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Fantasy Football Rankings 2024: Sleepers from same NFL model that nailed Breece Hall's huge season
By CBS Sports Staff,
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The first round of 2024 Fantasy football picks is the most exciting since you'll decide which superstar you want to build your 2024 Fantasy football lineups around. The ensuing rounds are when you decide if you want to be running back heavy, wide receiver stacked or select an elite quarterback or tight end in your 2024 Fantasy football strategy. Whichever route you decide to go, having a reliable set of 2024 Fantasy football rankings will help you decide what positions to attack in specific rounds and if there's a significant difference in 2024 Fantasy football tiers.
Last year, the model accurately predicted that Jets running back Breece Hall would significantly outperform his sixth-round Fantasy football ADP in 10-team PPR leagues. The result: Hall rushed 223 times for 994 yards and five scores and was also a dynamic receiver out of the backfield, catching 76 passes for 591 yards and four more scores. He'd wind up finishing as the No. 2 running back in CBS Sports PPR leagues behind only Christian McCaffrey .
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 rankings 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 Fantasy football rankings 2024, 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: Packers quarterback Jordan Love. Taking over as starting quarterback of the Green Bay Packers comes with significant pressure to follow the legacies of Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers, but Love proved he was ready. He was a strong quarterback throughout the season, but he showed potential to be elite to close the regular season and during the playoffs. Love threw for 12 touchdowns with no interceptions over the final four weeks of the regular season and in Green Bay's 48-32 win over the Cowboys in the playoffs. He averaged 269.4 passing yards per game over those contests.
Love provides additional Fantasy football value with his legs. The 25-year-old rushed for 247 yards and four touchdowns last season, including two rushing touchdowns over the final three regular-season games. He appeared more comfortable in the offense as the season progressed and entering Year 2 as the starter, Love is a top-five QB in the model's 2024 Fantasy football rankings, but he isn't going that high in ADP, projecting him to become a 2024 Fantasy football sleeper.
Another sleeper that SportsLine's Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Cowboys wide receiver Brandin Cooks . The well-traveled Cooks' Dallas tenure got off to a rocky start when he hurt his knee in Week 1, missed Week 2 and then needed a few games to find his footing and role in the Cowboys offense. However, once he did just that starting in Week 6, he was one of the most productive receivers in the league. From Weeks 6 thru 18, Cooks ranked 14th amongst wideouts in Fantasy points, which is in line with his career rankings as was a top 20 Fantasy wide receiver six times over his previous eight seasons.
With CeeDee Lamb on the other side, Cooks will never see a double team, and he plays in an offense that ranked first in points, first in passing touchdowns and third in passing yards last year. With Dallas losing No. 3 receiver Michael Gallup , and no proven options to replace him, Dak Prescott may rely even more on players like Cooks and Lamb this season. SportsLine's model has Cooks on par with Minnesota's Jordan Addison , despite the latter having an earlier 2024 Fantasy football ADP. See which other Fantasy football sleepers 2024 to pick here .
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