For some NFL teams, we will draft as many as eight or nine players from their roster in fantasy football drafts. For others, we may only see a couple of their players get selected.
From top to bottom in the AFC, there is plenty of fantasy value. In particular, the AFC East has four names to keep an eye on.
That will be today’s focus — who is the best fantasy football asset on each team in the AFC East?
Who Are the Best Fantasy Football Picks for AFC East Teams in 2024?
Buffalo Bills: WR Keon Coleman
This is the part of fantasy football that I think novice players struggle with the most. I do not like Keon Coleman as a talent. I think he is going to go the way of every other contested-catch specialist like Quentin Johnston or Josh Doctson. Yet, I’m calling him a value. Why?
It’s a combination of Coleman’s cost and upside. Out of every wide receiver on the Bills, Coleman is the one with the highest ceiling. That fact is indisputable. Khalil Shakir and Curtis Samuel are not going to suddenly become top-18 assets. I don’t think Coleman will, either, but it’s at least plausible.
With a low-WR4 ADP, I’m willing to hedge my bets. What if I’m wrong and Coleman is far better than I think? The cost to find out is minimal, but the benefit if I am wrong is massive.
Miami Dolphins: WR Jaylen Waddle
The best players to target are the ones drafted at their floors. Jaylen Waddle averaged 14.2 fantasy ppg last season, finishing as the overall WR21.
It was disappointing relative to his ADP but not an outright disaster. A big part of Waddle’s struggles were injury-related. Although he only missed three games, Waddle left early or missed parts of several more.
Furthermore, Waddle only scored four times. He was pretty unlucky in multiple facets of the game last year.
As a result, Waddle’s ADP has dropped to WR18, just three spots above where he finished last year in what I consider to be the worst-case scenario. Waddle should probably be going 4-6 WR spots earlier, making him an awesome value pick in fantasy.
New England Patriots: WR Ja’Lynn Polk
The 2024 Patriots will go down in fantasy football history as one of the worst teams for fantasy of all time. Without a single desirable asset on the roster, the best value has to be their second-round rookie WR, Ja’Lynn Polk.
The Patriots’ WR corps consists of journeymen and rookies. We know what Kendrick Bourne is. DeMario Douglas, for as nice as he was last season, is not a true WR1. There’s an opening here.
At the very least, Polk has the potential to sneak into the top 36 if things break right. He’s worth a late-round dart throw.
New York Jets: RB Breece Hall
The Jets have two players that typically go in the first round. It wouldn’t surprise anyone if Garrett Wilson wound up being the top fantasy option on this team. However, Wilson has yet to live up to the hype, whereas Breece Hall exceeded all expectations last season.
Given that Hall goes in the top half of the first round, it is a bit strange to call him the best value on the Jets. Unfortunately, there just aren’t any players I want on this team beyond Hall and Wilson.
Coming off a torn ACL, Hall averaged 17.1 fantasy ppg, finishing as the overall RB6. This was after he was trapped in a timeshare for the first month of the season.
Now another year removed from the injury, Hall is a legitimate threat to unseat Christian McCaffrey as the overall RB1.
