2022 fantasy football advice – Page 3

Fantasy Football Market Report: Week 5

The most important risers and fallers in fantasy football.

One of the aspects of fantasy football that never fails to amaze me is when fantasy owners don’t take into account bye weeks. Week 5 will be the last time in a long time that every player on most rosters will be available.

Injuries do their part to gut fantasy rosters, so players who had no draft-day intention of being in the starting lineup are there more weeks than not. Bye weeks are a meaningless gutting – those guys are healthy, just not playing.

There will be eight weeks in which at least two and as many as six teams will be on bye. If you’re a seasoned fantasy player, you probably paid attention to the bye weeks as you were assembling a draft/auction roster, but a lot has happened since then.

A week from now it will dawn on some casual players that the bye weeks have started. You can be ahead of that curve and prepare for it now. If you see a week that will be rough, make a trade to diversify your roster. There will be someone in your league who effectively forfeits a week because too many key players are on their bye. Don’t let that be you.

Here is the Week 5 Fantasy Football Market Report:

8 sleepers to play in fantasy football for Week 3

Identifying eight sleepers to play in Week 3 of fantasy football.

As Week 3 of the fantasy football season commences Thursday night, managers are doing everything they can to find an edge over their league mates.

Identifying sleepers is never an easy task. It comes with a lot of risk and a bit of luck. But hitting on a sleeper could help bring you out of the hole for the managers who are currently winless. For those who already have at least one win under their belt, it can help keep them at the top of the standings.

We will be using The Huddle’s weekly PPR projections and rankings as a reference. In order to qualify as a sleeper, we are taking a look at quarterbacks ranked outside the top 12, running backs and wide receivers ranked outside the top 24, and tight ends ranked outside the top 10.

We’ve already taken a look at the top waiver wire targets and streaming options. Here are eight sleepers to play in fantasy football for Week 3:

Fantasy Football Market Report: Week 3

Addressing key risers and fallers heading into Week 3.

One of the things fantasy football players learn with experience is that sometimes having the teams your players are on are getting clubbed early in their games can be a positive.

I call it the “Romo Rule.” From the fantasy perspective, the best thing that could happen if you had Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was for Dallas to fall behind by 14 points early. Invariably, Romo would abandon the run, throw 50 times, and post eye-popping numbers.

Last Sunday, we saw the Romo Rule explode. In Baltimore, Tua Tagovailoa had 150 passing yards and one touchdown at halftime trailing 28-7. In the second half, he threw for 319 yards and five TDs.

In Detroit, at halftime Carson Wentz had 59 passing yards and no touchdowns with the Washington Commanders trailing 22-0. In the second half, he threw for 278 yards and three touchdowns.

In Las Vegas, at halftime Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray had thrown for 53 yards with no touchdowns and an interception – trailing the Raiders 20-0. After halftime, he threw for 224 yards with a passing and a rushing touchdown.

The next time a team falls down by 20, don’t necessarily consider all is lost. Romo made a career of inflating his stats in early blowout games. If Week 2 taught us anything, the Romo Rule may be in play a lot more.

Here is the Week 3 Fantasy Market Report.

Fantasy Football Start ’em, Sit ’em: Week 1

Here’s a look at our starts and sits for Week 1 of fantasy football.

Week 1 of fantasy football officially was underway Thursday night, and now managers will be looking at their lineups all weekend pondering who to start and who to sit leading up to Sunday’s games.

Doing start/sit articles can be a little challenging. The players featured on the list below should not be taken as “must starts” or “must sits.” Instead, these are more suggestions on what we believe managers should do with fringe players heading into the weekend. The choice is ultimately up to the manager.

Just because a player is listed as a “start” doesn’t mean he should be put in the lineup over the secure, bona fide studs. Vice versa for the “sits.” If there’s no better option on the waiver wire or the bench, a manager shouldn’t automatically sit the player. That’s why these can be tricky waters to navigate.

But we’re here to give our advice on the fringe players that will keep managers up at night over the weekend.

Here are our starts and sits in fantasy football for Week 1:

9 sleepers to play in fantasy football for Week 1

Here are nine sleepers to consider starting in your fantasy football lineups for Week 1.

Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same.

While Thanos (probably) wasn’t referring to fantasy football when he said that line, Week 1 is officially here. That means fantasy managers will begin their trek of controlling their own destiny and aspirations of winning a league title.

The draft season has come and gone in a blur. Now, it’s time to set the lineups and dominate your league-mates. Part of that process is finding the right sleepers week in and week out.

It’s the ultimate plan that every fantasy manager searches for. Fortunately, we’re here to help with this weekly sleepers article.

We will be using The Huddle’s weekly projections and rankings as a reference. In order to qualify as a sleeper, we are taking a look at quarterbacks ranked outside the top 12, running backs and wide receivers ranked outside the top 24, and tight ends ranked outside the top 10.

