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2024 Fantasy football draft prep: Rankings, rookies, strategy, advice, top 150 players from top NFL insiders
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Solid quarterback play can elevate a receiver's production, while a lack thereof can hurt it, as the likes of Davante Adams and Terry McLaurin found out last year. This season, Drake London, Courtland Sutton and Garrett Wilson are all hoping for better quarterback play than last year. Their 2024 Fantasy football rankings indicate an expected bump in stats, with London generating plenty of buzz as a wideout who could be a mid-round steal in Fantasy football 2024. London's target share (25.9%) over his first two seasons ranked 17th among wideouts, but his Fantasy points per game had him as just the WR47. Atlanta is hoping Kirk Cousins' arrival improves London's spot in the 2024 Fantasy football WR rankings. What do the Fantasy football 2024 Fantasy football projections predict for London's first year with Cousins?
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:
Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Arizona Cardinals: The two-time All-American at Ohio State has the pedigree as the son of the Hall of Famer of the same name, but he may not have the infrastructure around him to reach expectations as a rookie. Under a first-year HC and OC last year, the Cardinals ranked fourth in rushing but just 26th in passing, despite trailing in games early and often. Also, former Cards wideouts like Christian Kirk and Marquise Brown posted career-best stats outside of Arizona and playing with Kyler Murray, with Kirk doing so after he left the team for the Jags, while Brown did so before he joined Arizona with the Ravens.
"Harrison is a transcendent talent at receiver, so it's no wonder he's already a top-10 pick at his position in terms of ADP. But he's sliding into the WR1 role in an offense where Marquise Brown didn't finish top 50 in PPR points per game last year... Throw in the transition any rookie has to make to the NFL and there's a wide range of possibilities for his debut season that certainly includes finishing below 20th in PPG at receiver," White told SportsLine.
Joe Mixon, RB, Houston Texans: Only Ezekiel Elliott and Derrick Henry have more touches amongst active players than Mixon, and that wear and tear has presented itself recently. He's averaged just 3.96 yards per carry over the last two seasons and will now be behind arguably the worst run-blocking line in football. Houston has ranked in the bottom four in rushing average in each of the past three seasons, so having a running back with lots of tread on his tires now looking for rushing lanes behind it is a bad combination.
"Devin Singletary finished 38th in PPG for the Texans last year, and what if Mixon plays at a similar level as he closes in on 2,000 career touches? Dameon Pierce was wildly disappointing last year, but there's a chance he can work himself back into the mix if Mixon is struggling," 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 .
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