His elite skill set keeps his fantasy floor high. ![]() Mahomes will operate behind a strong offensive line. The Chiefs added WRs JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Skyy Moore and return TE Travis Kelce, WR Mecole Hardman and RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire, so there’s still plenty to work with here. The big story heading into 2022, of course, is the departure of WR Tyreek Hill, who’s accounted for about a quarter of Mahomes’ passing fantasy points over the last 4 years. Mahomes ranked 4th among QBs in fantasy points last year – following 1st, 6th and 3rd-place finishes the previous 3 seasons. The 2021 Chiefs ranked 6th in Pro Football Focus’ pass-blocking grades and 4th in Football Outsiders’ Adjusted Sack Rate.TE Travis Kelce, WR Mecole Hardman and RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire also return for the Chiefs.The Western Michigan is coming off a big 95-1,292-10 line in 2021, finishing 3rd in Pro Football Focus’ receiving grades. Skyy Moore arrived in Round 2 of the NFL Draft.He boasts 4.3 speed and averaged 17.5 yards per catch in Green Bay over the last 4 seasons. Marquez Valdes-Scantling inked a 3-year, $30 million deal.But Smith-Schuster posted 58-917-7 and 111-1,426-7 lines in his first 2 NFL campaigns and is still only 25. A shoulder injury limited him to just 5 games last season, and he underwhelmed the previous 2 years. JuJu Smith-Schuster signed a 1-year, $3.25 million deal.The Chiefs made 3 big additions at WR this offseason:.Those 2 combined for 15.0% of the Chiefs’ targets, 15.0% of the receptions, 16.9% of the receiving yards and 21.6% of the receiving scores last year. The Chiefs also lost WRs Byron Pringle and Demarcus Robinson this offseason.Here’s the percentage of Mahomes’ passing fantasy points Hill accounted for in each of the last 4 seasons:.The Chiefs traded WR Tyreek Hill to Miami in March.His finishes in fantasy points per game in his first 3 seasons as Kansas City’s starter:.Mahomes scored as a top-5 QB 5 times – tied for 6th most.His 12 top-12 scoring weeks tied Justin Herbert for most among QBs.Mahomes finished 4th among QBs in both total fantasy points and fantasy points per game.He ranked 8th in Pro Football Focus’ deep passing grades.His 47.4% completion rate on passes of 20+ yards ranked 4th. ![]() Mahomes was still excellent when he threw deep.Just 9.7% of his passes traveled 20+ yards downfield – also a career low and 29th among those 36 qualifiers.Mahomes’ 7.6-yard average depth of throw was a career low and ranked 30th among 36 qualifiers.Defenses keyed on Kansas City’s deep passing game.Mahomes’ 7.4 yards per attempt last year was easily a career low.He completed 66.3% of his passes – his 4th straight season with a completion rate between 65.9% and 66.3%.Mahomes racked up 4,839 passing yards and 37 TDs last season.
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