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Jacksonville has holes all over the defensive side of the ball. Their secondary is below average and they struggle to pressure opposing quarterbacks. That sets up perfectly for a player like Derek Carr, who operates best with good pocket protection.

My draft went without a hitch for the third year in row. It came in at 41 minutes and it was snappy and quick. It does go by in the blink of an eye. How do you execute a draft? Just take the Top 200 points per reception (PPR) players from Fantasy Sharks, load them into the draft queue, and go!

If you choose to wait on a quarterback in your league, Kirk Cousins is the guy you want. Cousins will thrive in coach Kevin O’Connell’s pass-happy offensive scheme that he is bringing over from the Los Angeles Rams. That bodes exceptionally well for his outlook in 2022.

The 29th edition of The Preseason Report is available now! It's our annual deep-dive into the NFL to get you prepared for draft season. It includes Tony Holm's annual Draft Guide and Gary Davenport's 2022 look at the IDP landscape along with several top Fantasy Sharks writers covering everything from rookies to sleepers.

There are things in life with which we are warned time after time again to not trifle. Don’t play with fire. You don’t tug on Superman’s cape. You never at any point make comments about Tom Brady being too old to ...

Jameis Winston is coming off an ACL tear, but he looked good in training camp and limited preseason action. The addition of veteran wideout Jarvis Landry and rookie Chris Olave, and the return of a healthy Michael Thomas provides Winston with exponentially better weapons than he had a year ago.

So now is the time to get prepared for the draft. There is luck but also preparation. And according to Benjamin Franklin … “by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail” so do not hurt your own chances at your draft.

The "concerns" about Fournette in 2022 are overblown. Hie extra weight is already gone. His role in the Tampa offense is secure. The Bucs are making a run at a Super Bowl. Fournette is a proven commodity. And if Tampa didn't have significant plans for him in 2022, they wouldn't have given Fournette $12 million in guaranteed cabbage.

Jonathan Taylor is the consensus 1.01 but if you're not afraid to roll the dice and you want to play to win, Christian McCaffrey remains the player with the highest upside in all of fantasy football.

Draft Kareem Hunt in the seventh round for his stand-alone FLEX value, Top-12 upside if Chubb goes down, and Top-24 floor if he becomes the starter for another team.

At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, Courtland Sutton has an excellent chance of being this year’s Ja’Marr Chase — a mid-round wide receiver pick who goes on to crack the Top 10 in fantasy points at his position.

The departure of Davante Adams will force Green Bay to rely on both of its running backs early and often this year. Expect A.J. Dillon's current RB25 ranking to rise throughout August. Aggressively targeting wideouts in Rounds 3 and 4 and snagging Dillon in the fifth round could be a rewarding strategy.

If you’re looking for a wide receiver on the cusp of breaking out, look no further than Tee Higgins. In six games from Weeks 12-17 last year, Higgins averaged 8.3 targets, 6.2 receptions, 107.5 receiving yards per game and scored four touchdowns.

Here are the complete auction draft results from the recent FanEx Auction Draft, a league comprised of various fantasy football  industry veterans. To no ones surprise, Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor attracted the highest bid of $49. This was ...

By the time 120 players or so have been selected, the sure bets are all long gone... There are some veterans available in the double-digit rounds who possess both a clear path to a substantial offensive role in 2022 and the potential to become viable weekly starters.

Positive touchdown progression is on the horizon in 2022. If Dalvin Cook sees more work as a receiver out of the backfield as he did from 2018-20, an RB1 finish is a realistic outcome.

The FanEx Experts Analysis Draft is complete! FanEx is the first experts league.. ever and is well stocked with industry veterans. We've updated the picks and commentary for all 20 rounds today.

Derek Carr has a golden opportunity to set career highs in multiple categories and even be in the conversation for league MVP. Among quarterbacks you can draft outside the Top-12, Carr has the greatest chance of smashing his average draft position...

Currently being drafted as the WR6 in the middle to the late second round of 12-team leagues, CeeDee Lamb’s price tag is certainly not cheap. However, his WR1 ceiling needs to be at the top of your list of reasons to target this third-year receiver.

