Brandon Funston and Jake Ciely
Aug 19, 2024
NFL training camps are underway, which can only mean, with apologies to Andy Williams, we’ve arrived at the most wonderful time of the year — fantasy football draft season! Are you ready? Because we are ready to help you get off to a flying start for the 2024 campaign.
In this draft kit, you’ll find everything you need to prep for draft/auction day: rankings, projections, sleepers, stock watch, dynasty advice, player profiles and training camp reports from The Athletic’s NFL writers, and the “bell-cow back” of our yearly preseason coverage — The Cheat Sheet, a fully customizable tool that allows you to input your league rules and settings and get a personalized set of rankings and point projections, all from the mind of the award-winning Jake Ciely, one of the most accurate prognosticators in all of fantasy sports.
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Just remember that this draft kit is ever-growing, with columns being added regularly as we get closer to the start of the season. Check in often to see what’s new — last year we had over 130 columns to help with your prep.
So dig in and enjoy! And be sure to drop any questions or concerns below in the comment section.
Thank you for reading! Let the march to a 2024 fantasy football league title begin now…
Rankings, Projections, Cheat Sheets, Mocks
- Cheat sheet: Customizable projections/rankings tool (Ciely)
- Fantasy football 2024 player rankings (Ciely)
- Big Board: Top 100 players for 2024 (Funston)
- IDP leagues: Top 100 overall, top 50 by position, sleepers (Davenport)
- 2024 QB rankings, including ‘upside’ and ‘downside’ scores (Joyner)
- One-man mock for the first round of PPR drafts (Davenport)
- The Athletic strategy mock draft: ZeroRB, best available, more (Staff)
- Popular strategies, personas fantasy football mock draft (Miller)
- SuperFlex draft recap: Insights from the FLEX league (Martinez)
- Dynasty players rankings and rookie-only rankings (Ciely)
- Top 25 QB ranks: Including ‘Upside’ and ‘downside’ scores (Joyner)
- Backfield breakdown: Ranking the top backup RBs for 2024 (Joyner)
Sleepers, Breakouts, Busts, ADP, ‘My Guys’
- ADP All-Fade team: Jaylen Waddle, Trey McBride and more (Salfino)
- Best ADP buys: D’Andre Swift, David Njoku and More (Salfino)
- ADP buy/sell: Most undervalued/overvalued players by round (Miller)
- The Athletic sleepers: Jayden Daniels, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, more (Staff)
- All-Overvalued team: Kyren Williams, Deebo Samuel, more (Davenport)
- Overvalued ADPs: Derrick Henry, Marvin Harrison Jr., more (Joyner)
- Dynasty sleepers: Cedric Tillman, Deneric Prince, more (Haverlack)
- Jake Ciely’s 2024 breakouts: Running Back | Wide Receiver | Tight End
- Targets to draft ahead of ADP: DK Metcalf, D’Andre Swift, more (Engel)
- ADP market watch: July risers and fallers(Martinez)
- Michael Salfino’s SFB14 draft review: All in on the Falcons, and more
- Renee Miller’s ‘My Guys’: Raheem Mostert, Nico Collins and more
- Jay Felicio’s ‘My Guys’: Bijan Robinson, Chris Godwin and more
- Gary Davenport’s ‘My Guys’: Caleb Williams, Amari Cooper and more
- Dane Martinez’s ‘My Guys’: Derrick Henry, Kyle Pitts and more
- Top 5 most improved QB situations for fantasy football 2024 (Ciely)
- Overpriced early ADPs: Puka Nacua, Jahmyr Gibbs and more (Salfino)
- Early ADP bargains: Bengals RBs, Dontayvion Wicks, more (Salfino)
- Fantasy football breakout picks for all 32 NFL teams (NFL beat writers)
Dynasty, Keepers, Rookies, IDP
- IDP insights: Draft strategy; plus, sleepers and busts (Davenport)
- Takeover/makover: Flipping newly-acquired dynasty team (Vorkunov)
- Dynasty sleepers: Cedric Tillman, Deneric Prince, more (Haverlack)
- Training camp storylines to watch for dynasty leagues (Haverlack)
- Dynasty buy-lows: Justin Fields, Darnell Mooney, more (Haverlack)
- Dynasty players rankings and rookie-only rankings (Ciely)
- Dynasty tiered rankings: Top 200 players (Haverlack)
- IDP leagues: Top 100 overall, top 50 by position, sleepers (Davenport)
- 2024 NFL Draft fantasy football grades for every skill player (Ciely)
