2024 Fantasy Football: 10 Players We’re Avoiding in Fantasy Football Drafts

We’re in the middle of fantasy football draft season as we count down the days until the NFL season starts. We’re looking at 10 players that you should avoid in your drafts based on where they are currently being drafted. 

Cooper Kupp

After a historic 2021 campaign, Cooper Kupp has struggled to stay healthy the last two seasons and has seen his performance take a hit as a result. Kupp’s still being drafted in fantasy drafts as if he’s just coming off that 2021 campaign and being two years removed, having Puka Nacua taking over the top role in that offense, Kupp is a fade for us. 

Kyren Williams

Sean McVay has been having Kyren Williams doing punt returns in practice & has been on record that he’s very high on rookie Blake Corum. This spells trouble for the third year back who exploded onto the scene last year leading the league in rushing yards per game. We think Kyren’s going to have to be in more of a committee role and not the every down back he was last year. 

Nico Collins

Collins had his best year last year with almost 1,300 yards receiving. We expect Collins and the entire offense to only improve from where they were last year. The improvement is going to be a collective effort and not dialed in on Collins alone. Collins was able to thrive last year so well as Dell missed some time & there was not another big threat for targets. With Diggs in the picture, Dell healthy, & a legitimate running back, Collins is not going to be a top 15 receiver which is where he’s currently being drafted. We favor receivers like DK Metcalf, Devonta Smith, Deebo Samuel, or Brandon Aiyuk over Nico Collins. If you are able to get Tank Dell instead who is being drafted around WR #35, this would be the much better bargain and use the picks in between there on other players instead. 

Jalen Hurts

A big reason for the success of Jalen Hurts as a top 3 fantasy player was his rushing touchdowns & yards that he racked up. A key reason that Hurts was able to put up 15 rushing touchdowns was all-pro center Jason Kelce. With Kelce retired, the tush push that helped get him so many touchdowns is going to be much more difficult to convert. We’re expecting Hurts’ running stats to decline and ultimately his fantasy value as a top 3 quarterback. 

Derrick Henry

Being a workhorse since 2018, Derrick Henry is still fighting father time. Henry gets a change of pace where he finally won’t have to do it all. With Lamar Jackson being practically a running back himself, Henry is going to see a big lift off his shoulders and should expect his stats to decline. Henry should still have another year or two under his belt as a starter, but he’s being drafted in the first 2 rounds of fantasy leagues and there’s multiple backs we like higher than him who have a lot more upside. 

Keenan Allen

The 11 year veteran, 6 time pro bowler begins the next chapter of his career with his second team in Chicago. Allen still had a solid season last year despite missing 4 games due to injury. Hopefully, he can stay healthy, but with Chicago now, he’s not the top receiver for one of the first times in his lengthy career. Caleb Williams has a plethora of weapons at his disposal and that means that Keenan Allen is going to get pushed down that list. 

Zamir White

Zamir White’s situation feels a lot like the situation with Alexander Mattison who is actually now White’s teammate. Last year, Mattison got the starting role in Minnesota after 4 years of coming off the bench and he was extremely underwhelming finishing with only 700 rushing yards and zero rushing touchdowns. White now gets the starting job in Vegas, but the situation is very similar where Jacobs is out of the picture, poor offensive situation, and we think it’s just not going to go as well as many would like. 

Joe Burrow

Joe Burrow is currently being ranked as QB#7 in fantasy. We can agree with this sentiment if Ja’Marr Chase plays the full season, but odds are he most likely will not and Burrow will end up somewhere around the QB#10 spot. This uncertainty mixed with the gap between QB#7 and QB#14 is much smaller than the gap between any other position in fantasy. You’re going to get a better value with a quarterback like Jared Goff or Brock Purdy than reaching for Burrow at #7 and the pick would be better used on a positional player where you would be drafting Burrow. 

Cole Kmet

The Bears have added so much talent that Cole Kmet’s red zone targets are going to dramatically decrease. The touchdowns is what kept Kmet fantasy relevant and losing this is going to decrease his fantasy value significantly. 

Drake London

In 2 seasons, Drake London has failed to eclipse 1,000 yards in receiving. London’s going to hit that mark in year 3 with Kirk Cousins as his quarterback, but that doesn’t justify catapulting him up to fantasy WR#15 in the rankings. There are several wide receivers that are more reliable like Chris Olave, DK Metcalf, or Devonta Smith who are better picks.