7 Must Draft Sleepers - 2024 Fantasy Football

Introduction [Music] greetings and salutations everyone my name is and kof and welcome to my YouTube channel today I'm going to be talking about seven must draft Sleepers for our upcoming 2024 Fantasy Football Draft all players who currently based on their average draft position are steals going into our upcoming leagues regardless of what platform you draft on whether it be ESPN Yahoo sleeper or Underdog fantasy all of these players are Steals and could very easily lead you to capturing a 2024 Fantasy Football Championship so over the course of today's episode I'm going to be introducing these players at a variety of different positions talking about them giving you guys my thought process and opinions and of course presenting a lot of Statistics in order to justify the reasons we are targeting these players again they are going to be late round Investments they're not going to break the bank in terms of the overall investment but what they're going to give you in return is going to 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you'll get all those rankings up today so regardless of when you're drafting this month you'll be prepared Additionally the advantage doesn't stop there I'll send you guys Sunday morning rankings with all of those rankings every week from weeks 1 through 18 for the rest of the season so for those of you interested in of course helping yourself capture a 2024 Fantasy Football Championship check that out today make sure you're eligible based on your current location based on the right side of the screen of course as you can check that out if you are not eligible or you've used a code in the past you can always go to patreon we have all this content and much more available there thank you very much for the support so what I wanted to go ahead and do is primarily talk about the results of 2023 2023 Sleepers list in terms of must draft sleepers and this is just the exact graphic that we used last time and obviously many of you remember this for who are around the channel this time last year we talked about players like Nico Collins Devon aan before even hn hopped on screen we had Raheem moer Jordan Addison Sam leapa Z flowers Antonio Gibson and Adam Thelen all suggestions I made in terms of must draft sleepers this time last year and the fantasy Gods shined upon me it was an incredible turnout in terms of the success based on my suggestions in this overall category so hopefully with all the methodology that I utilized last time in this overall category going into 2024 hopefully we can have just as high of a hit rate now even though I wasn't able to predict players of the caliber of pukan nikua or Kiren Williams I certainly was able to predict niik Collins and his potential for success in 2023 so going into this upcoming year the Nico Collins In My Mind of 2024 is Josh Palmer Joshua Palmer of the Los Angeles Chargers I understand that there's a lot of speculation as to whether or not Joshua Palmer is going to be the number one in many of our eyes again lad makoni was drafted of course this offseason in the second round many of us thinking that he may end up being the number one but based on everything that revolves around Joshua Palmer what he's demonstrated as of late in his current ADP he is certainly going to be a wide receiver that I want to have on roster going into 2024 because he absolutely has an opportunity of being this year's niiko Collins now Niko Collins prior to his breakout was wide receiver 87 and 78 in his first two seasons in the NFL in the last three years Joshua Palmer is ranked as wide receiver 75 40 and 64 primarily because he has played behind the likes of Keenan Allen and Mike Williams but now he has an opportunity going into 2024 with no more Keenan Allen Mike Williams Austin Eckler and Gerald Everett within this lineup the entire offense in terms of receiving threats has been gutted and the most stable relationship within this offense with Justin Herbert is going to be the experience that Josh B Palmer has had over the course of the last couple years with Herbert so going forward the expectation is that of course he should end up seamlessly being the number one receiver to begin the season and hopefully retain that for the entirety of the 2024 year primarily because from what we have witnessed over the course of the last two seasons in games in which we have seen either Mike Williams or Keenan Allen missing time Joshua Palmer has been incredible for Fantasy purposes we go go back to 2022 from weeks 2 through 133 in games in which either Keenan Allen or Mike Williams were injured Joshua Palmer was averaging 8.2 targets per game 10.75 fantasy points per game and a half PPR scoring from that he was on Pace in a 17 Game season for 139 targets 92 receptions 1,32 receiving yards five touchdowns and 180 fantasy points if you go ahead and fast forward to 2023 last year from weeks 3 through 18 in the absence of Mike Williams we saw him averaging 6.9 targets per game and .5 fantasy points per game throughout those eight games he was on Pace for 117 targets 72 receptions 1,199 receiving yards four touchdowns and 178.6 fantasy points again 178 to 180 was his Pace over the course of the last three seasons all you had to have is either Keenan Allen or Mike Williams off the field in three of