How should fantasy football managers draft the stars of the NFL Conference Championships in 2024?

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson had some up and down fantasy performances before turning it on late in 2023 season, setting him up to take a step forward next season. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

With Championship Sunday almost here, the anticipation is real for the battles between the final four teams fighting for a trip to the Super Bowl. There is also the reality that there are just three more NFL games for the next nearly eight months. The end is near, yet the 2024 NFL season will be here soon enough — football as we know, never stops.

Free agency, the QB carousel and the draft will keep us company for the next several months before OTAs and training camp take over. Can you feel the warmth of summer already? OK, maybe that’s a little too fast for those still shoveling snow.

Since these four teams — the Baltimore Ravens, Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers — are littered with top fantasy performers, now is a good time to start asking some fantasy-specific questions that look ahead to the 2024 season.

Do the Detroit Lions have multiple first-round picks in fantasy drafts?

They already do. Sort of.

Amigo Andy Behrens made a way-too-early 2024 mock draft and had Amon-Ra St. Brown going 10th and Jahmyr Gibbs 12th. Hardly anyone would bat an eye at this, because the Lions are one of the most high-powered offenses in the NFL. Jared Goff was QB7 on the season, Detroit has one of the best offensive lines in football and the Lions were fourth in the NFL with 461 points scored. St. Brown and Gibbs were two of the engines driving the train.

The Sun God hit 100 receiving yards and/or scored a touchdown in 14 of 18 games this season, and was fifth overall with 164 targets even though he missed a game. This sustained dominance is rare, especially for a 2021 fourth-round pick out of USC. Still, it’s no small wonder that he finished as the WR3 on the season and is firmly entrenched as one of the…

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Publish date : 2024-01-26 15:53:28

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