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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Los Angeles Rams 2023 Fantasy Football Projections

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Below you will find our 2023 fantasy football projections for the Los Angeles Rams.

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QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Matthew Stafford	547	369.2	4020.5	25.98	15.04	37.9	94.8	1.14	250.98
Stetson Bennett	41.2	26.8	286.3	1.67	1.07	8.4	21	0.21	19.35

Matthew Stafford: There were concerns with Stafford and his elbow heading into the 2022 season, and the veteran quarterback managed to appear in only nine games due to a spinal cord contusion. Stafford threw 10 touchdowns (3.3 TD%, his lowest since 2012) and eight interceptions and averaged 6.9 yards per attempt (lowest since 2018) with an 87.4 passer rating (lowest since 2014). If Stafford can stay healthy in 2023, how close will he be to the 2021 version who led the Rams to the Super Bowl?

RUNNING BACKS

Player	Att.	Yards	TD	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Cam Akers	219.2	931.6	6.03	27.7	206.7	1.2	171.06
Kyren Williams	60.1	246.4	1.35	29.7	219.6	1.4	77.95
Ronnie Rivers	42.2	183.6	1.06	5.9	43.1	0.3	33.78
Zach Evans	33.7	144.9	0.84	5	36.6	0.2	26.89

Cam Akers: Akers missed nearly all of 2021 with a torn Achilles, but his volume has fluctuated quite a bit when healthy. Much of his 2022 production came during the final six weeks of the season when he finished with 104 carries for 512 yards (4.92 YPC) and six touchdowns and 11 receptions for 99 yards on 12 targets. Only Christian McCaffrey (767) — and wide receiver A.J. Brown — had more YFS from Weeks 13-18 than Akers (611).

Kyren Williams: He may be small (5-9 and 194 pounds) and slow (4.65 40-yard dash) by NFL standards, but Williams profiles as a third-down back who also has a shot to lead the team's running backs in receptions.

WIDE RECEIVERS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Cooper Kupp	112.9	1272.7	7.6	10.5	60.4	0.53	238.54
Van Jefferson	55.2	725.7	4.5	0	0	0	127.17
Puka Nacua	28.3	325.2	2.2	0	0	0	59.87
Tutu Atwell	24.6	279.9	1.9	8.4	37.8	0.5	58.47
Ben Skowronek	19.2	230.4	1.5	1.1	7.7	0.06	42.77
Demarcus Robinson	9.1	112	0.8	0	0	0	20.55

Cooper Kupp: Kupp pulled off the rare triple crown of receiving in 2021, finishing with 145 catches for 1,947 yards and 16 touchdowns. While he missed roughly half of his follow-up season, the 2021 NFL Offensive Player of the Year had a better season than maybe most realized. Who led ALL receivers in half-PPR fantasy points scored in 2022 on a per-game basis? Yep, it was Kupp — not Justin Jefferson, or any other receiver. Of course, the problem is his hamstring and his uncertain status following his recent setback.

Van Jefferson: Making his season debut in Week 8 (and playing mostly when Kupp was out), Jefferson had only 24 catches for 369 yards and three touchdowns in nine games last season. Jefferson is an uninspiring WR5 in fantasy, but could move into the WR3 range if/when Kupp misses time.

TIGHT ENDS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Tyler Higbee	57.4	618	4.3	116.3
Hunter Long	9.1	101.2	0.8	19.47
Brycen Hopkins	7.5	86.1	0.6	15.96
Davis Allen	4.4	49.5	0.4	9.55

Tyler Higbee: Higbee set career highs in targets (108, fourth-most among TEs) and receptions (72, fifth) in 2022. While Cooper Kupp missed nearly half of the season, Higbee's per-game numbers were actually better with Kupp (4.9/43 on 7.2 targets) than without Kupp (3.5/29 on 5.4 targets). At a position where volume is inconsistent outside of the elite options, there is value in the consistency of Higbee's volume.

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Sunday, August 27, 2023

Los Angeles Rams 2023 Fantasy Football Projections

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QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Matthew Stafford	537.8	363	3925.9	26.08	14.79	38.9	97.3	1.17	248.53
Stetson Bennett	40.5	26.3	281.5	1.66	1.05	8.6	21.5	0.22	19.27

RUNNING BACKS

Player	Att.	Yards	TD	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Cam Akers	224.7	955	6.18	27.3	202	1.2	173.63
Kyren Williams	61.6	252.6	1.39	29.2	214.6	1.4	78.06
Ronnie Rivers	43.2	187.9	1.08	5.8	42.1	0.3	34.18
Zach Evans	34.6	148.8	0.87	4.9	35.8	0.2	27.33

