• Tennessee Titans RB Derrick Henry should have a strong start to the season with a great matchup against the New York Giants mediocre run defense.
• Philadelphia Eagles WR A.J. Brown should be off to a fantastic start, as he has the week's best matchup for a wide receiver against the Detroit Lions.
• Nathan Jahnke’s fantasy rankings have been the most accurate in season rankings over the last three seasons combined, per FantasyPros‘ rankings accuracy competition.
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These are my fantasy football rankings for Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season for PPR leagues, including some notes about players to help you make your weekly decisions. Rankings in other formats can be found here.
According to FantasyPros, my rankings were fifth-most accurate in 2021, second-most in 2020 and third-most in 2019. I was the only analyst to rank top-five all three seasons, making these the most consistently-accurate rankings of the last three seasons.
Last Updated: 11:50 a.m. Sunday, Sep. 11
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Quarterbacks
Rank | Name | Team | Opp | Notes |
1 | Josh Allen | BUF | @LA | BM |
2 | Lamar Jackson | BLT | @NYJ | |
3 | Patrick Mahomes | KC | @ARZ | GM |
4 | Jalen Hurts | PHI | @DET | GM |
5 | Justin Herbert | LAC | LV | |
6 | Kyler Murray | ARZ | KC | |
7 | Russell Wilson | DEN | @SEA | GM |
8 | Tom Brady | TB | @DAL | BM |
9 | Joe Burrow | CIN | PIT | |
10 | Trey Lance | SF | @CHI | |
11 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | @MIN | |
12 | Dak Prescott | DAL | TB | |
13 | Matthew Stafford | LA | BUF | |
14 | Derek Carr | LV | @LAC | |
15 | Jameis Winston | NO | @ATL | |
16 | Kirk Cousins | MIN | GB | BM |
17 | Tua Tagovailoa | MIA | NE | |
18 | Matt Ryan | IND | @HST | GM |
19 | Trevor Lawrence | JAX | @WAS | |
20 | Ryan Tannehill | TEN | NYG | FA |
21 | Carson Wentz | WAS | JAX | FA |
22 | Justin Fields | CHI | SF | BM |
23 | Daniel Jones | NYG | @TEN | FA |
24 | Jared Goff | DET | PHI | FA |
25 | Marcus Mariota | ATL | NO | BM, FA |
26 | Baker Mayfield | CAR | CLV | BM, FA |
27 | Mitchell Trubisky | PIT | @CIN | FA |
28 | Mac Jones | NE | @MIA | FA |
29 | Joe Flacco | NYJ | BLT | GM, FA |
30 | Davis Mills | HST | IND | FA |
31 | Jacoby Brissett | CLV | @CAR | GM, FA |
32 | Geno Smith | SEA | DEN | FA |
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