Fantasy Football Expert Rankings: Geno Smith, Gus Edwards, Kenneth Gainwell (2024)

With redraft season slowly coming into focus there is no better resource to use than the Expert Consensus Rankings, which combine over 100 rankings from fantasy football experts around the industry and can be averaged against Average Draft Position (ADP).

Doing this allows us to see the players that the consensus is ahead or behind ADP on and gives us an idea of whether these players are likely to be taken earlier or later in our drafts. Here are all of the players our expert rankings are higher or lower on compared to ADP. Below we dive into a few notable names the experts like more or less than ADP.

Fantasy Football Expert Rankings Analysis

Players the Rankings Like More than ADP

Kenneth Gainwell (RB – PHI): +33

The Eagles brought in Saquon Barkley with a clear intent to upgrade their running back position after D’Andre Swift failed to impress consistently in 2023. Along with adding Barkley, Will Shipley was drafted in the fourth round of the draft and many people seem ready to give up on Gainwell and move on to the shiny young rookie. Gainwell has rushed for over 4.3 yards per carry in each of his three seasons in the league and saw his role grow to a 41% snap share in 2023. He might be the better handcuff to own in the near term.

no cut blocking for Kenneth Gainwell! pic.twitter.com/tQDBSH4Bpj

— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) October 17, 2023

Gus Edwards (RB – LAC): +18

The Chargers reunited Gus Edwards with Greg Roman in what felt like an obvious match, and the ECR is still high on Edwards after he scored the fourth most running back touchdowns in 2023 with 13. This one could go either way with Edwards the most reliable option in LA on a run-first offense, but we’ve also only seen Edwards play eight games without Lamar Jackson. In those eight games, his rushing touchdowns per game dropped from 0.42 per game to 0.12.

Geno Smith (QB – SEA): +17

It was a fall from grace for Geno Smith in 2023 after finishing 2022 as a Pro Bowler with a QB rating of 105.3 (2nd highest) and the fourth-most passing touchdowns (30). Smith followed that up with 10 fewer touchdowns in 2024 and regressed in almost every category including a five percent dip in completion rate down from the impressive 69.8% in 2023 to 64.7%. New head coach Mike Macdonald brought in Ryan Grubb from the University of Washington, fresh off a National Championship run, having led one of the best offenses in college football for three years. There’s definitely potential for Smith to bounce back.

“Your QB is Geno Smith”

You can count on 1 hand how many QBs would survive Seattles atrocious OL and play calling in 2023

There are particularly two QBs in mind that are in the same tier as Geno, that have the perfect situation that hides their flaws perfectly https://t.co/AJXuVXf0dt pic.twitter.com/vsXB80EeHc

— ᴅᴏxx ⚡️ (@new_era72) June 21, 2024