WIDE RECEIVERS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Cooper Kupp	118.7	1327.4	8.2	10.8	62.1	0.54	250.74
Van Jefferson	53.5	696.3	4.4	0	0	0	122.78
Tutu Atwell	20.6	239.8	1.6	8.6	38.7	0.52	50.87
Puka Nacua	22.4	256.7	1.8	0	0	0	47.67
Ben Skowronek	18.9	225.1	1.5	1.1	7.7	0.06	42.09
Demarcus Robinson	9	109.4	0.8	0	0	0	26.04
Tyler Johnson	1.9	23.1	0.2	0	0	0	4.46

Cooper Kupp: Kupp pulled off the rare triple crown of receiving in 2021, finishing with 145 catches for 1,947 yards and 16 touchdowns. While he missed roughly half of his follow-up season, the 2021 NFL Offensive Player of the Year had a better season than maybe most realized. Who led ALL receivers in half-PPR fantasy points scored in 2022 on a per-game basis? Yep, it was Kupp — not Justin Jefferson, or any other receiver. Kupp has been dealing with a hamstring injury, but he should be good to go for Week 1.

TIGHT ENDS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Tyler Higbee	56.4	603.8	4.3	114.38
Hunter Long	9	98.9	0.8	19.19
Brycen Hopkins	7.4	84.1	0.6	15.71
Davis Allen	4.3	48.4	0.4	9.39

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Sunday, July 30, 2023

2023 Fantasy Football Half-PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 9th Pick

The best way to become good at something is to practice. So, what should you do if you want to draft a better fantasy football team?

Practice, of course!

Leading up to the start of the 2023 NFL season, we will use the Fantasy Football Mock Draft Simulator to complete fantasy football mock drafts.

We will use a variety of scoring formats — point per reception (PPR), half-PPR, standard scoring and even 2-QB leagues — and league sizes. The goal is to provide you with a good representation of the team that you may be able to construct given your league settings and the rationale of why we made the picks we did.

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That said, nothing beats practicing yourself so (check out the simulator) and complete a mock in a matter of minutes.

Half-PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 9th Pick

1.09 - Cooper Kupp, WR, Los Angeles Rams

Kupp pulled off the rare triple crown of receiving in 2021, finishing with 145 catches for 1,947 yards and 16 touchdowns. While he missed roughly half of his follow-up season, the 2021 NFL Offensive Player of the Year led ALL receivers in half-PPR fantasy points scored in 2022 on a per-game basis.

2.04 - Derrick Henry, RB, Tennessee Titans

Henry has led the NFL in rush attempts in three of the past four seasons (including 349 in 2022) and he's guaranteed a massive workload, as long as he remains healthy. While he set a career high in receptions (33) in 2022, he actually averaged more receptions per game in 2021 (2.3) than 2022 (2.1). Being more involved as a receiver would obviously be better, but here is where Henry has finished on a points-per-game basis in half-PPR scoring over the past four years (min. 8G played): third in 2022 (17.9), first in 2021 (23.0), third in 2020 (20.2) and second (tied) in 2019 (19.0), respectively.

3.09 - Tee Higgins, WR, Cincinnati Bengals

Other than perhaps the Dolphins with Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, no team has a better WR duo than the Bengals have with Ja'Marr Chase and Higgins. As he enters his age-24 season, the former Clemson Tiger already has three seasons of consistent production with a total of 215 catches for 3,028 yards and 19 touchdowns. Higgins has a minimum of three catches in 38 of the 41 games in which he played at least 50% of the offensive snaps.

4.04 - Deebo Samuel, WR, San Francisco 49ers

There are two main risks with Samuel — durability concerns due to his physical play style and the number of mouths to feed in San Francisco's talented offense. A motivated Samuel should be better on a per-touch basis in 2023 than he was last year.

5.09 - Cam Akers, RB, Los Angeles Rams

Much of Akers' 2022 production came in the final six weeks of the season when he finished with 104 carries for 512 yards (4.92 YPC) and six touchdowns and 11 receptions for 99 yards on 12 targets. If he maintains a workhorse role throughout the whole season, there is plenty of upside with him here in the fifth round.

6.04 - Rachaad White, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

White sits atop the team's depth chart and should dominate touches in 2023. As a 2022 rookie, he had 129 carries for 481 yards (only 3.7 YPC) and a touchdown in addition to 50 receptions for 290 yards and two touchdowns. The biggest concern for White (and all of Tampa's skill-position players) remains how much the offense struggles in a post-Tom Brady world.

7.09 - Darren Waller, TE, New York Giants

A couple of seasons removed from back-to-back 1,100-yard campaigns, Waller is clearly the top weapon in New York's passing attack. While he has been limited to only 20 games over the past two seasons, his 17-game pace is 71/895/4 during that stretch.