We’ve already taken a look at the top waiver wire targets and streaming options. Here are nine sleepers to play in fantasy football for Week 1:

Fantasy football staff predictions for 2022

Staff members dish on their favorite predictions for the 2022 NFL season.

The Huddle’s main “voice” comes through the keyboard of David Dorey, whether it be with his sleepers and value picks, or through his in-depth rankings and game previews.

In today’s exercise, we see how Dorey’s favored selections across an array of fantasy topics matches up with The Huddle regulars. Let’s see if we can form any kind of consensus, and even if we cannot, it is always fun to have a snapshot of differing opinions.

2022 fantasy football and NFL staff predictions

Fantasy Football: 7 running backs for last-second drafters to target

These running backs aren’t getting the love they deserve in fantasy football drafts.

Fantasy football managers love sleepers, players who end up outperforming their average draft position (ADP) and return great value during the season.

With limited workhorse running backs in the NFL, it can be especially important to land value picks at RB, a position that gets thin quickly after the early rounds of the draft.

Here’s a quick look at seven sleeper running backs who could provide great depth to your roster and potentially become starter-worthy RBs at some point during the season.

Fantasy Football: 7 must-have players in 2022

These players should be targets in all of your fantasy football drafts this year.

Because there’s so much talent at the top of fantasy football draft boards, I don’t sweat about my first-round pick.

Even if I’m at the bottom of the round and all of the workhorse running backs have been picked, I know there’s going to be a star wide receiver still available (don’t sleep on Stefon Diggs behind Justin Jefferson and Ja’Marr Chase).

After the first round or two, I do begin to game plan specific picks who could represent fantastic value during the season.

Here’s a quick look at seven players I try to target in every fantasy football draft leading up to the 2022 NFL season for you last-minute types.

Fantasy Football: 5 sleeper quarterbacks for 2022 season

These sleeper quarterbacks could add great value to your roster in fantasy football.

It’s going to be hard to land Josh Allen, the assumed QB1, in fantasy football this year because his stock is off the charts.

If you’re OK with passing on Allen — and the rest of the consensus top-12 QBs — in your fantasy draft, it’s still possible to find good QB value later in the draft with sleeper picks at the position.

Here’s a quick look at five sleeper quarterbacks to consider for the 2022 NFL season.

Fantasy football: Where to draft Seattle Seahawks TE Noah Fant

Analyzing Seattle Seahawks TE Noah Fant’s 2022 fantasy football ADP and where you should target him in your drafts.

Will Seattle Seahawks tight end Noah Fant ever have an elite quarterback to throw passes to him in the NFL? When rumors came out that Russell Wilson might be coming to Denver, Fant had to be thrilled. In the final season of his rookie contract with the Broncos, Fant was going to finally get a top QB to play pitch and catch with … until he found out he was part of the package heading farther west.

Below, we look at Noah Fant‘s 2022 fantasy football average draft position (ADP) and where you should draft him.

Fant joined Drew Lock in the trade to Seattle, where all that remained in-house was retread Geno Smith. He is the most talented tight end the Seahawks have had in some time, but he again finds himself unclear when he makes a cut and is expecting the ball if it is going to be on target like those who play with top quarterbacks know is coming.

Noah Fant’s ADP: 137.80

(ADP data courtesy of MyFantasyLeague.com; last updated at time of this publishing – ADPs continually change as more drafts occur)

Fant finds himself near the start of a tight end run of players who have talent and a role to play as a TE2 on a fantasy roster. Fantasy owners already have one tight end they like better and they’re looking to augment with a guy who can take over if the TE1 is down for a month and avoid a giant production drop.

He finds himself flanked by Hunter Henry (New England Patriots) at 135.33 ahead of him and a cluster immediately behind him that includes David Njoku (Cleveland Browns) at 139.06, Taysom Hill (New Orleans Saints) at 140.92 and Cameron Brate (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) at 141.76.

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Noah Fant’s 2021 stats

Games: 16

Receptions | targets: 68 | 90

Receiving yards: 670

Receiving touchdowns: 4

Where should you draft Fant?

Fant has scored just 10 touchdowns in 3 seasons, so you’re effectively playing him for his yardage. Seeing as he’s never hit 700 yards, he will struggle to be a plug-and-play tight end that will see action if your TE1 is healthy and never be a threat to bench a healthy TE1 on a roster.

I would much rather take a flyer on a guy like Hill, who gets classified as a tight end, but might line up at quarterback near the goal line, or Brate as Tom Brady has a history of throwing to tight ends in the end zone and Gronk isn’t coming back.

Fant has a lot of talent and, when he becomes a free agent next spring, he may pick and choose the elite quarterback he plays with. Until then, his NFL purgatory continues.

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