Fantasy Football 2024: Best Value Picks For The 2024 Fantasy Season
Published: Aug 25, 2024
Our own Andrew Cooper has spent the month scouring FFPC ADP and comparing it to other platforms in the industry. On this show, he not only highlights players he likes, but also players that are more affordable on FFPC than they are on other sites.
Whether you have your "big hometown league" this weekend or you're diving into your first high-stakes league, these are the picks that will help you take home the prize this year! And, if you are considering high stakes for the first time, use promo code ALARM when you sign up today over at MyFFPC.com to get $25 in credits when you place an entry of $35 or more!
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Speaking on ESPN Cleveland, Browns HC Kevin Stefanski said of the team’s QB competition “it’s not going to be everybody gets 25 percent of the reps, that’s not how it’s gonna be.”
Rather than dish out even reps to his quarterback room this offseason, Stefanski said the goal will be “to give everybody enough reps where we can learn more about them and prepare them to get ready to play.” While it’s possible things still shake out more evenly than what’s being suggested here, it’s worth pointing out that veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett could find themselves on the shorter end of reps as rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders are more likely to be the team’s long-term answer at the position. Stefanski will undoubtedly want to have his entire QB room prepared for the start of the season as he enters the season fresh off an underwhelming 2024 campaign that saw his team go 3-14, but giving two rookies ample reps in camp could bode well for his team’s outlook beyond this season.
Maxx Crosby said he’s playing at “100 percent and no hesitation” after undergoing ankle surgery.
Speaking at a press conference earlier in the week, Crosby said of his practice at Raiders camp, “It’s been incredible being out there with my teammates, just being able to fully be myself, not hesitate on any type of cut and just cut it loose.” The star pass rusher seems to be doing well after undergoing season-ending ankle surgery last season, and is hoping the team’s first year under Pete Carroll will bring better fortunes than last year’s 4-13 finish under Antonio Pierce. Crosby totaled 7.5 sacks for the Raiders in 12 games, but totaled 27 sacks and 45 TFLs in the previous two seasons combined. His being at 100 percent to start the season will be crucial to a defense that hopes to take a massive leap forward this season.
NBC Sports’ ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio reports Colts co-owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon, the late Jim Irsay’s oldest daughter, is expected to become the team’s new controlling owner.
Irsay-Gordon previously assumed control of the Colts during Irsay’s six-game suspension in 2014, perhaps setting a precedent along the way. Florio adds that Irsay-Gordon’s sisters, Casey Foyt and Kalen Jackson, will also remain co-owners, though their expected involvement has not yet been reported on.
The Times-Picayune’s Matthew Paras reports that Saints OT Trevor Penning took snaps at left guard during organized team activities.
Saints first-round rookie, OT Kelvin Banks Jr., is already taking repetitions at left tackle, which pushes last year’s first-round pick and starting left tackle, Taliese Fuaga over the the right tackle position. Penning, who manned the right tackle spot last year, will now evidently kick inside to left guard. Penning has failed to developed into a reliable pass protector through three NFL seasons but respectably earned a 70.1 PFF run-blocking grade last season. The Saints’ offensive line is rounding into form as an above-average unit.
The Athletic’s Zac Jackson reports that the Haslam Sports Group is asking for a $600 million loan from both the state and Cuyahoga County to build a new, indoor stadium for the Browns outside of Cleveland.
Per Jackson, “Gov. Mike DeWine has a June 30 deadline to sign the state budget into law,” though he must first wait for state Senate approval. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently joined Browns owner Jimmy Haslam for a meeting with DeWine and other state leaders to help secure public money, NBC Sports’ ProFootballTalk. Goodell proclaimed the theoretical Brook Park stadium “would clearly be Super Bowl material,” and would benefit Cleveland’s small businesses located roughly 20 minutes away. Although Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb intends to fight the move, per Jackson, “the team essentially said it will move forward even without the county’s support.” The desired new stadium would also host other events and can be viewed as an “entertainment complex.” For fantasy-point purposes, moving to an indoor stadium would have a positive impact on December games, leaving behind the at-times snowy environs of the Browns’ roofless Huntington Bank Field.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that the Lions can now “kickstart” contract negotiations with EDGE Aidan Hutchinson (leg), now fully cleared by the medical team.
Regarding the potential contract’s value, Rapoport said, “we’ll see where it ends up landing” in relation to Myles Garrett and the other top EDGE players. Top-tier players generally reset their positional market, in terms of average annual value, and Rapoport’s phrasing leaves some room for interpretation as to whether that will be the case here. Hutchinson is inarguably one of the best EDGE defenders in the league, but he is returning from a serious injury, having suffered season-ending tibia and fibula fractures in October 2024.