As you start your 2024 Fantasy football draft prep, it's a must to observe when bye weeks will affect your potential 2024 Fantasy football picks. Week 12 stands out at the running back position, with many players with early 2024 Fantasy football ADPs having that week off. Breece Hall, Bijan Robinson, Alvin Kamara, James Cook and Travis Etienne will all get a breather that week, so it's a must that you have quality running back depth to survive weeks like these.
Texans RB Dameon Pierce went from one of the Fantasy football breakouts as a rookie to one of the Fantasy football busts as a sophom*ore. Many are simply dismissing him this year with Houston adding Joe Mixon, but being overlooked is exactly why he could be among the 2024 Fantasy football sleepers with bye weeks looming. 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: Packers wide receiver Christian Watson. After a strong second half to his rookie year, in which he finished 2022 with nearly 700 scrimmage yards and nine touchdowns, the injury bug hit Watson as a sophom*ore. He played in just nine games and finished with a stat line of 28-422-5. However, he was productive and actually averaged more receptions and yards per game in 2023 than 2022.
With the emergence of young Packer wideouts Jayden Reed and Romeo Doubs a year ago, Jordan Love has a trio of dynamic wideouts to target. Watson is the biggest, fastest and highest-drafted amongst the three, so the Packers expect the most out of him and should give him every opportunity to prove them right. Watson was the WR4 during Weeks 10-18 of the 2022 season, so that's the kind of potential he offers. The model ranks him above several other No. 1 wideouts on other teams, including Marquise Brown of Kansas City and Michael Pittman Jr. of Indianapolis.
Another sleeper that SportsLine's Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Saints quarterback Derek Carr. The veteran restructured his contract for the 2024 season to help save the team $23 million, giving them more room to work with. Carr completed 68.4% of his passes for 3,878 yards, 25 touchdowns and eight interceptions last season, capping off the campaign with 12 touchdowns over his final four games.
He gained valuable experience playing alongside wide receivers Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed, and he has a new target in Cedrick Wilson Jr. Carr finished as a top-12 Fantasy quarterback on six occasions, so he provides tremendous upside even without adding any rushing yards. SportsLine's model ranks Carr ahead of quarterbacks like Caleb Williams, Baker Mayfield and Tua Tagovailoa, making him a Fantasy football sleeper.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.
