Week 1 FLEX Rankings for Fantasy Football: DJ Chark Jr., Treylon Burks, Michael Carter, Isaiah McKenzie, Garrett Wilson, J.D. McKissic

Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season has arrived, and we'll be helping you win your matchups each week! Below you can find our Week 1 fantasy football FLEX rankings, as of September 8th. Our goal is to help you set those winning lineups, so let's see where key FLEX options like rank, among others.

Our FLEX fantasy football rankings are put together by Nick Mariano, Brandon Murchison and Andersen Pickard. In addition to our staff rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important fantasy football injury news for this week. There are always key injuries to keep track of, so be sure to check back until kickoff.

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Week 1 FLEX Fantasy Football News and Injuries

• Michael Thomas Officially Active For Week 1
• Drake London Officially Active For Week 1
• James Robinson Officially Active In Week 1
• George Kittle Officially Out For Week 1
• J.K. Dobbins Officially Out Sunday
• J.J. Watt Not Expected To Play In Week 1
• Allen Lazard Not Expected To Play Sunday
• Brian Robinson Targeting Week 5 Return
• Zach Ertz Expected To Play In Week 1
• Chris Godwin Could Play On Snap Count Sunday
• Logan Thomas Will Suit Up On Sunday

 

Week 1 Fantasy Football FLEX Rankings

Be sure to also check out our Week 1 Half-PPR rankings and Standard rankings.

Last updated on Sunday 9/11 at 12:30 pm ET:

