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

With NFL training camps officially underway, this is the most crucial part of the offseason for anyone playing Fantasy football 2024. Staying on top of 2024 Fantasy football injury news and depth chart movement can be a struggle this time of year, so having reliable 2024 Fantasy football rankings is key. They can help you adapt in real-time to all the latest NFL news and identify potential 2024 Fantasy football busts you'll want to steer clear of. Justin Jefferson is arguably the best wide receiver in the game when he's healthy, but he's coming off a season in which he missed seven games with a hamstring injury. Can you trust him to live up to his 2024 Fantasy football ADP and 2024 Fantasy football outlook? As you begin your 2024 Fantasy football draft prep, be sure to check out the 2024 Fantasy football cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine .

Last year, the model accurately predicted that Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle would fail to live up to his Fantasy football ADP. Waddle's 2023 Fantasy football ADP was 34.86 overall and he was the 11th receiver off the board on average. He'd go on to notch a 1,000-yard season but only had 72 receptions with four touchdowns and he'd finish as the No. 34 Fantasy football wide receiver in CBS Sports PPR leagues.

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 Fantasy football rankings 2024, along with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and busts. Head to SportsLine now to see them .

Top 2024 Fantasy football busts

One of the 2024 Fantasy football busts the model is predicting: Bears running back D'Andre Swift. In his lone year with the Eagles, Swift posted career-highs in rushing yards (1,049) and scrimmage yards (1,263) while scoring six touchdowns. However, he never had more than 617 rushing yards in any previous season and benefited from the Eagles' complex running scheme that includes the read-option with Jalen Hurts. Chicago doesn't offer that with Justin Fields no longer on the team as the team is expected to run a simpler offense with rookie Caleb Williams under center.

Additionally, Swift will have more competition for touches in Chicago than in Philly with Khalil Herbert and Roschon Johnson on the roster. The former had nearly 750 total yards a year ago despite missing five games, while the 6-foot, 225-pound Johnson offers the type of size lacking from Swift and Herbert, who are both 5-foot-9. Add in that Chicago isn't expected to be a contender this year, which means trailing often late in games and fewer running opportunities, and Swift is pegged as one of the Fantasy football busts 2024 by the SportsLine model.

Another bust that SportsLine's Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft took the league by surprise last season, leading the Texans to the postseason and winning AP Offensive Rookie of the Year honors by throwing for 4,108 yards and 23 touchdowns with five interceptions in 15 games.

However, Houston had the benefit of playing a last-place schedule and now the Texans have a much tougher path after going worst-to-first. Stroud has a 2024 Fantasy football ADP of 57.0, but the model is expecting a bit of a letdown in 2024. It predicts that you can get better value out of quarterbacks like Brock Purdy and Dak Prescott, who are both going at least 25 picks later on average. See which other Fantasy football busts 2024 to avoid here .

How to find proven 2024 Fantasy football rankings

SportsLine is also low on a wide receiver who is being drafted as a top-15 player at his position. The model ranks him outside its top 20 wide receivers for 2024 and expects him to see major regression. You can only see who it is, and the 2024 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine .

So which 2024 Fantasy Football busts should you avoid, and which receiver will fail to live up to expectations? Visit SportsLine now to get 2024 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that told you to avoid Jaylen Waddle in 2023 , and find out.