8.04 - Trevor Lawrence, QB, Jacksonville Jaguars

What a difference a year (and a new coaching staff) made for Lawrence! The 2021 NFL Draft's top overall pick completed 66.3% of his pass attempts for 7.0 yards per attempt, while throwing 25 touchdowns and only seven interceptions in 2022. (That compares to 59.6%, 6.0 Y/A and 12:17 TD-INT ratio in 2021.) In fact, Lawrence improved considerably as the season progressed — 69.7% completion rate, 7.4 Y/A and a 15-to-two TD-INT ratio from Weeks 9-18. Bigger things could/should be in store for Lawrence in 2023, as Calvin Ridley joins Christian Kirk, coming off career numbers (84/1108/8 in 2022), Evan Engram, and Travis Etienne.

9.09 - Rashaad Penny, RB, Philadelphia Eagles

Through five NFL seasons, Penny has missed nearly as many games (40) as he has played (42). When healthy, however, he has averaged 5.7 yards per carry over his career and an even-better 6.2 YPC over the past two seasons (176/1095/8). As long as he's healthy, however, Penny would be a great fit for the Miles Sanders role within the backfield.

10.04 - Elijah Moore, WR, Cleveland Browns

Before an injury ended his rookie season prematurely, Moore had 34 catches for 459 yards and five touchdowns over his final six games in 2021. (Moore was so good during that span that only Justin Jefferson had more fantasy points over that stretch.) When he was on the field in 2022, things didn't go as well, but he'll get an opportunity to reset with the Browns in 2023.

11.09 - Tyler Allgeier, RB, Atlanta Falcons

Allgeier was a player I liked as a sleeper last year, and the fifth-rounder out of BYU eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark as a rookie. With the Falcons drafting Robinson at No. 8 overall, it obviously delivers a huge blow to Allgeier's fantasy stock, but he is worth a stash as my RB5 on this roster.

12.04 - Michael Gallup, WR, Dallas Cowboys

Gallup missed only the first three games of 2022, but his production was abysmal (39/424/4 in the regular season). Including two playoff games, he had less than 50 receiving yards in 15 of 16 games. Getting back to an 1,100-yard season (2019) is highly unlikely, but he should be better in 2023 now that he's another year removed from his torn ACL.

13.09 - Anthony Richardson, QB, Indianapolis Colts

Indianapolis was arguably the most ideal landing spot for Richardson. After all, new coach Shane Steichen tailored Philadelphia's offense to best suit the skill set of Jalen Hurts. Ups and downs should be expected for Richardson, but his elite athletic profile gives him enormous rushing upside from the point he becomes the starter (presumably Week 1).

14.04 - Buffalo Bills DST

15.09 - Tyler Higbee, TE, Los Angeles Rams

Unintentionally adding my third Ram here, Higbee set career highs in targets (108, fourth-most among TEs) and receptions (72, fifth) in 2022. While Kupp missed nearly half of the season, Higbee's per-game numbers were actually better with Kupp (4.9/43 on 7.2 targets) than without Kupp (3.5/29 on 5.4 targets). At a position where volume is inconsistent outside of the elite options, there is value in the consistency of Higbee's volume, especially given Waller's recent injury history.

16.04 - Younghoe Koo, K, Atlanta Falcons

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Los Angeles Rams 2023 Fantasy Football Projections

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Below you will find our 2023 fantasy football projections for the Los Angeles Rams.

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QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Matthew Stafford	529.2	357.2	3863.2	25.67	14.55	38.9	97.3	1.17	244.86
Stetson Bennett	49.2	32	341.9	2.02	1.28	8.6	21.5	0.22	22.67

Matthew Stafford: There were concerns with Stafford and his elbow heading into the 2022 season, and the veteran quarterback managed to appear in only nine games due to a spinal cord contusion. Stafford threw 10 touchdowns (3.3 TD%, his lowest since 2012) and eight interceptions and averaged 6.9 yards per attempt (lowest since 2018) with an 87.4 passer rating (lowest since 2014). Stafford is in a better place to start training camp this year, saying that he "feel(s) a lot better physically." If he can stay healthy in 2023, how close will he be to the 2021 version who led the Rams to the Super Bowl and finished as a top-five fantasy quarterback?

RUNNING BACKS

Player	Att.	Yards	TD	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Cam Akers	234.4	996.2	6.45	27.2	201.8	1.2	179.3
Kyren Williams	51.9	212.8	1.17	29.2	214.5	1.4	72.75
Zach Evans	64.8	278.6	1.62	8.8	63.1	0.4	50.69
Ronnie Rivers	13	56.6	0.33	1.9	14.7	0.1	10.66

Cam Akers: While he missed nearly all of 2021 with a torn Achilles, Akers has gone from workhorse to the coach's doghouse and back to workhorse, when healthy. Much of Akers' 2022 production came in the final six weeks of the season when he finished with 104 carries for 512 yards (4.92 YPC) and six touchdowns and 11 receptions for 99 yards on 12 targets.

