Get updates delivered to you daily. Free and customizable.
CBS Sports
2024 Fantasy football draft prep: Rankings, rookies, strategy, advice, top 150 players from NFL insiders
By CBS Sports Staff,
2 days ago
Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs will try to win their third straight Super Bowl when the 2024 season kicks off September 5. With their proven track record of elite production, Mahomes and Kelce are both ranked near the top of the 2024 fantasy football QB rankings and 2024 Fantasy football TE rankings. In the six seasons since Mahomes took over as Kansas City's full-time starting quarterback, Kelce has totaled 600 receptions, 7,428 yards, and 52 touchdown receptions, making the quarterback-tight end duo one of the top fantasy football stacks in league history. Will Mahomes and Kelce continue to improve in the 2024 fantasy football rankings?
Whether you're hunting 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 the 2024 Fantasy Football Draft Bible at SportsLine has to say .
Prepared by Fantasy experts Jacob Gibbs, Scott Engel, Jamey Eisenberg, Heath Cummings, Megan Shoup, Brandon Howard, Dan Schneier and R.J. White, the Bible is a must-have for any serious Fantasy football player. Gibbs, who powers the Fantasy Football Today newsletter, uses a data-driven approach that has helped him be one of the nation's most accurate Fantasy rankers in recent years. Engel is an inaugural member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association's Hall of Fame and has been a premier 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 2022 finalist in Best Ball Mania 3 on Underdog Fantasy, one of the biggest Best Ball competitions in the world, and has a very good advance rate to the playoffs historically, reaching Best Ball's postseason with more than 25% of her entries.
Howard is an experienced Fantasy analyst whose work has appeared at CBS Sports and The Athletic. Schneier is the senior Fantasy editor at CBS Sports and appears regularly with Gibbs on the Beyond the Box Score editions of the Fantasy Football Today podcast. White is SportsLine's No. 1 NFL expert since 2017 who got his start in the Fantasy industry, with his work appearing at AOL Fanhouse, Fantasy Café and other sites prior to joining CBS Sports, where he is the current managing editor of Fantasy and betting content. This team brings decades of Fantasy experience and can give you a huge edge in your league .
The 2024 Fantasy football primer not only ranks the top 150 players in standard and PPR leagues, it also reveals must-see sleepers, breakouts and busts; breaks down the top rookie QBs, RBs and WRs; tells you which coaching moves will translate to massive Fantasy success and gives you updated mock drafts that can guide your selections. The Fantasy Football Draft Bible also offers detailed strategy tips for whichever league you play in: snake draft, auction or best ball. Head to SportsLine now to see the 2024 Fantasy football draft bible .
Top 2024 Fantasy football picks
The Fantasy football draft bible features 2024 Fantasy football busts, including:
Drake London, WR, Atlanta Falcons: Fantasy expectations are high for London entering the 2024 season. The former first round pick out of USC has flashed glimpses of brilliance, but has yet to go over the 1,000-yard mark in his brief NFL career. London should benefit from a much better quarterback situation in 2024, but that may not be enough to justify his current ADP of 54.3 (fifth round), according to White.
"We're sticking with the Falcons as this is a team where big things are expected after the team added two potential upgrades at QB this offseason. However, Kirk Cousins is coming off a serious Achilles injury that may limit his output more than people expect, and if Michael Penix Jr. is pressed into duty, he may not be ready. London is being drafted for his best-case scenario considering he was 44th in points per game last year, and he's going to need to meet those expectations of taking a big step forward himself in addition to getting to play with a better QB in order to justify his draft slot," White told SportsLine.
Puka Nacua, WR, Los Angeles Rams: Nacua burst onto the fantasy football scene as a rookie in 2023, catching 105 passes for 1,486 yards and six touchdowns. The former BYU standout is now a known commodity in the fantasy football world, and currently has an ADP of 25.5, making him a third round pick on average. While White likes what Nacua brings to the table, he also believes the 23-year-old will have a difficult time duplicating his 2023 success.
"We had Cooper Kupp in our sixth slot last year, and the fact that he was a successful bust pick was due largely to Nacua. The same could be true in reverse this year, as Nacua had an unreal target rate in the first four weeks with Kupp out but then averaged 15 PPR points the rest of the way, which is still great -- that's what Brandon Aiyuk scored last year -- but it ranked 17th at the position. That means he played at a pace for much of the year that would qualify him as a bust this year if he matches it. I think it's likely he settles in as a WR2 rather than being a locked-in WR1," White told SportsLine. Get the full Fantasy football draft guide over at SportsLine .
How to find proven 2024 Fantasy football rankings
SportsLine's Fantasy football 2024 draft guide has also identified three potential busts to avoid in the first round. This player has massively inflated numbers and could completely sink your playoff hopes if over-drafted. You can only see who it is here .
Get updates delivered to you daily. Free and customizable.
It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency:
Our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. As a platform hosting over 100,000 pieces of content published daily, we cannot pre-vet content, but we strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation.
Comments / 0