Fantasy Football Rankings 2024: Busts from top-rated NFL model that nailed Jaylen Waddle’s rough season
Christian McCaffrey will be the consensus No. 1 overall pick in Fantasy football 2024. Throughout his career, he has been a game-changer from a Fantasy standpoint whenever he has been healthy. He’s averaged 2,065 scrimmage yards and nearly 16 touchdowns over the four seasons in which he has played at least 16 games. However, nothing is guaranteed in 2024 Fantasy football picks and McCaffrey also missed 23 games combined in 2020 and 2021. Should you give any consideration to McCaffrey’s injury history before you go on the clock with the No. 1 overall pick and who are the 2024 Fantasy football busts you’ll want to avoid?
Proven 2024 Fantasy football rankings can help ensure you’re getting maximum value out of every pick in your upcoming drafts. As you begin your 2024 Fantasy football draft prep, be sure to check out the 2024 Fantasy football cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
Last year, the model accurately predicted that Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle would fail to live up to his Fantasy football ADP. Waddle’s 2023 Fantasy football ADP was 34.86 overall and he was the 11th receiver off the board on average. He’d go on to notch a 1,000-yard season but only had 72 receptions with four touchdowns and he’d finish as the No. 34 Fantasy football wide receiver in CBS Sports PPR leagues.
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 projections 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 busts
One of the 2024 Fantasy football busts the model is predicting: Packers wide receiver Christian Watson. A second-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, Watson has flashed dynamic playmaking ability when healthy but he’s also battled injuries. He missed three games as a rookie and then followed that up by missing eight games in 2023.
With Watson ailing last season, Jayden Reed emerged as Green Bay’s leading receiver and Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks also carved out roles for themselves. Now Green Bay has one of the most exciting young wide receivers rooms in the NFL and that competition for targets is a big reason why the model prefers Diontae Johnson and Keenan Allen over Watson, who is being drafted at least 12 picks earlier on average.
Another bust that SportsLine’s Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf. The 6-foot-4 wideout is among the most physically imposing players in the league, posting highlight-reel plays throughout his young career. He had 1,114 receiving yards and eight touchdowns last season, but he only had two games with more than 12 Fantasy points.
Metcalf’s target share is unlikely to increase this season, as young teammate Jaxon Smith-Njgba continues to gain experience. The Seahawks also extended veteran Tyler Lockett this offseason and have a strong backfield led by Kenneth Walker III. There are too many factors working against Metcalf, who the model views as an overrated player at his 2024 Fantasy football ADP. See which other Fantasy football busts 2024 to avoid here.
How to find proven 2024 Fantasy football rankings
SportsLine is also low on a wide receiver who is being drafted as a top-15 player at his position. The model ranks him outside its top 20 wide receivers for 2024 and expects him to see major regression. You can only see who it is, and the 2024 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine.
So which 2024 Fantasy Football busts should you avoid, and which receiver will fail to live up to expectations? Visit SportsLine now to get 2024 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that told you to avoid Jaylen Waddle in 2023, and find out.
