Due to the lack of top-end depth at the position, drafting a tight end may be the biggest challenge during your 2024 Fantasy football draft prep. Unless you have an elite one like Travis Kelce, George Kittle or Sam LaPorta, you may be better off waiting until the later rounds of Fantasy football 2024 drafts to take one. Last year, David Njoku finished as the TE5, but he had fewer Fantasy points than Ezekiel Elliott and Tyler Lockett, who didn't even rank in the top 30 at their respective positions. Having quality 2024 Fantasy football advice on when to draft a tight end is one piece of constructing optimal 2024 Fantasy football rankings. Could rookie Brock Bowers be this year's version of LaPorta as a first-year breakout? Will Kyle Pitts finally reach his potential with Kirk Cousins throwing him the ball and rise up the 2024 Fantasy football TE rankings?
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: Saints quarterback Derek Carr. Carr finished the 2023 season averaging just the 24th-most Fantasy points per game at QB in his first season in New Orleans.
However, he finished as a top-12 QB six times last season, including three of the last four Saints games. New Orleans featured a top-12 passing offense in 2023 and he has some serious weapons in Alvin Kamara and Chris Olave, who are capable of big plays anytime they touch the ball. SportsLine's model ranks Carr ahead of fellow quarterbacks like Tua Tagovailoa, Deshaun Watson and Matthew Stafford, all of whom are being drafted ahead of him.See more Fantasy football sleepers 2024 here.
Top 2024 Fantasy football breakouts
One of the 2024 Fantasy football breakouts the model is predicting: Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid. The former Utah standout was a first round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, and is viewed by many as a wide receiver in a tight end's body. As a rookie, Kincaid hauled in 73 passes for 673 yards and two touchdowns.
The 24-year-old is in line for an even bigger role in his second professional season. Buffalo dealt wide receiver Stefon Diggs during the offseason, sending the All-Pro wide receiver to the Houston Texans in a move that could elevate Kincaid to the No. 1 option in Buffalo's high-powered offensive attack. At 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds, Kincaid is a matchup nightmare for opposing defenses, and he plays with a quarterback in Josh Allen who can push the ball downfield as well as anyone in the NFL.See more Fantasy football breakouts 2024 here.
Top 2024 Fantasy football busts
As for players to avoid, the model lists Bears tight end Cole Kmet as one of its 2024 Fantasy football busts. The Chicago native has been a top-eight Fantasy tight end the last two seasons for his hometown team. Last year, he had career-highs in catches (73) and yards (719), while his six touchdowns were one off his career-high. However, Kmet will have more competition for targets after the Bears added six-time Pro Bowler Keenan Allen and first-round draft pick Rome Odunze at wide receiver.
D.J. Moore is still in the Windy City as well, and all of these receiving options may cap Kmet's 2024 Fantasy football projections. Additionally, Williams didn't target tight ends much at USC, as no Trojan at the position had more than 262 yards in either of Williams' seasons in Southern California. Despite Kmet's consistency over the last two seasons, the model sees him taking a step back and has him outside the top 12 tight ends in its 2024 Fantasy football rankings.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.
