Let’s dive into a few notable fantasy football players the experts LOVE to draft.
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2024 Fantasy Football Draft Advice: Players Experts Draft
When preparing for your fantasy football drafts, knowing which players to target and others to avoid is important. The amount of information available can be overwhelming, so a great way to condense the data and determine players to draft and others to leave for your leaguemates is to use our expert consensus fantasy football rankings compared to fantasy football average draft position (ADP). In this way, you can identify players the experts are willing to reach for at ADP and others they are not drafting until much later than average.
PLAYER NAME | TEAM | ECR | ADP | ECR VS. ADP | BYE WEEK | POSITION RANK |
Bijan Robinson | ATL | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | RB2 |
Garrett Wilson | NYJ | 10 | 12 | 2 | 12 | WR7 |
Travis Etienne Jr. | JAC | 20 | 24 | 4 | 12 | RB9 |
Brandon Aiyuk | SF | 21 | 26 | 5 | 9 | WR12 |
Mike Evans | TB | 24 | 28 | 4 | 11 | WR14 |
Jalen Hurts | PHI | 25 | 32 | 7 | 5 | QB2 |
Jaylen Waddle | MIA | 27 | 30 | 3 | 6 | WR16 |
James Conner | ARI | 66 | 74 | 8 | 11 | RB21 |
Zamir White | LV | 68 | 75 | 7 | 10 | RB22 |
Brian Robinson Jr. | WAS | 87 | 95 | 8 | 14 | RB29 |
Jayden Daniels | WAS | 88 | 99 | 11 | 14 | QB12 |
Jaxon Smith-Njigba | SEA | 92 | 102 | 10 | 10 | WR43 |
Trevor Lawrence | JAC | 103 | 114 | 11 | 12 | QB16 |
Tyler Lockett | SEA | 111 | 121 | 10 | 10 | WR47 |
Kirk Cousins | ATL | 112 | 123 | 11 | 12 | QB18 |
Pat Freiermuth | PIT | 120 | 129 | 9 | 9 | TE13 |
Chuba Hubbard | CAR | 137 | 150 | 13 | 11 | RB43 |
Jahan Dotson | WAS | 148 | 162 | 14 | 14 | WR61 |
DeMario Douglas | NE | 157 | 179 | 22 | 14 | WR65 |
Derek Carr | NO | 160 | 180 | 20 | 12 | QB25 |
Daniel Jones | NYG | 161 | 192 | 31 | 11 | QB26 |
Roschon Johnson | CHI | 165 | 190 | 25 | 7 | RB53 |
Rashod Bateman | BAL | 169 | 204 | 35 | 14 | WR70 |
Juwan Johnson | NO | 181 | 210 | 29 | 12 | TE22 |
Tucker Kraft | GB | 212 | 277 | 65 | 10 | TE27 |
Javon Baker | NE | 213 | 254 | 41 | 14 | WR81 |
Fantasy Football Draft Outlook
Jaylen Waddle (WR – MIA)
Waddle had the worst season of his short career last year, finishing as the WR21 in fantasy. His high-leverage usage dried up as Tyreek Hill gobbled it all up. Waddle was outside the top 50 wide receivers in the NFL in deep targets (54th) and red zone looks (56th). Waddle was the WR27 in expected fantasy points per game. While all of those metrics don’t paint a pretty picture, Waddle is still one of the most talented wide receivers in the NFL, and this remains a consolidated passing attack that will run through Hill and Waddle. Waddle ranked fifth in yards per route run and sixth in first downs per route run last season (per Fantasy Points Data). Bet on supremely talented players to bounce back. Always.
– Derek Brown
Jayden Daniels (QB – WAS)
The Washington Commanders selected this dynamic run-pass threat with the No. 2 pick in the draft and are hoping they’ve found a long-term answer at quarterback. Daniels won the Heisman Trophy last year, throwing for 3,812 yards and 40 touchdowns at LSU, with only four interceptions. He also ran for 1,134 yards and 10 touchdowns. Daniels completed 72.2% of his throws in his final college season and averaged an outrageous 11.7 yards per pass attempt. Daniels probably won’t be able to replicate that sort of passing success in his first exposure to NFL defenses, but Daniels’ rushing ability should make him immediately playable in fantasy leagues.
– Pat Fitzmaurice
Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR – SEA)
In his rookie season, Jaxon Smith-Njigba managed 63 receptions from 93 targets, totaling 628 yards and 4 touchdowns. Despite a slow start due to a wrist injury, he began to find his rhythm from Week 6 onwards, averaging 8.2 points per game. With more opportunities ahead in 2024, the 22-year-old wideout is poised as a breakout candidate for the Seahawks in what should be a pass-happier offense under new OC Ryan Grubb.
– Andrew Erickson
Fantasy Football Draft Rankings
Check out the consensus 2024 fantasy football draft rankings from our experts.
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