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Fantasy Football: League-winning wide receivers for 2024
Some players are heavily rostered on fantasy playoff and championship teams each season, ranging from first-round picks to players who weren’t drafted and everywhere in between. Still, several of the best performers were picked in the second, third and fourth rounds. These league winner articles aim to identify the players from those rounds that are most likely to help their fantasy football managers to victory in 2024.
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Ranking the NFL’s best red-zone offenses and defenses from 2023
An important facet of the NFL is how teams perform in the red zone. The condensed part of the field is where games are won and lost, with the majority of points being scored from inside the 20-yard line — be it through a touchdown or a field goal.
The most successful offenses are the ones that find ways to stay on script and convert those opportunities into points, and the best defenses find ways to stall opponents deep in that area. Here were the NFL’s top units on both sides of the ball during the 2023 season.
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Fantasy Football: Darkhorse candidates to finish as QB1 in 2024
The obvious choices to finish as the overall QB1 for fantasy are already going inside the top five at their position in terms of ADP, but before those players became the obvious choices, they were being drafted well outside of that range. This list will look at some candidates going outside the top-five quarterbacks in ADP and highlight what they need to do in 2024 to finish as the top players at their position.
These are darkhorse candidates after all, so the path to QB1 isn’t going to be easy, but by looking back at what the recipe for success was for those that have been there before, we can try and find the guys that check a lot of similar boxes and have the best shot to make it.
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Highest-graded NFL pass-rushers by pass-rush move from 2023
When it comes to harassing quarterbacks and destroying pockets, elite pass-rushers don’t lack creativity. Some craft moves so artful they pave the way to championships (see: Dwight Freeney’s spin or Von Miller’s ghost move), while others develop an entire bag of tricks.
These are the NFL’s highest-graded pass rushers by pass-rush move from the 2023 season.
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Fantasy Football: Examining star players who underperformed in 2023
Season-to-season volatility is a routine fantasy football occurrence, though dips in play can sometimes signal a permanent decrease in ability. Both outcomes frequently result in decreased average draft positions (ADP) the following season, so identifying a potential return to form gives savvy fantasy managers a significant advantage over skittish opponents. The article below examines three NFL star players who underperformed as fantasy football assets in both half-point-per-reception (half-PPR) and PPR scoring formats in 2023 and explains why a return to stardom in 2024 is expected.
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