The 2022 fantasy football season is upon us; people are flocking to draft rooms with their draft cheat sheets and rankings in hand to take down the grand prizes in their favorite tournaments. They are crossing off names one at a time, looking for value, looking for their favorite targets, and avoiding their 2022 fantasy football fades.

Below you can find my 2022 fade list with detailed reasonings and data supporting my choice to pass on players when I am on the clock. But before we begin, I think it’s important to clarify what I mean by fade.

Fading a player does not mean I will not draft a player- There is a point at which every player is draftable; that cost is up for you to decide. However, considering my overall roster portfolios, I roster fewer of these players than the rest, and I think it would be irresponsible or foolish not to own any.

That being said, I often find myself passing on these players due to the draft capital required to acquire them, and I will continue to fade them unless something in the offseason changes the fantasy landscape or their projected outlook.  

Let’s dive into Part One of my 2022 Fade List for the 2022 fantasy football season, looking at quarterbacks and running backs.

Quarterbacks

Joe Burrow– Don’t get me wrong, I love Joe Burrow, and I love his weapons, but I can’t get behind the cost it takes to acquire him in drafts. Burrow is currently being selected as QB6 in early FFWC draft rooms. He is going ahead of Tom Brady, Jalen Hurts, Dak Prescott, and Russell Wilson, to name a few.

Cincinnati’s strength of schedule sits at .536 in 2022. That ranks as the third-highest behind the Los Angeles Rams and Arizona Cardinals. We also need to consider his fantasy shootout schedule (weeks 15-17). Burrow faces the best of the best, starting with the Bucs, Pats, and then Bills. Looking at Joe Burrow’s successes in 2021, we can’t help but think there will be some regression in 2022.

Burrow led the league in completion percentage at 70.4%; he was 8th in the league in TD’s, 6th in the league in money throws, 3rd in the league in touchdown rate at 6.5%, 8th in the league in deep ball completion percentage at 43.1%, 2nd in the league in true passing rating, and 3rd in the league in accuracy rating. I know this sounds AMAZING- but that’s the caveat; even after that monstrous season, Burrow finished 2021 as QB8. He would need to outperform those robust statistics to give investors a return on the draft capital necessary to acquire him in drafts. 

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Some of her most impressive calls were Alvin Kamara as her late round stash and cash in his 2017 rookie season (when both Adrian Peterson and Mark Ingram were in town) and last year called WR Calvin Ridley her breakout player of 2020 as he went on to post 90 catches 1,374 yards and 9 TDs.

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The long wait is finally over and the fantasy football draft season has arrived. One of the best ways to compile a championship-contending roster is to know which players might exceed their current ADP and who might disappoint.

When fantasy football fans can target those values and avoid the busts, they give themselves a huge competitive advantage over their less-prepared league mates.

Here are some players that make great bargains, and others to be wary of as we head into the 2021 fantasy football season.

Undervalued Players

Tua Tagovailoa (QB) Miami Dolphins (ADP 216.2, QB23) 

As a rookie in 2020 Tagovailoa failed to impress fantasy owners. While he wasn’t awful in real life, the explosive plays and big numbers just weren’t there. With that said, he was set up to fail last year. To start, he was coming off major hip surgery, and most believed he would essentially believe redshirted his rookie season, so the guy wasn’t even supposed to be playing. He was unable to have an offseason or preseason beyond rehabbing and Covid rules only compounded that. Then he was playing behind an improving but very young offensively line and had subpar weapons to throw the ball to.

The reports out of camp so far in regard to Tua have been nothing short of outstanding. Even his harshest critics have been impressed with his growth from year one. His anticipation, mobility, and grasp of the offense have drastically improved. The team also went out and got him the weapons he needed. They drafted Alabama star Jaylen Waddle in the first round and added former Texans star, Will Fuller. Last year prior to being suspended for the final five games of the season, he was the overall WR8 in fantasy football. Pairing those two with DeVante Parker and Mike Gesicki is a dangerous group of pass-catchers…

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