Kyren Williams: Small (5-9 and 194 pounds) and slow (4.65 40-yard dash) by NFL standards, Williams profiles as a change-of-pace option for Akers who also has a shot to lead the team's running backs in receptions.

Zach Evans: While the former five-star recruit slipped to the sixth round in this year's draft and was behind true freshman Quinshon Judkins on the Ole Miss 2022 depth chart, Evans isn't the worst late-round dart throw in best ball drafts given the recent usage history of Rams running backs.

WIDE RECEIVERS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Cooper Kupp	119.7	1337.2	8.3	10.8	62.1	0.54	252.82
Van Jefferson	53.5	695.9	4.4	0	0	0	122.74
Ben Skowronek	34.4	393.2	2.6	1.1	7.7	0.06	73.25
Tutu Atwell	11.9	145.1	1	8.6	38.7	0.52	33.45
Demarcus Robinson	13.8	161.9	1.1	0	0	0	29.69
Puka Nacua	10.7	130.4	0.9	0	0	0	23.79
Lance McCutcheon	1	12.6	0.1	0	0	0	2.36

Who led ALL receivers in half-PPR fantasy points scored in 2022 on a per-game basis? Yep, it was Kupp — not Justin Jefferson, or any other receiver. Kupp is at full strength heading into 2023, and he should be one of the first few receivers off the board.

Van Jefferson: Jefferson is an uninspiring WR5 in fantasy. Making his season debut in Week 8 (and playing mostly when Kupp was out), Jefferson had only 24 catches for 369 yards and three touchdowns in nine games last season.

TIGHT ENDS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Tyler Higbee	56.4	603.4	4.3	114.34
Hunter Long	9	98.8	0.8	19.18
Brycen Hopkins	7.4	84.1	0.6	15.71
Davis Allen	4.3	48.4	0.4	9.39

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

Los Angeles Rams 2023 Fantasy Football Projections

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Below you will find our 2023 fantasy football projections for the Los Angeles Rams.

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QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Matthew Stafford	529.2	357.2	3863.2	25.67	14.55	38.9	97.3	1.17	244.86
Stetson Bennett	49.2	32	341.9	2.02	1.28	8.6	21.5	0.22	22.67

Matthew Stafford: There were concerns with Stafford and his elbow heading into the 2022 season, and the veteran quarterback managed to appear in only nine games due to a spinal cord contusion. Stafford threw 10 touchdowns (3.3 TD%, lowest since 2012) and eight interceptions and averaged 6.9 yards per attempt (lowest since 2018) with an 87.4 passer rating (lowest since 2014). The good news is that he's at full health this offseason. If he can stay healthy in 2023, how close will he be to the 2021 version who led the Rams to the Super Bowl and finished as a top-five fantasy quarterback?

RUNNING BACKS

Player	Att.	Yards	TD	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Cam Akers	209.6	890.8	5.55	24.7	185	1.1	159.83
Kyren Williams	44.3	181.6	1	29.2	214.5	1.4	68.61
Zach Evans	56.2	241.7	1.41	8.8	63.1	0.4	45.74
Sony Michel	54	224.1	1.46	4.5	33.6	0.2	37.98

Kyren Williams: Small (5-9 and 194 pounds) and slow (4.65 40-yard dash) by NFL standards, Williams profiles as a change-of-pace option for Akers who has a shot to lead the team's running backs in receptions.

WIDE RECEIVERS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Cooper Kupp	119.7	1337.2	8.3	10.8	62.1	0.54	252.82
Van Jefferson	53.5	695.9	4.4	0	0	0	122.74
Ben Skowronek	34.4	393.2	2.6	1.1	7.7	0.06	73.25
Demarcus Robinson	15.8	182.9	1.3	0	0	0	33.99
Tutu Atwell	11.9	145.1	1	8.6	38.7	0.52	33.45
Puka Nacua	8.8	107.2	0.7	0	0	0	19.32
Lance McCutcheon	1	12.6	0.1	0	0	0	2.36

Who led ALL receivers in half-PPR fantasy points scored in 2022 on a per-game basis? Yep, it was Kupp — not Justin Jefferson, or any other receiver. Kupp will be at full strength heading into 2023, and he'll be someone I hope slips to me in drafts this year.

