It's hard to beat fantasy football season, but it can also be tough to read every article we publish all summer and retain every name you want to know for each part of your draft. Picking between a couple of running backs? Need to remember the name of that backup running back or rookie receiver you read about? Need a dart throw for the end of your draft and a defense to stream for your final pick? Well, we've got you covered.
In order to help you stay sharp in your drafts -- or to help you succeed without reading a ton of prep -- we present you with the ESPN+ fantasy football cheat sheet, a curated rundown of all the names we've been talking about this preseason. If you want to read why we like these sleepers, busts, rookies, backups, value picks and more ... the analysis is available for you to pore through at the links below, or in our Fantasy Football draft guide. But if all you want is a cheat sheet, well ... it's not actually cheating.
Our PDF aggregates the names and rankings featured in the following content:
Karabell's "Do Draft" list and "Do Not Draft" list (E+)
Matt Bowen's Rookies with immediate potential
Field Yates' Sleepers to watch (E+)
Liz Loza's Players generating buzz
Tristan H. Cockcroft's Week 1 D/ST to stream
Clay and Yates' Top breakout candidates (E+)
Bowen's All-Upside team (E+)
Eric Moody's Best backup RBs
Karabell's Top bounce-back candidates
Daniel Dopp's Players with more opportunity
Moody's Late-round values (from among his favorite draft targets)
This file will be updated regularly from now through the start of the season, so you'll have the latest info and analysis no matter when you draft.
Here it is: ESPN+'s (printable!) fantasy football draft cheat sheet for the 2024 season.