the eight games that he played in 20123 that I've calculated wasn't even with Justin Herbert in the lineup it had Easton stick as their starting quarterback and even with that all taken into account last season amongst all wide receivers with a minimum of 50 targets he was number 36 in terms of yards per route run 1.71 average and he was number 15 amongst all wide receivers in terms of yards per reception 15.4 which of course was a career high for Joshua Palmer making his case for being a threat down the field on a consistent basis now going into 2024 of course we know that there's a new regime there is a new look to the Los Angeles Chargers offense of course you bring in Harbaugh you bring in Greg Roman Greg Roman a former offense according of the Baltimore Ravens from 2018 to 2022 throughout that span of time the Baltimore Ravens were a run first attack of course especially when you have Lamar Jackson a quarterback you're going to run the ball but the last season he was with the Baltimore Ravens in 2022 the Baltimore Ravens utilized 22 12 13 02 and 21 Personnel on 83.6% of the snap so you may be wondering Andrew why does that matter well with the usage of any combination of two tight ends three tight ends potentially even two backs one of them being a fullback on 84% of their snaps in 2022 it gives us a pretty clear indication that going into this upcoming season we are going to see a lot of 12 Personnel sets two tight end sets especially considering this team signed Hayden Hurst and will dley both great you know run blocking tight ends to come in so that they can establish the run so the potential of lad makoni who is a primary slot receiving option for this offense being in on 12 Personnel sets is going to be difficult especially considering of course he's going to have to you know over take guys like DJ Char Quinton Johnston in order to get within that role but no matter what Joshua Palmer is going to be on the field no matter what the overall formation is now when we went ahead and looked back at the Baltimore Ravens from 2021 to 2022 even though it was a quote unquote run first offense they were still throwing the ball with Lamar Jackson as a starting quarterback 31.817324 to stack it up against 2023 is overall total passing attempts amongst all teams so even though this team is going to be at the bottom end of the conversation in terms of total passing attempts it's not like they're going to only throw the ball 350 times there are going to be enough passing attempts so where if in fact Joshua Palmer is able to Garner a 25% Target share he is in line for 135 total targets and with the skill that Justin Herbert has already gone ahead and presented within the first couple seasons of his career 135 targets to Joshua Palmer is extremely valuable going into this upcoming year a wide receiver who's only 24 years old and has only been surrounded by great talent at the wide receiver position where he has learned I mean again playing with Keenan Allen and Mikael Williams over the course of the last couple years veteran wide receivers Keenan Allen again a Pros Pro I mean an unbelievable Talent at the wide receiver position and is continuing to ball out at the highest of levels as Joshua Palmer's been able to learn over the last couple years he's picking up things from these receivers that he's only now going to continue to utilize within his overall back now going into this upcoming season I believe that amongst all the wide receivers of the Los Angeles Chargers Joshua Palmer has the highest floor of potential now if in fact we end up seeing this offense be far more successful than we anticipate he very easily could grow to having The Highest Potential ceiling now of course A lot of people are going to ask me Andrew L makoni what do we think about him I understand that L makoni is going to get himself utilization I'm not saying that because Joshua Palmer is my favorite sleeper that you have to ignore someone like lad makoni understand that based on Joshua Palmer's current ADP on ESPN he's wide receiver 65 on sleeper he's wide receiver 51 on Yahoo he's wide receiver 56 and on Underdog he's even wide receiver 52 very similar numbers to what we saw nicoo Collins sitting around last season a wide receiver who was de facto number one of his respective offense yet a lot of people ignored that fact and going into this year we're seeing very similar patterns with Josh Palmer lad makoni could be the tank Dell of this offense just like you know what K was able to contribute to the Houston Texans when he got going so again both these guys can coexist both of them can be great I'm anticipating of course a lot of opportunities going in the direction of Joshua Palmer making him a must draft sleeper in 2024 let's talk about some Cincinnati Bengals specifically Cincinnati Bengals running Zack Moss backs currently as it stands Zach Moss is RB 34 on ESPN 27 on sleeper 31 on Yahoo and 32 on Underdog fantasy and he has pretty big shoes to fill and the reason why he is still within this know 30 range is because of the conversation that we're going to have in just a couple moments regarding brown but he is in this range as a top 36 running back because the opportunities that Joe Mixon has been given over the course of the last couple years are extremely valuable and Joe Mixon has been able to finish