2024 Fantasy Football Thread

2024 Fantasy Football Thread

Welcome to the 2024 fantasy season, where I'm officially addicted to best ball. I've been drafting since the end of January. Through 95 drafts, my exposures are below. The player order is based on current ADP. Some of these ADPs have been quite fluid over the last 3 months, with FAs and rookies moving the most. Most of my exposures are structurally driven, rather than player take driven. Especially at this point in the game, pre-draft.

But there are some players I simply couldn't avoid going heavy on, like McBride and Andrews in the 5th round. I'm actually quite heavy all of the top TEs, minus LaPorta and Kincaid. I also tried to make sure I had at least 1 TE by the end of round 8, with Ferguson being the last of the group.

Also took approaches like attacking Nabers and Odunze harder than MHJ, at their relative prices.

What do we like and not like?






Rookie season is also upon us. Redraft is still 3.5 months away from heating up, but there will be rookie drafts, dynasty startups, and best ball drafts leading up until then.

Good luck to all, and may injuries and variance be kind.

25 April 2024 at 04:46 PM
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JJ and Achane are both better in best ball picks this season, imo. With that said, we could show up to week 17 with both having the highest projection at their respective position. I'll just spread exposures and keep taking the guys with high ceilings, regardless of the downside.


Last one of the night for me.

QB) Stafford, Rogers, Fields

RB) Taylor, Warren, Mostert, Eckler, Irving

WR) Puka, Tank, K Coleman, Worthy, J Williams, M Williams, Pearsall,

TE) Laporta, Conklin, Woods


by tarheels2222 P

JJ and Achane are both better in best ball picks this season, imo. With that said, we could show up to week 17 with both having the highest projection at their respective position. I'll just spread exposures and keep taking the guys with high ceilings, regardless of the downside.

Makes sense.


by jimmymcgill8 P

Last draft for a while for me (want to do the rest closer to the season).

This was a weird one, there was a very late run on QBs and I ended up being stuck with literally only Maye and AOC in the last few rds. I was holding off bc there were so many left late and then 6 QBs were taken in a row fml

Qb - Lamar, Maye, AOC (Maye and Lamar have the same bye)

Rb - CMC, Moss, Benson, Kendre, Lloyd

Wr - Nico, Aiyuk, Godwin, Worthy, Lockett, Palmer, Pe

Gotta love the Lamar/Andrews stack.

Nice RB room. a little fragile but some nice upside players.

You probably don't need ten receivers. Maybe grab another upside RB instead of Corley?


by mongidig P

Last one of the night for me.

QB) Stafford, Rogers, Fields

RB) Taylor, Warren, Mostert, Eckler, Irving

WR) Puka, Tank, K Coleman, Worthy, J Williams, M Williams, Pearsall,

TE) Laporta, Conklin, Woods

Now that's a good draft. Did you take Coleman in the 5th and Worthy in the 6th? Nice fall on Mostert.


Anyone fire the superflex puppy? The contest is closed now, but I'm in a bunch of slows. I'm trying to like it, but I have so much uncertainty on each pick. The market is definitely not as stable, and it's way less talked about.

I just feel lost after the first few rounds.


by tarheels2222 P

Now that's a good draft. Did you take Coleman in the 5th and Worthy in the 6th? Nice fall on Mostert.

Yep! 5th and 6th for Coleman and Worthy. It looks like I got Coleman a bit early but the WRs were drying up.

I got Mostert at pick 105. I think his ADP is 96.

Laporta fell as well to pick 40. I don't have much of him so I figured it was a good time.

Thanks!


by newguyhere P

I'll gladly take the L if I'm wrong, but I'll have 0 guys from the Pats.

Not really seeing where the points will be coming from.

Demario Douglas is my most owned guy after about 30 drafts.

I feel like your thinking about the Pats wrong. I mean I get they are projected to be the lowest scoring offense but they will still have to throw the ball to someone and all their WR's are going pretty late so get throwing some darts at them.


