The 2022 NFL season is nearly upon us, and that means that it’s time for fantasy football draft preparation. Make sure to leverage our tools, including our free fantasy football draft simulator and our expert consensus rankings, to help dominate your draft. Along with our bevy of fantasy football tools, we have our Fantasy Football Draft Kit. Between our tools and our content, we will have you covered for fantasy football draft season. Here’s our expert outlook and rankings for Patrick Mahomes (QB – KC).
Despite the ups-and-downs of the KC Chiefs offense as a response to the Cover 2 defense, Patrick Mahomes was as stellar as ever from a fantasy perspective. The former MVP ranked fourth in fantasy points per game (22.0) tying Justin Herbert (QB – LAC) with 12 weekly top-12 QB finishes. Still, Mahomes averaged fewer fantasy points per game than in 2020 (25.2).
Additionally, the loss of Tyreek Hill (WR – MIA) cannot be ignored heading into 2022. The duo ranks second in combined passing touchdowns (41) since 2016 – despite Mahomes not becoming the starter until 2018. Mahomes can’t totally be written off as a top-five fantasy option — QB4 without Hill through the first five weeks of 2019 averaging 25 fantasy points per game — but there’s genuine concern about his top-tier weekly ceiling without Hill.
Especially coming off a season where he posted a career-low PFF passing grade (77.5) and a career-high in interceptions (16). He’s likely being overvalued as the QB2 in early best ball drafts on name recognition alone.
-Andrew Erickson
Patrick Mahomes 2022 Projections
| PASS CMP | PASS ATT | PASS YDS | PASS TDS | PASS INTS | RUSH ATT | RUSH YDS | RUSH TDS | FUMBLES | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 420.7 | 638.5 | 4730.4 | 34.5 | 13 | 66.3 | 374.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 362.8 |
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