NFL Free Agency is almost here! Let’s dive into this year’s class of NFL Free Agents as well as their fantasy football outlook.
- Erickson’s Free Agency Primers: QB | RB | WR | TE
- NFL Free Agent & Draft Needs for Every Team
- 2024 NFL Draft Guide
- 2024 Dynasty Fantasy Football Draft Kit
2024 NFL Free Agents
Jacoby Brissett
In 2022, Jacoby Brissett was a stop-gap for Deshaun Watson in Cleveland, but he performed well beyond his low expectations. Brissett finished 17th in passing EPA and 12th in PFF passing grade while supporting fantasy viable weapons like Nick Chubb, Amari Cooper and David Njoku. Although Brissett’s real-life efficiency didn’t translate to much fantasy success for himself in 2022. Still, he at least shows the aptitude to keep others around him afloat in fantasy circles. He has ties to several QB-needy teams such as the New England Patriots. They drafted him and they also hired his former OC from his days back in Cleveland, Alex Van Pelt, making him a logical fit alongside a potential rookie QB should the Patriots select one in this year’s draft.
When Brissett was kept clean in 2023 during limited action, he posted the league’s highest passer rating.
Tyler Boyd
Both the Titans and the Eagles could use Tyler Boyd as a depth target in the slot. Akin to what we have seen from Robert Woods as an older veteran. That’s not a ringing endorsement for fantasy football, but Boyd is only 29 years old (30 in November).
Boyd had 67 receptions on 98 targets in 2023, totaling 667 receiving yards at an average of 10 yards per catch, with a long catch of 64 yards. Boyd found the end zone twice. Over 17 games, Boyd earned 112.3 fantasy points, averaging 6.6 points per game as the WR64 in points per game.
He will be a nice real-life depth piece for a new team in 2024 and possibly provide some early in-season production as he turns 30 years old. Wouldn’t be awful to see him land in Tennessee as a solid check-down option for Will Levis.
Targets will be easier to come by for Boyd when he is not fending off the likes of Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins in the starting lineup. Boyd has not finished worse than WR50 since 2018, with 5 top-36 finishes.
D.J. Chark Jr.
The 27-year-old is hitting free agency (again) after playing an ancillary role with the Panthers in 2023.
Chark caught a long pass that was initially ruled a TD in Week 18, but it was overturned to a fumble through the end zone. Woof. He is a free agent in 2024 and will likely land on a new team as a complimentary deep threat who misses games with injuries.
Chark was the WR58 overall in 2023, averaging 6.5 points per game (65th). He led the Panthers in TDs (5) and posted over 1,000 air yards on a team-high 31% air yards share (33rd). No player had more air yards with fewer targets (66) than Chark despite two missed games.
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