NFL Week 2 Positional Fantasy Football Rankings

Stock up for Barkley: New York Giants RB Saquon Barkley moves into the top five after leading all running backs in fantasy points last week.
Start Henderson: Los Angeles Rams RB Darrell Henderson becomes a starting fantasy running back after taking the starting job in Week 1, and a strong matchup this week.
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.

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Last Updated: 11:45 a.m. Sunday, Sep. 18

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Quarterbacks

Rank	Name	Team	Opp	Notes
1	Josh Allen	BUF	TEN
2	Jalen Hurts	PHI	MIN
3	Patrick Mahomes	KC	LAC
4	Lamar Jackson	BLT	MIA
5	Justin Herbert	LAC	@KC	BM
6	Kyler Murray	ARZ	@LV
7	Russell Wilson	DEN	HST
8	Derek Carr	LV	ARZ	GM
9	Joe Burrow	CIN	@DAL	BM
10	Matthew Stafford	LA	ATL
11	Trey Lance	SF	SEA
12	Aaron Rodgers	GB	CHI
13	Tom Brady	TB	@NO	BM
14	Carson Wentz	WAS	@DET	GM
15	Kirk Cousins	MIN	@PHI
16	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	@BLT	GM
17	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	IND
18	Jared Goff	DET	WAS	FA
19	Jameis Winston	NO	TB
20	Marcus Mariota	ATL	@LA	BM, FA
21	Daniel Jones	NYG	CAR	FA
22	Justin Fields	CHI	@GB	BM
23	Matt Ryan	IND	@JAX
24	Baker Mayfield	CAR	@NYG	FA
25	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	@BUF	FA
26	Mitchell Trubisky	PIT	NE	GM, FA
27	Mac Jones	NE	@PIT	FA
28	Davis Mills	HST	@DEN	FA
29	Jacoby Brissett	CLV	NYJ	FA
30	Geno Smith	SEA	@SF	BM, FA
31	Cooper Rush	DAL	CIN	FA
32	Joe Flacco	NYJ	@CLV	BM, FA

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