TIGHT ENDS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Tyler Higbee	56.4	603.4	4.3	114.34
Hunter Long	9	98.8	0.8	19.18
Brycen Hopkins	7.4	84.1	0.6	15.71
Davis Allen	4.3	48.4	0.4	9.39

Tyler Higbee: Higbee set career highs in targets (108, fourth-most among TEs) and receptions (72, fifth) in 2022. While Cooper Kupp missed nearly half of the season, Higbee's per-game numbers were better with Kupp (4.9/43 on 7.2 targets) than without Kupp (3.5/29 on 5.4 targets). At a position where volume is inconsistent outside of the elite options, there is plenty of value in the consistency of Higbee's volume.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Los Angeles Rams Fantasy Football Projections 2022

Our 2022 Fantasy Football Projections will be viewable by both position and team.

Below you will find our 2022 fantasy football projections for the Los Angeles Rams.

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QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Matthew Stafford	563.2	380.2	4364.8	31.26	13.8	38.1	95.3	0.57	284.98
John Wolford	42.4	24.6	262.9	1.27	1.06	2.9	5.8	0.03	14.24

Matthew Stafford: Stafford finished his first season in L.A. as fantasy's QB6 and a Super Bowl champion. His connection with Cooper Kupp was immediate and Stafford is now on the other end of the two highest receiving yardage totals in NFL history -- Calvin Johnson's 1,964 (2012) and Kupp's 1,947 (2021). In addition to Kupp, Allen Robinson, Van Jefferson and Tyler Higbee round out a solid group of pass catchers that should allow Stafford to have another strong season. While elbow pain for a quarterback is never a positive, there seems to be no real concern from the Rams.

RUNNING BACKS

Player	Att.	Yards	TD	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Cam Akers	223.7	950.7	6.15	38.7	300.8	2.1	194
Darrell Henderson	142.8	635.5	3.57	33.4	249.9	1.9	138.06
Kyren Williams	37.1	155.8	0.78	9.7	71.7	0.5	35.28
Jake Funk	23.8	95.2	0.36	2.2	16.2	0.1	15

Cam Akers: Closing his rookie 2020 campaign with 94 touches for 436 yards from scrimmage over his final four games, Akers was poised to enter 2021 as the team's featured back before an Achilles injury forced him to miss nearly all of last season. While it's remarkable how quickly he was able to get back on the field after sustaining the injury, it is something that can continue to impact his effectiveness throughout the 2022 season.

Darrell Henderson: With Akers missing most of 2021, Henderson set career highs in touches (178, 14.8/G). Henderson missed five games last season as well and has his own durability concerns, but he would handle double-digit touches per game if Akers were to miss any time again.

WIDE RECEIVERS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Cooper Kupp	111.3	1402.2	10	5.7	31.4	0.11	259.67
Allen Robinson	70.8	902.4	6.3	0	0	0	163.44
Van Jefferson	45.3	645.6	4.2	1.9	11.9	0.05	113.9
Tutu Atwell	23.3	261.5	1.5	0	0	0	46.8
Ben Skowronek	8.3	99.5	0.7	0	0	0	18.3
Brandon Powell	3.6	41.6	0.3	0	0	0	7.76
Lance McCutcheon	1.6	18.5	0.1	0	0	0	3.25

Cooper Kupp: The NFL Offensive Player of the Year and Super Bowl LVI MVP, Kupp had an absolutely dominant season in 2021. Not only did he become the fourth player in the Super Bowl era to win the triple crown of receiving, leading the league in receptions (145), yards (1,947) and touchdowns (16), but his receptions and yardage totals each rank as the second-most ever. Even without repeating last year's historic numbers, there's a good chance he leads the league's wideouts in fantasy points in 2022.

Allen Robinson: After spending four seasons in Jacksonville and four in Chicago, Robinson moves on to a much better situation with Matthew Stafford and the Rams. Despite a disappointing 2021 season (38/410/1 in 12 games), Robinson has three seasons with at least 1,147 yards in his career including 2019 and 2020.

Van Jefferson: A cleanup procedure on his knee seems likely to sideline him for Week 1, Jefferson is L.A.'s No. 3 wideout behind Kupp and Robinson, when healthy. Jefferson finished his second season with 50 catches for 802 yards and six touchdowns and as a top-36 fantasy wide receiver across all scoring formats in 2021.

TIGHT ENDS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Tyler Higbee	48.4	534.5	4	0	0	0	101.65
Brycen Hopkins	8.1	83.3	0.6	0	0	0	15.98

Tyler Higbee: Higbee enters 2022 as a borderline TE1/TE2. As an every-down player, Higbee has exceeded the 500-yard mark over each of the past three seasons.

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Monday, August 15, 2022

Los Angeles Rams Fantasy Football Projections 2022

Our 2022 Fantasy Football Projections will be viewable by both position and team.

Below you will find our 2022 fantasy football projections for the Los Angeles Rams.

