2022 Fantasy Football Draft Kit: Rankings, sleepers, strategy tips and more

It's the best time of the year with fantasy football draft season is in full swing! To make getting ready for for the season as easy as possible, we've rounded up all the advice from our award-winning fantasy analysts in our 2022 draft kit to help you get a leg up on the competition.

We’ll continue to add new draft prep content here all the way up until the season kicks off, so whether you’re playing Fantasy Football for the first time or a seasoned pro looking to add another title to your trophy case, our draft kit will provide a guide to rankings, sleepers, busts, projections and more expert analysis. Don’t forget to also listen and subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football podcast for advice five times a week.

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Draft Rankings

• Overall Top 300 | QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DEFs | Ks

• Downloadable Cheatsheet PDFs: Top 250 | Positional | Tiers

Quarterback Advice

• Position Preview: Are uni-threat QBs making a comeback?

• Sleepers: QB values available beyond the top-100 picks

• Fades: Why you might want to avoid these four star QBs

• Breakout candidates: Three QBs going after pick 125 could break out

• Shuffle Up Salary Cap Quarterback Draft Values

• QBs who should be ranked higher or lower

• What we learned from quarterback projections

• The top quarterback/receiver duos this season

• Yes, you should draft Kirk Cousins this season

• Why Jags' Lawrence is a Year 2 breakout candidate

• Deshaun Watson suspension: What's the fantasy fallout?

Running Back Advice

• Position Preview: How to tackle running backs in drafts

• Age trends — when do we arrive at the RB danger zone?

• Zero RB, Hero RB, and more — which is the best draft strategy?

• Sleepers: Rookie running backs highlight list of values

• Busts: Four running backs to consider fading in drafts

• Late-round options: 5 sleeper RBs to consider

• Breakout candidates: Four RBs in position to deliver value

• Shuffle Up Salary Cap Draft Values

• Very-late-round and undrafted running backs to consider

• RBs who should be ranked higher | RBs who are overvalued

• What we learned from running back projections

• Is the end of the every-down running back coming?

Wide Receiver Advice

• Who could be fantasy's No. 1 wide receiver in 2022?

• Position Preview: Why it's time to bet on WR talent over continuity

• Sleepers: Seven receivers poised to overdeliver

• Fades: Deebo headlines big-name WRs to avoid

• Five sleeper receivers to consider drafting late

• Breakout candidates: Four young receivers set to make a leap

• Shuffle Up Salary Cap Draft Values

• Biggest selling point and obstacle for second-year WRs

• WRs who should be ranked higher | WRs who are overvalued

• What we learned from pass-catcher projections

• The top quarterback/receiver duos this season

• The JuJu Smith-Schuster fantasy revival is well underway

• Let's please stop sleeping on Allen Lazard in drafts

• Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and why you should draft both

Tight End Advice

• Position Preview: Tight end tiers, sleepers and draft strategies

• Sleepers: Five tight ends to consider in the late rounds

• Fades: Is this the year Kelce falls off?

• Breakout candidates: Four late-round tight end options

• Shuffle Up Salary Cap Draft Values

• TEs who should be ranked higher or lower

• What we learned from positional projections

Sleepers

• Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Receivers | Tight Ends

• Post-hype sleepers who could awaken this season

• One sleeper from every NFL team

• Late-round lottery tickets after the first 12 rounds

Busts

• Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Receivers | Tight Ends

• One player to fade from every NFL team

• Fades: Seven big names to avoid at ADP

• These are the riskiest players in 2022 drafts

• How to identify and avoid drafting a bust

Draft Strategy

• Last-second strategy tips ahead of fantasy football drafts

• Key player notes for last-minute drafters

• Yahoo fantasy expert mock | Mock draft 2.0 | Mock Draft 3.0

• My Guys: Scott Pianowski's top 2022 targets

• Six mistakes to avoid this fantasy football draft season

• Five players Matt Harmon is worried he's wrong about

• The players we're having the most trouble ranking

• The safest picks you can make in Rounds 1-10

• The most underrated picks available in Rounds 1-10

• Players being overvalued the most in Rounds 1-10

• 32 player stats to know before you draft

• Five players who fit any roster construction in drafts

• How not to lose your draft in the very first round

• Middle-round strategy for drafters

• Which narrow usage trees should you target in drafts

• The teammate conundrum — who should you draft?

• Rookies who could be difference-makers

• Should you buy or sell these players returning from injury?

• Which veterans can we actually still trust?

• Top regression candidates — positive and negative

• PPR winners and losers

• Four NFL teams to get right in fantasy

• Fantasy fallout of wild NFL offseason

What to do with every Round 1 pick: First overall | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Ninth | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th

Salary Cap Draft Tips

• Draft Values: Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight Ends

• Roster-building strategies to secure a winning team

• The best way to execute a successful salary cap draft

• Lessons learned from an expert draft

Season Predictions

Conference outlook: AFC | NFC

Other things to consider

• Four ways to spice up your fantasy leagues this year

• Most popular team names — what will you call your squad?

• How to play fantasy football: A refresher and 101 guide

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