Hitting big on middle and late-round running backs often drives fantasy success. Who will go from irrelevancy to your Flex spot? Who will go from your Flex spot to stardom? Each year a few players take that next step in their careers. Predicting these hits is a tricky game. Last offseason people thought Cam Akers finally had the starting role for the Rams.

5 Breakout Running Backs to Draft (2024 Fantasy Football)

FTN’s high-stakes specialist Nelson Sousa is offering up some of his top fantasy football targets and values for the 2024 NFL season. A thoughtful roster construction process is crucial to identifying ADP value, and using Nelson’s strategy is a great way to reverse engineer your preferred strategy prior to draft night.

2024 NFL Fantasy Football Targets

The NFL preseason is in full swing, and we have a multitude of games today across two slates. This article will feature plays from the three-game early slate, but there will be coverage for the main set later as well. As usual, tracking news such as inactives will be crucial to our success, and you can find all of those updates in the FTN NFL DFS Discord. Let’s get into our preferred options at each position for the early games.

DFS Picks and Plays for NFL Preseason Week 1 (Saturday Early Slate)

Socials: @sportswithx on Twitter/X, Instagram and Threads. With the NFL preseason officially kicking off last week, the majority of leagues’ fantasy football drafts are rapidly approaching. We are now less than a month away from the regular season kicking off, leaving only a few more weeks of mock drafts and fantasy preparation. Keeping that in mind, here are three wide receivers that the buyer should beware and resist falling victim to the preseason hype.

Three Wide Receiver Busts in Fantasy Football 2024

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, known for his prowess on the football field, made a personal announcement during a press conference on Tuesday. The three-time Super Bowl champion revealed that he and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, are expecting their third child and that this will be their last.

Patrick Mahomes Reveals He's 'Done' Having Kids with Wife Brittany Mahomes After Baby No. 3

When preparing for your fantasy football drafts, knowing which players to target and others to avoid is important. The amount of information available can be overwhelming, so a great way to condense the data and determine players to draft and others to leave for your leaguemates is to use our expert consensus fantasy football rankings compared to fantasy football average draft position (ADP). In this way, you can identify players the experts are willing to reach for at ADP and others they are not drafting until much later than average. Here we break down all second-year fantasy football players to consider in your upcoming drafts. Let’s dive into a few notable second-year fantasy football players below.

Second-Year Players: Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, De’Von Achane (Fantasy Football)

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Which NFL signal-callers have the strongest arm, greatest accuracy and best rushing ability? We stacked the 10 best in seven skill areas.

Ranking NFL quarterbacks by trait: Best arm, accuracy, more

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SportsLine simulated the new NFL season 10,000 times and identified Fantasy football busts 2024 to fade during your Fantasy football draft prep

Fantasy Football Rankings 2024: Busts from unbiased NFL model that nailed Jaylen Waddle's down season

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Former Tennessee Vols defender makes his presence felt against Dallas Cowboys in his NFL preseason debut

Fantasy Football draft lottery tickets and sleepers can make or break your season. While safer players may have a higher hit rate, targeting players with upside late in fantasy football drafts is how you can truly DOMINATE your league. Here are fantasy football draft lottery tickets and sleepers to target.

Fantasy Football Lottery Tickets: Brian Thomas Jr., Jameson Williams, Khalil Shakir

Welcome to the next article in Fantasy Six Pack's series of Must Draft and Do Not Draft players for the 2024 Fantasy Football season. You can read the Do Not Draft Quarterbacks already, but keep checking back for wide receivers and tight ends. Most Fantasy Football rosters have at least...

2024 Fantasy Football Do Not Draft Running Backs

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Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

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All UFL coaches became free agents after the 2024. At least one will stay that way. John DeFilippo has resigned as coach of the Memphis Showboats, according to UFLNewsHub.com, via SI.com. DeFillippo, who landed after the XFL-USFL merger in Memphis, took the Showboats to a 2-8 record in the UFL’s...

John DeFillippo resigns as coach of Memphis Showboats

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The Detroit Lions’ first preseason game in East Rutherford brought both flickers of promise and injuries, most notably second-year quarterback Hendon Hooker went down on his second series with a concussion. The Lions made two roster moves today. The Detroit Lions’ Twitter says the team announced roster moves, waving...

The Detroit Lions Make 2 Roster Moves; Hendon Hooker Injury Update

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The Kansas City Chiefs lost more than their preseason opener on Saturday to the Jacksonville Jaguars as head coach Andy Reid confirmed one of their fears from the exhibition. Reid addressed the media after the game in Jacksonville, providing an update on Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown’s health status.

Andy Reid gives grim update after 'Hollywood' Brown injury vs. Jaguars

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The New York Jets’ 2024 regular season opener is rapidly approaching — which means fantasy football drafts are on the way, too. With NFL training camps and preseason providing a measure of clarity about various players’ roles, now may be the chance to uncover the next Puka Nacua. (In fact, for those fans who paid attention last year, the Nacua buzz coming out of Rams camp was sky-high.)

Fantasy football players to avoid drafting at current ADP

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Follow along as J.J. McCarthy makes his preseason debut and the Vikings take on the Raiders at U.S. Bank Stadium on Saturday.

Vikings vs. Raiders live score updates: NFL preseason Week 1

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The Las Vegas Raiders got their first touchdown of the 2024 preseason on Saturday against the Minnesota Vikings on a beautiful pass from quarterback Gardner Minshew to wide receiver DJ Turner.

Gardner Minshew makes good throw to score Raiders' first preseason TD

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BruinReportOnline was at the UCLA football open practice and after, Bruins head coach DeShaun Foster talked about the defense's late surge at the end of practice, quarterback Ethan Garbers leadership as QB1, and the explosiveness ï¿½

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The Los Angeles Rams have a knack for finding elite receivers outside of the first round of the draft. First,

Los Angeles Rams Rookie WR Outperforms Fellow First-Year Receivers

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3 You’re Too High On in 2024 Fantasy Football (8/12)

Our fantasy football rankers are some of the best in the business, but that doesn’t mean they always agree. Twice a week, our rankers will highlight...

3 You’re Too High On in 2024 Fantasy Football (8/12)

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