2024 Fantasy Football Draft Prep: Rankings, Rookies, Strategy, Advice, Top 150 Players from Top NFL Insiders
Most NFL teams seem to have their running back depth charts set, but the Bengals have a legitimate battle to replace Joe Mixon. Second-year running back Chase Brown and veteran Zach Moss are battling for Joe Burrow’s transfers and each could make a case to be higher in the 2024 Fantasy football rankings. Moss is coming off the best season of his career while splitting time with Jonathan Taylor in Indianapolis. Meanwhile, Brown has averaged over 50 scrimmage yards per game over the final six games in 2023 despite fewer than 10 touches per game. Both should see plenty of snaps, but who should you prioritize for your 2024 Fantasy football picks? Brown’s 2024 Fantasy football ADP is more than 20 spots behind Moss’, as a lack of notoriety could hurt the sophomore.
Whether you’re looking for a 2024 Fantasy Football top 150 you can trust or position-specific 2024 Fantasy Football rankings that can help you identify potential 2024 Fantasy Football breakouts, sleepers and busts, be sure to see what SportsLine’s 2024 Fantasy Football Draft Bible has to say.
Prepared by fantasy experts Jacob Gibbs, Scott Engel, Jamey Eisenberg, Heath Cummings, Megan Shoup, Brandon Howard, Dan Schneier and RJ White, the Bible is a must-have for any serious fantasy football player. Gibbs, who hosts the Fantasy Football Today newsletter, uses a data-driven approach that has helped him become one of the most accurate fantasy rankers in the country in recent years. Engel is a founding member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame and has been a leading analyst and fantasy personality for 25 years.
Eisenberg is a senior fantasy analyst at CBS Sports who appears regularly on CBS Sports HQ and the Fantasy Football Today podcast. Cummings is a senior fantasy writer at CBS Sports who hosts the Fantasy Football Today Dynasty podcast. Shoup was a finalist in 2022’s Best Ball Mania 3 on Underdog Fantasy, one of the largest Best Ball competitions in the world, and has historically had a very good playoff advancement rate, reaching the Best Ball playoffs with over 25% of his entries.
Howard is a veteran fantasy analyst whose work has appeared on CBS Sports and The Athletic. Schneier is the senior fantasy editor at CBS Sports and regularly appears with Gibbs on the Beyond the Box Score editions of the Fantasy Football Today podcast. White has been SportsLine’s No. 1 NFL expert since 2017 and got his start in the fantasy industry, with his work appearing on AOL Fanhouse, Fantasy Café and other sites before joining CBS Sports, where he currently serves as the senior editor of fantasy content and betting. This team brings decades of fantasy experience and can give you a huge advantage in your league.
The 2024 Fantasy Football Guide not only ranks the top 150 players in both standard and PPR leagues, but also reveals the sleepers, breakouts and flops, who’s a must-have, breaks down the top starting QBs, RBs and WRs, tells you which coaching moves will translate into massive Fantasy success and gives you up-to-date mock drafts that can guide your picks. The Fantasy Football Draft Bible also offers in-depth strategy advice for the league you play in: snake draft, auction or best-ball. Head to SportsLine now to see the 2024 Fantasy Football Draft Bible.
Top 24 Fantasy Football Picks
The Fantasy Football Draft Bible features 2024 Fantasy Football surprises, including:
Kimani Vidal, RB, Los Angeles Chargers: The 2023 Sun Belt OPOY, Vidal ranked second in all of college football with 1,661 rushing yards. He’s the classic high-volume RB that Jim Harbaugh deployed both at Michigan and with the 49ers. Vidal is behind former Ravens Gus Edwards and J.K. Dobbins on the depth chart, but both players have lengthy injury histories. Vidal is a deep sleeper or draft-and-reserve player who could be a spot starter if one of the players ahead of him is sidelined.
“Vidal was productive at Troy, but he’s also been pushed to the limit with 528 carries over the last two seasons,” White told SportsLine. “His upside is higher than J.K. Dobbins who is coming back from another major injury.”
Jermaine Burton, WR, Cincinnati Bengals: Cincy lost its No. 3 receiver in Tyler Boyd, who averaged 64-752-4 over the last three seasons, coinciding with the arrival of Ja’Marr Chase. It’s a big role, and Burton was a big threat at both Georgia and Alabama. He led the SEC with 20.5 yards per reception last year and also provides insurance for both Chase, who missed six games over the last two seasons, and Tee Higgins, who missed five games last year.
“Burton has generated some buzz with the potential that he can fill Tyler Boyd’s role in the Bengals’ offense as a rookie, but enough of that juice is already baked into his price that it’s tough for him to reach our benchmark of success as a sleeper player without injuries to Ja’Marr Chase or Tee Higgins,” White told SportsLine. “Another potential avenue to provide great value would be for the Bengals to trade Higgins as has long been speculated.” Get the complete Fantasy football draft guide at SportsLine.
How to Find Proven 2024 Fantasy Football Rankings
SportsLine’s 2024 Fantasy Football Draft Guide also identified three potential busts to avoid in the first round. This player has significantly inflated numbers and could completely ruin your playoff hopes if he’s overdrafted. You can see who that is right here.
So how valuable is each player in the 2024 Fantasy Football rankings? And what big misses could derail your season? Visit SportsLine now for the complete 2024 Fantasy Football Draft Bible, all compiled by a team of proven Fantasy analysts who can give you a huge advantage in your league.
