Week 1
New York Jets @ San Francisco 49ers
The season-opening week has a slate of strong nationally televised games. This Monday Night Football matchup is the game we landed on because we are not falling into the trap of believing in the Jets again.
Their QB will turn 41 this season and is coming off a major injury after having a subpar season in 2022. The Jets offensive line is also still terrible and the defense is expected to be excellent. That points to a low low-scoring game in which we only like two players on the Jets and don't expect a big game from the 49ers' passing offensive. Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall and Christian McCaffrey are the only players we love here and McCaffrey has a terrible matchup.
Week 1
Baltimore Ravens @ Kansas City Chiefs
We kick off Week 1 with a couple of strong nationally televised games with intriguing fantasy pieces. However, the season starts with Thursday Night Football and we get Patrick Mahomes against Lamar Jackson. How do we not go with that game?
There is a reason the NFL decided to put their best foot forward and lead with this game. In this game, we will get to learn a lot about both teams. Most notably, how the Chiefs' wide receivers will be utilized and how large of a role Derrick Henry will have in the Ravens' offense.
1. Brock Bowers, Las Vegas Raiders
This wasn't the best or most predictable landing spot for Bowers. The Raiders drafted highly-touted rookie prospect Michael Mayer last year with the 35th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. It's unclear how the duo will be used in the offense this season. However, Bowers is just so much better than all the other tight ends in this class that he has to be ranked No. 1.
Not only does he have by far the highest ceiling, but he also has the highest floor. Odds are he's the only rookie tight end who will be drafted in re-draft. The rest of this list is mostly names to remember and monitor on the waiver wire this upcoming season.
1. Marvin Harrison Jr., Arizona Cardinals
It didn't matter where Harrison landed, he was going to be at the top of this list. At the end of the day, he's just that good. That's not to say that other wide receivers in this class aren't great as well, but he's a generational type of player.
Going into the draft, he was far and away our top prospect at the position and our top prospect overall in the entire draft. His landing spot isn't bad either though. In Arizona, he'll be with Kyler Murray, who can sustain a fantasy WR1 without concern and there isn't anyone to fight for targets with on the outside. This is about as good of a situation as fantasy owners could have hoped for.
1. Jonathon Brooks, Carolina Panthers
Brooks was our top-ranked rookie running back prospect coming into the 2024 NFL Draft and he is now our top-ranked rookie running back for the 2024 fantasy football season.
1. Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders
It was genuinely tough to decide who was going to be our top-ranked fantasy football rookie quarterback for redraft leagues in 2024. We ended up going with Daniels, who we had ranked as our top quarterback prospect in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Adonai Mitchell
Position: Wide Receiver
Bo Nix
Position: Quarterback
Blake Corum
Position: Running Back
Bucky Irving
Position: Running Back
