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We’re inching closer to the 2024 NFL season and owners can now begin their 2024 Fantasy football draft prep. Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets will have six primetime games over the first 11 weeks of the season, but can owners expect the Jets’ offense to rebound with Rodgers back from a torn Achilles? Having a reliable set of 2024 Fantasy football rankings can help you make informed decisions this draft season. Where should you target Rodgers, Breece Hall, Garrett Wilson and Mike Williams in your 2024 Fantasy football picks?
It’s critical to target 2024 Fantasy football sleepers and 2024 Fantasy football breakouts while avoiding 2024 Fantasy football busts. Before setting your 2024 Fantasy football draft strategy, be sure to check out the 2024 Fantasy football rankings and cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
Last year, the model accurately predicted that Buccaneers wide receiver Rachaad White was being dramatically undervalued. White was coming off the board in the seventh round on average in 12-team PPR leagues, but he emerged as Tampa Bay’s workhorse running back and provided significantly more value than expected, finishing No. 4 at his position. White rushed for 990 yards and six touchdowns while adding 64 catches for 549 yards and three more scores as a receiver. Anybody who followed the model’s advice scored an every week starting running back in the middle rounds.
The same model has a proven track record providing Fantasy football tips, identifying A.J. Brown as a sleeper in 2020 and nailing Jonathan Taylor’s monstrous season in 2021. Additionally, it’s called past Fantasy football sleepers like Derrick Henry in 2019, Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara in 2018, and Davante Adams in 2017. Anybody who banked on players like those made a run at their league title.
The model is powered by the same people who generated projections for all three major Fantasy sites, and it beat human experts last season when there was a big difference in ranking. The 2024 Fantasy football PPR rankings and 2024 Fantasy football standard projections update multiple times daily, so you’re always getting the best Fantasy football advice.
Now, SportsLine has simulated the entire NFL season 10,000 times and released its latest Fantasy football rankings 2024, along with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and busts. Head to SportsLine now to see them.
One of the 2024 Fantasy football sleepers the model is predicting: Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts. He has been one of the most frustrating players in Fantasy football since he was selected No. 4 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft and was expected by many to have an immediate impact for Fantasy football lineups. Now that the Falcons have changed head coaches, there’s optimism that the new regime, led by head coach Raheem Morris, will better utilize Pitts’ talents.
The Falcons also made a significant upgrade at quarterback, signing Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 million contract this offseason. Cousins threw for at least 4,000 yards in seven of his last eight seasons, not including last year when he played only eight games before tearing his Achilles. The Falcons as a team averaged 3,563 passing yards over Pitts’ first three years. Expect a passing boost from the Atlanta offense this season with Pitts being one of the main benefactors. See more Fantasy football sleepers 2024 here.
The model is also projecting Bears quarterback Caleb Williams as one of its 2024 Fantasy football breakouts. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft will begin his season on Sept. 8 at Soldier Field against the Titans and the expectations are high that he’ll be able to produce from the outset.
Williams walks into an ideal situation where he’s surrounded by offensive weapons, with Chicago adding Keenan Allen, first-round pick Rome Odunze and Pro Bowl running back D’Andre Swift to a group that already includes D.J. Moore and Cole Kmet. The Heisman Trophy winner threw for 10,082 yards and 93 touchdowns while adding 27 rushing touchdowns in his career and the model views him as a top-10 quarterback for 2024. See more Fantasy football breakouts 2024 here.
As for players to avoid, the model lists Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert as one of its 2024 Fantasy football busts. After totaling 19 touchdowns through his first eight NFL seasons, Mostert topped that in 2023 alone by leading the league with 21 scores. He also racked up a career-high 1,187 scrimmage yards, and while the yardage was in line with his previous season, the touchdowns scream outlier. Mostert never had more than 10 scores in any previous season and will enter 2024 as the NFL’s oldest starting running back at 32.
Nearly a decade younger is teammate De’Von Achane, the league’s most explosive runner with 7.8 yards per carry in 2023. There were six games last year in which both backs were fully healthy, and there was a nearly even split of touches, 93 to 89. The veteran also fumbled four times last year, second-most among running backs. Add in that Miami drafted running back Jaylen Wright, who ranked third in the NCAA with 7.4 yards per carry last year, and the Dolphins won’t lean as heavily on Mostert with multiple options at their disposal. See more Fantasy football busts 2024 here
SportsLine is also extremely high on a surprising quarterback you aren’t even thinking about being taken in the middle rounds of 2024 Fantasy football drafts. This quarterback is listed as a shocking top-10 option ahead of stars like Trevor Lawrence and Aaron Rodgers. You can only see who it is, and the 2023 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine.
So which 2024 Fantasy Football sleepers, breakouts and busts should you target and fade, and which QB shocks the NFL with a top-10 performance? Visit SportsLine now to get 2024 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that nailed Deebo Samuel as a bust last year, and find out.
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