as the number three 12 and eight overall running back in a half PPR scoring format in these three seasons 2021 to 2023 last year from weeks 1 through 11 with Joe burough in the lineup healthy well I guess semi healthy considering the first couple weeks he was hobbled nonetheless Joe Mixon throughout that span of time was averaging 18.4 touches per game there is a lot of opportunity to be had and from what we witnessed last season in 2023 with Zach Moss as a member of the Indianapolis Colts he really did prove that he could be a three- down back and a starting back in the National Football League based on his overall production from weeks 1 through eight of the 2023 season averaging 16.74% overall in terms of fantasy points per game on average in a half PPR now he was able to hold down the fort until of course Jonathan Taylor returned and was at a full capacity from weeks N9 and Beyond but nonetheless when given opportunity success followed last season in games in which he had 12 or more touches 14.61% of the snaps or more 14.7 fantasy points per game now going into this upcoming season the starting running back job of this backfield is up for grabs and even though many do believe Zach Moss has already taken that and he's going to run away with it there is a possibility where of course Chase Brown could come in and steal some opportunities and considering this backfield amongst all teams in the National Football League were ranked 30th in running back attempts 23rd in running back targets and 29th in running back opportunities there's again not that much opportunities to where you can feed two monsters and have them coexist so even though all of those lower numbers in terms of opportunities were able to support the number eight overall back in Joe Mixon there is still some inherent risk when investing in this back field if in fact we are not going to find the established back going forward especially when we take into account the last season as soon as Joe bur went down the injury from weeks 13 through 18 Chase Brown finally got himself you know some utilization averaging 8.83 touches per game and 7.28 fantasy points per game now we know that Zach Moss is a capable three down back like I mentioned earlier throughout his career from 2020 to 2023 100 targets 75 receptions 523 receiving yards four receiving touchdowns over the course of his entire career he has only been given 570 total touches so in terms of being fresh and in terms of sustainability potentially getting injured it is far less likely than other running backs who have over 1500 potential touches throughout their NFL careers now obviously in comparison to chase Brown he is a fresh running back only in his second year this upcoming season but the way that I approach Zach moss in my mind is very reminiscent to what we ended up kind of doing last season unfortunately many of us made the mistake of disregarding running backs based on the fact that they had backfield competition chamara with of course the emergence of Jamal Williams we worried about peka with of course McKinnon and C last year we worried about etn with tank bsby last season I mean shoot we even worried about Raheem moer with hn and Jeff Wilson Jr yet those running backs all delivered so what if Zach Moss is the guy what if he's the guy that we need to have on roster and of course many of us are ignoring that fact one of these guys that going into this upcoming season I'm willing to take a swing on now again I Chase Brown want to continue to talk about this backfield because if I'm not going to get Zach moss in my upcoming draft I might as well get someone like Chase Brown currently RB 39 on on ESPN RB 40 on sleeper RB 32 on Yahoo and RB 28 on Underdog fantasy now again as it currently stands the expectation is that Zach Moss brought in with a two-year contract is going to be the starting running back but based on everything we have seen from training camp all indications point to a split in terms of first team reps and touches and of course the potential of Chase Brown slowly but surely taking the job from him as we progress now from what we witnessed last season from Chase Brown you know from weeks 13 through 18 like I mentioned earlier 8.83 touches per game 7 .28 fantasy points per game throughout those six games at the back end of the year 4.12 yards per carry 3.36 yards after contact per attempt I mean he logged the second fastest time amongst all players in the National Football League on a singular play he ran 22.05 miles per hour only second to DK Mecha and ahe of guys like Ty reill Raheem Mo or H Chan who of course were at the top 10 of that category on multiple occasions so of course we know that he has the explosive playmaking ability but is this all enough to take over the job from Zach Moss I mean yes we know that chase Brown is more capable you know third down back we know that Moss is a bigger back that is going to obviously run downhill but if in fact Zach Moss is not going to be as efficient is there a chance that chase Brown takes over the way that I see this Zach Moss Chase Brown is the exact same way that I saw moster and H last year they could both coexist they both find themselves a lot of success considering they're associated with a good offense and the coexistence of both of them still being in this backfield could lead to