With the completion of Week 4, we are officially one quarter of the way through the 2016 NFL season. Though it is still early to make a definitive judgement on the season, we have gotten to see a nice sample size of how it may pan out. Per usual, we’ve been surprised by particular players and teams, and others have lived up to expectation (for better or worse). For that reason, Desktop Quarterback has completed what we’ll call “mock redraft rankings.” Taking in to account how players have done thus far, while still considering their future potential to perform, our quarter-season rankings are as follows:
1 – Antonio Brown (WR-PIT)
2 – Julio Jones (WR-ATL)
3 – David Johnson (RB-ARI)
4 – Ezekiel Elliott (RB-DAL)
5 – A.J. Green (WR-CIN)
6 – LeVeon Bell (RB-PIT)
7 – Odell Beckham, Jr. (WR-NYG)
8 – LeSean McCoy (RB-BUF)
9 – Todd Gurley (RB-LA)
10 – Kelvin Benjamin (WR-CAR)
11 – DeAndre Hopkins (WR-HOU)
12- Jordy Nelson (WR-GB)
13 – Melvin Gordon (RB-SD)
14 – Mike Evans (WR-TB)
15 – DeMarco Murray (RB-TEN)
16 – C.J. Anderson (RB-DEN)
17 – Jordan Reed (TE-WAS)
18 – Mark Ingram (RB-NO)
19 – Rob Gronkowski (TE-NE)
20 – Marvin Jones (WR-DET)
Players of note that have leaped into the conversation are DeMarco Murray, Melvin Gordon, and Marvin Jones, Jr. – all playing very well right now, and not showing any signs of letting up.
On the other hand, those that have been pretty disappointing thus far are Odell Beckham, Jr. and Todd Gurley. We’re not counting them out yet, and think they will certainly turn it around, as they are both extremely talents. However, they were certainly not worth top 5 status right now.
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