit or miss.
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