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One area of the draft that is more easily prepared for is the first pick. Sure, there are always first-round surprises, especially in home leagues, but you can go into that first pick with a pretty good idea of what you will do. We’re here to help you prepare. We have a range of content around different draft slots you can find below. And we’ll also have you break down different players currently being considered in the first round based on expert rankings and average draft position (ADP).
First-Round Draft Pick Advice & Strategy
Round-By-Round Draft Strategy
- How to Approach Early Rounds
- How to Approach Middle Rounds
- How to Approach Late Rounds
- Strategy for Early Snake Draft Picks
- Strategy for Middle Snake Draft Picks
- Strategy for Late Snake Draft Picks
Round 1 Draft Pick Advice & Strategy
Dalvin Cook 2022 Fantasy Football Outlook
Same old song and dance for Dalvin Cook in 2021. The Minnesota Vikings running back was a workhorse when healthy, averaging 22 touches per game (5th) and 15.2 fantasy points per game (RB11). But the market seems to have soured on the consensus No. 2 pick from a season ago, because he missed four games and his production didn’t align with his usage.
His ADP has fallen to the back of Round 1, and it’s unwarranted based on the impending touchdown regression Cook will experience in 2022. His 15 goal-line carries ranked fourth in the NFL last season, but he converted just three into scores. Considering Cook averaged 16 TDs from 2019-2020, his meager 6 TDs from last season look like a blip on the radar.
– Andrew Erickson
The injury bug has lightly nipped at Dalvin Cook in each of the last three seasons. Over that span, he’s gutted out it, though, and only missed four games while dealing with a torn labrum, dislocated shoulder, groin strain, and left shoulder sprain. Despite the injury history, Cook will “shoulder” the load for the Vikings again in 2022. When he was on the field last year, he averaged 21.8 touches and 106.4 total yards per game as the RB11 in weekly fantasy scoring. He’s still a top 5-10 option and 20 touches per game machine this year.
– Derek Brown
FantasyPros Staff Consensus 2022 Redraft Fantasy Football Rankings
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