Aaron Rodgers being traded to the Jets has garnered as much attention as any offseason storyline in recent years. Also in the AFC east, the Dolphins and playmakers like Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, and Tua Tagovailoa at quarterback are being discussed as a championship dark horse. Both teams will have players selected with high 2023 Fantasy football picks. Then there's the Bills, who dominated the division and finished 13-3 last season. Their offense is returning seemingly every key player, led by Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs in the top 2023 Fantasy football tiers at their positions. How should you factor all this into developing a 2023 Fantasy football strategy?
Whether you're hunting for a Fantasy football top 150 you can trust or position-specific 2023 Fantasy football rankings that can help you identify potential 2023 Fantasy football breakouts, sleepers, and busts, be sure to see what the 2023 Fantasy Football Draft Bible at SportsLine has to say.
Prepared by SportsLine Fantasy experts Jacob Gibbs, Dan Schneier and R.J. White, the Bible is a must-have for any serious Fantasy football player. Gibbs is a data-driven prodigy who called Patrick Mahomes' monster 2018 season. He uses a data-driven approach that has helped him consistently provide accurate rankings at every position. He has proven to be one of the nation's most accurate Fantasy rankers in recent years, posting the eighth-most accurate results over the past three seasons, according to Fantasy Pros.
Schneier is the senior Fantasy editor at CBS Sports and appears regularly with Gibbs on the Beyond the Box Score editions of the Fantasy Football Today podcast. White is SportsLine's No. 1 NFL expert since 2017 who got his start in the Fantasy industry, with his work appearing at AOL Fanhouse, Fantasy Cafe and other sites prior to joining CBS Sports.
White is SportsLine's No. 1 NFL expert since 2017 who got his start in the Fantasy industry, with his work appearing at AOL Fanhouse, Fantasy Café and other sites prior to joining CBS Sports. This duo brings decades of Fantasy experience and can give you a huge edge in your league.
The 2023 guide not only ranks the top 150 players in standard and PPR leagues, it also reveals must-see sleepers, breakouts and busts; breaks down the top rookie QBs, RBs and WRs; tells you which coaching moves will translate to massive Fantasy success and gives you updated mock drafts that can guide your selections. The Fantasy Football Draft Bible also offers detailed strategy tips for whichever league you play in: snake draft, auction or best ball. Head to SportsLine now to see the 2023 Fantasy football draft bible.
Top 2023 Fantasy football picks
The Fantasy football draft bible includes the top 2023 Fantasy football busts, including:
George Pickens, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers: The Georgia product was a second-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft and he had 52 receptions for 801 yards and four touchdowns as a rookie. These aren't poor numbers, especially for an offense with changing quarterbacks, but Gibbs took a deeper look into the routes Pickens ran and why the Steelers didn't do him any favors. Pickens ran the most vertical routes in the NFL last season, which doesn't bode well for Fantasy football value. If that doesn't change this season, Pickens' talent may be wasted for Fantasy football players.
"If you're looking to explain away Pickens' poor success rates, you can point to the incredibly vertical nature of his route," Gibbs told Sportsline. "He ran a nine on a whopping 32.4% of his sampled routes. That is nuts. Anything over 30% is borderline unreasonable. When you also add that he ran a corner on nearly 10% of his routes, it's really wild how the Steelers didn't add more diversity to his route tree."
Kenneth Walker, RB, Seattle Seahawks: The Michigan State product was a second-round pick (No. 41 overall) in the 2022 NFL Draft and rushed for 1,050 yards and nine touchdowns over 15 games in a successful rookie season. He took 65% (228 of 350) of the carries for Seattle halfbacks, but that number may decrease based on the 2023 NFL Draft. The Seahawks selected Zach Charbonnet from UCLA in the second round (No. 52 overall) after he rushed for 1,359 yards and 14 touchdowns over 10 games in his senior year. Gibbs noted Charbonnet was one of the top short-yardage runners in this April's draft, which is an aspect Walker struggled in last season. That could lead to a decrease in usage and production.
"Walker's new backfield mate, Round 2 selection Zach Charbonnet, stood out as one of the best short-yardage backs that I evaluated from the 2023 class," Gibbs told Sportsline. "He ranked top-four in conversion rate from inside the 10 and 5-yard line and his conversion rate discrepancy score (measured relative to backfield teammates) ranked fourth. This is an area where Walker has always struggled, and it's well within reason for the short-yardage work to belong to Charbonnet starting in Week 1." Get the full Fantasy football draft guide over at SportsLine.
How to find proven 2023 Fantasy football rankings
SportsLine's Fantasy football 2023 draft guide has also identified a massive bust you need to steer completely clear of. This player has massively-inflated numbers and could completely sink your playoff hopes if overdrafted. You can only see who it is here.
So what is the value of every single player in the 2023 Fantasy football rankings? And which huge bust can sink your season? Visit SportsLine now to see the complete 2023 Fantasy football draft bible, all from a team of proven Fantasy analysts who can give you a huge edge in your league.
