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    2024 Fantasy football draft prep: Rankings, rookies, strategy, advice, top 150 players from NFL insiders

    By CBS Sports Staff,

    23 hours ago
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    With training camps in full swing and preseason games in the rear view mirror, it's quickly becoming crunch time for anyone putting the finishing touches on their 2024 fantasy football draft prep. Several prominent players changed teams during the offseason, with perennial Pro Bowl candidates like Kirk Cousins, Stefon Diggs, Saquon Barkley, and Derrick Henry all wearing new uniforms in 2024. All four players have had elite seasons in the past, and how well each player adjusts to their new surroundings will have a significant impact on the 2024 fantasy football rankings. Should Cousins, Diggs, Barkley, or Henry be targets on your 2024 fantasy football draft board? Or should the four veterans be listed as potential 2024 fantasy football busts?

    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 breakouts, including:

    Dalton Kincaid, TE, Buffalo Bills: Kincaid was solid as a rookie in 2023, notching 73 receptions for 673 yards and two touchdowns. With Stefon Diggs out of the mix in Buffalo, Kincaid could be in line for a significant increase in targets in 2024. At 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds, the 24-year-old is a matchup nightmare for opposing defenses, and he plays with a quarterback in Josh Allen who can push the ball downfield as well as anyone in the NFL.

    "Kincaid is likely going to fall on a lot of breakout lists as he seems primed to assume the lead role in the Bills passing game this year, which gives him the potential to deliver a season similar to that of Mark Andrews or maybe even Travis Kelce. The reason we have him ranked so low is that we need him to finish as a top-two tight end to be a successful breakout pick, as most of his upside is baked into his draft price already. But when you look at where Kelce and Andrews are drafted in comparison, there is still some profit potential at his Round 5 price," White told SportsLine.

    Zamir White, RB, Las Vegas Raiders: Josh Jacobs is now a member of the Green Bay Packers, opening the door for White to take over as RB1 for the Raiders. White started the final four games of the 2023 season for Las Vegas, and was highly productive. During that stretch, the former Georgia standout rushed for 397 yards and a touchdown on 84 carries (4.73 yards per carry), and caught nine passes for 60 yards.

    "We know what the potential is for the lead Raiders back as we've seen it recently in Josh Jacobs, who finished as the second-best RB in Fantasy in 2022. White looked like he had similar potential in the last four games of 2023 after taking over lead back duties, with his performance equating to these numbers when extrapolated over 17 games: 357 carries, 1,687 rushing yards, 38 receptions, 255 receiving yards, and four TDs. The touchdown number will obviously have to rise as it's hard to see his volume reaching those levels over a full season, but there is certainly top-12 potential in this profile," 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 .

    So what is the value of every single player in the 2024 Fantasy football rankings? And which huge busts can sink your season? Visit SportsLine now to see the complete 2024 Fantasy football draft bible, all from a team of proven Fantasy analysts who can give you a huge edge in your league .

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