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QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Matthew Stafford	564.1	380.8	4400	31.59	13.82	38.1	95.3	0.57	287.67
John Wolford	42.5	24.7	263.5	1.28	1.06	2.9	5.8	0.03	14.3

Matthew Stafford: Stafford finished his first season in L.A. as fantasy's QB6 and a Super Bowl champion. His connection with Cooper Kupp was immediate and Stafford is now on the other end of the two highest receiving yardage totals in NFL history -- Calvin Johnson's 1,964 (2012) and Kupp's 1,947 (2021). In addition to Kupp, Allen Robinson, Van Jefferson and Tyler Higbee round out a solid group of pass catchers that should allow Stafford to have another strong season. While more comfortable in the offense, Stafford is dealing with an "abnormal for a quarterback" elbow situation, although the veteran signal-caller played through arm pain last season too.

RUNNING BACKS

Player	Att.	Yards	TD	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Cam Akers	247.9	1053.6	6.82	38.7	303.1	2.2	209.14
Darrell Henderson	119.4	531.3	2.99	33.5	251.8	1.9	124.4
Kyren Williams	35.8	150.4	0.75	9.7	72.3	0.5	34.62
Jake Funk	23.8	95.2	0.36	2.2	16.3	0.1	15.01

Cam Akers: Closing his rookie 2020 campaign with 94 touches for 436 yards from scrimmage over his final four games, Akers was poised to enter 2021 as the team's featured back before an Achilles injury forced him to miss nearly all of last season. Provided his health cooperates, Akers has plenty of upside as the lead back in one of the league's most potent offenses.

WIDE RECEIVERS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Cooper Kupp	111.5	1410.7	10.1	5.7	31.4	0.11	261.22
Allen Robinson	66.3	853.4	6	1.2	5	0.02	155.11
Van Jefferson	47.4	671.5	4.4	1.9	11.9	0.05	118.74
Tutu Atwell	24.5	275.1	1.6	0	0	0	49.36
Ben Skowronek	5.5	65.3	0.5	0	0	0	12.28
Brandon Powell	3.6	39.6	0.3	0	0	0	7.56

Van Jefferson: While he had a cleanup procedure on his knee earlier this month, Jefferson enters the season as the team's No. 3 wideout behind Kupp and Robinson, when healthy. Jefferson finished his second season with 50 catches for 802 yards and six touchdowns and as a top-36 fantasy wide receiver across all scoring formats in 2021.

TIGHT ENDS

Player	Rec.	Yards	TD	Points
Tyler Higbee	48.5	552.6	4.1	104.11
Kendall Blanton	6.5	70	0.5	13.25
Jacob Harris	6.3	67.6	0.5	12.91
Brycen Hopkins	1.2	14	0.1	2.6

Tyler Higbee: Higbee enters 2022 as a borderline TE1/TE2. As an every-down player, Higbee has exceeded the 500-yard mark over each of the past three seasons.

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Saturday, July 30, 2022

Fantasy Football Half-PPR Mock Draft 2022: 12 Teams, 2nd Pick

The best way to become good at something is to practice. So, what should you do if you want to draft a better fantasy football team?

Practice, of course!

Leading up to the start of the 2022 NFL season, we will use the 2022 Fantasy Football Mock Draft Simulator (powered by FantasyPros) to complete fantasy football mock drafts.

We will use a variety of scoring formats -- PPR, half-PPR, standard scoring and even 2-QB leagues, league sizes and draft slots. The goal is to give you a good representation of the team that you may be able to construct given your league settings and the rationale of why we made the picks we did.

> Our mocks will be tracked here: Fantasy Football Mock Drafts.

That said, nothing beats practicing yourself so (check out the simulator) and complete a mock in a matter of minutes.

Half-PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 2nd Pick

1.02 - Christian McCaffrey, RB, Carolina Panthers

McCaffrey has played just 10 games over the past two seasons combined. In those 10 games, he has averaged 115.9 scrimmage yards, 5.4 receptions and 0.8 touchdowns per game. Before that, CMC led the NFL in scrimmage yards (2,392), touchdowns (19) and touches (403) in 2019 and became the third player in NFL history to reach the 1,000-yard rushing and receiving milestones in the same season. If his health cooperates, he has as high of a ceiling and floor as any running back.

2.11 - Tyreek Hill, WR, Miami Dolphins

Tua Tagovailoa is a winner following Hill's trade to Miami, but that's not the case for Hill given the quarterback downgrade from Patrick Mahomes. Hill set a career high in receptions (111) last year and a non-rookie low in Y/R (11.2). In this mock draft, Hill is the WR9.

3.02 - Cam Akers, RB, Los Angeles Rams

Closing his rookie 2020 campaign with 94 touches for 436 yards from scrimmage over his final four games, Akers was poised to enter 2021 as the team's featured back before an Achilles injury forced him to miss nearly all of last season. Provided his health cooperates, Akers has tremendous upside as the lead back in one of the league's most potent offenses.

