10 Hot Takes For The 2024 Fantasy Football Season

what is up everyone it's Quinn here and in today's video I'm going to be going through 10 fantasy football hot takes for the 2024 season so the last few days I have posted my positional rankings My overall rankings and before I jumped into my week one content I just wanted to throw a fun video out there going through some hot takes kind of planting some Flags this fantasy football season both on certain positions and then also just some player specific hot takes so if you guys enjoy the video hit that like button subscribe to the channel let me know thoughts down below any questions would love to hear them we'll make sure to get back to you and if you guys want to drop your own fantasy football hot takes in the comment section I would love to hear them um so let me know down below but let's Dive Right into my first hot take and if you guys have been watching the channel you know it's no secret that I really like this rookie wide receiver class especially in redraft and so my first hot take is that we are going to get three rookie wide receivers to finish in the top 15 at the position I think this is a very unique rookie class where you had a very strong group of prospects it was a deep wide receiver class but also the majority of these guys received fun landing spots so it wasn't just talented players going to like hopeless situations you had talented players that were also Landing in solid spots good offenses solid quarterback play and so what I think when we're looking at the wide receivers who could hit this top 15 number the first one we have to talk about here is obviously Marvin Harrison Jr I think he has the best shot of finishing in the top 15 obviously a great Prospect got great draft Capital but also has a really strong landing spot with the Cardinals so I have him ranked I believe as my wide receiver nine I'm predicting you know straight up he finishes in the top 15 so Marv would be the first guy to be looking at here then Malik neighbors is also someone who I think has top 15 upside I know a lot of people aren't super in on him because the landing spot is definitely not great Giants offense being paired with Daniel Jones but I do think the talent could just win out here one guy that I keep talking about as like a rookie year comparison would be a Jaylen Wadd where Jaylen wd's rookie season like this Dolphins passing attack was not good they just threw him a ton of volume he wasn't you know overly efficient he wasn't ripping off big plays every week but the volume carried him to like that you know high-end wide receiver 2 season so I think that's definitely in the cards for leik neighbors and then I think there are just multiple other players that in like Peak Seasons Peak outcomes could be top 15 options for Fantasy you have a lot of guys who could be wide receiver ones on good offenses with good quarterback play I think Xavier Worthy's in that mix Brian Thomas Jr Keon Coleman lad mccon you could also just have like a boom from this Bears offense and you have like DJ Moore and romad dun both as top 15 options so I think it's definitely bold to say that three of these dudes could be top 15 but I feel like if it were to happen in any specific year this is a good one for it just based on the depth of talent and then also some of the elite Landing spots these guys did receive so that's my first hot take the second one is also going to be like a position hot take and I think we are going to see at least five tight ends average 14 plus PPR points per game we have not seen this happen since 2016 and I actually wouldn't be shocked if it didn't happen at all since then so 2016 we had a huge Boom at the tight end position I think we could see that again here in um 2024 and I think heading into this season it's Unique because we don't have like one clear Elite High upside tight end like in previous Seasons you normally had at least one tight end locked into the first round or two you know recently that has been Travis Kel also grank when he was in his prime but we don't really have that this year like maybe Kelsey leaport like sneak in at the back end of round two but I don't think either of those dudes are like guaranteed 16 17 18 plus points per game which is kind of what you've been expecting from the tight end one in recent years but I think there was a really strong amount of depth at the top of the tight end position we saw Kelce and Sam lorta both hit 14 plus points per game last year not crazy to see them you know repeat that production in 2024 once Trey McBride became a full-time starter he averaged 15 PPR points per game um to close out the season if you remove Mark Andrews final regular season game he would have been at 14 plus then you have guys like DTA concade who could take a year two leap you know potential number one weapon for Josh Allen you have Kyle pittz who's proven he's talented finally has the quarterback play if Brandon iuk gets traded I think we could see that 14 plus Point per game upside for George KD and then you have a guy like Brock Bowers who you know maybe the offense doesn't look great but maybe Devonte Adams goes down maybe Devonte Adams gets traded and you just have Bowers you know performing like an absolute stud right out of the gates and then you have other options like I think David and joku is talented enough in the right situation maybe jamus Winston at quarterback you know if deshun Watson goes down where he could hit that number you have a guy like Jake Ferguson who I think could get there through a big touchdown season so I think a lot of these guys are in the mix to have solid upside this year so I think we could see at least five of these dudes hit that 14 plus PPR Point per game number and then the third hot take is going to be my last like positional one and it is going to be that 10 quarterbacks will average 20 or more points per game using four point per uh passing touchdown and this has only happened once in the last 10 years that was 2020 just like I talked about the tight ends it might be the only time this has happened having you know 10 or more tight ends with 20 plus points per game I just think the quarterback position has so much depth this season the consensus top four with Josh Allen Jaylen Herz Patrick Mahomes Lamar Jackson I think we're all expecting those guys to be 20 plus Point per game options I would throw Richardson in there as long as he can stay healthy with the rushing upside on this offense I think he's a 20 plus Point per game guy I think CJ strad