SPECULATOR: The 2022 answer key

The answer key. This is the column we all wish we could travel back to March (err... April, this year) and read.

As we put a bow on the Speculator for 2022, it's time to reflect on how things shook out. We have final answers to a number of questions posed here back in February and March. We ran some preseason columns speculating on 2022's long shot stat leaders, first-round players, early landmines, and an all second-half team.

Today, we’ll revisit those "out on a limb" calls—not only to see what went right or wrong—but to see how things actually played out, dropping in some 2023 takeaways along the way.

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2022's end-of-season first round | March 30

Using history as our guide that the end-of-season Top 15 would come from all stages of...

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