success but if one of them takes the step further they could very easily be the Joe mixer in this offense this year and find themselves a lot of success the next player I wanted to talk about is Brian Thomas Jr. Brian Thomas Jr rookie wide receiver out of Louisiana State University someone that is currently via ESPN Wide Receiver 49 via sleeper wide receiver 46 via Wahu wide receiver 40 and Via Underdog fantasy wide receiver 41 he is a 6'3 wide receiver with 433 speed a 38 1/2 in vertical leap his final season at LSU 68 receptions 1,177 yards and 17 receiving touchdowns now I've talked about this adium over the course of this offseason and I'm going to continue to mention it because history suggests that first round selected wide receivers and that is exactly what Brian Thomas Jr is first round selected wide receivers going into their rookie year have a lot of potential for success since 2019 there have been 24 total rookie wide receivers who ranked amongst the top 36 in a half PPR scoring format of their own individual position that's 4.8 on average per season since 2019 throughout those five seasons of those 24 wide receivers 11 of them were first round selections so 46% of this group from the you know first round wide receiver selections now of those 11 wide receivers that were able to accomplish that there were 23 first round selected wide receivers over the course of the last five seasons so when we calculate the potential success rate of 11 of 23 that's only 48% not a great number but if we exclude injuries from Jameson Williams Johan doson trayon Burks cadarius Tony Rashad baitman Jaylen rer and nikil Harry all firstr selected wide receivers that in their rookie Seasons missed a significant amount of time due to injury it's actually 11 of 16 which is a 69% success rate nearly 70% 7even out of every 10 I mean with seven potential first- round wide receivers selected this year there is a chance that five of the seven end up finishing within the top 36 rankings just based on history of the you know last five seasons of fantasy football that have transpired now when we look at first round wide receivers that played a minimum of 15 games in their rookie season those wide receivers averaged 114 targets 72 receptions 955 receiving yards six touchdowns and 167.5 three fantasy points and luckily for Brian Thomas Jr he has no extensive injury history the only thing that he has is one concussion over the course of the last couple Seasons now if we focus on the idea of playing 15 games minimum within your rookie year since 2019 there were 13 rookie wide receivers that were selected in the first round who were able to accomplish that 10 of those 13 found top 36 success within the rookie season 77% success rate so all the numbers are positively looking in the direction of someone like Brian Thomas Jr who is the next Calvin Ridley of this offense Calvin Ridley last season from weeks 1 through 12 with Christian Kirk in the lineup averaging 6.91 targets per game 11.33 fantasy points per game and was the number 17 overall wide receiver now again I wanted to present the statistics that he presented with Christian Kirk in the lineup because again Christian Kirk missed a lot of time at the back end of the year and it gave Calvin Ridley more opportunity but with Calvin Ridley gone of course Brian Thomas Junior filling into his position and of course the return of Christian Kirk from his injury I'm just trying to give you an understanding as to what kind of opportunity and potential fantasy production we're going to see from someone like Brian Thomas Jr this year now even if we look at the 2022 Jacksonville Jaguars Z Jones within that offense weeks 1 through 18 7.56 targets per game 9.82 fantasy points per game in 2022 the Jacksonville Jaguars were able to support the number 11 wide receiver overall the number 26 wide receiver overall number six tight end and the number 17 overall running back and if in fact we continue with the healthy games that Z Jones participated in in 2023 he was still averaging 7.57 targets per game a full 17 game pace for that overall share of opportunity is 129 total targets so as we approach 2024 with no Calvin Ridley and no Z Jones there is a potential in which of course Brian Thomas J steps up now the primary threat to the potential upside of Brian Thomas is of course going to be Gabriel Davis he was signed to this team this offseason but honestly I'm not too afraid of the potential of Gabriel Davis the way I see it you wouldn't make a first round investment in someone like Brian Thomas Jr unless you knew that he was going to make an immediate impact considering the window that the Jacksonville Jaguars currently have with Trevor Lawrence so the way I see it with this offense being top 10 in terms of total passing attempts in each of the last two years under press Taylor their offensive coordinator 620 passing attempts and in the following following year after that 596 if we were to take 20% of the target share on a 600 passing attempt season that's 120 potential total targets going in the direction of Brian Thomas Jr this upcoming season which again would make him the number three receiving option behind Christian Kirk and of course Evan Ingram but still the number three getting himself over a 100 potential targets which again we have witnessed and seen from guys