Rookie quarterbacks rarely become viable Fantasy football picks in Year One, but with the first three overall picks in the 2024 NFL Draft being signal-callers, can one in the bunch buck that trend? Last year, C.J. Stroud finished as QB11 overall and QB9 on a points-per-game basis. He became just the third rookie quarterback selected since 2013 to finish as a top-12 Fantasy football QB. Caleb Williams (No. 1 by the Bears) and Jayden Daniels (No. 2 by the Commanders) are the leading candidates to counter the trend of Fantasy football rookies being unsuccessful rookie quarterbacks, but how high should they be placed in your 2024 Fantasy football rankings?
Whether you're hunting for a 2024 Fantasy football top 150 you can trust or position-specific 2024 Fantasy football rankings that can help you identify potential 2024 Fantasy football breakouts, sleepers, and busts, be sure to see what the 2024 Fantasy Football Draft Bible at SportsLine has to say.
Prepared by Fantasy experts Jacob Gibbs, Scott Engel, Jamey Eisenberg, Heath Cummings, Megan Shoup, Brandon Howard, Dan Schneier and R.J. White, the Bible is a must-have for any serious Fantasy football player. Gibbs, who powers the Fantasy Football Today newsletter, uses a data-driven approach that has helped him be one of the nation's most accurate Fantasy rankers in recent years. Engel is an inaugural member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association's Hall of Fame and has been a premier analyst and Fantasy personality for 25 years.
Eisenberg is a senior Fantasy analyst at CBS Sports who appears regularly on CBS Sports HQ and the Fantasy Football Today podcast. Cummings is a senior Fantasy writer at CBS Sports who hosts the Fantasy Football Today Dynasty podcast. Shoup was a 2022 finalist in Best Ball Mania 3 on Underdog Fantasy, one of the biggest Best Ball competitions in the world, and has a very good advance rate to the playoffs historically, reaching Best Ball's postseason with more than 25% of her entries.
Howard is an experienced Fantasy analyst whose work has appeared at CBS Sports and The Athletic. Schneier is the senior Fantasy editor at CBS Sports and appears regularly with Gibbs on the Beyond the Box Score editions of the Fantasy Football Today podcast. White is SportsLine's No. 1 NFL expert since 2017 who got his start in the Fantasy industry, with his work appearing at AOL Fanhouse, Fantasy Café and other sites prior to joining CBS Sports, where he is the current managing editor of Fantasy and betting content. This team brings decades of Fantasy experience and can give you a huge edge in your league.
The 2024 Fantasy football primer not only ranks the top 150 players in standard and PPR leagues, it also reveals must-see sleepers, breakouts and busts; breaks down the top rookie QBs, RBs and WRs; tells you which coaching moves will translate to massive Fantasy success and gives you updated mock drafts that can guide your selections. The Fantasy Football Draft Bible also offers detailed strategy tips for whichever league you play in: snake draft, auction or best ball.Head to SportsLine now to see the 2024 Fantasy football draft bible.
Top 2024 Fantasy football picks
The Fantasy football draft bible features 2024 Fantasy football busts, including:
Puka Nacua, WR, Los Angeles Rams: Nacua was one of, if not the, biggest surprises of last year's Fantasy football season. He went from an under-the-radar fifth-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft to WR4 in all of Fantasy football as a rookie. Top-five production is an incredible return regardless of the draft position in Fantasy football, but he went from going undrafted to needing to use a first or second round pick in the majority of 2024 Fantasy football drafts, which is quite the leap for a player NFL teams passed on 176 times before his selection.
"We had Cooper Kupp in our sixth slot last year, and the fact that he was a successful bust pick was due largely to Nacua," White told SportsLine. "The same could be true in reverse this year, as Nacua had an unreal target rate in the first four weeks with Kupp out but then averaged 15 PPR points the rest of the way, which is still great -- that's what Brandon Aiyuk scored last year -- but it ranked 17th at the position."
CJ Stroud, QB, Houston Texans: Stroud finished ahead of Nacua to win the Offensive Rookie of the Year last season as these were the only two first-year offensive players to receive a first-place vote. Stroud threw for the third-most yards (4,108) for a rookie in NFL history and his 23 passing touchdowns was the sixth-most for a rookie. However, he finished QB11 in Fantasy football last year (ninth in points per game) but is being selected within the top five at his position this year. He has a new weapon in Stefon Diggs, but that's still a drastic leap after playing just 15 career games.
"A few more interceptions this year and we're already looking at him sliding a few spots and not finishing in the top 10," White told SportsLine. "If you miss out on the top four QBs, make sure you're not the team reaching for Stroud next."Get the full Fantasy football draft guide over at SportsLine.
How to find proven 2024 Fantasy football rankings
SportsLine's Fantasy football 2024 draft guide has also identified three potential busts to avoid in the first round. This player has massively inflated numbers and could completely sink your playoff hopes if over-drafted. You can only see who it is here.
So what is the value of every single player in the 2024 Fantasy football rankings? And which huge busts can sink your season? Visit SportsLine now to see the complete 2024 Fantasy football draft bible, all from a team of proven Fantasy analysts who can give you a huge edge in your league.
