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2022 NFL Fantasy football sleepers, breakouts and busts

The SportsLine Projection Model simulated the entire NFL season 10,000 times and came up with some very surprising sleepers, breakouts and busts

By@SportsLinePublished: Aug 24, 2022 3:48PM UTC . 2 min read

If you're gearing up for your Fantasy football drafts, piling together research, or scouring the internet for the most up-to-date Fantasy rankings, you need to see what our advanced computer model has to say. SportsLine's Projection Model powered projections for all three major Fantasy sites.

In fact, when it came to ranking players in Fantasy football, SportsLine's model beat human experts the last several seasons, especially when there were big differences in the rankings. That could literally be the difference between winning your Fantasy league or going home with nothing.

Last year, the model accurately predicted that Colts running back Jonathan Taylor was being dramatically undervalued. Taylor was being drafted behind running backs like Aaron Jones, Ezekiel Elliott and Austin Ekeler last season but the SportsLine projection model predicted that he'd outproduce all of those backs and be a fixture in your Fantasy football lineups. The result: Taylor led the NFL with 1,811 rushing yards and 18 rushing touchdowns to finish as the overall RB1 in 2021.

The same model has a proven track record providing Fantasy football tips, also identifying A.J. 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. Anybody who banked on players like those made a run at their league title.

Anyone who followed it has had a significant edge over the competition the past few seasons.

Now the model has simulated the entire 2022 NFL season 10,000 times and came up with some very surprising player projections. It's identified the top breakouts, sleepers and busts so you'll have an edge in your Fantasy football league. And we can tell you our projections have a ton of surprises you won't see coming.

So which players are poised for breakouts, what sleepers do you need to jump on, and which busts should you avoid in your Fantasy football league? ... Join SportsLine here to see the 2022 Fantasy football sleepers, breakouts and busts all from the model that is used by the three largest Fantasy sites!

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