One of the best ways to build depth is by seeking running backs with upside or by targeting unheralded options in backfield committees. Backs like Jaleel McLaughlin or Keaton Mitchell could easily find themselves as the primary ballcarriers with an injury and therefore could be worth moving up the 2024 Fantasy football RB rankings. You'll also have to decide how to approach the star running backs who changed teams this offseason, including Derrick Henry (Ravens), D'Andre Swift (Bears), Joe Mixon (Texans), Aaron Jones (Vikings), Austin Ekeler (Commanders), Saquon Barkley (Eagles), and Devin Singletary (Giants).
With reliable 2024 Fantasy football rankings, you can find value throughout your upcoming drafts and identify potential 2024 Fantasy football sleepers, 2024 Fantasy football breakouts, and 2024 Fantasy football busts. Before setting 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 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: Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp. The 31-year-old pulled off the receiving triple crown in 2021, leading the league in receptions, receiving yards, and touchdown catches en route to winning NFL Offensive Player of the Year honors. Since then, Kupp has battled injuries, playing in only 21 games in the last two seasons combined.
He has to compete for targets with Puka Nacua, bhe model is calling for a bounce back season for Kupp in 2024. The former third round pick out of Eastern Washington is the model's WR13, but with an ADP of 46.9, Kupp is coming off the board in the fourth round on average in CBS Sports fantasy drafts. Kupp is being taken after guys like Mike Evans, Brandon Aiyuk, Deebo Samuel, and DK Metcalf, who are all projected to finish below him in the fantasy wide receiver rankings at the end of the season.See more Fantasy football sleepers 2024 here.
Top 2024 Fantasy football breakouts
One of the 2024 Fantasy football breakouts the model is predicting: Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers. The No. 6 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft is coming off back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons to close out his career at LSU. Over three years with the Tigers, Nabers caught 189 passes for 3,003 yards and 21 touchdowns.
He backed that production up by running the 40-yard-dash in 4.35 seconds at the LSU Pro Day and hitting 42 inches in the vertical leap. There are some potential target quality issues with Daniel Jones at quarterback but the model is still expecting Nabers to follow in a long line of great LSU receivers. It ranks Nabers as its WR31 ahead of veterans like Chris Godwin and DeAndre Hopkins.See more Fantasy football breakouts 2024 here.
Top 2024 Fantasy football busts
As for players to avoid, the model lists Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa as one of its 2024 Fantasy football busts. The former Alabama standout is coming off the best season of his NFL career, but the model is calling for a dip in production in 2024. Tagovailoa struggled down the stretch last season, with his second half production paling in comparison to the numbers he put up during the first half of 2023.
Tagovailoa is currently coming off the board in the eighth round on average (94.5 ADP) in CBS Sports fantasy drafts, ahead of guys like Kirk Cousins, Justin Herbert, and Caleb Williams. While he does have one of the top wide receiver duos in the NFL at his disposal in Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, there is a significant amount of risk in drafting Tagovailoa. He is in a contract year, the Dolphins are set to play a difficult schedule, and there are always injury concerns for the 26-year-old signal caller.See more Fantasy football busts 2024 here
How to find proven 2024 Fantasy football football rankings
SportsLine is also extremely high on a surprising quarterback you aren't even thinking about being taken in the middle rounds of 2024 Fantasy football drafts. This quarterback is listed as a shocking top-10 option ahead of stars like Trevor Lawrence and Aaron Rodgers.You can only see who it is, and the 2023 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine.
So which 2024 Fantasy Football sleepers, breakouts and busts should you target and fade, and which QB shocks the NFL with a top-10 performance? Visit SportsLine now to get 2024 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that nailed Deebo Samuel as a bust last year, and find out.
