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Fantasy Football Rankings 2022: Sleepers from the NFL model that nailed Damian Harris’ big season

The NFL preseason is in full swing, but with many teams opting to rest their starters early on, how much should your 2022 fantasy football rankings be affected? Russell Wilson was traded to Denver from Seattle during the offseason and has been impressing his teammates during the early part of NFL training camp. Should Wilson be among your 2022 fantasy football picks? How will the addition of Wilson upgrade Denver’s offense as a whole and where should you target Wilson and his Broncos teammates in the Fantasy football rankings 2022? A reliable set of 2022 Fantasy football advice can help you crack that code while also identifying potential 2022 Fantasy football sleepers you should be targeting. Before crafting your 2022 Fantasy football draft strategy, be sure to check out the 2022 Fantasy football cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine.

Last year, the model accurately predicted that Patriots running back Damian Harris would dramatically outperform his fifth-round Fantasy football ADP. The result: Harris became the early-down workhorse for New England and rushed for 929 yards and 15 touchdowns to finish as the No. 8 running backs in all of Fantasy football. He finished ahead of Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Josh Jacobs and Chris Carson, who were all coming off the board at least 20 picks earlier than average.

The same model has a proven track record providing Fantasy football tips, also identifying AJ Brown as another sleeper in 2020 and players like Julio Jones and JuJu Smith-Schuster as Fantasy football busts last season. 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. Anyone 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 sleepers

One of the 2022 Fantasy football sleepers the model is predicting: Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford. The longtime Lions starter won a Super Bowl in his first season in Los Angeles and piled up impressive numbers while doing it, throwing for 4,886 yards and 41 touchdowns to finish as the No. 6 quarterbacks in the Fantasy football QB rankings.

However, concern over an elbow injury the Rams have been somewhat cryptic about has led to him being the ninth quarterback drafted overall. He’s going late in the eighth round on average, but the model sees him having even more upside than last season with Allen Robinson joining the squad and Cam Akers healthy again. In fact, it ranks him as a top-five option at quarterback.

Another sleeper that SportsLine’s Fantasy football rankings 2022 have identified: Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool. Last year ended badly after his first down celebration during a two-minute drill against the Vikings derailed Pittsburgh’s chance at a comeback in Week 14. In the 11 games he played before that, he had 47 catches for 753 yards and a 16-yard- per-catch average.

This year, there is concern about the production from all the pass-catchers in Pittsburgh as the team moves on from the Ben Roethlisberger era. In the team’s initial training camp depth chart, Mitchell Trubisky was named the starter, and he threw all of eight passes last season. However, Claypool has had the second-highest target share on the team in his first two seasons (17.79 percent). The model likes Claypool to bounce back this year and have a better Fantasy season than others with higher 2022 Fantasy football ADP like Elijah Moore, Allen Lazard, and Drake London. See which other Fantasy football sleepers 2022 to pick here.

How to find proven 2022 Fantasy football football rankings

SportsLine is also extremely high on a surprising quarterback you aren’t even thinking about being taken in the middle rounds of 2022 Fantasy football drafts. This quarterback is listed as a shocking top-five option ahead of superstars like Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson. You can only see who it is, and the 2022 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine.

So which 2022 Fantasy Football sleepers should you be targeting? And which QB shocks the NFL with a top-five performance? Visit SportsLine now to get 2022 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model called Damian Harris’ huge season, and find out.