Okay, so I wanted to get into fantasy football this year, but I didn’t really know where to start. I mean, there are so many players and so much information out there. It’s pretty overwhelming, you know?
So first, I started looking around for rankings. Just to get an idea of who’s supposed to be good this season. I found a bunch of different sites, each with their own lists. Some of them were talking about these guys named Jamey Eisenberg, Dave Richard, and Heath Cummings. I guess they’re like the big shots of fantasy football rankings? I checked out their lists, and then some others, called “consensus rankings.”
- I saw that a lot of them had this Christian McCaffrey guy at the top. He’s a running back for the 49ers. His stats were wild, like 256 rush attempts, 1229 rushing yards, 11 rushing touchdowns with average 4.8 yards.
- I figured he must be a pretty big deal. But I also saw that every site had different opinions, so it wasn’t super clear-cut.
Then I found out that you can actually get rankings tailored to your specific league. It’s not just about a standard league, you enter some details, and they give you a list that’s supposed to be better for your settings. That sounded pretty useful. I mean, who wants to follow a list that’s not even relevant to their league, right?
Diving Deeper into the Top 150
After that, I stumbled upon this “Top 150” thing. It’s basically a giant list of the 150 players they think will be the best in 2024. They said you can use it for something called “best ball” or regular “redraft” leagues. Honestly, I’m still not 100% sure what all that means, but I figured it was a good starting point. I started looking through the list, trying to recognize some names. It was tough, but I did see some familiar faces.
Finally, I found a place that had a lot of updated rankings, and it looked pretty official because it was on the NFL’s website. It had tags like “Fantasy Sports,” “Top Ranked NFL Fantasy Players,” and “Best NFL Players.” I figured that was a good sign, so I spent some time browsing through their lists too. It was pretty cool to see how they ranked everyone and to think about how I might use that info for my own team.
Honestly, it was a lot to take in, but I feel like I have a better grasp on things now. I’m still a total newbie, but at least I know where to look for information and how to start thinking about building my team. It’s a process, but it’s been fun so far!