In the four games last year where Cole Kmet saw at least a 22 percent target share, he averaged 8.5 targets, 5.8 receptions and 61.5 yards. If Justin Fields attempts 500 passes this year, Kmet should see at least 110 targets.

Over the last two seasons, Brown has seen target shares of 24.7 percent and 25.5 percent in the Baltimore offense. It’s entirely in the realm of possibilities that Marquise Brown sees a target share of around 30 percent in his first six games with Arizona, which would amount to 10 targets per game.

Yes, the Bills added backfield talent in the 2022 draft in James Cook, and it's entirely possible that Cook will eat into Singletary's touches—especially in the passing game. But at his current ADP, that split is essentially already baked into his price.

If you’re picking in the middle of the first round of a 12-team PPR league and opt to go with one of the elite wide receivers, selecting Aaron Jones in the second round and snagging A.J. Dillon in the fifth round is a strategy that can pay off quite favorably this year.

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.

Last year, Carr threw for just over 282 yards per game—a number that ranked sixth in the NFL. If the 31-year-old really does get a bump from Adams into the 30+ passing touchdown range, that would boost last year's fantasy numbers by approximately 30-40 points.

In recent years, the tight end position has become a tale of extremes in fantasy football. Either you have a high-end, reliable weekly option — or you don’t.

Rookie Projections for both 2022 and for Rest of Career for Dynasty players. For our money, Drake London in Atlanta tops the list as the best long term fantasy pick from the 2022 NFL Draft.

Two years ago, a healthy Russell Wilson made top-eight fantasy receivers out of DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. It's quite possible he could do the same with Courtland Sutton and Jerry Jeudy this year.

Despite playing much of the 2021 season on a partially torn PCL in his knee, Ezekiel Elliott still posted the fourth, 1,000-yard season of his six-year NFL career, gaining 1,002 yards on the ground, averaging 4.2 yards per carry, scoring 10 rushing touchdowns and finishing sixth among all running backs in fantasy points.

On a per-carry basis, Miles Sanders has been highly effective over his career—the fourth-year pro led all rookie running backs in scrimmage yards (1,327) back in 2019 and set a franchise record last season for yards per carry at 5.5.

London will draw attention away from Pitts, who struggled at times with bracket coverage in 2021 as the only player opposing defenders needed to concern themselves with.

A.J. Brown is going have more fantasy relevance now that he is playing with Jalen Hurts and Hurts himself may get a boost. Draft A.J. Brown higher than you did last year and if he is still there when you get in the mid-rounds, grab him.

Travon Walker has ridiculous speed for a defensive end and will be a monstrous disruption against opposing offenses for Jacksonville. He also has the added value of playing other positions, making him a great player to use in a variety of situations.

The big day is almost here. In just a couple days, all 32 NFL teams will gather in Las Vegas for the 2022 NFL Draft. Most years, the quarterbacks take center stage. The past two years there was zero doubt ...

The “Let Russ Cook” slogan never came to fruition in Seattle even though Seattle featured two stud receivers in DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. Denver is going to let him cook until the roast is burnt with talents like Tim Patrick, Jerry Jeudy and Courtland Sutton.

We are only a few short days away from the yearly tradition that is the distribution of talent to the 32 NFL franchises. I will be focusing on the Wide Receiver position in this article – my specialty. I usually ...

As has seemingly been the case so often in recent years, the Class of 2022 racks up the superlatives at wideout. There's talent galore. And plenty of depth..

Last year, there were just two running backs selected in the first round, and none in the top-20. The year before that, only one running back went on Day 1—with the final pick of Round 1. A back hasn't been taken in the top 10 since Saquon Barkley in 2018.

There hasn’t been a team in the league that has done more to put its young quarterback in position to succeed this year than Miami. Now all that’s left is for Tagovailoa (who ranked 27th in fantasy points per game among quarterbacks in 2022) to step up and take advantage.

It’s a wild time across the National Football League. Dozens of contracts will be signed as teams look to fill holes or replace players who themselves departed. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent. And the fantasy values of those moving players will be put through a blender.