Fantasy Football Undrafted Wide Receiver Rookie Sleepers (2024)
Last month's NFL Draft saw a number of really good players left on the board after the seven rounds were over. Some of those players are likely going to make it onto NFL rosters in 2024 as undrafted free agents, including some wide receivers who may end up making a difference in the league. Some […]
Joe Burrow vs. Jordan Love - Who Should I Draft in 2024 Fantasy Football?
In fantasy football, running quarterbacks such as Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts take the cake at the quarterback position. However, there are many quality options lower down the draft board. Many fantasy players like to wait to draft a quarterback because it is such a deep position and running backs and wide receivers fill more […]
Fantasy Football Rookie Running Backs in the Best Situations - Jonathon Brooks, Trey Benson, Blake Corum, and More
Now a month removed from this year's NFL Draft, we have started to receive some clarity about where rookies reside on their teams' depth charts. With OTAs and mandatory minicamps underway, these first-year players are pushing for opportunities. Every year, many rookie running backs make names for themselves during the season, with several greatly outperforming […]
Fantasy Football Rookie Spotlight: Ray Davis
The Buffalo Bills selected Kentucky running back Ray Davis with the 128th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. He became the eighth RB taken off the board behind Texas' Jonathon Brooks, Florida State’s Trey Benson, Michigan’s Blake Corum, USC’s MarShawn Lloyd, Tennessee’s Jaylen Wright, Oregon’s Bucky Irving, and Clemson’s Will Shipley. During the predraft […]
Fantasy Football Overvalued Players In FFPC Best Ball Drafts
While we aren't yet close to the traditional draft season for fantasy football redraft leagues, June is here, which means best ball drafts are shifting into high gear. Several fantasy football sites have already released their flagship contests, including one of the most popular sites in the game: Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC). If you […]
Three Quarterbacks Who Will Make Their First Pro Bowl in 2024 - Early NFL Predictions
The Pro Bowl is the only time throughout the season that NFL fans get to see all the best players in the game on the field together. While many players -- including quarterbacks -- eventually opt out of playing in it after a long season, some notable players still take part in the Pro Bowl […]
Five Fantasy Football Fallers On New Teams In 2024
The NFL offseason is a time of significant player movements that can dramatically alter our draft strategies. This year, we've seen several high-profile players change teams, leading to a reevaluation of their values. These players, once considered top picks, are now slipping down draft boards due to various factors such as a dip in production, […]
Fantasy Football Veterans To Sell In Dynasty Before It's Too Late - 2024 Dynasty Fantasy Football Outlook
When it comes to dynasty fantasy football leagues, veteran players are often overlooked. Managers can be too quick to move off older players and sometimes fail to see their value. While veterans can help put a dynasty team over the top, there are also times when it’s better to cut your losses and move on […]
Backup Wide Receivers to Stash in 2024: Fantasy Football Deep-League Sleepers
The 2024 NFL season will be here before we know it, meaning fantasy football is ramping up from this point on. As the popularity of fantasy football has grown, more and more fantasy managers are playing in deep leagues consisting of 14+ teams and/or a ton of additional roster spots. Drafting a high-ceiling starting lineup […]
Do NOT Draft Josh Jacobs for Fantasy Football (2024)
Every offseason, fantasy managers tend to get carried away, positively and negatively, on a handful of players. Their ADPs skyrocket or plummet way more than they should. Oftentimes, when this happens, one overarching narrative quiets out everything else. For these two extremes to occur, many individuals ignore previously known facts. This article will dispel and […]
Early 2024 Fantasy Football Superflex Rankings And Strategies
Fantasy football players are already looking ahead to their 2024 drafts. So, I have released some of my early 2024 seasonal rankings, along with those from the RotoBaller staff, which can be found here. In this feature, I share some of my insights when building the 2024 Superflex rankings. When should you target the QB1? […]
Rookie Values? 2024 Fantasy Football Sleepers
With the 2024 NFL Draft in the rearview mirror and the 2024 NFL season fast approaching, fantasy football drafts will be here before we know it. NFL rookies make an impact in fantasy football every season. Some are expected, but it is the unexpected rookie contributors that are of most interest in fantasy. There is […]
Dynasty Fantasy Football - Five 2024 NFL Draft Losers To Buy Low On
Will Levis was supposed to be a top-three quarterback last season, but he spent the whole first day of the draft watching uncomfortably as he was passed over. Now, he is a starting quarterback for the Titans who holds potential value in Superflex and dynasty leagues. Draft capital is the best predictor of NFL production, […]
Fantasy Football Running Back Value Picks - Aaron Jones 2024 Fantasy Football Outlook
Fantasy football managers are likely hesitant to draft Aaron Jones this season. He's 29 years old -- he'll turn 30 in December of this year -- and he's coming off a season where he missed six games. Jones failed to record a 35% snap share in three other contests and was completely useless for fantasy […]
2024 NFL Season Prime-Time Game Schedule - NFL Season Outlook
The anticipation for the 2024 NFL season was amplified on May 15 when the NFL released each team's 2024 schedule. Even though we all knew the opponents each team would play against, there is something special about seeing the final product -- the order of division and out-of-division games, seeing the marquee matchups throughout the […]