could definitely get there you know in a leap in year two more passing volume better weapons Kyler's already done it twice so he's definitely in the mix burrow and Dak have also hit 20 plus Point per game Seasons Jordan love could take a leap in year two as the um starter you have rookies like Caleb Williams he has the weapons Jaden Daniels has the legs to get there as a rookie quarterbacks and then there are just so many depth options who like in boom Years big touchdown Seasons could also get there Brock py Justin Herbert Trevor Lawrence Jared gof Tua Kirk Cousins Stafford Rogers Fields if he takes over as the starter you know early on in the season so I do think there are a lot of these quarterbacks up there that could give you 20 plus and I just think this is going to be a really deep year at the quarterback position now starting to get into some of the player specific hot takes my fourth one here is going to be that Devon Anan finishes as a top three running back if I had to make a list of like my guys heading into this fantasy football season Devon Anan would probably be like the number one dude some are fading him because of R he moster others are fading him because of his size he's not you know the Workhorse back who's like 510 to 6 foot like 220 plus pounds that's not Devon Anan and I'm not expecting him to be that but I want to go all in on the dude who has a rookie was the running back five in points per game on a sub 50% opportunity share like do you guys understand how difficult that is to put up like 17 plus points per game 20 plus points per game when he was the starter or or the games where he was healthy on less than 50% of the offense that is insane I understand he's like 100% an outlier he is not the prototypical Workhorse but he is a dream fit in the Mike McDaniel offense we know the efficiency is going to be there he's bound to regress you know negatively in terms of his like yards per carry cuz it was just insane last season but he's still going to be one of the most efficient running backs in the NFL the touchdown upside is going to be there even without him you know pounding it in on goal line he still scored 11 touchdowns in 11 games last season he has a ton of big playup side and I also think there's room to grow in the receiving department so like I mentioned he averaged over 20 points per game in his healthy matchups I think like a league winning 22 plus Point per game season is definitely in the cards I have him ranked as high as my running back five um which is definitely much higher than consensus so I'm going to be very invested in him this season and I definitely think he could be a top three running back now my next player I guess hot take is going to be that Kyler Murray finishes as a top three fantasy quarterback I think he is my favorite value at the quarterback position this year in 2020 and 2021 Kyler was the quarterback three and the quarterback four in points per game this is the best group of weapons he's had you know in his entire NFL career paired with Marvin Harrison Jr Trey McBride who absolutely broke out once Kyler Murray you know took over last year coming off the Tor ACL he is now a full season removed from having that Tor ACL which means the rushing upside should be better this year he's already flashed some really strong rushing upside so I feel like he just checks all the boxes for a high upside fantasy quarterback and I do think top three is in his range of outcomes my hot take number six is going to be that Jonathan Brooks is a top 10 run running back in the last like half of the season the last eight games I think a lot of people are going to be fading him because he is going to be missing the first four games of this season at least um recovering from his torn ACL and I think it's clear the Panthers are Slow Rolling him they probably know they're not going to be like Super Bowl contenders this year so you draft a running back in round two you probably don't want to you know just give him this monster workload right off of TCL it doesn't make a ton of sense so I think they're definitely playing the long game here but it'll be about 11 months um removed from the torl if he's able to come back in week five and then you're expecting some sort of like ramp up period you know week six week seven week eight you know easing him into the offense I don't think they're just going to dump the rb1 roll on him right away but I really do think he can be a League winner with Dave Canalis as the head coach Dave Canales came into the Bucks last year as the offensive coordinator he wildly outperformed expectations he also fed Rashad white as a Workhorse we're heading into the season Rashad white was like this dead zone back kind of like an ambiguous situation Dave Canal is just absolutely force fed him I think Jonathan Brooks is a better player than Rashad white he is a talented round two pick he has three down skill set and if I am going to bet on someone coming off a 20 like the first year back it would be someone who's a good athlete and someone who is Young Jonathan Brooks checks both of those boxes so I think he's going to be someone you do want on your team late in the season so I think he's a top 10 running back to end the year the second half now my seventh prediction is just going to be I guess throwing some darts on some rookies outperforming the veteran options so I think Brian Thomas Jr is going to outproduce Christian Kirk and I think romad dun is going to outproduce Keenan Allen I know a lot of people are kind of like married to these veterans they've given you the production Christian Kirk was solid last year Keenan Allen was an absolute monster last season but I think it's time for the young blood to come in and kind of take over and outperform these guys so you have Christian Kirk who it looks like he is not going to be in two wide receiver sets that is going to be Brian Thomas Jr and it is going to be Gabe Davis this is something we saw last season in the preseason and it carried into week one where Christian Kirk completely flopped but Z Jones got injured in week two so Z Jones was out of the picture Christian Kirk then stepped into those two wide receiver sets if that did not happen and Z Jones stayed healthy I think chrisan Kirk would have had a much different um 2023 season I think Brian Thomas Jr is a great fit with Trevor Lawrence I think he's going to be their wide receiver one so I do think he is the better pick over Christian Kirk and then with Roma dun over Keenan Allen you look at Keenan Allen he's getting up