FANTASY LEAGUE WINNERS: Top 8 Picks! | Fantasy Football 2024

welcome back this is the fantasy endgame and we've got more League winners for you we already broke down eight players that could help you win your fantasy football league and now we've got more who's your first one it's a receiver of course my first one might surprise a lot of longtime viewers of fantasy AME and that is DK metf a guy I haven't really been on the last couple of years I felt like he is overdrafted but now I feel like he might be a little underd drafted because I'm loving what I'm seeing from the Seattle Seahawks offense so far I've talked about about the benefit of both pre- snap motion and play action as far as its effect on the passing game on plays where there is pre- snap motion and or play action passer ratings go up significantly and there's only been two teams so far this preseason to use pre- snap motion at at least a 70% rate one of them are of course the Miami Dolphins who use pre- snap motion like we've never seen before the other one is the Seattle Seahawks with new offensive coordinator Ryan grub coming over from Washington University that's going to be great for DK metav cuz sure he's still going to play that X wide receiver role but they're going to have him in motion before the snap and this is also a big thing because wide receivers who go in motion before the snap are targeted at a higher rate also Ryan grubs offenses the last two years in college were one of the leaders in average depth of Target so not only is DK meaf going to be used in pre- snap motion but he's going to be used a ton down the field we haven't really seen dkit meaf fully unleash since year two when Russ was still cooking look maybe Gino Smith can't ever cook like Russ did but I think in this offense with the way they're going to use him we're going to see DK metf cook and I think this year he's going to have quite possibly his best season ever and be a League winner well you're talking pre- snap motion moving in the slot a little bit more often that brings to mind a receiver who was already really good last year and in one of the best offens in the league I'm talking about Devonte Smith for the Eagles I really think Devonte Smith has his best season yet because we know that the Eagles did struggle a lot last year especially early on because offensive coordinator Brian Johnson just seemed in over his head which is why he's no longer there and they brought in a guy that you might be familiar with Kell Moore who did some good work in Dallas and then with the Chargers put up some big passing numbers there and the receivers thrived and when I say receivers I mean more than one even though AJ Brown of course is still there I think Devonte Smith might pass him to be the number one receiver there at least in terms of fantasy I feel like nobody's talking about the fact that AJ Brown was a huge disappointment at the end of last year especially in the fantasy playoffs remember he just fell off and nobody could really put their finger on why now I'm not worried about ajb I still think he's one of the top receivers in fantasy but I really think that the gap between these two players is not that big and it's much bigger in drafts than it should be because I think Devonte Smith is legitimately just as good and and will be just as productive again he's going to get moved around more you know we going to see him in the slot where he could Thrive for sure again last year we already saw toward the end of the season Smith was basically surpassing AJ Brown from weeks 9 through 17 ajb averaged 63 yards per game couple of Duds toward the very end of the season Damonte Smith averaged 73 yards per game and scored twice as many touchdowns now it's going to be fine to have either of these guys but one of them cost you basically a first round pick and then Devonte Smith is a third rounder sometimes even a fourth rounder I'm going to go with Devonte Smith who could be a number one receiver available at a wide receiver 2 price which leads us to another number two receiver on his team who is going to be better than a lot of number ones on other teams yep talking about that Dolphins team that uses pre- snap motion we talk about it a lot not talking about Tyreek Hill of course it'll be great but I'm talking about Jaylen Wadd who I think is going to bounce back in a big way this year and help you take home a fantasy Championship it's easy to forget just two years ago his second year in the league had 1,356 receiving yards and eight touchdowns while Tyreek kills had over 1700 yards and seven touchdowns that year and remember that year if you think back two have missed three games that year as well so what happened last year well it was his health and I know you look and you say well he played almost every game he wasn't that you know B hanged up but look at 2022 his second year in the league when he had over 1300 yards and eight touchdowns he only played less than 70% of the snaps three times that entire year last year eight times he played less than 70% of the snaps cuz even though he wasn't out for that week he was far less than 100% trying to gut through it he's 100% going into the season we got a bet on him staying 100% all season long which you have to do on pretty much everybody you're drafted in fantasy and if he does this is a guy I think can have a even better season than he had in year two sure Tyreek Hill is still going to be great but there's enough here for both of these guys one of the most Forward Thinking offenses it's basically Tyreek Hill Jaylen Wadd getting all the Targets in this offense I really think Jaylen waddle has top 10 upside at the wide receiver position and I think he's ready to win you a fantasy Championship all right let's pivot to quarterback you know my philosophy in a redraft league I don't feel like I have to be one of the first to take a quarterback and by that I mean I don't want to be the one of the first five or six players to draft a quarterback because there's always a quarterback in the mid or even the late rounds that has massive upside how about a known commodity like Kyler Murray that's right Kyler Murray is not going to be one of the first quarterbacks drafted but he still has the upside to be one of the top quarterbacks last year of course draft value for Kyler Murray was tanked because he wasn't playing the first half of the season and then he came back back and he actually looked pretty good but he should have been so much better and by him I don't really mean him personally he actually was even better than I expected it's that offense was hurting because the lack of receiver depth really showed I mean Hollywood Brown I don't know what happened I mean he just did not look like the same player midseason I mean he had this four-week stretch where he just didn't look right and then some injury problems and now he's gone well here's the gift from KY Murray how about the top receiver in the draft class A generational Talent like Marvin Harrison Jr only Trey McBride is still there is one of the top pass catching tight ends in the league and here's the most important thing you know Kyler did play throughout the second half last year but you know he wasn't 100% coming off that injury we're going to see him run more and more effectively this year and so that rushing upside is just going to take off so we might see Kyler Murray have his best season legitimately I'm in on him as a quarterback I don't have to pull the trigger on too early but I don't have to worry about