Perhaps the most intriguing quarterback in the 2022 fantasy football draft is Russell Wilson of the Denver Broncos. After a decade and a Hall of Fame resume built in Seattle, Wilson moves on to a young Denver offense with all the component parts to be special.
Below, we look at Russell Wilson‘s 2022 fantasy football average draft position (ADP) and where you should draft him.
The problem with Wilson was the drop-off he showed in 2021 from just about every standard. He had the 1st losing record (6-8) of his career and just the 2nd time in a decade his team didn’t win 10 or more games. Take that in. The guy’s a winner. However, both his passing and rushing yards were the lowest of his career and the Seahawks didn’t put up a fight to keep him.
Russell Wilson’s ADP: 65.94
(ADP data courtesy of MyFantasyLeague.com; last updated at time of this publishing – ADPs continually change as more drafts occur)
You can’t get much tighter than the 2-man group sandwiching Wilson. By the current ADP numbers, they are separated by 2.13 points – an impossibility in any individual draft.
It should be noted that the love for Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts (an ADP at 56.61) is the anomaly of the QBs behind him. Tampa Bay’s Tom Brady is ahead of Wilson at 64.62 and Dallas’ Dak Prescott is closely behind at 66.55. Meanwhile, Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers is behind them all at 70.99.
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Russell Wilson’s 2021 stats
Games: 14
Passing yards: 3,113
Completions | attempts: 259 | 400
Passing touchdowns: 25
Interceptions: 6
Carries | rushing yards: 43 | 183
Rushing touchdowns: 2
Where should you draft Wilson?
Wilson is slotted effectively in the right spot, but, with the QBs listed above, I don’t have the faith in Hurts to get the job done, so, in my ADP mind, all the veteran guys take a bump up.
For the draft to get to this position (6th or 7th round) those who haven’t taken a QB yet have stockpiled other positions – most likely 3 RBs and 3 WRs or doubling down on RB early and taking the best available WR with the next 4. This would be the ideal opportunity to take 2 QBs to counter those who made an early QB investment and are now chasing their tails as they desperately try to land a 3rd RB or WR. Under this scenario, your roster is loaded and you could get both Wilson and Rodgers and become almost injury-proof at the position you ignored.
It’s a bold strategy, but mixing and matching Hall of Famers week to week is a good problem to have.
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