there in age 32 years old this is a new situation he's not extended beyond the season the Bears just invested you know Elite draft capital in Roman dun he's a great Prospect and I do just think it's only a matter of time before he uh overtakes Keenan Allen on this step chart now my eighth hot take is going to be that Justin Fields starts more than half of these Steelers games and I think in the games he starts he is going to average over 20 points per game so they came out they named Russell Wilson as the week one starter but I definitely don't think this is like some sort of you know secure starting spot here Russell Wilson is pretty far removed from his Prime at this point the Steelers offensive line really struggled in the preseason Russ is really Limited at this point in his career when he has to you know work out of structure the mobility is not there it's like he still tries to be mobile you know tries to do what he had in his prime but it just does not go well I think Fields you know will get a shot to start at some point in this season and I think he at least has enough upside enough Mobility where he might be able to retain the job and I also feel like you go into the season you start Russ like with Russ's like veteran status if you pull him like that might just be wraps like I feel like if he's done it might just be rolling with fields for the rest of the season and like figuring out what you have with him unless Fields completely like self-destructs I think he'll be able to maintain it he has the rushing ceiling um not a lot of guys can match that he hit a 20 plus Point per game season in 2022 so I think he'll get his shot and I think fantasy-wise he'll be a solid option not saying he's going to be some World beater for the Steelers not saying he's going to like lead them to the playoffs or anything but fantasy-wise and being like just fine enough to keep the job I feel like he can get that done now my hot take number nine is going to be that Greg doul and Ben cinate are top 10 tight ends over the second half of the season so these are guys that in most leagues are going undrafted some of you may have not even heard these dudes names but they are two of my favorite younger tight end options Greg doul was a rookie in 2022 and he was pretty impressive he missed the first five games of the season so it's tough for a rookie to come in you know produce after not getting that time in the preseason training camp missing the early part of the Season he scored double digit PPR points in five of his 10 games and that was on a really really bad Broncos offense and he did it while only scoring two touchdowns so it's not like he was you know going two for 20 with a touchdown and hitting 10 PPR points per game he was racking up some solid yardage games really worked his way into this offense the problem with Greg doul is that hamstring strains have just been an absolute killer for him that's why he missed the first five games of his rookie year it is what ended his rookie season I think two games early and it's also what led to him only playing two games last year so that is a massive concern we hear about the hamstrings with Christian Watson it is as bad or even worse for Greg doul here but the talent is there if he can stay healthy this group does not have a ton of weapons with the Broncos I think he has like number two target upside within this Broncos offense and you know you have Shawn pton there Bo Knicks has looked really good in preseason maybe there's a little bit of upside there also um and then we look at Ben cinate his profile has a lot of similarities to Sam laort where they're both good athletes both were round two picks both had solid College production and we know Sam leapor went out absolutely bald out in year one now expecting you know Cate to come anywhere close to that is very unrealistic it's not the same type of offense but I think early in the season it might be buried behind or splitting reps with Zack Herz but we saw a similar thing last year with Trey McBride where McBride was pretty much irrelevant he ends up overtaking Zack Herz and then he comes out and is like a 15 PPR Point per game guy so behind Tera mclen there's not a clear number two weapon maybe s it steps up and is a nice tight end option to close out the season and then my final hot take hot take number 10 it is going to be that Trevor Lawrence and Justin Herbert both finish as top 10 tight ends if you're punching the quarterback position you're not going after like burrow Dak love you're getting past like Caleb Williams Jaden Daniels Trevor Lawrence and Justin Herbert are like two of my favorite lat around targets Lawrence is being drafted as the quarterback 16 Herbert's being drafted as the quarterback 17 and starting off here at Trevor Lawrence it seems like he's been somewhat disappointing for Fantasy but he's still been the quarterback 12 and the Quarterback 13 in points per game over the past two seasons I like the weapons he has Brian Thomas Jr Christian Kirk Evan Travis etn Gabe Davis that's a solid unit he has a decent rushing floor and I don't even think he's come close to his um you know passing production ceiling and then for Justin Herbert this bet is not all that complicated I just think he is very very good at football and he has been very very good for Fantasy as a rookie he averaged 22.2 points per game everyone knows how amazing CJ strad was last year CJ strad averaged 18.4 points per game so Herbert outproduced him as a rookie by nearly four points per game um he was the quarterback two in points per game in his second season he was the quarterback seven in points per game last year despite uh losing Mike Williams early on in the season and also played through a fractured finger so the weapons are like undeniably not good this year you've got like lad mcon um Joshua palmer but I just think he's good enough can play his way into the top 10 and I also think he has a little bit of untapped rushing upside like Justin Herbert is a great athlete his tendency is just not to take off and run like rushing is a lot more tendency based than it is just pure athleticism but I think you know near the goal line they could get him involved a little bit more I just think there are ways where Justin Herbert's ability can carry him to a top 10 fantasy season so that is going to wrap it up for my 10 hot takes this year let me know your thoughts like I said at the top if you want to drop your own I would love to hear them but thank you all for stopping by and I will see you in the next one