9 Overvalued Fantasy Football Wide Receivers for 2024

Aug 14, 2024
9 Overvalued Fantasy Wide Receivers for 2024

Fantasy football is a game of expectations. We draft players in August hoping they'll validate our choices in September ... and October, and November, and December. But, inevitably, there will be disappointments. Last year, Garrett Wilson finished 24 spots below his ADP in the wide receiver results. Managers who drafted him at WR8 could have had Amon-Ra St. Brown ... who finished as the WR3 overall with 100 more fantasy points.


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So let's avoid this year's Garrett Wilsons (which, incidentally, do not include Garrett Wilson). Here are my top nine overvalued wide receivers in 2024 fantasy football drafts.

Justin Jefferson, Vikings

We're starting off red-hot with the guy many would consider the best receiver in the league, who's been top-10 in fantasy points per game each of his first four seasons and holds the NFL record with 98.3 receiving yards per game. Bold, I know. If it helps, the problem for Jefferson isn't him ... it's his quarterback(s).

Continue reading for more on Jefferson and the other overvalued wide receivers.

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