4.11 - Brandin Cooks, WR, Houston Texans

Cooks has eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in back-to-back seasons and six of the past seven. In addition, he has finished as a top-20 fantasy receiver in six of the past seven seasons. As the team's clear go-to receiver, he'll be a reliable WR2 for fantasy managers in 2022.

5.02 - Chris Godwin, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Godwin missed the final three games of the season after tearing his ACL, but he still finished with 98 catches for 1,103 yards and five touchdowns in only 14 games. While it's not definitive that he'll be ready for Week 1, there has been some optimism that he could be on the field in Dallas for Week 1.

6.11 - Miles Sanders, RB, Philadelphia Eagles

Sanders has missed at least four games in back-to-back seasons, but he's averaged 5.4 yards per carry on the 301 rush attempts he's handled over that span. There is plenty of upside with Sanders at the end of Round 6.

7.02 - T.J. Hockenson, TE, Detroit Lions

Hockenson missed five games last season, but he set per-game career highs in receptions (5.1) and yards (48.6) as well as catch rate (72.6%). Given the additions to the receiving corps (D.J. Chark and Jameson Williams), it's likely that Jared Goff won't rely as heavily on Hockenson this year, but he was my top-ranked TE available at this point.

8.11 - Tom Brady, QB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Brady retired, then unretired, after leading the NFL in pass attempts (719), passing yards (5,316) and touchdowns (43) in his age-44 season. Not only did he throw for a career-high 5,316 yards in the NFL's first 17-game season, but his per-game average (312.7 yards) was the second best of his NFL career. Even though his rushing production is minimal in this era of dual-threat quarterbacks, his prolific passing stats propelled him to fantasy's QB3 in 2021 and he remains a viable QB1 at 45 years old (in August).

9.02 - Chase Claypool, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers

Claypool's targets, receptions and yards were nearly identical in his first two seasons. What wasn't nearly identical were the touchdowns. Claypool scored 11 times, counting two rushing scores, as a rookie, but only twice in 2021. Given his elite height, weight and speed profile, a regression to the mean in touchdown performance is likely.

10.11 - Jakobi Meyers, WR, New England Patriots

The good news is that Meyers finally scored a touchdown, actually two of them, to go along with 126 targets, 83 catches and 866 yards in 2021. Even with the Patriots trading for DeVante Parker, there's a decent chance that Meyers will lead the team in target share, receptions and yards, but the lack of scoring gives him little upside.

11.02 - Raheem Mostert, RB, Miami Dolphins

Mostert follows Mike McDaniel from San Francisco and has made the most of his opportunities, when healthy. The problem, of course, is that durability has often eluded him. Mostert missed almost all of 2021 with a knee injury and played just eight games in 2020. If he's able to stay healthy for (close to) a full season, he should outperform his ADP.

12.11 - Tyler Allgeier, RB, Atlanta Falcons

The draft pedigree (fifth round) doesn't scream featured back, but he has the frame (5'11", 224 pounds), power and vision to shoulder a heavy workload. A former linebacker (26 tackles in 2019 at BYU) as well, Allgeier was highly productive over the past two seasons with 2,731 rushing yards and 36 touchdowns over that stretch.

13.02 - Khalil Herbert, RB, Chicago Bears

Herbert showed what he could do during Montgomery's four-game absence, as the rookie totaled 78 carries for 344 yards and a touchdown with nine receptions for 44 yards. Herbert was fantasy's RB16 over that stretch. Outside of that four-game span, however, Herbert never exceeded four carries or five touches.

14.11 - 49ers DST, San Francisco 49ers

15.02 - Chuba Hubbard, RB, Carolina Panthers

CMC is elite when he's on the field, but he's missed the majority of the past two seasons. Hubbard provides some insurance in the event of another McCaffrey injury.

16.11 - Younghoe Koo, K, Atlanta Falcons

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Fantasy Football Half-PPR Mock Draft 2022 - 12 Teams, 9th Pick

The best way to become good at something is to practice. So, what should you do if you want to draft a better fantasy football team?

Practice, of course!

Leading up to the start of the 2022 NFL season, we will use the 2022 Fantasy Football Mock Draft Simulator (powered by FantasyPros) to complete fantasy football mock drafts.

> Our mocks will be tracked here: Fantasy Football Mock Drafts.

That said, nothing beats practicing yourself so (check out the simulator) and complete a mock in a matter of minutes.

Half-PPR Mock Draft: 12 Teams, 9th Pick

1.09 - Joe Mixon, RB, Cincinnati Bengals

Mixon has eclipsed the 1,100-yard rushing mark in three of four seasons with his six-game 2020 campaign being the exception. While he has averaged 4.1 yards per carry (or less) in each of the past three seasons, the Bengals have upgraded their offensive line this offseason, which should help both Joe Burrow and Mixon. He set a career high in touchdowns (16) in 2021 and the Bengals should once again rank among the league's top-scoring offenses.