One Fantasy Football Sleeper Candidate for Every NFC Team – 2024 Fantasy Football Outlook
While the upcoming fantasy football season is still months away, it’s never too early for fantasy players to prepare for their drafts. Fantasy players want to avoid drafting players who will bust, potentially costing them a championship. More importantly, fantasy players want to find sleepers who turn into stars like Nico Collins and Puka Nacua […]
Projecting First Start Dates For 2024 Rookie QBs - Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, and more
The 2024 NFL Draft was full of surprises. A record number of six quarterbacks were drafted within the first 12 picks, and teams are excited for the future with their rookie quarterbacks. Everyone was left perplexed when the Atlanta Falcons drafted Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth overall pick. While Penix Jr. will not play […]
Fantasy Football RB Busts and Sleepers - Elusiveness
Back before advanced metrics were a thing, we used to look at yards, touchdowns, and fantasy points to determine a player’s value. It’s much more nuanced today, thanks in part to numerous companies that have given life to advanced data. One of those advanced metrics is PlayerProfilers’ Juke Rate, which is essentially a measure of […]
Early 2024 Fantasy Football Rankings And Analysis: Running Backs
Fantasy football players like to start preparing and researching well ahead of their 2024 drafts. In this latest installment of my early positional rankings release, I provide updated 2024 seasonal ranks. Consensus rankings from the RotoBaller staff can be found here. In this article, I supply some of my thoughts when constructing the 2024 running […]
Fantasy Football Rookie Spotlight: MarShawn Lloyd
The Green Bay Packers selected USC running back MarShawn Lloyd with the 88th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Lloyd was the fourth running back taken off the board behind Texas’ Jonathon Brooks, Florida State’s Trey Benson, and Michigan's Blake Corum. While there was no clear-cut first-round back in this draft class, it was […]
Josh Jacobs Nearing Return To Field
Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs (hamstring) continues to make progress and could return to the field for contact and action next week. "Hopefully next week we'll get him out there when we go full speed," head coach Matt LaFleur explained to the media. The former Raiders star inked a deal with Green Bay […]
Fantasy Football Wide Receivers You Must Draft in 2024 - Part V
This will be the series' final entry, and we’ll focus on four receivers this time, although two are on the same team. With this particular edition, we must get comfortable with the unknown. Three of these players are rookies, and one played sparingly last season in his rookie year. However, the unknown isn’t necessarily a […]
Fantasy Football No. 2 Wide Receivers to Target in 2024 Drafts
As fantasy managers, we're inclined to seek out and target the presumed No. 1 pass catcher of an offense in our drafts. Opportunity and volume should be the first boxes checked off when assessing and analyzing a player's worth for our teams. Sure, we all want the top guy on any given team to give […]
Time To Hang It Up: Five NFL Running Backs That Should Retire Before The 2024 Season
The 2024 NFL offseason has been littered with notable retirements. Aaron Donald, Fletcher Cox, Jason Kelce, Matt Ryan, and Matthew Slater headline a long laundry list of retirees. Former Arizona Cardinals running back double threat David Johnson hung up his helmet recently to join the group tired of being tackled. He should not be the […]
Eric Stokes In A Great Place
Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur thinks cornerback Eric Stokes (hamstring) is in a great place physically and mentally this offseason after he missed most of the last two years with injuries. LaFleur also said he thinks Stokes is "in the best shape" he's ever seen him in. "When you look at him physically, […]
Fantasy Football Wide Receivers You Must Draft in 2024 - Part IV
This series continues to move on, and we're now getting into the middle rounds of our fantasy drafts, so the options are getting slimmer and slimmer. Not only that, but fantasy managers may need to be just a wee bit more optimistic with some of these players than they've had to be with the previous […]
Early 2024 Fantasy Football Rankings And Analysis: Quarterbacks
Fantasy football players are already looking ahead to their 2024 drafts. So, I have released some of my early 2024 seasonal rankings, along with those from the RotoBaller staff, which can be found here. In this feature, I share some of my insights when building the 2024 quarterback rankings. The top shelf remains predictable, yet […]
Aaron Jones, Ty Chandler - Fantasy Football Outlook for Minnesota Vikings RBs in 2024
The Minnesota Vikings offense will look a little different in 2024. Quarterback Kirk Cousins left in free agency, and the team replaced him with first-round pick J.J. McCarthy. McCarthy or free-agent signing Sam Darnold will start the year as the Vikings quarterback. Even the running position has changed for Minnesota this offseason. They released Alexander Mattison -- who started the 2023 season […]
Sophomore Slump: Can Rashee Rice, Jordan Addison, and Jayden Reed Meet Expectations in Year Two?
Each year, a new, promising crop of rookies enters the NFL. A number of these rookies meet or exceed expectations as first-year players and establish themselves as rising stars in the professional ranks. Many then proceed to ascend further in subsequent seasons. However, not all of these young talents continue on their upward trajectories; some […]
2024 Dynasty Rookie Rankings For Superflex Leagues: 20-11
Now that we’re coming off our rookie fever, it’s time to see where the newest NFL players stack up against the veterans. That’s right, we’re talking rookies and dynasty rankings. My name is Ellis Johnson and this is my sixth year writing NFL content with RotoBaller. In this article, I am going to list my […]