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2022 fantasy football rest of season rankings | Week 4
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Intriguing players in the Week 4 rest of season rankings
After the first three weeks of the 2022 NFL season, which players are among the top discussion points when it comes to the Week 4 rest of season rankings? Let’s take a look at three players who are dividing opinions among fantasy analysts and managers.
David Njoku, TE, Cleveland Browns
By now, it’s reasonably apparent that tight end, well, sucks this year again for fantasy football. For the last handful of seasons, there has been a rather significant advantage drafted an elite tight end early. Otherwise, you are stuck wading through the muck and playing the shell game between six different guys, with only one hiding the TE1 outing.
Thankfully, it appears one of the potential breakouts I had circled is showing up, with Cleveland Browns David Njoku proving why the Browns gave him the substantial contract was a good idea.
Njoku finished as Cleveland’s second-leading receiver behind only Amari Cooper in Week 3, catching nine of his ten targets for 89 yards and a touchdown over the Steelers. Jacoby Brissett relied on Njoku as we hoped in the preseason due to the lack of a reliable No. 2 option.
I do not think this is a fluke, either. Njoku was one of my top TE breakouts for 2022, and while it might have taken a few games to get here, Njoku looks like the real deal. He’s ranked accordingly, sitting as the TE7 in rest of season fantasy rankings. There is no reason Njoku shouldn’t be rostered everywhere.
Chris Olave, WR, New Orleans Saints
We saw this coming. There were signs that Chris Olave was destined to break out and cement himself as a legitimate fantasy football asset. And guess what? He did.
After a 22.5% target share in Week 2 with an absurd 320 air yards against the Buccaneers, Olave turned those into actual yards. Taking on the Panthers, Olave finished the day with a cool 147 yards on nine of 13 receiving, scoring 23.7 PPR points as the WR6.
Although we can’t expect 147 yards every week, YOLO Jameis is back like he never left. Winston took several risks, letting his WRs bail him out similarly to his historic 33/30 season. Monitor Michael Thomas’ injury, but there is a legitimate chance that Olave is the No. 1 fantasy option at receiver for the Saints even with him on the field.
When those deep targets connect more regularly, Olave might only trail Drake London for yards in 2022 amongst the class of rookies. He is the WR30 in our updated rest-of-season redraft rankings.
James Robinson, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars
Have you ever heard of the Mandela Effect? It’s when you have a distinct memory of something happening even though it never did. Typically it’s a group of people who remember an event, too.
An example would be the fact The Berestein Bears never existed. They were The Berenstain Bears. Or that “Mirror, mirror on the wall” is wrong and it’s actually “Magic mirror on the wall,” it’s Sex and the City, not Sex in the City, or that Fruit Loops is actually Froot Loops, and Sinbad played in a genie movie. That one, I swear, actually happened, though.
Is your head hurting yet? Well, my bad, but I guess we need to add James Robinson’s torn Achilles into the list because there is no way it actually happened, not with how he has played so far this season.
Robinson continues to surprise us, rushing for 100 yards on 17 carries while adding 16 yards on three of three receiving. He even showed his top-end speed with a 50-yard rushing TD in the third quarter, which broke the Chargers back.
Robinson is the RB3 in PPR scoring through three games, averaging 18.8 PPR. He is seventh in attempts (51), eighth in yards (230), is averaging 3.14 yards after contact per rush (23rd), and is tied for seventh with eight forced missed tackles. The Jaguars are legit, and many of us owe them an apology. Fantasy managers also own Robinson one after writing him completely off in favor of Travis Etienne. A mid-round pick at best, Robinson is up to RB13 in our 2022 rest-of-season fantasy rankings.
