Among the first five players coming off the board on average in early 2023 Fantasy football ADP, three (Christian McCaffrey, Ja’Marr Chase and Austin Ekeler) have missed at least five games at some point in the last three seasons. Fantasy football injuries are unavoidable, but it can feel like a death knell to have your first-round pick miss significant time. By avoiding potential 2023 Fantasy football busts and ensuring you have a deep roster, you can set yourself up for success in your upcoming drafts. Running backs take more damage than wide receivers, tight ends or quarterbacks over the course of a season, so making sure that you have plenty of depth with your 2023 Fantasy football picks is critical. A live-updated set of 2023 Fantasy football rankings can help you get max value out of every pick while also helping you steer clear of potential Fantasy football busts 2023.
As you begin your 2023 Fantasy football draft prep, be sure to check out the 2023 Fantasy football cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
Last year, the model accurately predicted that Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott would fail to live up to his Fantasy football ADP. Elliott was coming off the board in the fourth round on average but produced a career-low 986 scrimmage yards on 248 touches. He finished as the No. 22 running back in PPR leagues. The model projected that he’d finish outside the top 20 running backs for the season and helped owners avoid an early-round mistake.
The model has a proven track record providing Fantasy football tips, calling Tony Pollard a sleeper last year and also identifying A.J. Brown as a sleeper in 2020, along with players like Julio Jones and JuJu Smith-Schuster as Fantasy football busts last season. Additionally, it’s called past Fantasy football sleepers like Derrick Henry in 2019, Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara in 2018, and Davante Adams in 2017. Anybody who banked on players like those made a run at their league title.
The model is powered by the same people who generated projections for all three major Fantasy sites, and it beat human experts last season when there was a big difference in ranking. The projections update multiple times daily, so you’re always getting the best Fantasy football advice.
Now, SportsLine has simulated the entire NFL season 10,000 times and released its latest Fantasy football rankings 2023, along with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and busts. Head to SportsLine now to see them.
Top 2023 Fantasy football busts
One of the 2023 Fantasy football busts the model is predicting: Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. After putting up strong numbers in 2019 and 2021 when healthy, Prescott had a disappointing season in 2022. He led the NFL with 15 interceptions despite missing five games and averaged just 238.3 yards passing per outing, his lowest since 2017.
However, owners are still drafting Prescott ninth among quarterbacks on average in the 2023 Fantasy football ADP and the model doesn’t see him living up to his status as a top-10 quarterback. Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore left for the same role with the Chargers during the offseason and the loss of tight end Dalton Schultz could further hamper the passing game. That’s why the model ranks him as its QB14 for 2023.
Another bust that SportsLine’s Fantasy football rankings 2023 have identified: Colts running back Jonathan Taylor. We’ve reached an era of contentiousness between running backs and the teams that drafted them. Taylor rushed for 2,980 yards and 29 rushing touchdowns over his first two seasons, winning the rushing title in 2021.
However, he missed six games in 2022 because of ankle injuries and left training camp to rehab another ankle injury earlier in the summer. Taylor was hoping to entertain a new contract entering the fourth season of his rookie contract, but requested a trade when the two sides reached an impasse. Reports claim that he’s also frustrated with how his injuries have been handled. Taylor is the sixth running back off the board on average in the 2023 Fantasy football ADP, but the model ranks him outside its top 10 backs for this season. See which other Fantasy football busts 2023 to avoid here.
How to find proven 2023 Fantasy football rankings
SportsLine is also extremely low on a wide receiver who is being drafted as a top-15 player at his position. The model ranks him outside its top 24 wide receivers for 2023 and expects him to see major regression. You can only see who it is, and the 2023 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine.
So which 2023 Fantasy Football busts should you avoid? And which receiver will fail to live up to expectations in 2023? Visit SportsLine now to get 2023 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that told you to avoid Ezekiel Elliott in 2022, and find out.