2.04 - CeeDee Lamb, WR, Dallas Cowboys

In an uneven season, Lamb's year-over-year numbers improved to 79/1,102/6 in 2021 from his 74/935/5 rookie season. Lamb finished as a top-24 fantasy receiver in six of nine games through Week 10 and was tied with Tampa's Mike Evans for the sixth-most fantasy points (half-PPR scoring) during that stretch. (Michael Gallup missed Weeks 2-9.) Lamb was a top-30 receiver only once over his final seven games, however, and tied with Amari Cooper as fantasy's WR42 over that span. There should be no shortage of targets for Lamb with Cooper traded to Cleveland and Gallup's Week 1 status (ACL) in doubt.

3.09 - Cam Akers, RB, Los Angeles Rams

4.04 - Terry McLaurin, WR, Washington Commanders

In spite of Washington's mediocre quarterback play, McLaurin has averaged a 17-game pace of 82/1,142/6 through his first three NFL seasons. While Carson Wentz may not do wonders for Washington's passing attack, it is technically an upgrade over what McLaurin has had so far in his career.

5.09 - Breece Hall, RB, New York Jets

As the focal point of Iowa State's offense, Hall rushed for 3,044 yards and 41 touchdowns while adding 59 receptions for 482 yards and five touchdowns over the past two seasons. Hall is a patient runner with outstanding vision and contact balance and he's a reliable receiver out of the backfield. I'd be comfortable drafting him as my RB2, but I love the upside with him as my flex here.

6.04 - Darnell Mooney, WR, Chicago Bears

As the team's clear No. 1 wide receiver, Mooney is coming off an 81/1,055/4 season in 2021 despite Chicago's passing game struggles overall. Depending on how much improvement we see from Justin Fields in his second season, there is plenty of upside with Mooney.

7.09 - Kyler Murray, QB, Arizona Cardinals

The dual-threat quarterback has QB1 overall upside, when healthy. Even though he'll be without DeAndre Hopkins to start the season, the additions of Marquise Brown, his former Oklahoma teammate, and Trey McBride, the first tight end drafted in 2022, give Murray a talented group of pass catchers when the team's at full strength.

8.04 - Tony Pollard, RB, Dallas Cowboys

Even though Elliott played a full 17-game slate in 2021, Pollard earned an expanded role with career highs in touches (169) and scrimmage yards (1,056). Pollard is one of my favorite backs to target in 2022, as he has enormous upside if Elliott misses any time, but he has stand-alone flex value even if Elliott doesn't.

9.09 - Tyler Boyd, WR, Cincinnati Bengals

Boyd posted a 67/828/5 line on 94 targets to finish as a top-33 fantasy receiver in 2021, but he also set four-year lows in targets, receptions and yards. Boyd enters 2022 as a solid (but relatively low-upside) WR4.

10.04 - Skyy Moore, WR, Kansas City Chiefs

Moore led the Broncos in both receptions (51) and yards (802) as a true freshman in 2019. He had a 95/1,292/10 line in 2021 and PFF credited Moore with 26 broken tackles after the catch, which led FBS wide receivers last season. There is a path to Moore being the team's most productive wide receiver as a rookie, so at a minimum, he's worth a roll of the dice as my WR5.

11.09 - Darrell Henderson Jr., RB, Los Angeles Rams

Henderson has struggled to stay healthy himself, but he especially offers upside if Akers were to miss any time. Henderson averaged 14.8 touches and 72 scrimmage yards per game last season.

12.04 - Jamaal Williams, RB, Detroit Lions

Like D'Andre Swift, Williams missed four games in 2021 but set a career high in rushing yards (601) and tied a career high in rush attempts (153). While his targets per game (2.15) was near a career low, he set a career high in catch rate (92.9%) and finished with 2.0 receptions per game, his career average.

13.09 - Pat Freiermuth, TE, Pittsburgh Steelers

More productive than the typical rookie tight end, Freiermuth finished 2021 with 60 receptions for 497 yards and seven touchdowns on 79 targets. He's ranked as a top-10 fantasy tight end in our early 2022 rankings.

14.04 - Brian Robinson Jr., RB, Washington Commanders

Gibson rushed for 1,037 yards in 2021, but he also had six fumbles. Especially if those fumbling issues are not resolved, Robinson could be in store for a bigger workload than many anticipate. Like with Gibson, the Commanders have used a third-round pick on Robinson, who ran for 1,343 yards and 16 touchdowns for Alabama last season.

15.09 - Chargers DST, DST, Los Angeles Chargers

16.04 - Matt Gay, K, Los Angeles Rams

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