The Texans acquired wide receiver Stefon Diggs in the offseason, joining a group that also includes Nico Collins and Tank Dell. They will all be drafted outside the first six rounds according to the latest 2024 fantasy football ADPs, but it may be hard to avoid them being one of the big fantasy football busts in 2024. With Diggs, Collins and Dell competing for the same targets, which players should you avoid in your 2024 fantasy football picks and which players should you move up in your 2024 fantasy football rankings?
While receiver rooms can sometimes look crowded at the start of the season, quarterbacks often find their favorite targets as the year progresses. Identifying your 2024 fantasy football sleepers can give you a huge advantage in your fantasy football 2024 league. Before you create your 2024 fantasy football draft strategy, be sure to check out SportsLine's proven 2024 fantasy football rankings and cheat sheet.
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 also predicted past fantasy football sleepers such as Derrick Henry in 2019, Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara in 2018, and Davante Adams in 2017. Betting on these players has led to them winning 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.
Now, SportsLine has simulated the entire NFL season 10,000 times and released its latest fantasy football rankings for 2024, with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and basses: Visit SportsLine now to see the rankings.
Top Sleepers for Fantasy Football in 2024
One of the model's projected fantasy football sleepers for 2024: Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. Will Revis and Ryan Tannehill shared the quarterback duties for Tennessee last season, but Hopkins was the clear top target regardless of who was under center. He caught 75 passes for 1,057 yards and seven touchdowns for a 28% target share.
Hopkins caught 27 passes of 20-plus yards and will benefit from an offseason in which Revis has assumed the starting role. The only downside for Hopkins is the addition of Calvin Ridley, who is arguably the team's two best wide receivers. The SportsLine model has Hopkins ranked higher than Terry McLaurin and Christian Watson, both of whom are taken ahead of Hopkins in the average fantasy draft.
Another sleeper that's featured in SportsLine's 2024 fantasy football rankings is Patriots running back Antonio Gibson. A one-time 1,000-yard rusher, Gibson was viewed as a pass-catching option in his final two seasons with Washington. He could potentially play a similar role in New England, but he's playing in an offense that's likely to check down often, and Ramondre Stevenson has battled injuries throughout his career.
Stevenson has missed five games twice since entering the league three years ago and has been on injured reserve seven times over the past two years with ankle injuries. Gibson's 2024 fantasy football ADP is 140.65 and he should compete for 50 receptions regardless of Stevenson's health, but there is clearly room for upside if Stevenson is injured. You can find out which other sleepers to pick in fantasy football in 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.
