The addition of Jayden Daniels has made the NFC East even more exciting for the 2024 season from a fantasy football perspective.
Appropriately Daniels joins CeeDee Lamb, Devin Singletary, A.J. Brown, and DeVonta Smith in our NFC East bold predictions for the upcoming year.
What Are Our Bold Predictions for All Four NFC East Teams?
Dallas Cowboys: CeeDee Lamb Tops Cooper Kupp’s 2021 Season
In 2021, Cooper Kupp averaged 25.9 fantasy points per game. It is the greatest fantasy season by a WR of all time. If anyone is ever going to top it, CeeDee Lamb in 2024 fits the bill.
Lamb could not be better positioned for a truly monster season. The Cowboys have one of the best offenses in the league. Lamb is the unquestioned No. 1 WR, and they have very little in the way of offensive threats beyond him. Their running backs are an old, declining Ezekiel Elliott and a rotational back in Rico Dowdle. This is going to be a pass-heavy offense.
What if the run game is so abysmal that the Cowboys let Dak Prescott attempt nearly 700 passes? Lamb averaged 23.7 PPG last season. He needs 2.3 PPG more to overtake Kupp. If he can turn last year’s 135 receptions for 1,749 yards and 12 touchdowns into 150 catches for 1,900 yards and 16 touchdowns, plus a little extra on the ground, he can do it.
New York Giants: Devin Singletary ‘Volumes’ His Way to a High-RB2 Finish
Fantasy managers can acquire the services of Devin Singletary for the low cost of RB36. Who wouldn’t love their low-RB3 to produce mid-RB2 or better numbers?
During training camp, every player is the best, especially rookies — especially Day 3 rookies. Every Day 3 running back darling shows out and seems ready to threaten the starter. That’s where we’re at with Tyrone Tracy Jr.
But Tracy is still a fifth-round rookie, while Devin Singletary is coming off a season where he went from seldom-used backup to taking Dameon Pierce’s job. Now, he’s reunited with his former offensive coordinator, Brian Daboll.
I am extremely confident that Daniel Jones will get benched at some point this season, likely in the early going. Drew Lock is less mobile than Jones and more apt to check the ball down to Singletary. We could be looking at 13-15 carries and 3-4 targets per game for Singletary. It won’t be pretty, but Singletary could end up being an incredible value at cost this season.
Philadelphia Eagles: DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown Both Finish as WR1s
Is this bold enough? Eh, let’s roll with it. Yes, DeVonta Smith did average 15.0 fantasy points per game in 2022, putting him perilously close to WR1 territory. But he didn’t get there! Meanwhile, A.J. Brown has finished as the overall WR8 in each of the past two seasons.
I guess this looks bolder when you consider that Smith was merely the overall WR20 last season. Also, how many people think Jalen Hurts can support two fantasy WR1s, especially in light of how he performed as a passer last season? Smith’s ADP certainly doesn’t think so, as he is going around WR22.
It could happen, though. The Eagles coaching staff is well aware that their offense did not perform up to standards over the second half of last season. To help remedy that, they brought in former Cowboys and Chargers coordinator Kellen Moore.
Look for Moore to utilize more pre-snap motion and put both Brown and Smith in advantageous positions as frequently as possible. He is going to make it easy for Hurts to find Philadelphia’s top two pass catchers, propelling both to WR1 seasons.
Washington Commanders: Jayden Daniels Finishes Inside the Top 5 Fantasy QBs
I don’t think this is even that bold. But since Jayden Daniels is being drafted as the QB13, a top-five finish has to count.
How can Daniels get inside the top five? It’s not that far-fetched; he just needs to run like he did in college.
In his final year at LSU, Daniels ran 135 times for 1,134 yards and 10 touchdowns. If Daniels can average over 50 rushing yards per game, he would just need to have reasonably good touchdown variance to get there. Why can’t Daniels have a season like 2011 Cam Newton?
