Despite rampant speculation about Tom Brady’s whereabouts, including a theory that was filming “The Masked Singer,” the Buccaneers welcomed him back on Monday. Given he retired briefly during the offseason and apparently entertained discussions with the Dolphin, should owners rank him high in their 2022 Fantasy football rankings? Where should you target Brady with your 2022 Fantasy football picks given everything that’s going on? A reliable set of Fantasy football rankings 2022 can help you set realistic expectations for Brady while also identifying potential 2022 Fantasy football busts you need to keep an eye on. As you begin your 2022 Fantasy football draft prep, be sure to check out the 2022 Fantasy football cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
Last year, SportsLine’s model accurately predicted that Titans wide receiver Julio Jones was being dramatically overvalued. He was being drafted around in the fifth round on average, but SportsLine predicted he wasn’t even close to being one of the top 20 wide receivers. Jones wound up turning in an incredibly disappointing stat line, catching 31 passes for 434 yards and one touchdown.
The same model has a proven track record providing Fantasy football tips, also identifying A.J. Brown as a sleeper in 2020 and JuJu Smith-Schuster as Fantasy football bust last season. It also nailed Jonathan Taylor’s big season and was all over Jaylen Waddle to outperform his Fantasy football ADP. Additionally, it’s called past Fantasy football sleepers like Derrick Henry in 2019, Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara in 2018, and Davante Adams in 2017. Anybody who banked on players like those made a run at their league title.
The model is powered by the same people who generated projections for all three major Fantasy sites, and it beat human experts last season when there was a big difference in ranking. The projections update multiple times daily, so you’re always getting the best Fantasy football advice.
Now, SportsLine has simulated the entire NFL season 10,000 times and released its latest Fantasy football rankings 2022, along with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and busts. Head to SportsLine now to see them.
Top 2022 Fantasy football busts
One of the 2022 Fantasy football busts the model is predicting: Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott. He has been a consistent contributor for owners over the years. In fact, he’s never finished outside the top 12 running backs in Fantasy.
However, Elliott averaged a pedestrian 4.2 yards per carry and a career-low 58.9 rushing yards per game in 2021. His numbers were even worse late in the season, when he averaged just 3.5 yards per carry and 3.7 yards per target over his final nine outings. He’s also expected to split carries with Tony Pollard, who averaged 5.5 yards on 130 carries last season. That’s one of the main reasons why the model ranks Elliott behind fellow running backs like Damien Harris and Josh Jacobs, both of whom are being drafted after Elliott.
Another bust that SportsLine’s Fantasy football rankings 2022 have identified: Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown. There’s no question Brown has been one of the most dynamic playmakers in the league with the ball in his hands when healthy, but his health has been an issue the past couple years. Plus, an offseason move to Philadelphia means that his productivity is going to be heavily reliant on the progression of Jalen Hurts.
Brown missed two games in 2020 and then four games in 2021, finishing with a career-low 869 receiving yards and five touchdowns. Now, he joins an Eagles receiving corps that has another ascending playmaker in Devonta Smith in an offense that only averaged 210.9 passing yards per game. Brown has been the No. 11 receiver off the board on average in PPR leagues thus far, but the model ranks him outside its top 20 wide receivers for 2022. See which other Fantasy football busts 2022 to avoid here.
How to find proven 2022 Fantasy football rankings
SportsLine is also extremely low on a running back coming off the board in the third or fourth round on average of 2022 Fantasy football drafts. The model ranks him outside its top 24 running backs for 2022 and expects him to see major regression after a breakout season in 2021. You can only see who it is, and the 2022 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine.
So which 2022 Fantasy Football breakouts should you be targeting? And which RB will fail to live up to expectations in 2022? Visit SportsLine now to get 2022 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that told you to avoid Julio Jones in 2021, and find out.