like Calvin Ridley a z Jones within this offense over the last couple years now if in fact you are worried about that potential number 120 targets being a little bit too high I would have to agree with you I think that it is a little bit overzealous for a rookie wide receiver but when we look at the history of fantasy football from 2019 to 2023 there were 11 wide receivers like I mentioned that finished within the top 36 rankings within the position their rookie year all of those wide receivers except for one were able to surpass 104 total targets that one wide receiver that wasn't able to was brand auk he had 96 total targets because he only played 12 healthy games that year so honestly the prior statistics could even be a higher potential for success in terms of the rate if in fact auk played a full year but nonetheless only four of those wide receivers had over 120 total targets which was Garrett Wilson Jaylen W Jamar Chase and Justin Jefferson so I don't obviously put Brian Thomas Jr to the kind of scale of those players I think Malik neighbors and of course M Harrison Jr are within that category and in that conversation so even if I reduce the potential of his Target share to 18% and getting himself 108 total Targets this year he still is going to be the number three receiving Target Target of this offense that is throwing the ball a bunch and can find himself even more upside going forward as a first round stud the next player I wanted to mention is a tight end by the name of John new Jonnu Smith Smith that is joining a new team of course within the Miami Dolphins organization last season as a member of the Atlanta Falcons was fantastic he finishes the number 17 overall tight end in a year in which we didn't anticipate as much production out of him in games in which he was given five or more targets last year averaging 9.14 fantasy points per game and he was able to set career highs in targets receptions and receiving yards and he was incredible in doing so so the question is why am I suggesting a tight end that is joining a new offense an offense that again doesn't really utilize the tight end position much Johnny Smith currently sitting at an ADP of on ESPN tight end 45 on sleeper 27 Yahoo 27 Underdog 24 why am I suggesting John new Smith I'd like to answer your question with my own question what do we know about the Miami Dolphins offense we know that among all teams last season they ranked last in terms of total tight end targets again 52 total is not great so why would they sign jnu Smith why would they bring in someone of his potential caliber and his playmaking ability if it wasn't for the fact that they were going to plan to utilize the tight end position far more in 2024 now Mike mcdel what do we know about him he is an Innovative play caller he is an offensive-minded head coach a former Run game coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers and of course is from the Kyle Shanahan coaching tree and what he likes to do within his offense is utilize speedsters we've mentioned it in Prior seasons and we'll continue to mention it the Miami Dolphins offense is a track team you have Tyreek Hill Jaylen W Raheem moard Devon hen and now you have one of the fastest tight ends in the National Football League in the form of jonu Smith last season jonu Smith tracked the third fastest tight end time in terms of total miles per hour amongst all tight ends since 2016 which was the creation of nextg stats he ran 21.15 mph in a game in which he had a screen pass away for 60 yards in a touchdown he's a former 4.6 40 yard dash speed kind of tight end he is a playmaker in last season like I mentioned he had a great year setting a lot of career highs but he was able to do so because of his efficiency in terms of plays after the catch and what do we know about Kyle Shanahan offenses Mike McDaniel offenses it's all about the yak yards after catch 7.3 Yak per reception last season number four among all tight ends with a minimum of 30 Targets number 11 in terms of yards per route run amongst all tight ends number seven in terms of total Yak amongst all tight ends yet he was number 17 overall if you give him more opportunity imagine the potential of success that we're going to find here and we've of course already heard Mike McDaniel talk highly about the potential of using Johnny Smith this year he said and I quote the following I think he brings physicality and a guy that really enjoys having the football in his hands and can do some really cool stuff with that he continued to talk about utilizing JN new Smith in different spaces of the field because the defenses that they're going to face are trying to stop Ty Hill jayen W and this great running game and if you also now have to worry about the potential of John new Smith I mean goodness gracious they're going to have their hands full and the way that I see it even though the Miami Dolphins you know gave their tight ends the least amount of opportunities last year amongst all teams what we have seen from Mike McDaniel is an evolution every single year he has expanded his coaching game as an offensive play caller every season in 2022 even though he was a run game coordinator he proved that he knew how to get the wide receiver position open he maintained that and in 2023 really started to build upon the running game which