

The Ringer’s 2022 Fantasy Football Rankings Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones didn’t gloss over Lamb’s flop, saying afterward that “CeeDee has got to improve and work his way into being the no. Discouragingly, he tallied a 51.0 receiving grade from PFF, which tied for 122nd at the receiver position. Despite playing 67 of 69 snaps for the Cowboys, running 31 of his 45 routes from the slot, and collecting a team-high 11 targets, Lamb generated just two catches for 29 yards-good for a measly 3.9 half-PPR points. Week 1 was a bucket of cold water to all of that.
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Boasting excellent marks both from Pro Football Focus (he ranked eighth in the NFL in PFF’s receiving grade in 2021) and high-end efficiency as a pass catcher (tied for 12th in yards per route run last year), it was easy to imagine Lamb gobbling up 10 catches a game as the focal point in Dallas’s passing attack. 1 pass catcher in the Cowboys’ high-volume, pass-heavy offense. gone, Lamb projected to be the clear-cut no. It was easy to build a case for Lamb’s impending blastoff: With Amari Cooper and Cedrick Wilson Jr. 16 overall (WR6) this offseason thanks to a combination of talent and situation. Let’s start with Lamb, who was, perhaps regrettably, one of my favorite targets in drafts this year.

WR CeeDee Lamb and RB Ezekiel Elliott, Cowboys After mixing the most important utilization metrics with a handful of contextual clues, here’s my Week 1 Fantasy Panic Index, using a 1.0 to 10.0 scale-with 10.0 being the fantasy equivalent of hyperventilating-for the players who underwhelmed over the weekend. Yes, a few of this year’s projected high-end fantasy stars stumbled badly out the gate, but it’s not yet time to abandon all hope … at least not for all of them. If you fall into that latter group, I’ve got some good news! It’s a long season weird stuff happens in Week 1 every year and sometimes even the best players have bad days. You’re likely now plumbing the depths of your soul, searching for meaning among all this fantasy pain the world feels cold and your fantasy league text-chain is a dark and bottomless chasm of shame and degradation. You have a visible aura.īut for those of you who used early-round picks on, say, CeeDee Lamb, Alvin Kamara, Kyle Pitts, Cam Akers, or Allen Robinson II-Week 1 was a massive letdown. I’m guessing colors look more vibrant food has never tasted so good. I can picture you strutting around your workplace, dazzling your colleagues with newfound charisma and conversational savoir faire. If you drafted one of this week’s fantasy superstars like Justin Jefferson, Cooper Kupp, Saquon Barkley, Michael Pittman Jr., or Davante Adams, you’re probably feeling pretty goddamn good about yourself (and your probably 1-0 fantasy team) right now. Teams are ranked from most consistent (#1, lowest variance) to least consistent (#32, highest variance).The emotions fantasy managers experience during the NFL’s Week 1 action can be particularly powerful, as months of anticipation culminate with real, actual football-and real, actual fantasy scores. VARIANCE measures the statistical variance of the team's weekly DVOA performance.It is not adjusted for which games are home or road. SCHEDULE lists average offensive DVOA of opponents played this season, ranked from hardest schedule (#1, most positive) to easiest schedule (#32, most negative).The adjustment for playing indoors is still present. UNADJUSTED VOA numbers do not include adjustments for opponent and only reward defenses for lost fumbles.DAVE is currently 55% preseason forecast and 45% actual performance for teams with six games and 65%/35% for teams with five games. For 2022 only: DAVE, or DVOA Adjusted for Variation Early, is a formula which combines our preseason forecast with current weighted DVOA to get a more accurate projection of how a team will play the rest of the season.Note for 1987: strikebreaker games (Weeks 4-6) are not included. Opponent adjustments are currently at 60% strength. Remember, since positive numbers represent more scoring, defense is better when it is NEGATIVE.

Defenses are adjusted for playing indoors. Quarterback scrambles are counted as passing plays rather than rushing plays. DVOA stats are adjusted to an average percentage of fumbles recovered by the offense. This page lists DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average) for total defense as well as rushing and passing defense separated.
