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Fantasy Football Rankings 2024: NFL sleepers, breakouts, busts by model that called Deebo Samuel's weak year
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There are high hopes that Bijan Robinson will be one of the 2024 Fantasy football breakouts. The former Texas standout was widely projected to take the Fantasy football rankings by storm his rookie season, but Arthur Smith's insistence on playing Tyler Allgeier instead made Robinson an unproductive fantasy running back. The Atlanta Falcons have a new coaching staff in place now and Robinson is expected to thrive under the new regime. Robinson is expected to go off the board according to the 2024 Fantasy football ADP, but should he continue to be one of the top options in the 2024 Fantasy football RB rankings?
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: Bengals running back Zack Moss. It took time for Moss to become a relevant Fantasy football running back, but he made the most of his opportunity when Colts running back Jonathan Taylor got hurt. Moss averaged 14.0 Fantasy points per game in six games with Taylor out, and now he finds himself as the starter in an even better offense.
Joe Mixon averaged 4.0 yards per carry and commanded a 10.8% target share in the passing game in Cincinnati's offense last season. Quarterback Joe Burrow suffered a season-ending injury, so the Bengals should be even better offensively this year. The model has Moss ranked ahead of running backs Raheem Mostert, Brian Robinson Jr. and Tony Pollard, who are all being selected before him in most Fantasy drafts. See more Fantasy football sleepers 2024 here .
Top 2024 Fantasy football breakouts
One of the 2024 Fantasy football breakouts the model is predicting: Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams. The third-year wideout appears to have locked in the WR2 spot behind Amon-Ra St. Brown. Since Detroit was second in the league in passing yards per game last year, the door is open for Williams to have a bigger workload this season.
The former Alabama product has dealt with injuries and inconsistency over his first two NFL seasons, with a torn ACL derailing his rookie campaign and a suspension limiting him in 2023. However, head coach Dan Campbell has had nothing but good things to say about Williams heading into the 2024 season. He is projected to go off the board in the tenth round of Fantasy football pools and could end up being a steal. See more Fantasy football breakouts 2024 here .
Top 2024 Fantasy football busts
As for players to avoid, the model lists Commanders running back Austin Ekeler as one of its 2024 Fantasy football busts. The former Charger's dip in production last year could be partially attributed to Los Angeles' overall offensive woes. It didn't help, either, that he suffered an ankle sprain in Week 1, which further saw him cool off to just five touchdowns on 628 yards for the year.
However, his job won't get any easier with the new scenery on the East Coast, as the Commanders ranked 27th in total rushing yards (1,592) in 2023. He's second on the depth chart behind Brian Robinson Jr. and could still compete for more work down the stretch. As things look now, though, Ekeler isn't going to get the workload to contribute to a bounce-back season. See more Fantasy football busts 2024 here
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