of course led to MIM moer and Devon Anan putting up incredible numbers and now he's only going to continue with expanding upon the tight end position something that Kyle Shanahan does every single season with George KD but he's going to do it in the form of John new Smith this year their current offensive coordinator Frank Smith a former tight ends coach in 2015 to 17 with the Bears and in 2018 to 2020 with the Raiders I'm anticipating a lot of utilization from JN new Smith I mean the utilization we saw in week two's overall preseason game against the Washington commanders with the first team offense was given two early targets from TU of ioa and even had a wide open potential touchdown that Tua threw onto the opposite side of the field to Craig craft who ended up scoring a touchdown but otherwise JN Smith was wide open not a single Defender within 10 yards of him would have walked into the end zone nonetheless the opportunity are going to be there I mean they lined him up in the back field they gave him a Jet Sweep within that overall game a touch pass forward that was technically a Target but they want to utilize him in multiple ways because he is an athletic receiving threat at the tight end position and even though he's not the greatest blocker and he's not going to be on the field every single down last season he wasn't either he only played 57.6 5% of the total snaps for Atlanta last season and from what we have seen from the Miami Dolphins last season they used at least one tight end on 95% of their total plays either 11 21 or 12 Personnel sets so even if dur SMI is gonna play there's still going to be a lot of opportunity for JN Smith to get on the field and be the number three receiving threat of this offense behind Tyreek Hill Jaylen WD JN new Smith could and should be the number three receiving threat a player that honestly you won't have to draft until very late in your upcoming draft his ADP is ridiculously high I mean again on ESPN 170 on sleeper 239.000 on Yahoo 125 on underdog varies it fluctuates but nonetheless Jon O Smith is a player that again I'm willing to hang my hat on as my number two tight end going into this year being an explosive potential play and getting himself into that top 15 hopefully top 12 conversation let's move on to the thumnail of today's episode it is khil Shakir of the Buffalo Bills now I Khalil Shakir haven't talked about Buffalo Bills wide receivers all off season primarily because I have been trying to figure out which of the three wide receivers khil Shakir Keon Coleman and of course Curtis Samuel that I want to back because again they're going to be throwing the ball a ton in Buffalo and it isn't only going to be going in the direction of James Cook and you know dton King Kade there are other offensive weapons that are going to be able to find themselves a lot of opportunity and success and I've gone ahead and keyed in on someone like Kil Shakir who based on ADP is wide receiver 57 on ESPN 53 on sleeper 54 on Yahoo and 53 on Underdog fantasy a wide receiver that last season from weeks 1 through 18 only averaged 2.65 five targets per game again not a great number at all but if you go ahead and break it down throughout different spectrums of time from weeks 1 through 7even last season he played less than 40% of the snaps every single game only played 218 snaps in those first seven games and only had nine targets but then we got to week eight and in every single game after that was getting himself a lot more opportunity in fact from week 8 through 20 when he played games of 65% of the snaps or more 10.32 fantasy points per game on average throughout those nine games amongst all wide receivers is the National Football League last season that had themselves a minimum of 30 targets khil Shakir had the number one highest catch rate of 86.7% additionally he was number seven amongst all wide receivers in yards per reception 15.7 number three amongst all wide receivers in terms of yak per reception 7.3 only behind guys like Debo Samuel and Rashi rice within that category so we know the kind of potential talent that khil Shakir can continue to develop on going into this upcoming season now again going into this year there isn't as much competition for him to get targets and yes he did not have very many targets last year but that's because of Stefon Diggs and Gabriel Davis both of them gone in fact when we take into account that Diggs Davis sherfield and Hardy are all gone that's a vacancy of 284 total targets 50% of their offense in terms of targets receptions receiving yards and receiving touchdowns are gone in the absence of those four receivers so again like I mentioned before it's not only going to be Cade that is going to get himself a lot of targets and yes they did end up drafting Coleman they did end up signing Curtis Samuel but Curtis Samuel is dealing with a turf toe injury and Coleman is a rookie and again he's a second round rookie the potential success rates in those capacities are not as shiny as those that of first round drafted wide receivers of the caliber of Brian Thomas Jr going into this upcoming season now in order to go from someone that was very rarely utilized in 2023 to someone that could be the number one receiving threat or potential Target of Josh Allen this upcoming season you're going to need his trust and