Fantasy Football 2022: Proven expert reveals his Do Not Draft list
Fantasy analyst Jacob Gibbs shares his list of star players who will fail to live up to their draft value in 2021
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Being right about which players to draft is important, that much is obvious. If you hit on the must-have players for 2022 Fantasy, you should be well on your way to a Fantasy championship.
Perhaps almost as important as being right is not being wrong. 2021 Fantasy landmines like Saquon Barkley, Brandon Aiyuk, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Kenny Golladay, and DeAndre Hopkins had the potential to sink even the best rosters -- SportsLine's Fantasy analyst Jacob Gibbs advised against drafting all of them in the 2021 Do Not Draft List.
Gibbs uses a data-driven approach that has helped him consistently provide accurate rankings. 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.
Now Gibbs has released his 2022 Do Not Draft List, exclusively to SportsLine members. We can tell you he is not into Deebo Samuel at his average draft position. "There are so many paths to a letdown from Deebo Samuel at this ADP," Gibbs says. "His splits with George Kittle healthy are discouraging, we saw his rates fall off in the second half of 2021 with Brandon Aiyuk taking on a larger role, and there's ambiguity regarding San Francisco's 2022 target distribution with a QB change."
Samuel is one of two wide receivers being selected inside of the top-24 who stand out as massive risks relative to the other players selected in the same range. Gibbs worries that investing such valuable draft capital into one of these wideouts with so many exciting breakout wide receivers available in the rounds that follow could prevent an otherwise fantastic team from finishing on top. Read on to understand Gibss's concern regarding those two early-round receivers and eight other players to avoid at ADP.
So which star wideouts could sink your roster's chances if you invest an early-round pick into them? And which mid-round RBs are you better off avoiding? ... Join SportsLine here to see the full Do Not Draft list from Jacob Gibbs for 2022!
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