Fantasy Football Rankings 2024: Sleepers by the NFL model that predicted Breece Hall's strong season

The 2024 NFL schedule opens with a matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs on September 5 in the NFL Kickoff Game. Both teams feature multiple players slotted near the top of the 2024 fantasy football rankings. Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes both project to be among the top players in the 2024 fantasy football QB rankings, but their supporting casts may be among the top 2024 fantasy football sleepers and 2024 fantasy football breakouts. For Baltimore, running back Derrick Henry, wide receiver Zay Flowers, and tight end Mark Andrews all have the ability to be high-end fantasy producers, while wide receivers Rashee Rice, Marquise Brown, and Xaiver Worthy are all potential 2024 NFL fantasy football sleepers for Kansas City.

Should you target any players from the Chiefs or Ravens when crafting your 2024 fantasy football draft prep? Will Travis Kelce continue to be a fantasy football gamechanger? Before crafting your 2024 Fantasy football draft strategy, be sure to check out the 2024 Fantasy football rankings and cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine .

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: Titans wide receiver Calvin Ridley. After missing nearly two full seasons, first to work on his mental health and then to serve a suspension for violating the league's gambling policy, Ridley returned to action last season with the Jaguars and caught 76 passes for 1,016 yards and eight touchdowns.

He parlayed that into a four-year, $92 million contract to join the Titans this offseason where he'll be surrounded by veteran receivers like DeAndre Hopkins and Tyler Boyd. Ridley has been the 35th receiver off the board on average this draft season but the model ranks him as its WR28, ranking him ahead of fellow 1,000-yard receivers like Keenan Allen and Terry McLaurin who are being drafted ahead of Ridley.

Another sleeper that SportsLine's Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Chiefs wide receiver Marquise "Hollywood" Brown. The 27-year-old signed with the Chiefs this offseason after spending the first three years of his NFL career with the Ravens and the past two seasons with the Cardinals. Brown is widely considered to be one of the top slot receivers in the NFL today, and posted career highs with 91 receptions and 1,008 yards in 2021.

While Brown has played in some explosive offenses in his career, he has yet to play with a quarterback on the level of Patrick Mahomes. Brown has the opportunity to become one of the top targets in arguably the top offense in the NFL, and he just so happens to be in a contract year. He'll have some stiff competition for targets with Travis Kelce, Rashee Rice, and Xavier Worthy all extremely talented, but Brown is in a great spot to have the most productive season of his career in 2024. See which other Fantasy football sleepers 2024 to pick here .

How to find proven 2024 Fantasy football football rankings

SportsLine is also extremely high on a surprising running back you aren't even thinking about. The model says this running back is a shocking top-five option ahead of superstars like Jonathan Taylor and Derrick Henry. You can only see who it is, and the 2024 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine .

So which 2024 Fantasy Football sleepers should you target? And which running back shocks the NFL with a top-five performance? Visit SportsLine now to get 2024 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that called Breece Hall's huge season , and find out.