- 2024 NFL Draft spin: Winners, losers, analysis and more (Ciely)
- Dynasty bargain bin: Devalued players to target (Haverlack)
- Dynasty decisions: Players to buy, sell or hold (Haverlack)
- Dynasty rookie mock draft for SuperFlex formats (Haverlack)
- Dynasty mailbag: Draft strategy, most underrated rookie (Haverlack)
Strategy, Profiles, Injuries, NFL Beat Writers
- Most important fantasy football question: ‘Flex9 or Flex10?’ (Salfino)
- Injury mailbag: Jahmyr Gibbs, Rams’ passing attack, more (Scholz)
- Why the No. 9 pick is the best spot in 2024 fantasy drafts (Vorkunov)
- Top 2024 injury risks: Puka Nacua, Christian McCaffrey, more (Scholz)
- Using George Kittle to show why consistency is overrated (Salfino)
- SuperFlex strategy: When to draft QBs, where to find value (Waterloo)
- Snake draft strategy: Roster format makes all the difference (Salfino)
- Auction league strategy: The ideal stars-and-scrubs approach (Salfino)
- $1 auction league targets: Deuce Vaughn, Jahan Dotson, more (Felicio)
- Draft strategy primer: Hero RB, bully TE, late QB, more (Gremminger)
- Health outlooks for players returning from injury in 2024 (Scholz)
- Buyer beware: The second round of 2024 drafts is a minefield (Salfino)
- Best ball stack plan: Expected leaders; best/worst values (Laghezza)
- Top 10 training camp storylines: Holdouts, faces in new places (Jones)
- Dalton Kincaid: The pros and cons of drafting the Bills’ TE (Buscaglia)
- George Pickens: Now Steelers’ No. 1 WR, fantasy value rising (Kaboly)
- Bijan Robinson: How will new regime affect fantasy value? (Kendall)
- Jordan Love: Will he ride momentum to top of QB class? (Scheidman)
- Fantasy football breakout picks for all 32 NFL teams (NFL beat writers)
- Offseason observations for all 32 NFL teams (NFL beat writers)
Roundtables, Mailbags, Debates and More
- WR/TE roundtable: The Top 5s, the next Puka Nacua, more (Staff)
- RB roundtable: ‘Dead zone’ faves, the next Achane, more (Staff)
- QB roundtable: Top 5 overall, SuperFlex pairings and more (Staff)
- Mailbag: HeroRB worthy backs, first-timer tips and more (Felicio)
- 70+ stats you need to know for fantasy football 2024 (Gremminger)
- WR advanced stats that matter for fantasy football (Laghezza)
- RB advanced stats that matter for fantasy football (Laghezza)
- QB advanced passing stats that matter for fantasy football (Laghezza)
- Mid-round standouts: Amari Cooper, Brock Bowers, more (Joyner)
- Debate: Drake London vs. Davante Adams (Ronis, Clemons)
- Debate: Travis Etienne vs. De’Von Achane (Davenport, Laghezza)
- Debate: Jonathan Taylor vs. Saquon Barkley (Ciely, Martinez)
- Debate: Ja’Marr Chase vs. Justin Jefferson (Gremminger, Ronis)
- Dynasty mailbag: Draft strategy, most underrated rookie (Haverlack)
- Grading the biggest offseason moves (Joyner, Davenport)
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- 9 late-round (or undrafted) fantasy football sleepers (Scoop City)
- Injury updates for J.J. NcCarthy, Alvin Kamara, more (Scoop City)
- Preseason Week 1 risers and fallers (Scoop City)
- NFC South: Big questions, fantasy sleepers and more (Scoop City)
- AFC South: Big questions, fantasy sleepers and more (Scoop City)
- NFC West: Big questions, fantasy sleepers and more (Scoop City)
- AFC West: Big questions, fantasy sleepers and more (Scoop City)
- NFC North: Big questions, fantasy sleepers and more (Scoop City)
- AFC North: Big questions, fantasy sleepers and more (Scoop City)
- NFC East: Big questions, fantasy sleepers and more (Scoop City)
- AFC East: Big questions, fantasy sleepers and more (Scoop City)
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(Top image: Dan Goldfarb/The Athletic — Photos: CeeDee Lamb: Cooper Neill/Getty Images; Jordan Love: Stacy Revere/Getty Images; Sam LaPorta: Gregory Shamus/ Getty Images; Bijan Robinson: Todd Kirkland/Getty Images; Puka Nacua: Ryan Kang/Getty Images; C.J. Stroud: Michael Owens/Getty Images; De’Von Achane: Cooper Neill/Getty Images; Jonathan Taylor: Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
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