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Sometimes, the best picks of your fantasy football drafts are the ones you never make, and those are the ones we’re here to discuss today. There are a number of reasons you might fade a player, whether you don’t believe they’ll have a pathway to opportunity, projected inconsistencies or, perhaps, you just don’t feel a player will return enough value for where they’re being drafted.
Most of the players on this list fall into the latter bucket — players that I might really like in 2024 fantasy football leagues if their draft cost was less significant.
Without further ado, I present to you my picks for the All-Fade Fantasy Team in 2024.
Is C.J. Stroud already a top-five NFL quarterback? You could argue even heading into Year 2 that the answer is a resounding “yes” coming off a season where he fell just 266 yards shy of Andrew Luck’s rookie passing yard record. However, Stroud’s lack of rushing upside (which translates to a lack of upside for fantasy) has me out on him at his current ADP in the fourth round of 12-team Yahoo drafts.
It’s difficult to fade Stroud given the strength of his receiving corps; the opportunity to throw to the trio of Nico Collins, Stefon Diggs and Tank Dell is nothing to scoff at, and it should lead to continued efficiency in the passing game, and likely, an increase in touchdown production. But will it be enough to make up the lack of edge he gives in terms of rushing?
Keep in mind that there have been just two quarterbacks to finish top five at the position with fewer than 200 rushing yards over the past five seasons, including Tom Brady (2021) and Aaron Rodgers (2021, 2020). Stroud, meanwhile, has never rushed for over 200 yards in a single season (even dating back to high school). As much as I hate fading a guy I could reasonably see finishing as the real-life NFL MVP in my fantasy leagues, there’s just not a high-enough likelihood that he returns significant value being drafted as early as he is.
I’d prefer spending up a round earlier on…
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Publish date : 2024-08-15 18:43:01
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