Fantasy Football: 9 players with a favorable schedule to start 2024

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At 4for4, we take using strength of schedule to a different level with our signature metric, schedule-adjusted fantasy points allowed, or aFPA. By removing schedule bias, we can level the playing field and compare matchups in an apples-to-apples manner.

Making decisions on who to draft at ADP can come down to several factors, but for this article, I’ll point out some players who have an easier start to the season than others so that you can maximize points right out of the gate.

By ensuring a solid start to the year in your fantasy football leagues, beginning 3-1 or 4-0, we can vastly increase our odds of making it to the fantasy promised land in the cold months of winter: the playoffs.

In a fantasy football league where six teams out of 12 make the playoffs, there’s a 92% chance of making the playoffs if you start 4-0; conversely, if you start 0-4, your odds are 9%.

I omitted elite players whom you’d be drafting anyway and focused more on the middle-to-late-round guys who we sometimes have difficulty distinguishing from one another.

Jared Goff, Lions (Yahoo ADP: 105.3)

Detroit strength of schedule

He’s not the spiciest of QBs and doesn’t get you the rushing upside of some other signal callers, but Jared Goff has a ton of talented weapons and is fairly inexpensive. Goff was the QB7 in overall fantasy points last season and has a pretty sweet schedule to start off 2024.

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The Lions have an early bye in Week 5 but start out with the Rams, Buccaneers and Cardinals, who were 28th, 29th and 23rd, respectively, in QB aFPA last year. Goff pairs well with someone like Brock Purdy, who has the opposite strength of schedule.

Goff’s being drafted seven positional spots later than where he finished off last season with no downgrades in the O-line or supporting cast, so he also presents some value.

Jerome Ford, Browns (Yahoo ADP: 121.8)

Cleveland strength of schedule

With Nick Chubb set to…

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Publish date : 2024-08-27 16:02:58

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