Instead, he's locked down three stud receivers in Jefferson, Deebo Samuel, and A.J. Mike Clay breaks down each game from all angles, with projections and advice for key players. Deebo Samuel should have another year as a key piece of the San Francisco offense this season. From our free mock Draft Simulator - which allows you to mock draft against realistic opponents - to our Draft Assistant - that optimizes your picks with expert advice - we've got you. I subscribe to what Chris Towers has been preaching and is backed up by a further scoring divide in the last two seasons between the haves and have nots at QB, so I was thrilled to get one of my top-five quarterbacks at the end of the sixth round. As always, I've provided my own recommended selections for each of the first 20 picks in a 10-team league, and 24 picks in a 12-team league. However, Claypools range of outcomes is quite wide heading into his third season with 2022 second-round pick George Pickens, chomping at the bit to be the No. But be a good drafter, be a good leaguemate. This is a half PPR (point per reception) scoring league with the following. Ekeler brings quite a bit more role and team stability than Derrick Henry, Najee Harris or Dalvin Cook. The 10th pick in 2022 fantasy football drafts is a tricky spot to operate from this year. The chart assumes you are using a 15 player roster. Despite all his shortcomings as a passer, Jackson still finished the season second in expected fantasy points per game (23.8) and seventh in fantasy points per game (21.3). With the first two picks going exactly how I expected them to, Ill go ahead and take 4for4s third-highest projected PPR running back in Alvin Kamara. Amari Cooper figures to be a target monster in a rather lackluster Cleveland receiving corps. 10 pick in your fantasy draft. DISCLAIMER: This site is not in any way affiliated with, endorsed or licensed by the National Football League, any NFL team or NFLPA member. I scrambled and nobody made sense to me in the first section of Sleeper's player list. It's a similar approach as I outlined above with picks 23 and 26, except you might want to think about the person who's about to go. It's not too late to play with friends and family. ADP: Average Draft Position (ADP) is a list of NFL players ordered by their average position taken in fantasy football drafts. Even though Adam Thielen has missed time two of the past three seasons, he's been a top-12 receiver in fantasy points per game four of the last five years. Round 1 (Pick 2): McCaffrey is the grand wild card of the entire 2022 fantasy football draft. He averaged 13.8 fantasy points per game (17th) and had a 27% target share in Weeks 2-7 during the regular season. If youre a fantasy nerd like me, turn on notifications from your favorite NFL insider for breaking news around the league. Round 1 (Pick 11): If wide receivers and top tight end Kelce are all that logically remain for this and the next draft slot in Round 1, fret not, as you'll be getting plenty-good players in the process. Do I believe Hurts will be better than Tom Brady? On the flip side, it might be a bit frustrating to wait through the long turns in between your picks. Round 1 (Pick 8): Running back seems like the way to go here, assuming all top-three wide receivers are off the board, and fantasy managers should generally have a fine choice from the Harris, Cook and Mixon positional tier. There are few worries during fantasy football draft season that unnecessarily weigh on managers' minds more than the annual selection of your draft position. It's a topic we covered on theScore Fantasy Football Podcast during our 2022 WR preview episode. He did so five times in 2021, with Baltimore throwing at a 60% clip. Note: We don't advocate going into your draft with just one dedicated draft strategy that you feel that you must adhere to. Round 1 (Pick 5): I'd say I'm in the minority on this, but seeing as Jefferson hasn't made it past Pick 7 in more than 300 NFFC drafts this month, I'll stress that you should not allow him to sneak past the fifth overall pick of a PPR draft. Hamler, WR, Broncos 15.3: Alec Pierce, WR, Colts. One big advantage of selecting third overall is that you can lock in an elite running back in the first round, which is always important. Five-time nominee for the Fantasy Sports Writers Association's Hall of Fame. Compare your draft pick to what these drafters did to get an idea of what sort of fantasy football team you can build. Senior editor Craig Ellenport snagged Cole Kmet at 9.01 and entering his third season, he's a popular sleeper candidate. McKissic. In this Chargers NFL Mock Draft, they attempt to do so. Nyheim Hines and J.D. Round 5: Receivers dominated the fifth round, as they should. Claypool is also due for positive touchdown regression after catching just one of his 12 end-zone targets last season. 2 overall pick, in which case I see picks 3 through 5 as Kupp, Jefferson and best-remaining-running-back Austin Ekeler, in your order of preference. 1 receiver in A.J. Round 6: Quarterbacks were an enticing buy in the sixth round, as Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson, and Kyler Murray found teams. Not even just the red zone, Kirk Cousins shows a great rapport with him from inside the 5-yard line. The second pick overall is still a Top-5 pick but its the fifth best choice in the Top-5, so before you try to chase down that second pick, make sure that 1, 5, 3 or 4 (in that order) arent still available. Weve done analysis in the past on season results from all the draft positions and over the years weve come to learn that even in a snake-draft, where in theory the idea of the snake is to even out the odds, earlier is still better as there is almost always an advantage to going first. Part of that does fall on the up-and-down quarterback play, but it just further cements Gesicki as a good, not great tight end in fantasy football. This receiving and route volume led to only moderate success in fantasy football, as Mike Gesicki finished as TE9. In reality, Kelce lost only four points on his per-game average, with his 2022 role potentially expanding following Hill's trade. I will be using the mock draft simulator from FantasyPros, in