Most Overrated Player on Each Team (2022 NFL Fantasy Football Speculations)

There are some players that approach into the next season with a lot of hype surrounding them. These players may be overrated, as according to past trends and data, and some players unfortunately don’t live up to the fantasy expectations placed on them. Here’s a list of the most overrated fantasy players on each NFL team.

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Buffalo Bills

James Cook – Hard to entrust a rookie with the most carries for an RB on a Super Bowl favorite team. Devin Singletary has the RB1 position as well.

Miami Dolphins

Tua Tagovailoa – Has a top-tier offensive cast but has been unable to make the same jump in ability and prowess like draftmates Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert.

New England Patriots

Jakobi Meyers – Was not an efficient player last year despite finishing as the WR35. The Patriots brought in competition for targets this year, Tyquan Thornton and DeVante Parker.

New York Jets

Elijah Moore – Performed well in last six games but has RB and TE competition and might possibly not break 100 targets.

Baltimore Ravens

Gus Edwards – In his best season, 2021, Edwards finished RB35 in 0.5 PPR scoring. That low-end RB3 upside is gone now, with J.K. Dobbins as RB1 and Tyler Badie, Mike Davis.

Cincinnati Bengals

Joe Burrow – Definitely performs well in real games but can’t produce as many points in fantasy to show that. No quarterback scored more fantasy points over expectation, which suggest some regression will hit Burrow in 2022. He also only rushed for 118 yards and 2 TDs.

Cleveland Browns

Donovan Peoples-Jones – He’s averaged exactly three targets over his first 26 games. He’s a deep-ball specialist, nothing more, and those guys just don’t have value in fantasy.

Pittsburgh Steelers

Chase Claypool – George Pickens and Diontae Johnson provide some competition for target shares. Claypool has had some big games, but the lack of consistent floor and sporadic ceiling makes him a tough investment.

Houston Texans

Dameon Pierce – Slow-ish rookie who never had 800 scrimmage yards in any previous season.

Indianapolis Colts

Matt Ryan – Ryan’s recent production has been about quantity, not quality. The passing volume is going to shrivel with Ryan going from the Falcons to the much more competitive Colts.

Jacksonville Jaguars

James Robinson – He had a great 2020 season, but coming off of an Achilles tear, and the expectations of Travis Etienne, it’s better to not draft Robinson too high.

Tennessee Titans

Ryan Tannehill – It’s hard to get overly excited about the Tennessee QB in one of the NFL’s most run-heavy offenses devoid of any elite, proven pass-catchers. He finished last season with his lowest passer rating to date as a Titan (88.1, 23rd).

Denver Broncos

Jerry Jeudy – An unproven fantasy commodity, great route-running and separation skills aside, he hasn’t scored many fantasy points over the last two seasons. And that’s not the case with every Denver receiver, as Tim Patrick was able to do very well.

Kansas City Chiefs

Juju Smith-Schuster – While with an overall good offense, he has seen his yards per route run decrease in each of the last four seasons, and his YAC per reception also fall in every season of his career (per PFF).

Las Vegas Raiders

Darren Waller – Missing six games due to injury, Waller finished seventh in fantasy points per game among TEs. Now, his target share is going to be jeopardized by the arrival of high-volume WR Davante Adams.

Los Angeles Chargers

Mike Williams – Isn’t consistent, disappears due to injury or poor performance, does not have the same volume as players near his proposed ADP.

Dallas Cowboys

Ezekiel Elliott – Coming off a season in which he managed to finish 32nd in breakaway runs and 37th in yards created per touch, might share more of workload with Tony Pollard.

New York Giants

Saquon Barkley – He has missed so many games over the last few years and looks as though his best days may have been left behind in his rookie season. Hard to tell with this one, though. Proceed with caution.

Philadelphia Eagles

Dallas Goedert – Goedert averaged 9.6 fantasy points a game in 0.5 PPR. That made him the TE4 over that stretch, but he isn’t going to reach it this year either, now that the Eagles have welcomed aboard target magnet A.J. Brown.

Washington Commanders

Antonio Gibson – Has competition, Commanders re-signed receiving RB J.D. McKissic and drafted early down RB Brian Robinson.

Chicago Bears

Justin Fields – The Bears have only a small handful of fantasy-relevant players, and none of them neatly fit the category. Justin Fields simply didn’t have the breakout rookie season others expected of him.

Detroit Lions

T.J. Hockenson – Hockenson hasn’t been bad per se, but he has hardly lived up to being the 8th overall pick in the draft three years ago. Among 35 tight ends with at least 200 targets through their first 3 seasons, Hockenson ranks 26th in receiving yards and yards per target.

Green Bay Packers

Aaron Rodgers – Don’t get it wrong, Rodgers is plenty good and will still get early picks, but that’s mainly because of his resume. It’ll be interesting to see how well he performs this coming season, though.

Minnesota Vikings

Dalvin Cook – The new coaching staff has no history with him, can have injury fill-ins with Alexander Mattison, may see fewer touches and less efficiency.

Atlanta Falcons

Drake London – Outside of rookie-only drafts, he’s not a good pick to have. The Atlanta Falcons gave up an absurd number of sacks last year and that offensive line has made little improvement year over year. Mariota has not developed into the passer scouts expected, either.

Carolina Panthers

D.J. Moore – The play under center in Carolina will prevent Moore from being anything more than a fantasy WR2 – as he has been every single season of his NFL career.

New Orleans Saints

Michael Thomas – He has an amazing 2019 season, but it feels like we still might be overshooting the mark in expecting a WR2 season from a player who’s been out for so long and is returning to a totally different environment.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Chris Godwin- Top-12 receiver in terms of talent, but he suffered a torn ACL in December. It’s aggressively optimistic to assume he’ll be able to return in time to play the majority of the 2022 season.

Arizona Cardinals

DeAndre Hopkins – Coming off a year in which his targets per snap fell to 64th, and his yards per route run dipped to 29th among wide receivers. On top of the declining efficiency, now he’s slated to miss six games of the season which is a tough pill to swallow for fantasy purposes.

Los Angeles Rams

Allen Robinson – A change of scenery, even to a theoretically good landing spot, does not necessarily mean a player will revitalize his career, especially a soon to be 29-year-old wide receiver entering his 9th NFL season.

San Francisco 49ers

Deebo Samuel – There’s reason to believe that Samuel won’t be able to sustain that same elite production from last season. He can lose rush attempts with Trey Lance at QB and has to compete with George Kittle for targets. His injury record should not be ignored either.

Seattle Seahawks

Tyler Lockett – He doesn’t have Russell Wilson anymore, and with a downgrade to Drew Lock and Geno Smith, he might not even break 1000 yards.

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