amongst all wide receivers last season postseason or regular season with 30 targets minimum he was number one amongst all in terms of passer rating when targeted 141.5 KH Shakir was a dominant for us last year and we have heard Josh Allen speak very highly about him this offseason specifically said and I quote I'm excited to see him step into a bigger role within this offense we haven't asked him to do a lot over the year last couple years obviously last season in the second half of the year we incorporated him more into to our offense and you saw what he did very excited about his season coming up there is a rapport already built there and going into this upcoming season I think that amongst all of the potential receiving options of wide receivers on the Buffalo Bills khil Shakir has the highest potential to surpass 1,000 receiving yards and honestly it's not going to cost much to potentially get the number one wide receiver of the Buffalo Bills based on his current ADP of sitting at wide receiver 53 to 57 regardless of platform he's someone that I'm definitely going after this upcoming Jerome Ford season the final player I wanted to mention on today's episode is Jerome Ford starting running back of the Cleveland rats that is correct the starting running back because Nick chub is still recovering from that injury that of course tore his ACL MCL and miniscus a brutal injury that of course happened early last season in week two but still there is not a lot of information regarding the potential of Nick chub returning this year in being healthy so if he lands on the pup and he's going to miss somewhere between 6 to 8 weeks and even once he returns he's going to be slow from the first two three weeks that they get him Incorporated within this offense Jerome Ford should be the starting running back of this offense and justifies his current ADP sitting at RB 37 39 37 36 regardless of platform where I have him ranked amongst all running backs maybe the highest across the entire board in Industry so with so much value to be had in this backfield I mean we go back to 2020 to 2023 the last four seasons with Kevin stefansky as the head coach and offensive play caller of this team the Cleveland Browns have been in top seven every single year in running back opportunities opportunities being a combination of rushing attempts and of course targets at the running back position they have totaled 526 5113 526 and 504 in the last four seasons there is a lot of opportunity on the table and with opportunity comes success in fantasy football especially at the running back position last year Jerome Ford in the absence of Nick chub from weeks 2 through 17 as soon as Nick chub went down with an injury the guy was an Unstoppable Force he was the number 13 overall back in terms of total fantasy points and number 20 in terms of fantasy points per game on average he was averaging 12.23 per game with 15.13 touches per game and that was all with Kareem hunt getting himself opportunity 10.64% game throughout weeks 3 through 17 and 7.86 fantasy points per game we know that Ford going into this upcoming season regardless of Nick Chum's presence is the preferred receiving back coming off of a season of 60 targets and 41 receptions last season only going to continue to build upon it you're going to be potentially able to draft someone like Jerome Ford as an rb3 9 within your upcoming draft who could very easily be a top 24 performer for not only just the first eight weeks of the season in the absence of someone like Nick chub but potentially even further beyond that he reminds me of the value that Zach Moss presented to all of us early last season someone that we were able to get at the very back end of our drafts in the absence of Jonathan Taylor and if in fact Jonathan Taylor was going to you know hold out even further Zach Moss would have continued to be a stud for fantasy and carry our teams considering the fact that the clear Cleveland Browns have the third easiest strength of schedule amongst all running backs in terms of running back rushing statistics allowed from weeks 1 through seven of this upcoming season and the fact that there is still a chance that Nick chub may not even play this year you never know there's always a possibility of that for a run first offense that is going to continue to give their running backs a lot of opportunity I think where I have him ranked as rb30 overall is safe I mean shoot Kem hunt came off of the couch last year and from weeks 3 through 17 finishes RB 39 in only 14 games played worst case scenario he lives up to his ADP best case scenario you have the starting running back of the Cleveland Browns for the entirety of the 2024 season which of course like I mentioned earlier is top 20 upside if not better all right that's going to cover my seven must draft sleepers going into 2024 I want to thank you all for watching if you guys enjoyed today's content click the like button down below let me know down in the comment section what other sleepers are you targeting in your upcoming 2024 fantasy football drafts I appreciate y'all I'll be back tomorrow with another video that we produced last season once again we're going to talk about League winning upside players going into 2024 drafts thank you everybody for watching and until next time I'll see you guys peace [Music]