2024 Fantasy football draft prep: Rankings, rookies, advice, strategy, top 150 players by veteran NFL experts

After one of the busiest off-seasons in NFL history, the new season is quickly approaching. You may need a refresher on where some of the biggest stars in the sport are calling home this year before forming your 2024 Fantasy football rankings. The top two running backs over the last three years on a per-season average have new teams. Austin Ekeler, playing for the Commanders this season after being with the Chargers, was the top-scoring running back in Fantasy football over the last three years. He's followed by Derrick Henry, who is joining the Ravens after playing for Tennessee. How should these new homes affect how you view them in the 2024 Fantasy football RB rankings?

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:

Marquise Brown, WR, Kansas City Chiefs: Brown had respectable seasons over his first five NFL years with at least 500 yards, but he only recorded one 1,000-yard year with the Ravens and Cardinals. The Chiefs were already lacking playmakers around Mahomes and Travis Kelce, and with Rashee Rice facing a possible suspension stemming from his role in a multi-vehicle crash in Dallas this offseason, Brown could have a large target share from Week 1.

"Brown was ninth on our breakout list last year as the WR35 in Arizona, where he received a WR1 volume of targets early in the year while the team awaited Kyler Murray's return but couldn't do enough with them to deliver a breakout performance," White told SportsLine. "He's back much higher on our list this year after landing in a much better situation in Kansas City, where he won't be relied upon as much to carry the load of the offense while also getting to catch passes from potentially the best quarterback in NFL history by the time Patrick Mahomes calls it a career.

James Cook, RB, Buffalo Bills: The Bills have the second-most vacated targets from last year in large part to losing Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis. Cook proved last season he can be relied on as a pass-catcher out of the backfield and Josh Allen may utilize that comfortable option even more this year. Cook has the second-most receptions and targets behind tight end Dalton Kincaid among returning players and Cook dominated the backfield production with 1,122 rushing yards last year.

"The great thing about Cook is that he seemed to be the featured weapon in the offense once Joe Brady took over as OC, with his best Fantasy performances coming late in the year," 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 .