Value increases and changes in the Fantasy Football Draft (2024)

As NFL training camps approach, it’s important to keep an eye on players whose fantasy football draft value is rising, as well as their counterparts who are falling. Let’s take a look at the recent risers and fallers in fantasy football.

Promoted and relegated teams in Fantasy Football

The NFL Draft is over, free agency has gone most of its way, And The players are where they will be for the 2024 season (except maybe Brandon Aiyuk). The means It is Time to put together fantasy football rankings, cheat sheets and more. But before you do that, be aware who will surely rise or fall in the fantasy football rankings, including a handful of players below.

Fantasy football players on the rise

Kyle Pitts (TE – ATL)

Stop us if You have I’ve heard that before. Kyle Pitts, as an elite fantasy Possibility, could The highest drafted tight end of all time has been he is in the league. At first it seemed He lived up to expectations, totaling over 1,000 yards in his rookie season and finishing the season among the top 10 fantasy tight ends despite scoring just one touchdown.

His second season was a different story. He doubled his total number of touchdowns to two, but had to halve his targeting and pass receptions, totaling only 356 yards. He saw an improvement over this miserable season in his third campaignwhich increased his running performance to 667 yards, but he did not finish among the top 10 tight ends in fantasy scoring.

At the start of the 2024 season, Pitts will have a quarterback in top form in Kirk Cousins ​​​​from whom he can catch balls (in 2021 he had Matt Ryan, But Ryan was already washed at this point). Pitts also has a new coordinator in Zac Robinson, WHO studied at the Sean McVay School of play calling, which should an improvement over Arthur Smith, WHO seemed to hate Pitts in the end Smith’s term in Atlanta.

Bo Nix (QB – DEN)

Although he was only selected 12th in the 2024 NFL Draft, the new quarterback of the Denver Broncos, Bo Nix, was also the last taken in the first round and sixth in this position. Between the time he was takenand ended up in a team with very few Prospect of success, and not even be promised the starting job, It is understandably, Nix was a relatively afterthought when it comes to Fantasy designs.

So far, Nix has impressed in practice and workouts (albeit without pads), and head coach Sean Payton claims he is “further along than most.” Granted, Payton was the driving force behind Nix’s selection, so take that with a grain of salt. But consider Nix’s competition, including draft flop Zach Wilson and veteran Jarrett Stidham. It’s not impossible that Nothing starts.

Then the question is: How good will do nothing? Consider the last Year Russell Wilson finished last season in Denver as a top-15 fantasy quarterback after throwing for 3,000 yards and 26 touchdowns and rushing for another 340 yards and three touchdowns. Nix has the arms and legs to match those numbers, which make him an absolute bargain with his current QB31 ranking. hell start climbing the rankings as he sees starter snaps and attention.

Downward trend in fantasy football players

Kyren Williams (RB – LAR)

It was only a few months ago that Kyren Williams ended one of the most unlikely fantasy football seasons in youngest Story. Despite missing a quarter of the season, Williams still finished among the top five fantasy running backs. From being a backup or handcuff for the entire From the 2023 offseason to over 1,100 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns and leading multiple teams to fantasy championships, it’s been quite a rollercoaster ride for Williams and his fantasy managers.

Fast forward to the offseason and Williams is on the other end of the trend spectrum. First, there are the injuries. Between foot and ankle injuries and a broken hand in the playoffs last year, Williams is a walking medical case.

For the Rams, it only made sense to quite high draft pick for a running back. Los Angeles took Michigan running back Blake Corum as 83rd, which aroused interest in fantasy circles because A) It is The Rams rarely have draft picks at all, But B) They spent a pick on a running back when they have several other holes to fill. On the other hand, this is a Sean McVay-led offense that not has had the same running back lead the team in rushing for two consecutive years since Todd Gurley in 2019.

It is All of this led to Williams slowly sliding down the fantasy rankings. Instead of being a top-five option in drafts, Williams hardly remains in the top 10. And watch out if he not see the field early or if Corum is given more running in training camp and preseason.

Justin Herbert (QB – LAC)

When it comes to According to fantasy stats, Justin Herbert was as consistent a QB1 as it gets. He finished the year as the top 11 quarterback in each of his first three seasons in the league. He missed a month in 2023, but still managed to throw for over 3,000 yards and 20 touchdowns and was on his way to another QB1 finish.

But the Chargers have failed to take advantage of their young signal-caller. Success, reaching the playoffs just once two years ago before finishing with a 5-12 record last year. The Coach change to, perhaps, the largest Free agent coach on the market, Jim Harbaugh’s. Harbaugh, has just won the national championship and is getting a second chance in the NFL after a previous stint in San Francisco.

Normally, the appointment of a coach with such a reputation be an incentive for a player, especially a Quarterbacks Value, both in real and fantasy leagues. Not so in Herbert’s Case. Harbaugh has not hidden his penchant for running the football, in his words or be actions. He brought in Greg Roman, who led a run-first attack with him in San Francisco. Romans Teams have in each of their 10 years as coordinator. His teams only finished above 28th in pass attempts once. Harbaugh also brought in former Ravens Gus Edwards and JK Dobbins to lead the offense and used his first-round pick (fifth overall) on lineman Joe Alt instead of receiver Malik Nabers.

It should be a gigantic Transition for Herbert, WHO Since entering the league, he has never finished lower than 12th in pass attempts. He, and that Charger, should be successful But it might look a little different.

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