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The 2024 NFL Draft yielded plenty of exciting rookies with an opportunity to make a significant impact on your fantasy football teams. However, just because we have some fresh names in the player pool doesn’t mean there isn’t some untapped potential from the 2023 class.
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Here are six second-year players you will not want to ignore in your 2024 fantasy drafts. For posterity’s sake, I’ve omitted players like Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs and Puka Nacua, each of whom has earned a 2024 ADP inside the top two rounds of drafts so far this offseason.
I could have spent some time talking about Anthony Richardson here, but given that he was drafted as the QB2 off the board in our latest Yahoo mock draft, I’d say the odds of you “ignoring” him are quite slim. So, instead, I decided to shine some light on one of my favorite late-round sleepers.
Levis had an up-and-down rookie campaign, but it started off blazing hot, going 19-of-29 for 238 passing yards, 4 TDs and no INTs. That hype fizzled quickly enough (as did the rest of the Titans offense), but even so, there are some reasons to be pretty excited for the limited flashes he did show in his rookie season.
Tennessee’s front office made a concerted effort to upgrade just about every facet of the offense this offseason, signing C Lloyd Cushenberry (one of few prized centers in this FA class) while drafting OT J.C. Latham with the seventh overall pick in this year’s draft. They signed former Cowboys RB Tony Pollard for another element of explosion to pair with second-year RB Tyjae Spears (more on him in a moment!).
Finally, they made some massive upgrades to their receiving corps by signing free agents Calvin Ridley and Tyler Boyd. Now, with Treylon Burks likely working as their WR4, this offense might just have the gas to cook.
Levis has an absolute cannon of an arm and wasn’t afraid to show it as a rookie, leading all QBs with a 22.4% deep pass rate per PFF. Now that he…
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Author : Yahoo Sports
Publish date : 2024-07-18 15:46:02
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