Having some CIN-DEN and CHI-SEA stacks wasn't the plan, but here we are

QB - Burrow, Caleb, Geno

RB - Jacobs, Cook, Swift, Robinson Jr, Mclaughlin

WR - Chase, Devonta, Metcalf, JSN, Gabe, Pearsall, Mcmillan, Tez, Rice

TE - Kmet, Jonnu, Gesicki


by newguyhere P

Having some CIN-DEN and CHI-SEA stacks wasn't the plan, but here we are

QB - Burrow, Caleb, Geno

RB - Jacobs, Cook, Swift, Robinson Jr, Mclaughlin

WR - Chase, Devonta, Metcalf, JSN, Gabe, Pearsall, Mcmillan, Tez, Rice

TE - Kmet, Jonnu, Gesicki

Not sure you needed a 3rd qb but I love this team besides your tes.

I think if your gonna punt one position it’s te though .


For dynasty rookie drafts . Who do we prefer ? Coleman or Mcconkey ?


It’s a good squad. Would have been nice if Jonnu was Fant instead, but not a bad 3 TE room.

I also avoid taking Pearsall without a stack or w17 correlation.


by Dgoat P

For dynasty rookie drafts . Who do we prefer ? Coleman or Mcconkey ?

Ladd is my preference and the consensus.

The Worthy, BTj, Ladd, Coleman range is going to be interesting to look back on.

I got one share of Worthy where he was the last remaining of the group.

2 shares of BTj, where I took him over both Ladd and Coleman in one spot and over just Coleman in the other.

No shares of Ladd or Coleman across my 5 dynasty leagues, unfortunately. Feel worse about missing out on Ladd.


by newguyhere P

Having some CIN-DEN and CHI-SEA stacks wasn't the plan, but here we are

QB - Burrow, Caleb, Geno

RB - Jacobs, Cook, Swift, Robinson Jr, Mclaughlin

WR - Chase, Devonta, Metcalf, JSN, Gabe, Pearsall, Mcmillan, Tez, Rice

TE - Kmet, Jonnu, Gesicki

Looks good!

Since you waited on TE I would have snagged my number two shortly after Kmet. A Kmet, Musgrave, Conklin threesome would be solid. You could wait on Fant as well. I do like Jonnu though. I know Gesicki fits in with the Burrow correlation but TE is just not a big part of the Bengals offense. They paid Drew Sample a decent amount to stay and they drafted a couple TE's as well. There are other TE's I like very late over him.

I think going 3 QBs make sense especially incorporating the Geno/Metcalf/JSN correlation. I'm a little concerned about Burrows hand. Caleb should be good but he is a rookie.

Overall very solid team.


by tarheels2222 P

It’s a good squad. Would have been nice if Jonnu was Fant instead, but not a bad 3 TE room.

I also avoid taking Pearsall without a stack or w17 correlation.

I think around the Pearsall pick is where he should have snagged another TE. His top five WRs were solid enough at this point.


Yeah, Gesicki feels meh, but the loss of Boyd, plus Gesicki primarily being a pass catching option, plus Burton/Isovias being the primary third guys behind Chase/Higgins, I think he's a fine target stacked with Burrow or with Denver. I don't really take him otherwise.

It's tough to gauge if the Bengals want TE to be part of their offense, and it reminds of Mike McDaniel's response about Jonnu with regard to how he's used TEs in Miami. He said something along the lines of, just because that's the way it's been doesn't mean that's the way it'll always be. Good coaches scheme to personnel. The Bengals could incorporate Gesicki more than they have other guys the past few seasons.

Sample is more of a blocking TE. Gesicki doesn't block at all, which also inhibits his route percentage. However, Gesicki is probably the best pass catching TE Burrow has played with. Both rookie TEs were day 3 picks, and my read is those guys are more for the future than this season, but with Gesicki just being average, one of them could push him out by the end if they surprise as rookies.

Even Hayden Hurst had a few top 12 weekly TE scores with Burrow in 2022, and that's all you can really expect from Gesicki at his price.

But I don't disagree that Kmet, Musgrave, and Conklin looks more stable than Kmet, Jonnu, and Gesicki.


by tarheels2222 P

Ladd is my preference and the consensus.

The Worthy, BTj, Ladd, Coleman range is going to be interesting to look back on.

I got one share of Worthy where he was the last remaining of the group.

2 shares of BTj, where I took him over both Ladd and Coleman in one spot and over just Coleman in the other.

