For the first time in four years, Gardner Minshew will enter a season as a starting quarterback. The fact that the Raiders made him one of 32 starters means he deserves consideration as one of the potential 2024 Fantasy football sleepers. With Davante Adams, rookie Brock Bowers and 2023 breakout Jakobi Meyers, Minshew arguably has the best group of pass-catchers he’s had in his six-year career. Veterans like Baker Mayfield and Geno Smith have recently made the most of their second and third chances as starters, so where should Minshew be in the 2024 Fantasy football rankings?
He may not be a backup for your Fantasy football 2024 team, but Minshew could be a bye week spot-starter as a QB2. Where does Minshew fall in the 2024 Fantasy football QB rankings compared to other quarterbacks with a similar 2024 Fantasy football ADP such as Bryce Young, Daniel Jones and Sam Darnold? Before crafting your 2024 Fantasy football draft strategy, be sure to check out the 2024 Fantasy football rankings and cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
Last year, the model accurately predicted that Jets running back Breece Hall would significantly outperform his sixth-round Fantasy football ADP in 10-team PPR leagues. The result: Hall rushed 223 times for 994 yards and five scores and was also a dynamic receiver out of the backfield, catching 76 passes for 591 yards and four more scores. He’d wind up finishing as the No. 2 running back in CBS Sports PPR leagues behind only Christian McCaffrey.
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 rankings 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 sleepers
One of the 2024 Fantasy football sleepers the model is predicting: Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert. He missed four games last year due to injury, but still managed to put up respectable numbers (3,134 passing yards with 20 touchdowns and seven interceptions). It was statistically the worst season of his NFL career, but had he played a full schedule, his production likely would have put him in the upper echelon of NFL quarterbacks.
The Chargers’ offense won’t have Keenan Allen or Mike Williams in 2024, but the team invested early round picks on wide receivers in back-to-back years (Quentin Johnston in the first round 2023 and Ladd McConkey in the second round in 2024). The team has also made a concerted effort to beef up its offensive line, investing three first-round picks on offensive linemen since 2021 (Rashawn Slater, Zion Johnson, and Joe Alt). Moreover, new head coach Jim Harbaugh should help Herbert take the next step in his development as a high-end NFL quarterback.
Another sleeper that SportsLine’s Fantasy football rankings 2024 have identified: Cowboys wide receiver Brandin Cooks. The well-traveled Cooks’ Dallas tenure got off to a rocky start when he hurt his knee in Week 1, missed Week 2 and then needed a few games to find his footing and role in the Cowboys offense. However, once he did just that starting in Week 6, he was one of the most productive receivers in the league. From Weeks 6 thru 18, Cooks ranked 14th amongst wideouts in Fantasy points, which is in line with his career rankings as was a top 20 Fantasy wide receiver six times over his previous eight seasons.
With CeeDee Lamb on the other side, Cooks will never see a double team, and he plays in an offense that ranked first in points, first in passing touchdowns and third in passing yards last year. With Dallas losing No. 3 receiver Michael Gallup, and no proven options to replace him, Dak Prescott may rely even more on players like Cooks and Lamb this season. SportsLine’s model has Cooks on par with Minnesota’s Jordan Addison, despite the latter having an earlier 2024 Fantasy football ADP. See which other Fantasy football sleepers 2024 to pick here.
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SportsLine is also extremely high on a surprising running back you aren’t even thinking about. The model says this running back is a shocking top-five option ahead of superstars like Jonathan Taylor and Derrick Henry. You can only see who it is, and the 2024 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine.
So which 2024 Fantasy Football sleepers should you target? And which running back shocks the NFL with a top-five performance? Visit SportsLine now to get 2024 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that called Breece Hall’s huge season, and find out.
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