12 Fantasy Football League Winners | Must-Have Draft Picks (2024)

Introduction welcome back to the fantasy pros YouTube channel my name is jerck brown on today's video we're going to talk about 12 players that have League winning upside you need to be drafting in 2024 before we get to that though if you want a chance to win a signed Joe burrow helmet for free courtesy of our friends of pristine auction.com all you got to do is head over to fantasypros.com contest complete the form and either download the fantasy pros draft Wizard app leave a review for the podcast or follow us on X Instagram or Tik Tok @ fantasy Bros the more actions you complete the more entries you receive we'll be announcing the winner right here on the podcast if you're watching on YouTube be sure to subscribe and turn on these notifications so you can be alerted when new episodes are up and to claim your prize let's dive into these 12 players all right first player up here and I've talked about him a ton this entire off seon he has to be mentioned on this list might surprise some people Brian Robinson Jr Brian Robinson Jr look I know he's an rb3 in rankings I get that he has rb2 rb1 upside and we've seen this already play out people in previous years in a cliff kingsberry offense we all remember the good Seasons that Kenyan Drake and James Conor had in this offensive system we are also sleeping on the talent of Brian Robinson Jr last year the RB 22 in fantasy points per game he was also 13th in yards at contact per attempt in top five in yards per route run so I don't care if Austin Eckler's there I'm drafting Brian Robinson Jr cuz he's going to get the goal line work he's going to get the pass game work whatever there is I know we're not expecting a ton of checkdowns from Jane Daniels but it's still going to be there you need to draft Brian Robinson Jr next player up here on the list we have talked about him I have been telling everybody and touting his Praises for months now but Christian Watson you got to draft Christian Watson he has League winning upside that shouldn't be disputed we've seen in stretches and spurts what Watson has and the talent that he brings to the table and I want to specifically highlight last year we didn't see Watson fully healthy the entire of this season we didn't see a fully Awesome version of Jordan love for the entirety of the season but we did get a small little bit of insight into what maybe 2024 looks like for this Duo Christian Watson in weeks 12 and 13 when Jordan love was on his his way to playing elite football down the stretch of the back half of the Season we saw Watson explode for a 23.5% Target here he was averaging 24 fantasy points per game and I get that was only a two game stretch Christian Watson even when he was a starter a full-time player last year he led the green M Packers in every conceivable receiving metric that there is so all we're asking is health and I know it's a big if and a big ask for some for Watson but we cannot not dispute if he is healthy the type of League winning upside that he brings to the table draft him confidently in 2024 all right staying on the young wide receiver train that could totally carry you to Fantasy championships next player Jaxon Smith-Njigba I have to mention here is Jackson Smith and jiga to Lockett another year older new offensive system in Seattle we saw what Ryan grub did with the Washington offense I think they're going to pass a ton and you use the Deep ball Jackson Smith and jiga is set to explode it is not that long ago people that we were all talking about how awesome he was as a prospect you could not have scripted any worse usage or run out of luck considering the injury as well for Smith and jigel walking into last year that he had to deal with in his rookie season the seconde breakout the liftoff the league winning upside is there for him to sees this year and all we had to do is just get more traditional wide receiver usage last year jsn 109 qualifying wide receivers that ran at least 100 routes on the perimeter JSM was third in targets per route run rate and 14th in yards per route run all this is to tell you is he has the talent he has the ability to actualize a league winning ceiling this season okay next player we got to discuss heading over to Isiah Pacheco the running back position Isaiah Pacho and I've come around on PCO a lot recently looking into deeper into how his season played out last year we have to give Credence to what his role can be without jerck McKinnon there we saw that last year I mean in the four games without McKinnon active he averaged 20.2 touches over 100 total yards per game he was the rb14 overall last year Isaiah Pacho if he owns this backfield can be a Workhorse getting 20 to 22 24 touches per game and one of the best offenses in the NFL he has high-end rb1 upside and League winning potential all right back Jayden Daniels on the love list players number eight on the list Jaden Daniels you know the rushing that he brings to the table you know that he has the ability to exploit defenses with his legs but we're not also giving him enough Credence about how good of a passer he is and yes people that are watching preseason action you saw this small sample size the bucket throw to dami Brown chef chef's kiss we could see that in Spades this season for Jaden Daniels the rushing up side the fast-pace offense and the passing prowess that people are not giving enough credit to Jaden Daniels he can be a League winner this year okay getting a little bit closer to the top five of this list Malik Malik Nabers neighbors checking in as number seven on the list the talent is there you've seen all the training camp highlights you know the Acumen and the the prospect profile that he brings to the NFL there is nobody on this Giants roster that is going to compete for targets with him this year you have look at the entire of this Giants offense nobody on this roster commanded over a 16.9% Target share last year nobody's probably going to do that again this year maybe you got a little bit of hope uh left for wand Del Robinson Jaylen hayatt these are not the players you need to be concerned about the neighbors is going to vacuum up Target volume this year and all we need is League average Quarterback play out of Daniel Jones I know we didn't get that last year last year was the worst run out you could possibly even in if you're a Giants hater even in your wildest dreams you probably wouldn't have dreamed for that type of run out for that offense the offensive line fell apart Daniel Jones got hurt saquon Barkley was it the only part of that offense we could count on weekly Malik neighbors is going to be awesome in his rookie season he can be a guy who gets 140 targets maybe 150 targets that's not insane considering the talent or the lack of talent around him and the talent that Malik neighbors has just by as Lonesome draft him confidently this year it's going to pay off