case you would like to practice on your own. In the ninth round, I'm buying Renfrow at a price tag as if last year's breakout season didn't happen at all. If you go hero-RB, it's important to grab multiple running backs in the mid-to-late round with receiving upside, and I felt comfortable getting that in Edwards-Helaire and Hunt. 12-Team Snake Drafts - Estimated Value Per Pick (Standard roster format) - Razzball Fantasy Baseball 12-Team Snake Drafts - Estimated Value Per Pick (Standard roster format) Updated: 2023-01-09 04:10:53 PM EST For 12-team snake drafts with 13 hitters, 9 pitchers, and 3 bench spots. Preferred strategy for picks 6-7: WR-best available-best available Preferred strategy for picks 8-9: WR-WR-RB Byron Pringle, Equanimeous St. Brown and 25-year-old rookie Velus Jones Jr. should only encourage targeting the 24-year-old Mooney in 2022 drafts. This is a half PPR scoring league with the following roster spots: QB, RB,. A career year is on the way for the 23-year-old wideout; he might lead the lead in targets. In the past four seasons, his 25.6 PPR fantasy points per game is by far the most by any player at any position (minimum 40 games), and he has scored at least 20 points in 32 of 38 games in which he played 30-plus snaps. He had 405 points in Yahoo! What do you think of this roster? With nobody worth much outside of third-year tight end Cole Kmet as legitimate competition, Mooney should build off his 8th-ranked 24% target share from last season. It's smart to grab an every-down running back within the first two rounds, but if 10 running backs are gone by the time you're on the clock, grabbing a receiver first is likely to provide maximum. 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Round 1 (Pick 10): In seasons past, a WR-WR strategy made a bit of sense from this oft-dreaded draft slot. You are also better on the corner at 12 than being stuck with the 10th or 11th pick. Dobbins only slightly out-touched Edwards 86-74 down the stretch in 2020. Saquon Barkley, too, is an out-there, contrast pick to Taylor. Andrews was the top-scoring player at his position last season, averaging 17.7 fantasy points per game. Just completed a draft in my 8 Team H2H Keeper. ESPN offers the following Snake Draft Demo screenshot: Fantasy football snake draft strategy In a snake draft, each fantasy coach has one pick in each round. Round 2 (Pick 18 in 10-team, Pick 22 in 12-team): This is where getting Kupp or Jefferson pays potentially huge dividends. DRAFT SCIENCE: Best Snake-Draft Position in 2022 Tony Holm July 12, 2022 The draft is still a ways off but we've run our annual draft position analysis and wanted to share an overview of where the best position is to be this year in a standard 16-round/12-team snake-draft (also known as a serpentine-draft). I love that. Often thought of as a slot-only wideout, Gage split snaps 50/50 from the slot versus outside in 2021. Round 12: Let's check back in on Team Woods and his search for mid-to-late-round running backs. At least 3 RB, 4 WR through the first 9 rounds in 12-team leagues At least 4 RB, 4 WRs through the first 10 rounds in 10-team leagues There are roughly 40 RBs and 40 WRs which you can reasonably expect to provide a startable Week 1 floor. Well, maybe that's not always the case but it's probably because your guys got injured at the start of the season. Most teams remain fairly balanced, but Team Woods has passed on running backs thus far. The point of these mocks is to prepare for the unexpected. For as well as J.K. Dobbins performed in fantasy football from Weeks 11-17 in full PPR (RB11) during the 2020 season, guess who outscored him J.D. Brown, WR, Eagles 4.10: Darren Waller, TE, Raiders 5.3: Amari Cooper, WR, Browns 6.10: Kyler Murray, QB, Cardinals 7.3: Kareem Hunt, RB, Browns 8.10: Clyde Edwards-Helaire, RB, Chiefs 9.3: Hunter Renfrow, WR, Raiders 10.10: Rondale Moore, WR, Cardinals 11.3: Darrel Williams, RB, Cardinals 12.10: Gus Edwards, RB Ravens 13.3: Gerald Everett, TE, Chargers 14.10: K.J. I also opted to go with a hero-RB strategy, leaning on a rejuvenated Saquon Barkley and his upside a receiver within Brian Daboll's new offensive system (they've been using him a lot -- in the slot, out wide, screens, back-shoulder fades and wheel routes thus far in training camp). A case can be made for as many as eight different players, bringing Chase and Harris from the earlier mentions and Swift from later considerations into the fray. Mooney also finished the last four weeks of the season ninth in target share (27%) and fifth in route participation (95%). Considering the (admittedly mild) concerns laid out earlier with the Harris/Cook/Mixon trio, a wide receiver is the most logical target for fantasy managers here, especially with the realistic chance at an Adams or Diggs in a 10-team or Lamb or Samuel in a 12-team league. We only can know that Shawn got really great values on both quarterbacks. But the draft is where you build the foundation of your roster, and the goal is to have as deep a roster as possible. But a lack of passing doesnt impact Jackson they way it does most other QBs with his greatest fantasy asset being his legs. Fantasy: 10-team mock draft with analysis after every round, Get the latest trending sports news daily in your inbox. Tyler Allgeier is one of my favorite rookies and if the word out of Atlanta is true that the Falcons want to lighten the load on Cordarrelle Patterson, Allgeier could be a late-round steal. Hes been top 30 in yards per route run in each of the last two seasons (minimum 50 targets, per PFF). The Falcons selected wide receiver Drake London with the No. Use this tool as one resource of many in your tool belt on draft day. From 2019-2020, Jackson had 37 or more passing attempts in a game only four times. Those who pick Chase should prefer the running back here anyway, as it's pretty likely that every one of the positional top 15 will be off the board by this team's Round 3 pick, and while my 16th-ranked running back, Cam Akers, is a fine third-round pick for this team, anyone beneath him would represent a reach. Seeing Justin Jefferson go above Cooper Kupp is the only real surprise. 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