Receivers like Deebo Samuel, CeeDee Lamb and Jayden Reed all had double-digit carries and multiple rushing touchdowns last year. The approach to utilizing them as runners only adds to their value as 2024 Fantasy football picks, and there could be another wideout following in their footsteps. Chicago's Velus Jones is listed as a receiver but ended up ranking fourth in the 2024 NFL preseason with 158 rushing yards. He could emerge as a 2024 Fantasy football sleeper with these additional touches and is worth a look late in Fantasy football 2024 drafts.
Considering Caleb Williams has D.J. Moore, Keenan Allen and Rome Odunze out wide, running back may be where Jones sees his most action. What else can you glean from NFL preseason to assist you with forming a Fantasy football 2024 strategy? 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 quarterback Justin Herbert. He missed four games last year due to injury, but still managed to put up respectable numbers (3,134 passing yards with 20 touchdowns and seven interceptions). It was statistically the worst season of his NFL career, but had he played a full schedule, his production likely would have put him in the upper echelon of NFL quarterbacks.
The Chargers' offense won't have Keenan Allen or Mike Williams in 2024, but the team invested early round picks on wide receivers in back-to-back years (Quentin Johnston in the first round 2023 and Ladd McConkey in the second round in 2024). The team has also made a concerted effort to beef up its offensive line, investing three first-round picks on offensive linemen since 2021 (Rashawn Slater, Zion Johnson, and Joe Alt). Moreover, new head coach Jim Harbaugh should help Herbert take the next step in his development as a high-end NFL quarterback.
Another sleeper that SportsLine's Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Titans receiver Calvin Ridley. After missing 23 months of football, Ridley made his gridiron return last year with Jacksonville, where he finished with 76 catches for 1,016 yards and eight touchdowns. He finished 17th amongst wideouts in Fantasy points but had ranked as the WR4 in his last full season in 2020. Ridley then joined Tennessee as a free agent where he'll be paired with another top-flight receiver in DeAndre Hopkins, which should lead to fewer double teams than what he saw with the Jags.
Ridley was most productive with a similar situation in Atlanta when he had Julio Jones on the other side. Also, the run-heavy offense that we've all come to expect with the Titans is a thing of the past with Derrick Henry since departed. Additionally, new head coach Brian Callahan was the OC in Cincinnati last year, and the Bengals attempted the third-fewest rushes in the league. Thus, Ridley is set up to re-emerge as one of the game's elite wideouts as the model identifies him as a Fantasy football 2024 sleeper.See which other Fantasy football sleepers 2024 to pick here.
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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.
