Last year saw Aidan O’Connell, the 135th overall pick, throw more touchdowns than the first overall selection, Bryce Young. Thus, while your 2024 Fantasy football strategy may focus on top 2024 Fantasy football rookies like Caleb Williams, Marvin Harrison Jr. or Brock Bowers, you shouldn’t ignore those selected on Day 2 or 3 of this year’s NFL Draft. Commanders WR Luke McCaffrey was the 100th overall pick, and he has pedigree on his side as the brother of Christian McCaffrey, but does he warrant consideration in the 2024 Fantasy football rankings?
Washington has little at receiver outside of veteran Terry McLaurin. Also, McCaffrey worked with Jayden Daniels at rookie minicamp, which may give him a leg up in terms of chemistry with the QB over veteran Commanders wideouts. Tank Dell and Josh Downs were third-round picks who made impacts last year as rookies, so could McCaffrey be one of the Fantasy football sleepers 2024? 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: Chargers running back Gus Edwards. He had career-highs across the board with Baltimore last season with 990 scrimmage yards and 13 touchdowns. That’s despite Edwards having to adjust to a new Ravens’ OC as Edwards’ ypc dipped to 4.1 after being at least 5.0 in each of his previous four seasons. However, he’s now reunited with the OC who helped make him so efficient in those early years as the Chargers added Greg Roman, who was Baltimore’s offensive coordinator from 2019-22.
Jim Harbaugh likes running the ball just as much as Jon Harbaugh, plus Edwards doesn’t have to worry about the QB taking away as many carries from him in L.A. as he did in Baltimore. Add in that Austin Ekeler has departed from the Chargers, and the injury-prone J.K. Dobbins is the only other major RB addition for L.A., so Edwards should be a full-time starter for the first time in his pro career. He’s, at worst, an RB3 this season, and the model prefers him over players like Javonte Williams and Jaylen Warren.
Another sleeper that SportsLine’s Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams. He is being drafted in the seventh round according to the latest 2024 Fantasy football ADP, but he is well on his way to outperform wideouts being drafted in earlier rounds.
Despite Las Vegas’ quarterback issues last season, Adams still ended his 2023 campaign averaging 11.1 yards on 103 receptions for 1,144 yards with eight touchdowns. His production went up at the end of the season as he and rookie quarterback Aidan O’Connell created chemistry, and the duo have a strong rapport heading into training camp. Even if Gardner Minshew is the starter over O’Connell, Adams brings four straight seasons of 1,100-plus yards to the gridiron 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.
