Players’ performances in the preseason will change the 2024 Fantasy football rankings. Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels are both shooting up the 2024 Fantasy football QB rankings after showcasing impressive athletic ability this preseason. However, 2024 Fantasy football rookies can hit and miss because of the learning curve of the NFL. Quarterbacks in particular are prone to significant growing pains early in their careers. Williams and Daniels are both talented, but where should you target them with your 2024 Fantasy football picks? What about their pass-catchers like D.J. Moore, Keenan Allen, Rome Odunze, and Terry McLaurin?
With reliable 2024 Fantasy football rankings, you can find value throughout your upcoming drafts and identify potential 2024 Fantasy football sleepers, 2024 Fantasy football breakouts, and 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 running back 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 ball carrier 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 2024 Fantasy football rankings, along with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and busts. Head to SportsLine now to see them.
Top 2024 Fantasy football sleepers
One of the 2024 Fantasy football sleepers the model is predicting: Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman. The 26-year-old set career-highs in receptions (109) and receiving yards (1,152) last season as he’s been a huge part of the Indianapolis passing game plan over the last three seasons. Pittman has averaged 142 targets over the last three years, including a career-high 156 last season. His 156 targets were ninth-most in the NFL last season and only 12 players had more than 142 targets last season.
Pittman had eight receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown in his first game with Anthony Richardson last season. Richardson only started and finished two games last season, but that first contest proved the two can have a strong relationship on the field. Pittman, at 6-foot-4, is a big-body target for Richardson, who is a big-play threat at quarterback. Pittman is going outside the top 20 in ADP at wide receiver but falls inside the top 20 at the position in the model’s 2024 Fantasy football rankings. See more Fantasy football sleepers 2024 here.
Top 2024 Fantasy football breakouts
One of the 2024 Fantasy football breakouts the model is predicting: Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle. With Ezekiel Elliott leaving in free agency last offseason, Tony Pollard finally got the chance to be the undisputed No. 1 running back in Dallas and didn’t deliver the anticipated results. Now Pollard also left and Elliott is back, but he’s expected to share the backfield with Rico Dowdle.
The former undrafted free agent out of South Carolina had 505 scrimmage yards and four touchdowns on 103 touches as Pollard’s backup. He looked like the most productive back on the roster when given the opportunity and the expectation is that he’ll start as the passing-down back in Dallas and have a chance to be a clear No. 1 option if he produces. That’s a lot of upside for a guy who has a 2024 Fantasy football ADP of 115.81 and that’s why the model likes him over Gus Edwards (88.06) and Jonathon Brooks (108.11). See more Fantasy football breakouts 2024 here.
Top 2024 Fantasy football busts
As for players to avoid, the model lists Chargers running back Gus Edwards as one of its 2024 Fantasy football busts. Edwards finished as the RB32 in Fantasy last season, but he scored the fourth-most touchdowns in the league. He will struggle to match his production from last season if he suffers regression, especially since all of his value comes from rushing.
Edwards commanded just a 2.8% target share last season and is facing rushing competition from J.K. Dobbins and Kimani Vidal. While Edwards might be the lead back on the Chargers depth chart, it could be a committee approach from new head coach Jim Harbaugh. Edwards would need to be efficient with his expected touches in order to match his 2024 Fantasy football ADP, as SportsLine’s model has him ranked behind running backs like Tyjae Spears and Rico Dowdle. See more Fantasy football busts 2024 here
How to find proven 2024 Fantasy football football rankings
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.