Seattle Seahawks 2022 Fantasy Football Outlook
Noah Fant
If Drew Lock wins the starting quarterback battle, I love Noah Fant as a late-round tight end pick. Since 2019 he’s led Denver Broncos in targets and receptions. Lock loved to use him as a safety blanket. In 2020, Fant grabbed 62 receptions on 93 targets for 670 yards and 4 touchdowns.
While Fant isn’t a touchdown machine, he had more red zone targets than David Njoku, George Kittle, Mike Gesicki, and Gerald Everett, who are all going off the board, either before or around the same time. Seattle Seahawks’ incumbent tight end Will Dissly hasn’t carved out a consistent niche in the offense, so Fant won’t lose many snaps to him.
Lock dumps it down to Noah Fant, who goes ham after the catch pic.twitter.com/1QLxWFtALR
— Joe Rowles (@JoRo_NFL) January 2, 2022
Tyler Lockett
Perhaps the most underrated receiver in the league, Tyler Lockett, continues to tumble down draft boards. He doesn’t have the same ceiling as Metcalf, but Lockett reminds many of Stefon Diggs in Buffalo because Lockett is one of the best route runners in the NFL, quarterbacks love to throw to him.
It gives the QB a target who will always be where they’re supposed to and has given himself some space, so the quarterback doesn’t have to make a risky throw. That’s what Diggs did for Josh Allen with the Bills. Yes, having a guy who can win a contested battle is nice, but a target who gets open also has immense value. It’s the same reason Brandin Cooks gets 1100 yards and 120 targets everywhere he goes.
Over the past three seasons, Lockett averaged 85 receptions on 116 targets for 1100 yards (9.4 yards-per-target) and 9 touchdowns. Those numbers translate to solid, steady, and reliable. In 2021, Tyler Lockett was also top five in both yards per target and yards per reception, outpacing Metcalf by quite a bit in both categories.
The downside to Lockett is that he rarely got targets around the goal line, so touchdowns may be hard to come by.
worries about Drew Lock & Geno Smith have gone too damn far…
Tyler Lockett 👑 has become a SCREAMING VALUE. Time to Pounce!
Last year he showed NO SIGNS of slowing down:
9️⃣th – Yards per Route Run
23rd – Route Win Rate
WR47 98.8 Overall 😘🔨 ENJOY
— Derek Brown (@DBro_FFB) July 17, 2022