The Raiders named Gardner Minshew their starting quarterback for Week 1. He may not be the player you're targeting as a starting quarterback in your 2024 fantasy football QB rankings, but how will Minshew starting change the Raiders playmaker's 2024 fantasy football projections? Minshew played all 17 games last season, including 13 starts for the Colts due to an injury to Anthony Richardson. The Colts found success offensively with Minshew at quarterback, ranking 11th in points and 14th in yards per game. Will Minshew starting help Davante Adams move up in your 2024 fantasy football rankings? Before you start planning your 2024 fantasy football draft strategy, be sure to check out SportsLine's proven 2024 fantasy football rankings and cheat sheets.
Last year, the model accurately predicted Jets running back Breece Hall would significantly outperform his sixth-round fantasy football ADP in 10-team PPR leagues. The results: 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 scores. He ultimately finished as the second-leading running back in CBS Sports PPR leagues behind Christian McCaffrey.
The same model has a proven track record of providing fantasy football tips, identifying AJ Brown as a sleeper in 2020 and accurately predicting Jonathan Taylor's phenomenal season in 2021. Additionally, they have predicted past fantasy football sleepers such as Derrick Henry in 2019, Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara in 2018, and Davante Adams in 2017. Those who bet on these players have gone on to win league titles.
The model is run by the same people who create the projections for the three major fantasy sites, and it beat out human experts last season when there was a huge difference in rankings. Our 2024 Fantasy Football PPR Rankings and 2024 Fantasy Football Standard Rankings are updated multiple times each day, so you'll always get the best fantasy football advice.
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Top Sleepers for Fantasy Football in 2024
One of the model's fantasy football sleepers for 2024 is Bills running back James Cook. The 24-year-old Cook rushed for 1,122 yards last season and had 44 receptions for 445 yards and six total touchdowns. His total touchdowns aren't what you want from a fantasy football starting running back, but that's just one of the downsides of playing alongside Josh Allen. Allen is one of the best runners regardless of position once he gets inside the five-yard line.
But there are clear advantages to playing with Allen, who has built Buffalo into one of the NFL's most effective offensive teams. Cook is the team's clear RB1 and will be well-used for yards, even though Buffalo was fifth in receiving yards and sixth in points last season. Allen also lost two of his favorite wide receivers in Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis, so he may lean even more on Cook, who has a proven track record of catching passes out of the backfield, through the 2024 NFL season.
Another sleeper identified in SportsLine's 2024 fantasy football rankings is Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith. The 33-year-old Smith flew under the radar after a disappointing 2023 season, finishing as the 25th-best fantasy QB with an average of 15.3 points per game. But Smith was one of the top sleepers in 2022, throwing for 4,282 yards and 30 touchdowns while completing an NFL-best 69.8% of his passes.
He has one of the NFL's best wide receivers in DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett and Jackson Smith-Njiba. With Sam Howell next in Seattle's depth chart, it's hard to imagine Smith losing his starting spot this year. SportsLine's model has Smith ranked higher than quarterbacks like Aaron Rodgers and Matthew Stafford, making him a fantasy football sleeper. Find out who else is a fantasy football sleeper for 2024 here.
How to Find Proven Fantasy Football Rankings for 2024
SportsLine is also giving very high ratings to some surprising running backs you might not think of: According to our model, this running back is a shocking top-five selection, ahead of superstars like Jonathan Taylor and Derrick Henry Find out who these running backs are, and each player's 2024 fantasy football rankings, only at SportsLine.
So which sleepers should you target in fantasy football in 2024? And which running back will stun the NFL with a top-five performance? Visit SportsLine now to find out the answers by getting a cheat sheet for every fantasy football position in 2024, from the model that predicted Breece Hall's incredible season.
