When drafting your fantasy football options, you always look at the best picks for value. Maximizing that value allows fantasy managers to build the best roster possible, balancing upside and safety throughout.
Below are five players who all appear to be coming at a discount in fantasy drafts, making them ideal picks for 2024.
Who Are Some of the Best Value Fantasy Football Picks in 2024?
Zack Moss, RB, Cincinnati Bengals
Zack Moss is an intriguing candidate for fantasy managers to consider. He is not necessarily the most exciting draft pick, but his value has reached a point where he has become hard to overlook.
Moss is being drafted 89th overall but is ranked around 75th in our consensus rankings, demonstrating the upside he can offer.
Breakout players from last year include Raheem Mostert, De’Von Achane, Jahmyr Gibbs, and Kyren Williams. All four were backs who succeeded in the environment of a strong offense where there was plenty of opportunity. That is the same situation for Moss, who could replace Joe Mixon as the starter for the Cincinnati Bengals.
Mixon’s departure has opened up 18 touches power game, of which Moss could take the majority.
If he can see around 15 touches per game, which is more than possible, Moss could easily be a top-24 option at the RB position, if not top 20.
Tyjae Spears, RB, Tennessee Titans
The weird thing with Tyjae Spears is that our consensus rankings do not particularly love him, placing him 27th at the position.
However, when you compare his 69th overall ranking to his ADP, there is clearly significant value to be found here. Spears is currently being selected 95th overall as the 35th player off the board at the position.
It is understandable why people are hesitant about Spears with the arrival of Tony Pollard. The concern is that Spears’ role last year was largely a pass-catching one, and that is also where Pollard specializes. Spears’ performance last year is certainly being overlooked, with 838 total yards from 152 touches and 170 opportunities.
Spears averaged just 9.0 fantasy points per game and scored 153.8 points in total last year. He finished 34th overall at the position and 41st on a per-game basis.
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However, a large part of that was only scoring three touchdowns, and that is understandable given he was playing with Derrick Henry, who dominated the Titans’ goal-line touches.
Spears had just nine carries in the red zone, and three carries inside the 5-yard line last year. Pollard, as a lead back, has a better record but was hardly the most efficient around the end zone.
Spears has a great chance to not only see a significant role this year but also see a huge increase in touches inside the red zone. That should translate to bigger returns overall, even if the opportunities do not increase much.
Ty Chandler, Minnesota Vikings
We only have 129 NFL touches to judge Ty Chandler, and with only one collegiate season of 150+ touches, his evaluation requires some guesswork.
What we can say with confidence is that Chandler runs hard, or, at the very least, he’s good at falling forward.
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That may not seem like the sexiest of skills, but if Chandler can carve out a 10-to-15-touch role, he’s going to be on Flex radars.
A season ago, 49 running backs had at least 100 carries, and Chandler ranked seventh among them in the percentage of carries that gained yardage.
For reference, here’s what the back end of that metric’s top 10 looked like:
7. Ty Chandler: 86.3%
8. Christian McCaffrey: 84.9%
9. De’Von Achane: 84.5%
10. Derrick Henry: 84.3%
I’m going to guess you didn’t think you’d see those four names on the same statistical list.
Chandler isn’t on par with those fantasy superstars, but the fact that he’s been viable when given the opportunity is encouraging if you’re buying my argument that he could find himself on the plus side of a committee with time.
Even if you’re not with me, the contingent value is worth a dart throw at his current price. Aaron Jones has missed multiple games in three of the past four seasons, including six DNPs in 2023.
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Michael Pittman Jr, WR, Indianapolis Colts
Michael Pittman has been a reasonably consistent producer in recent seasons despite turmoil at the quarterback position during that time.
Even last year, Pittman had to deal with the loss of Anthony Richardson and adjust to Gardner Minshew starting. He proved to be an effective weapon with Minshew, and having Joe Flacco as the backup this year provides a solid safety net as well.
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Even without the Colts’ first choice at QB, Pittman was still a top-15 WR option in terms of both per game and overall. He is currently being selected as WR16, which feels like a floor for what he can achieve this year in this offense.
Pittman’s target share jumped to 27.5% last year and is a number he should be able to maintain this season.
His numbers with Richardson were not impressive in the slightest last year, but it was an incredibly small sample size. There is an opportunity to buy the uncertainty and get Pittman as a value in the late third or early fourth round.
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