Fantasy Football Picks 2024: 2-Round Mock Draft, Top Keeper Rankings and Advice

The 2024 NFL season is rapidly approaching.

It's time to start finalizing your fantasy football strategies.

Hopefully, you've been crafting and tweaking them for a while now. If not, though, you still have time to cram through information and get yourself pointed the right direction ahead of your league's talent grab.

Regardless if you're doing some final preparations or are scrambling to build your draft plan, we're here to help. After laying out a two-round mock draft with FantasyPros' mock draft simulator, we'll provide our top-10 keeper rankings at the three marquee positions and close with some general draft advice.

2-Round Mock Draft

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Round 1

1. Christian McCaffrey, RB, SF

2. Tyreek Hill, WR, MIA

3. Breece Hall, RB, NYJ

4. CeeDee Lamb, WR, DAL

5. Ja'Marr Chase, WR, CIN

6. Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR, DET

7. Bijan Robinson, RB, ATL

8. A.J. Brown, WR, PHI

9. Justin Jefferson, WR, MIN

10. Garrett Wilson, WR, NYJ

11. Saquon Barkley, RB, PHI

12. Jonathan Taylor, RB, IND

Round 2

13. Jahmyr Gibbs, RB, DET

14. Derrick Henry, RB, BAL

15. Drake London, WR, ATL

16. Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, ARI

17. Deebo Samuel Sr., WR, SF

18. Puka Nacua, WR, LAR

19. De'Von Achane, RB, MIA

20. Davante Adams, WR, LV

21. Isiah Pacheco, RB, KC

22. Kyren Williams, RB, LAR

23. Malik Nabers, WR, NYG

24. Travis Etienne Jr., RB, JAX

Keeper Rankings

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Quarterback

1. Josh Allen, BUF

2. Jalen Hurts, PHI

3. Lamar Jackson, BUF

4. C.J. Stroud, HOU

5. Patrick Mahomes, KC

6. Anthony Richardson, IND

7. Joe Burrow, CIN

8. Caleb Williams, CHI

9. Jordan Love, GB

10. Kyler Murray, ARI

Running back

1. Bijan Robinson, ATL

2. Breece Hall, NYJ

3. Christian McCaffrey, SF

4. Jahmyr Gibbs, DET

5. Jonathan Taylor, IND

6. De'Von Achane, MIA

7. Saquon Barkley, PHI

8. Travis Etienne Jr., JAX

9. Kyren Williams, LAR

10. Kenneth Walker III, SEA

Wide receiver

1. Justin Jefferson, MIN

2. Ja'Marr Chase, CIN

3. CeeDee Lamb, DAL

4. Amon-Ra St. Brown, DET

5. Marvin Harrison Jr., ARI

6. Garrett Wilson, NYJ

7. Puka Nacua, LAR

8. A.J. Brown, PHI

9. Malik Nabers, NYG

10. Tyreek Hill, MIA

Draft Advice

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Know your league settings inside and out.

The simplest bit of draft advice remains the smartest. If you don't know all of the particulars of the league you're trying to win, then you won't win it.

Quarterback valuations differ dramatically whether you start one quarterback or two. They also take a considerable climb if your league awards six points for a passing touchdown instead of four. Receivers are a bigger priority if you start three of them rather than two.

At the very least, you should know how many teams are in your league, how many players you start at each position and how the scoring rules are set up. Without that information, you'll be drawing dead at your draft.

Be mindful of positional scarcity.

Look across any list of fantasy scoring leaders, and you'll find one unavoidable truth. The elite tiers don't last as long at some positions than others.

That's why workhorse running backs are so valuable, because there simply aren't many still filling that role (and racking up that statistical volume) in the modern NFL. It's also why some analysts say you can wait to address the quarterback spot, since there are usually enough solid-or-better starters to go around.

Go with your gut.

Expert analysis can be hugely helpful in setting positional tiers, uncovering sleepers and avoiding busts. In the end, though, this is your roster, and you should set it exactly how you see fit.

Maybe you think Josh Allen is so much better than the other options at quarterback that he justifies a second-round pick. You can make that call. You might be right. His numbers were easily the best in the league last season.

The point is you need to be fully comfortable with and confident in whatever strategy you adopt. This is your team, and it should reflect that.