Fantasy Football 2022: Best Ball draft tips and strategies

Best Ball leagues are becoming incredibly popular. In this season-long format, participants draft one roster for the entire year, and the top-scoring players each week count towards your totals. There are no transactions, matchups or weekly lineups. That means nailing your draft is absolutely critical, so before going on the clock in any Best Ball leagues, you need to see what SportsLine's highly-rated expert Jacob Gibbs has to say.

Gibbs uses a data-driven approach that has helped him consistently provide accurate rankings at every position. He has proven to be one of the nation's most accurate Fantasy rankers in recent years -- posting the eighth-most accurate results over the past three seasons, according to Fantasy Pros.

Find his full 2022 Best Ball rankings here.

Now Gibbs has released his 2022 Fantasy football Best Ball tips for SportsLine members. Gibbs says that in Best Ball, drafters should be more concerned with the top of a player's range of outcomes, particularly on a weekly basis. Gibbs targets high-upside players who can deliver league-winning upside if things break in their favor in 2022.

Two players who Gibbs believes fit the mold perfectly: Tampa Bay RB Leonard Fournette, and Philadelphia WR A.J. Brown. "If rookie RB Rachaad White doesn't cut into the receiving role that Fournette played to close out the 2021 season, a finish as Fantasy's RB1 for the veteran Fournette should not come as a surprise," Gibbs said. And a massive shocker: Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown ranks as the WR6 in Gibbs' best ball rankings. The underlying data from Brown's third season suggests that finishing as the WR1 in Fantasy is well within his range of outcomes. Gibbs said, "week-to-week consistency may be an issue for Brown as part of a run-first Eagles offensive approach, but he absolutely is set to deliver the spike weeks that can carry Best Ball managers to a first place finish."

Gibbs is also calling for a rookie wide receiver to be worthy of a top 25 slot in his Fantasy football best ball rankings! This pick could be the difference between winning BIG and going home with nothing.

What are the most important points to consider before diving into a Best Ball draft? And what is the ideal roster construction? ... Join SportsLine right now to see Jacob Gibbs's top Best Ball draft strategies and tips, plus get the entire 2022 Fantasy Football Draft Bible, all from one of the nation's most accurate rankers!