No shares of Ladd or Coleman across my 5 dynasty leagues, unfortunately. Feel worse about missing out on Ladd.

I have a lot of BTj, but that's mostly bc i have a lot of Kirk/Tlaw stuff ( I may be higher on the Jags offense than 99% of drafters).

My gut is that he's the best of the group too, but I can easily see any of them. i have it

BTj, Worthy, Ladd, Coleman, but I generally don't get a lot of the other 3 bc I feel like they they go quite a bit higher on DK


Yeah, my last post was mainly from a dynasty perspective.

For best ball, of the rookies in that range I have it Worthy > BTj > Rome > Ladd > Coleman, but I mix it up and don't always take them in that order. For instance, I have no issue pulling Coleman up into Josh stacks or in w17 correlation with Breece or Garrett. My goal is to be close to 2x market on all 5. I'm basically there right now and plan to maintain it. I'm mostly sacrificing RBs in that range.

On UD, Worthy is 60.7, Rome is 66.2, Ladd is 69.8, Keon is 71.6, and BTj is 72.2. The other WRs between them are Godwin at 62.9, Addison at 67.9, and Hopkins at 71.8. Diontae, Watson, Rice, and JSN go right behind BTj.

But I'll take all of those rookies from basically the 5/6 turn through any falling values in the 7th.

On almost every build, I have 4 WRs through round 7, and a lot of times I have 5. But I rarely go 6 or 7 WRs through round 7, as I want to make sure I spread the other 2-3 picks to QB/TE/RB.


Lets try again.

QB) Daniels, Watson, McCarthy

RB) Barkley, Jacobs, Chase Brown, Dowdle, Jaylen Wright.

WR) Hill, D Smith, McLaurin, Odunze, Rice, Jeudy, R Moore

TE) Ferguson, Sinnot, Fant


by newguyhere P

Other than ETN and maybe Javonte, are any of those other RBs going to start?

Tell me which teams still operate with a "starter"/bellcow type back, and if the list is long enough that I can't pick a fantasy RB1 from outside it then ok


by mongidig P

Lets try again.

QB) Daniels, Watson, McCarthy

RB) Barkley, Jacobs, Chase Brown, Dowdle, Jaylen Wright.

WR) Hill, D Smith, McLaurin, Odunze, Rice, Jeudy, R Moore

TE) Ferguson, Sinnot, Fant

Overall, pretty solid. I'd probably have rather added someone like Dimes or Fields than McCarthy without any Vikings, but I guess he's mainly there to give you a weekly floor at QB. And you had Barkely for Dimes correlation. I've taken Brandon Powell once or twice when forced into late McCarthy with no stacking partner. It's gross, but someone has to be the WR3, right?

Hopefully Daniels or Watson are the guys you need if this squad makes it to w17.

Is this The Chihuahua 2?


This chart is interesting.


Tried something a little different here

Qb : Josh , Dak

Rb : Saquon , Pachecho , Robinson jr , Dobbins , Tracy , Bigsby , Estime

Wr: Amon Ra , Dhop , Sutton , Cooks, Johnston , Mooney , Michael Wilson , Tolbert , Hyatt

Te: Kincaid , Ferguson


Probably would have gone 6 RBs and 10 WRs, but it can work if a few of the WRs from QJ through Hyatt hit. QB and TE quite strong.

Here is one of my slows that just finished

Love, McCarthy, Fields

Saquon, Pacheco, Warren, Chandler, Chuba

JJ, Devonta, Kirk, Addison, Watson, AD Mitchell, Downs

Musgrave, Sinnott, Otton


by tarheels2222 P

Probably would have gone 6 RBs and 10 WRs, but it can work if a few of the WRs from QJ through Hyatt hit. QB and TE quite strong.

Here is one of my slows that just finished

Love, McCarthy, Fields

Saquon, Pacheco, Warren, Chandler, Chuba

JJ, Devonta, Kirk, Addison, Watson, AD Mitchell, Downs

Musgrave, Sinnott, Otton

Love it. Qb depth could be a problem but if Fields wins the job this team if phenomenal. Just gotta hope Fields of Jj starting on Loves bye week


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