all right before we break into the top six of this list if you want to 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number six on the list Drake London I get that people have problems about projecting Drake London hi and saying oh he hasn't done it yet he's going to do it this season if you're waiting to see it you're going to be behind the curve in a lot of different instances in fantasy Drake Lyon is another fantastic example of this we've already seen the talent that He possesses go back to his rookie season the target Sherry was commanding the yards per route run all of these things all we need is volume and we're getting it this year injected into this passing uh offense Zack Robinson is going to bring the heat Drake Lennon is going to crush as a high-end wide receiver one all right Trey McBride well I know that we've gone through a lot of players for this list of far we have not talked about a single tight end that stops here people with my number five player Trey McBride he can be a player that tilts leagues in your favor if you draft him in 2024 what we saw Adam McBride in weeks 8 through 18 last year was fantastic he was averaging 15 F fantasy points per game he was commanding a 25.8% Target share producing 2.16 yards per route run while averaging 65.5 receiving yards per game as well as checking in with a wonderful2 first downs per route run I know I threw a lot of numbers at you there here's the easy button for all of those numbers if you take those stats amongst 50 qualifying tight ends paste them out for the whole season here is where Trey McBride would have ranked in those five stat categories first first oh you seeing a trend Trey McBride's awesomeness second third first this is why Trey McBride is my tight end one overall in my rankings and why he can be a league winning player for you this season he's awesome and he's going to crush okay getting to number four on the list this is the Home Run swing you can take in every single one of your drafts De’Von Achane I get it's pricey but you need to take it Devon Anan look at what he did last year people in the sample that we got eight games where we played at least 41% of the snaps just 41% he averaged 14.2 touches 113.8k breaking the big play ability that he has I don't want Devon h& to be a 20 to 25 touch player per game don't want that give me 15 to 17 touches Devon hen hitting home runs just left and right baby crushing it long touchdowns in one of the best offenses in the NFL Devon hm while a lot of people think he's pricey in drafts and I get there's some risk you got to risk it for the biscuit you want the championship trophy you want that sitting on your bookshelf on your mantle you want to sit here and just L that over people for years to come then draft Devon Chan this year all right getting into the top three of the A.J. Brown list player that I've talked about in previous seasons and everything again we're talking about what could have gone wrong went wrong last year that all happened for AJ Brown and the Philadelphia Eagles offense it is going to be revitalized with Kell Moore in town AJ Brown is a stud we've seen him produce just based off a raw talent and yes they they've run a lot of plays for Philly the last two years this year if we get for the first time ever for Jaylen Herz in this offense if we get not only a pace up offense but a high passing rate offense AJ Brown has wide receiver one overall upside and you might just you know shrug your shoulders and say okay whatever you know the efficiency is there you know that Talent is there we saw it last year down the stretch that just Monster stretch of games where aj Brown was pulling his best Cooper cup his best Ty kill impression last year what if we get that for the entirety of the season and a revitalized offense Jaylen Herz putting up MBP level numbers I'm not telling you Devonte Smith is going to be bad but we know who the true Alpha is for the Philadelphia Eagles AJ Brown could absolutely tilt leaks and be a league winning player for you all right getting to the pricier player on this list and if I'm taking shots in the first round on a running back and I think they have League winning upside which you should do if you're drafting a running back in the first round we all know the the usual names there's Christian mcaffrey good luck if you don't have the top two pick in your draft on getting him we know about Bree Hall we need to also begin the discussion again for bejan Robinson I Bijan Robinson get if you were burned by him in previous years and and you you were hurt last year by drafting him and expecting to smash those things that did not come to fruition were not a bejon Robinson problem they were an Arthur Smith problem Arthur Smith is gone that problem has been erased bejan Robinson could be Unleashed this year and be the clear rb1 overall this season we know the talent is there he was at rb12 and expect the fantasy points per game inside of what that broken Falcons offense what I talked about earlier with Drake London I want pieces of this offense I already talked about Drake London and having League winning upside so does bejan Robinson if this offense does what we think it can do it's going to be Consolidated Bean Robinson has the talent we know the pass game upside can be there the tackle breaking ability is there as well this offense if it goes to the moon it's not only going to be Drake London it's going to be bejan Robinson as well the number one player that has League winning upside that I want you to be drafting a ton in 2024 is Anthony Anthony Richardson Richardson you can get qb1 overall upside the fifth maybe sixth round depending on your league that is what you need to be drafting in every single format you possibly can I'm not telling you don't okay I mentioned Jaden Daniels okay fine you want to wait on Jaden Daniels that's fine the price is not prohibitive on Anthony Richardson for a player that in the full games we saw he averaged more fantasy points per game than Josh Allen did last year he had the most fantasy points per dropback if we're talking about a Colts offense that's improved from last year we get health in the offensive line line we get Anthony Richardson running in touchdowns playing in a Shane Stan offense taking shots down field also passing better than what people give him credit for this year Anthony Richardson has League winning upside I know that you probably have heard that already but I'm just going to tell you again you need to draft him he has qb1 overall upside this year it's going to be amazing all right Closing people that is the top 12 players that have League winning upside you need to be garnering in your drafts again head over there get entered to this pristine auction giveaway download the draft Wizard app enjoy all the free swag that you can get entered for for fantasy pros with our amazing partners and enjoy drafting League winners this year in fantasy a