Safest Picks On Each Team (2022 NFL Fantasy Football Speculations)

There are some players that can consistently produce well on the field and in your fantasy leagues. These are the players that are known to perform decently well year after year. Here’s a list of the safest picks on each team in fantasy football.

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Buffalo Bills

Josh Allen – Easily one of the best QBs currently in the game, his weekly bust rate was 13%, tied lowest with Aaron Rodgers and Matthew Stafford.

Miami Dolphins

Jaylen Waddle – Tua Tagovailoa to Tyreek Hill is a projection. Tua Tagovailoa to Jaylen Waddle is a reality we saw unfold last season. Waddle posted nine top-24 PPR finishes — 8th-best at the position and more than Hill did in KC.

New England Patriots

Jakobi Meyers – Finished as a WR4 or better in 80% of his games last season, goes to show how consistent he can be across all weeks.

New York Jets

Breece Hall – It might be weird to pick a rookie as the “safest”, but he’s one of the better RB prospects in recent years, and his pass-catching ability is going to boost his fantasy value right away. We generally don’t think of rookies as safe fantasy investments, but Hall has a sturdy floor and a lofty ceiling.

Baltimore Ravens

Lamar Jackson – He has never finished lower than 10th amongst QBs in percentages of top-10 finishes. A great rusher and the youngest ever to win MVP, he’s the safest pick in the Ravens roster.

Cincinnati Bengals

Joe Mixon – Joe Mixon was the only RB last season to finish inside the top-36 weekly in a full 16 games played.

Cleveland Browns

Nick Chubb – He has scored at least eight TDs in each of his four NFL seasons. He’s run for 1,000 yards in three straight seasons after finishing with 996 rushing yards as a rookie. He’s also finished in RB1 range in each of the last three seasons — even in 2020, when he missed four games.

Pittsburgh Steelers

Najee Harris – Despite playing on a bottom-feeding offense a season ago, the Steelers RB posted the 3rd-most top-12 finishes and top-24 finishes.

Houston Texans

Brandin Cooks – Brandin Cooks finished as a WR2 or better in 53% of his games played last season. That was better or equal to the likes of CeeDee Lamb, Tyreek Hill, Hunter Renfrow, DeAndre Hopkins, Mike Williams, Ja’Marr Chase, DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr., Tee Higgins and Amari Cooper.

Indianapolis Colts

Jonathan Taylor – He has finished first and ninth in the percentage of his games in which he has finished as a top 24 running back. Last year he led all running backs with 75% of his games as a top 12 option at the position. 

Jacksonville Jaguars

Trevor Lawrence – Trevor Lawrence, the No. 1 pick in the 2021 draft, had a shaky rookie season but is still a Grade A prospect who should find firmer footing in 2022 now that Meyer has been purged and replaced by ex-QB Doug Pederson.

Tennessee Titans

Derrick Henry – Derrick Henry did play in the playoffs and did have a full, regular, healthy off-season program. One of the more physically dominant and skilled RBs in the game, he’s surely the safest pick on a Titans offense with emerging but questionable young players. 

Denver Broncos

Russell Wilson – What we do know is that Russell Wilson has finished in QB1 range in 9 of his 10 NFL seasons. He finished in QB2 range last year after missing three games (and a big chunk of a fourth) with a finger injury.

Kansas City Chiefs

Travis Kelce – Travis Kelce’s 73% TE1 finish rate from 2021 ranked No. 1 at the position. With Tyreek Hill gone, his target floor is threatening the ceiling.

Las Vegas Raiders

Davante Adams – Adams is one of the most gifted WRs in the NFL. With an expected higher target share thanks to college buddy Derek Carr, he’s going to get the football a lot more.

Los Angeles Chargers

Keenan Allen – He never finished a week last season as a top-6 WR. But he also busted just once in 15 games played.

Dallas Cowboys

Dalton Schultz – He has elite TE potential in 2022. With Michael Gallup likely to start the year on the PUP, Schultz could become the #2 option in the Dallas passing game and never let that go. He played all 16 regular season games and busted on fewer than 25% of them.

New York Giants

Sterling Shepard – When he is healthy and on the field, he gets peppered with targets. He has been a top-40 wide receiver in terms of fantasy points per game (PPR) over the past three seasons, commanding nearly eight targets per game.

Philadelphia Eagles

Jalen Hurts – Jalen Hurts has been a top-12 fantasy quarterback at an 85% hit rate in the 20 games he’s played all four quarters. And there’s no reason to think that Hurts won’t continue producing in fantasy with the addition of A.J. Brown

Washington Commanders

Terry McLaurin – He’s gone over 1,000 yards in each of the last two seasons, and he probably would have gone 3-for-3 had he not missed a pair of games as a rookie and fallen 81 yards short. McLaurin is expected to be the go-to receiver for new QB Carson Wentz.

Chicago Bears

Darnell Mooney – He’s the WR1 in CHI, but a WR2 in fantasy, with the receiving volume he’s had.

Detroit Lions

D’Andre Swift – D’Andre Swift teased some lofty potential in 2021, and you know he’s a true bell cow back. The Lions have to get Swift plenty of action if the offense is going to make improvements year over year.

Green Bay Packers

A.J. Dillon – Dillon has averaged more than Jones. Dillon also took over as the Packers’ goal-line back late in the season. Dillon has also proven himself to be a better receiver than advertised, catching 34 of 37 targets last year. Dillon is going to be an important part of a top offense.

Minnesota Vikings

Justin Jefferson – Justin Jefferson may be the safest investment of any elite WR. Cooper Kupp is coming off a gigantic workload and you can argue Jefferson is not only the safest Viking, but also the safest fantasy receiver there is.

Atlanta Falcons

Kyle Pitts – Kyle Pitts was glorious last season, despite playing for an abysmal offense and scoring one lousy TD. In terms of volume, Pitts will continue to see plenty of it and that makes him a safe investment, even if the Falcons offense caps his ceiling again.

Carolina Panthers

D.J. Moore – 1.2K yards and 4 TDs, every year, the same deal. What D.J. Moore lacks in upside, he makes up for with floor.

New Orleans Saints

Jarvis Landry – Alvin Kamara is facing a suspension, Michael Thomas is trying to come back from a major foot injury, Chris Olave is a rookie, and Jameis Winston is rarely described as a safe fantasy option. That leaves Jarvis Landry, a reliable slot man and possession receiver who had only missed one game in seven seasons before missing multiple games with a knee injury in 2021.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Mike Evans – Mike Evans has averaged over 1K yards and 13.5 TDs since Tom Brady rolled into town. He has 1K yards in all eight of his NFL season. 

Arizona Cardinals

Kyler Murray – Kyler Murray is Arizona’s safest fantasy option. In his first three seasons, he’s averaged 18.6, 24.4 and 22.2 fantasy points per game.

Los Angeles Rams

Cooper Kupp – Cooper Kupp finished as a top-12 WR in 81% of his games last season. Next closest was Davante Adams at 47%.

San Francisco 49ers

Deebo Samuel – Deebo Samuel is the weapon of choice. Sure, he may lose some of those valuable carries year over year, but he remains the playmaker to get the ball to, and that matters.

Seattle Seahawks

Kenneth Walker – Seahawks ground and pound approach should provide a secure floor to whichever RB is deemed healthy enough to play. Last season, Chris Carson and Rashaad Penny finished as top-24 backs in six of their 13 combined starts.


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