Tier	Rank	Player Name	Pos
1	1	Jonathan Taylor	RB
1	2	Christian McCaffrey	RB
1	3	Derrick Henry	RB
1	4	Justin Jefferson	WR
1	5	Austin Ekeler	RB
1	6	Cooper Kupp	WR
1	7	Alvin Kamara	RB
1	8	Ja'Marr Chase	WR
1	9	Joe Mixon	RB
1	10	Dalvin Cook	RB
1	11	Mike Evans	WR
2	12	Davante Adams	WR
2	13	Stefon Diggs	WR
2	14	CeeDee Lamb	WR
2	15	D'Andre Swift	RB
2	16	Aaron Jones	RB
2	17	Mark Andrews	TE
2	18	Travis Kelce	TE
2	19	A.J. Brown	WR
2	20	Deebo Samuel	WR
2	21	Najee Harris	RB
2	22	Saquon Barkley	RB
2	23	Michael Pittman Jr.	WR
2	24	Nick Chubb	RB
2	25	Keenan Allen	WR
3	26	Tee Higgins	WR
3	27	Leonard Fournette	RB
3	28	Tyreek Hill	WR
3	29	Javonte Williams	RB
3	30	Marquise Brown	WR
3	31	Courtland Sutton	WR
3	32	James Conner	RB
3	33	DJ Moore	WR
3	34	Travis Etienne Jr.	RB
3	35	Mike Williams	WR
3	36	Diontae Johnson	WR
3	37	Terry McLaurin	WR
4	38	Antonio Gibson	RB
4	39	Jaylen Waddle	WR
4	40	Ezekiel Elliott	RB
4	41	DK Metcalf	WR
4	42	Brandin Cooks	WR
4	43	Allen Robinson II	WR
4	44	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR
4	45	Elijah Mitchell	RB
4	46	Rashod Bateman	WR
4	47	Josh Jacobs	RB
4	48	Chase Edmonds	RB
4	49	Elijah Moore	WR
4	50	Darnell Mooney	WR
4	51	Michael Thomas	WR
5	52	Rashaad Penny	RB
5	53	AJ Dillon	RB
5	54	Cam Akers	RB
5	55	Gabriel Davis	WR
5	56	Christian Kirk	WR
5	57	Hunter Renfrow	WR
5	58	Dameon Pierce	RB
5	59	David Montgomery	RB
5	60	Brandon Aiyuk	WR
5	61	Kyle Pitts	TE
5	62	Jerry Jeudy	WR
5	63	Dalton Schultz	TE
5	64	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB
5	65	Amari Cooper	WR
5	66	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR
5	67	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB
5	68	Robert Woods	WR
5	69	Dallas Goedert	TE
5	70	Adam Thielen	WR
5	71	Darren Waller	TE
5	72	Tyler Lockett	WR
5	73	Kadarius Toney	WR
5	74	Chris Olave	WR
6	75	DeVonta Smith	WR
6	76	Damien Harris	RB
6	77	Drake London	WR
6	78	Cordarrelle Patterson	RB
6	79	Breece Hall	RB
6	80	Melvin Gordon III	RB
6	81	Devin Singletary	RB
6	82	Kareem Hunt	RB
6	83	Zach Ertz	TE
6	84	Miles Sanders	RB
6	85	T.J. Hockenson	TE
6	86	Pat Freiermuth	TE
6	87	Julio Jones	WR
6	88	A.J. Green	WR
7	89	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	WR
7	90	Sammy Watkins	WR
7	91	Tyler Boyd	WR
7	92	George Pickens	WR
7	93	Jakobi Meyers	WR
7	94	Chris Godwin	WR
7	95	Chase Claypool	WR
7	96	Tony Pollard	RB
7	97	DeVante Parker	WR
7	98	DJ Chark Jr.	WR
7	99	Dawson Knox	TE
7	100	Russell Gage	WR
7	101	Jahan Dotson	WR
7	102	Nico Collins	WR
7	103	Isaiah McKenzie	WR
7	104	Garrett Wilson	WR
7	105	Nyheim Hines	RB
7	106	Jarvis Landry	WR
7	107	Michael Carter	RB
7	108	Treylon Burks	WR
7	109	K.J. Osborn	WR
7	110	Hunter Henry	TE
7	111	Irv Smith Jr.	TE
8	112	David Njoku	TE
8	113	Cole Kmet	TE
8	114	Mecole Hardman	WR
8	115	Darrell Henderson Jr.	RB
8	116	Gerald Everett	TE
8	117	Alec Pierce	WR
8	118	Mike Davis	RB
8	119	J.D. McKissic	RB
8	120	Marvin Jones Jr.	WR
8	121	Kenny Golladay	WR
8	122	Albert Okwuegbunam	TE
8	123	Austin Hooper	TE
8	124	Tyler Higbee	TE
8	125	Romeo Doubs	WR
8	126	Robbie Anderson	WR
8	127	James Robinson	RB
8	128	Skyy Moore	WR
8	129	Corey Davis	WR
8	130	Mike Gesicki	TE
8	131	Wan'Dale Robinson	WR
8	132	Parris Campbell	WR
9	133	Evan Engram	TE
9	134	Kenneth Gainwell	RB
9	135	Christian Watson	WR
9	136	Randall Cobb	WR
9	137	Noah Brown	WR
9	138	Joshua Palmer	WR
9	139	Hayden Hurst	TE
9	140	Donovan Peoples-Jones	WR
9	141	Noah Fant	TE
9	142	Raheem Mostert	RB
9	143	Jamaal Williams	RB
9	144	Curtis Samuel	WR
9	145	KJ Hamler	WR
9	146	Braxton Berrios	WR
9	147	Devin Duvernay	WR
9	148	James Cook	RB
9	149	Mark Ingram II	RB
9	150	Zay Jones	WR
9	151	Khalil Herbert	RB
9	152	Brevin Jordan	TE
9	153	Robert Tonyan	TE
10	154	Logan Thomas	TE
10	155	Jalen Tolbert	WR
10	156	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	WR
10	157	Nelson Agholor	WR
10	158	Kendrick Bourne	WR
10	159	Sterling Shepard	WR
10	160	Cedrick Wilson Jr.	WR
10	161	Rex Burkhead	RB
10	162	Mo Alie-Cox	TE
10	163	Ben Skowronek	WR
10	164	Byron Pringle	WR
10	165	Jamison Crowder	WR
10	166	Tyler Conklin	TE
10	167	Ross Dwelley	TE
10	168	Andy Isabella	WR
10	169	Alexander Mattison	RB
10	170	David Bell	WR
11	171	Isaiah Likely	TE
11	172	Chris Conley	WR
11	173	Bryan Edwards	WR
11	174	Kyle Philips	WR
11	175	Kenyan Drake	RB
11	176	Jalen Guyton	WR
11	177	Josh Reynolds	WR
11	178	Rachaad White	RB
11	179	Olamide Zaccheaus	WR
11	180	C.J. Uzomah	TE
11	181	Damien Williams	RB
11	182	Cameron Brate	TE
11	183	Darius Slayton	WR
11	184	Equanimeous St. Brown	WR
11	185	Quintez Cephus	WR
11	186	Marquez Callaway	WR
11	187	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB
11	188	Dan Arnold	TE
11	189	Jonnu Smith	TE
11	190	Ameer Abdullah	RB
11	191	Adam Trautman	TE
11	192	Ken Walker III	RB
11	193	Zamir White	RB
11	194	Trey McBride	TE
11	195	Terrace Marshall Jr.	WR
12	196	Kyle Rudolph	TE
12	197	Jauan Jennings	WR
12	198	Tyler Johnson	WR
12	199	Laviska Shenault Jr.	WR
12	200	Quez Watkins	WR
12	201	Harrison Bryant	TE
12	202	Eno Benjamin	RB
12	203	Tyler Allgeier	RB
12	204	Samaje Perine	RB
12	205	Daniel Bellinger	TE
12	206	Jalen Reagor	WR
12	207	James Proche II	WR
12	208	Tutu Atwell	WR
12	209	Boston Scott	RB
12	210	Jerick McKinnon	RB

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