that position there once I have him in my lineup do you want to win your fantasy league but don't have time to do all the research are you tired of drafting mediocre teams and then having to constantly hope you hit it big on the waiver wire just to compete do you wish you could have a fantasy expert like Pier myself with you while you draft well now you can with our app draft Lane and our live draft Pilot We will guide you through every pick of your draft and tell you 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kind of looked good maybe this offense won't be a complete train wreck or okay maybe it still will be a complete train wreck but there's still a reason to really like javante Williams this year and that is the pass catching work because Shawn Peyton's offenses every year he's either been the offense coordinator or the head coach have been top five in targets to running backs last year they were number one you look at gavonte Williams as a rookie ranked 17th in targets despite splitting with Melvin Gordon all year and then you look at it last year also 17th in targets despite coming off ACL and being limited now as the number one running back in this Shawn Payton offense I think he could get close to 50 60 hey maybe even 70 catches depending on how Shawn pton feels about the other running backs in this offense and look I kind of compare him to Rashad white last year this was a guy didn't get a th rushing yards didn't get double digit touchdowns but he was a top five running back in fantasy because of the work in the receiving game look I'm not saying gavonte Williams is going to be top five this year that feels like a stretch even top 10 probably feels like a stretch to be honest for Javonte Williams but he definitely has the upside for top 15 if he's catching 60 plus catches and look you're talking about a running back going barely inside the top 100 picks sometimes outside the top 100 picks if you get a top 15 running back at around pick 100 or later I don't care what his name is I Don't Care What offense he's in he will be a League winner all right now I got to throw a tight end in there you know I feel the same way as I do about quarterback I don't need to be the first to grab one of those elite players at the position just cuz they were Elite last year doesn't mean they'll be elite this year but I don't also love punting or streaming position all year give me someone who's a solid starter available like top 10 12 at the position with upside for much more and to me tight end that's Jake Ferguson he really could have put up better numbers last year already might be shocked to realize that Jake Ferguson LED all tight ends with Red Zone Targets in 25 and that continues all the way down you get closer to the goal line he had 12 targets inside the 10 ydd line leader among all tight ends and he even had nine inside the 5 yd line and yet somehow despite all that he only scored five touchdowns last year really should have done better and so regression it happens right we look at touchdowns it's fluky I know that you can't project you know touchdowns for any position but still I have a feeling he's going to score more touchdowns than he did last year and there's not a lot of depth really behind him Brandon Cooks is still there look Jaylen Tolbert maybe will shine as wide receiver three but this is an offense that needs another reliable Target and Jake Ferguson really proved to be that for Dak Prescott I'm looking for a guy who has again a tight end so much more important to get that touchdown upside because there not that many tight ends that really haul in a ton of targets so Jake Ferguson is a guy that if I'm waiting on tight end which I like to do I'm targeting him a lot and of course the best League winners are those really late running backs and those rookie running backs so who you got in mind I got Kimani Vidal of the Chargers I'll be honest like obviously we talked this guy up all off season after he was drafted by the Chargers I started the back off early in Camp because he wasn't getting you know good Buzz out of camp but I loved what I've seen from this guy in preseason so far over half of his rushing yards have come after contact this is a running back 213 lbs ran a 44640 handled over 300 touches last year had over 1,800 yards 15 touchdowns he's not some little scatback he's a guy that can handle a three- down workload but what I've also likeed cuz you don't want to get too caught up in like what a guy's doing against backups or third stringers right because he should be you know playing well against those guys but I also like the way this Chargers offensive line is looking they are run blocking great Jim Harbaugh has got them ready to go and they're also using the tight ends in the Run blocking I think this is going to be one of the best run blocking offensive lines in the NFL now right now viall is clearly behind Gus Edwards and for some reason even JK Dobbins because these guys haven't been playing in preseason Vidal has that pretty much tells you that okay Gus Edwards and JK Dobbins are their starters they want to keep him healthy but look Gus Edwards is what he is he's a two down Bruiser with you know goal line potential I'm still not buying into JK Dobbins coming off of two major injuries in the last three years look vid doall probably not going to start out of the gates red hot for your fantasy team but he's going to be one of these guys that comes on late in the season and helps you win a fantasy Championship when it matters most so if you're in deeper Leagues with deeper benches definitely try to stash vial while you can you don't want to be fighting for him on the waiver wire later in the season because I really think this guy by season's end will look back and say yeah he helped me win a fantasy Championship I love that pick and I'll go with the guy that haven't changed my tune on even though ironically I was convinced before the NFL draft that he was going to be the Chargers running back it just made too much sense right the Michigan connection with harbot but Blake corm might have wound up in a better spot even though he's still in LA because that Rams offense you know it's just money for any position honestly but especially a running back tyen Williams don't want to take anything away from him he looked great he ran tough he did it all right but he's had some issues and by that I mean Foot and Ankle issues it's carried on I can't ever guarantee that a guy stays help of course you can't predict injuries either if something happens to kyen Williams Blake corin will not only be the top waiver wire pickup in any League he wasn't drafted he will be a League winner and all I have to do is point you to Kyon Williams from last year it's that simple and look they didn't just wait until like the sixth round to draft a running back they took gorum in the third round and these days that's actually pretty high draft capital for a running back McVey you know he's very loyal to the guys he picks and he saw something in Quorum he fits this game and he is getting really good Buzz so far in Camp and so it just makes sense you want a guy who has the highest upside it's got to be the backup running back in the Rams offense and Blake corm is a player I loved no matter where he ended up I was going to be interested him in fantasy this year and I think this could have been the perfect situation if things break right for him and if for some reason you missed our first League winners video well those eight players are right here