Thankfully, the 2024 fantasy football season is just around the corner. Each year, fantasy players want to construct their team with a proper mix of good-value players and upside sleepers while avoiding players with high bust potential.
- 2024 Fantasy Football Draft Kit
- 2024 Fantasy Football Rankings
- 2024 Dynasty Fantasy Football Draft Kit
- Fantasy Football Mock Draft Simulator
Fantasy Football Draft Advice
Fantasy Football Sleepers to Target
Christian Watson (GB): ADP 102.7 | WR43
Watson was a league winner during his rookie season. He was the WR7 from Week 10 through Week 18 that year, averaging 15.2 half-point PPR fantasy points per game. The former North Dakota State star posted a higher fantasy points per game average than several superstars during those nine weeks, including Tyreek Hill and Ja’Marr Chase. The fantasy football community had high hopes for Watson heading into the 2023 season, calling him a sophomore-year breakout candidate. Unfortunately, he struggled to stay healthy.
The talented receiver has been productive when healthy but has missed nearly a third of the games in his career because of injury, including eight contests last season. However, Watson has averaged 10 half-point PPR fantasy points per game for his career. More importantly, he had the sixth-most end zone targets (15) and ninth-most end zone touchdowns (five) in the NFL last year despite missing nearly half the season (per Fantasy Points Data). If Watson can stay healthy, the third-year player could be a league-winning pick.
Jared Goff (DET): ADP 104.3 | QB13
While Goff isn’t an elite fantasy football quarterback, the veteran will be one of my highest-rostered players this year. He was the QB7 in 2023, averaging 17 fantasy points per game, a higher average than several big-name quarterbacks, including Tua Tagovailoa and Joe Burrow. More importantly, fantasy players can draft Goff behind Tagovailoa and Burrow this year despite playing in one of the best situations for quarterbacks. The Lions held onto offensive coordinator Ben Johnson while only losing Josh Reynolds from last year’s offense in the offseason.
More importantly, Goff will play only three games outdoors in 2024, including only one over the first 15 weeks of the season. The veteran quarterback averaged 2.1 passing touchdowns and 19.9 fantasy points per game in 12 contests in a dome last year. By comparison, he averaged one passing touchdown and 13.3 fantasy points per game in the five contests outside. Furthermore, Goff threw four of his 12 interceptions playing outdoors. Fantasy players should draft Goff, especially if they also draft one of the rookie quarterbacks.
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