Fantasy Football 2024: 4 players who need to have career years to justify their ADPs

When I set out to write this article, I promise I didn’t intend to make a list exclusively filled with players from the 2022 draft class. Although, considering I still hold a candle for Jameson Williams and Jahan Dotson, I may have a mild obsession with the 2022 class as a whole.

In truth, it’s pure coincidence that four third-year players have significant rises in their 2024 ADPs and must have career years to justify them … but, is it truly a coincidence?

In recent years, we’ve been blessed with rookies who break out immediately — Puka Nacua, Justin Jefferson and Ja’Marr Chase, to name a few. We’ve been spoiled! But before these sensational rookie breakouts, we’d seek Year 3 breakouts.

Don’t be jaded by recent rookie success; the Year 3 breakout is still very real. Nico Collins proved that in 2023.

This year, we have several players who have seen rises in their ADPs due to their huge breakout potential. Let’s discuss what we need to see from these players for them to pay off at their current draft positions.

To be very clear, this list isn’t meant to dissuade you from drafting any of these players. It’s to help you understand the type of production needed and the level of risk associated with drafting them at their potential ceiling.

No player exemplifies that more in my eyes than Drake London.

As a fantasy football manager, there is absolutely nothing that anyone can say to talk me out of drafting London. As a fantasy analyst, the reality is that we’re asking for the best-case scenario for London; what we’re really asking for is for Kirk Cousins to recreate a Justin Jefferson-Lite in Atlanta.

Through the first two years of his career, London has failed to reach 1,000 receiving yards and has a total of six receiving touchdowns. The lack of production has been understandable with Marcus Mariota, Desmond Ridder and Taylor Heinicke at quarterback. Despite these struggles, London has shown elite potential and Cousins is a significant upgrade at…

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Publish date : 2024-08-08 16:43:32

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