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I've never been much for sitting around debating which RB will be #1 this year. It's not that the choice doesn't matter, it matters a lot, but it's just that picking between Ray Rice and Arian Foster comes down to luck at the end of the day.

Where drafts can really be won is with late picks who have high ceilings. I'm talking about RBs and WRs who have a chance to steal playing time where others might not expect them to. Who are you RBs outside of the top 20-24 or so that you see potentially stealing carries (without waiting on an unpredictable injury)? How about WRs outside the top 30 or so who could steal looks?

 
Denarious Moore....talent and lotsa opportunity for targets = potential high ceiling.

Either Braylon Edwards or Mike Crabtree might be a serious value play given where they both are being drafted. One of them could become a legit #1 and get lotsa opportunities again in that NFC West cake schedule

As for RBs, it will come down to injuries. If you get Mcgahee late and Knowshon blows his knee in game 2, you have hit the jackpot. Same for Jonathan Stewart or Ben Tate or Roy Helu or James Starks etc....all those RBBCs where if both play, there is no real value but if the starter goes out... watch out

 
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Since you said stealing carries without an injury... I'm going to say Reggie Bush, you can get him for peanuts right now and Thomas doesn't look all that impressive. Jonathon Stewart's Achilles is already acting up on him and it's supposedly degenerative so I'm not too worried there. Starks looked WAY too good last year to suddenly not get at least a share of the carries. If I'm a LeSean McCoy owner I cannot possibly like Ronnie Brown standing over on the sidelines...

 
Montario Hardesty. I'm not off the bandwagon yet. We'll get to see how well the knee holds up this week. I'm reserving judgment until then.

WR...Brandon Gibson/Denarious Moore. The Moore hype train is old hat on these boards by now, but the Gibson train is just starting to gain some steam after his last preseason game (1 catch, 83 yds, 1 TD on the very fiirst play). He really looks to be seperating from the competition in St. Louis.

 
There are a lot of WR threads involving sleepers, 20-40 range types, after the top5 go...I am only mentioning this as personally I have posted in several of them with some thoughts. I would scroll thru the 1st 2-3 pages and you will find a bunch of them. The more the merrier but you might find some good info in those other threads that are already loaded with posts.

 
Montario Hardesty. I'm not off the bandwagon yet. We'll get to see how well the knee holds up this week. I'm reserving judgment until then.WR...Brandon Gibson/Denarious Moore. The Moore hype train is old hat on these boards by now, but the Gibson train is just starting to gain some steam after his last preseason game (1 catch, 83 yds, 1 TD on the very fiirst play). He really looks to be seperating from the competition in St. Louis.
1 catch means nothing yet. Consistency is what wins you FF leagues. Not one great week. You never know when that will come and you will kill yourself trying to chase it. I will take Amendola in a PPR over Gibson all day long.
 
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I'm a big buyer on hardesty. If he can get healthy he has the skill set to run wild. I like hillis, but I think hardesty is a superior talent.

 
Montario Hardesty. I'm not off the bandwagon yet. We'll get to see how well the knee holds up this week. I'm reserving judgment until then.WR...Brandon Gibson/Denarious Moore. The Moore hype train is old hat on these boards by now, but the Gibson train is just starting to gain some steam after his last preseason game (1 catch, 83 yds, 1 TD on the very fiirst play). He really looks to be seperating from the competition in St. Louis.
1 catch means nothing yet. Consistency is what wins you FF leagues. Not one great week. You never know when that will come and you will kill yourself trying to chase it. I will take Amendola in a PPR over Gibson all day long.
Absolutely agree. But the point is that he's been starting with the 1's all camp, then he comes out with the 1's in the second preseason game and does something with his start. There's absolutely nothing definitive about one preseason catch. But that's why he's a sleeper. Someone's going to emerge as the no.1 deep threat on the Rams, at the moment Gibson is that guy.
 
McGahee - at the very LEAST he's a goal line back

Ridley - why not take the chance based on his pre-season?

Ringer - in case CJ is THAT stupid

 
Montario Hardesty. I'm not off the bandwagon yet. We'll get to see how well the knee holds up this week. I'm reserving judgment until then.WR...Brandon Gibson/Denarious Moore. The Moore hype train is old hat on these boards by now, but the Gibson train is just starting to gain some steam after his last preseason game (1 catch, 83 yds, 1 TD on the very fiirst play). He really looks to be seperating from the competition in St. Louis.
1 catch means nothing yet. Consistency is what wins you FF leagues. Not one great week. You never know when that will come and you will kill yourself trying to chase it. I will take Amendola in a PPR over Gibson all day long.
Consistency means nothing in this game. You want consistency? Go pick up Demetrius Williams. He scored nothing but zeros last year. That's about as consistent as is possible.
 
RB outside the top 25 that I am targeting is Marshawn Lynch. Everyone knows the story here....Improved OL, Cable as the OL coach. Added Rice to the WR corps. No one to take his carries.

 
RB Sleeper - T Hightower Was: the Shanny RB experience has a new workhorse

Consideration - Lynch: since Sea got part of the Oak offense, I expect it to improve in Sea

WR Sleeper - E Bennett Chi: Mike Martz wants Bennett to take this role on his pass happy offense

Consideration - Braylon Edwards SF: with Crabtree out and possible missing serious time, Ewards has WR1 potential

 
Montario Hardesty. I'm not off the bandwagon yet. We'll get to see how well the knee holds up this week. I'm reserving judgment until then.WR...Brandon Gibson/Denarious Moore. The Moore hype train is old hat on these boards by now, but the Gibson train is just starting to gain some steam after his last preseason game (1 catch, 83 yds, 1 TD on the very fiirst play). He really looks to be seperating from the competition in St. Louis.
1 catch means nothing yet. Consistency is what wins you FF leagues. Not one great week. You never know when that will come and you will kill yourself trying to chase it. I will take Amendola in a PPR over Gibson all day long.
Consistency means nothing in this game. You want consistency? Go pick up Demetrius Williams. He scored nothing but zeros last year. That's about as consistent as is possible.
Horrible information here.
 
Montario Hardesty. I'm not off the bandwagon yet. We'll get to see how well the knee holds up this week. I'm reserving judgment until then.

WR...Brandon Gibson/Denarious Moore. The Moore hype train is old hat on these boards by now, but the Gibson train is just starting to gain some steam after his last preseason game (1 catch, 83 yds, 1 TD on the very fiirst play). He really looks to be seperating from the competition in St. Louis.
1 catch means nothing yet. Consistency is what wins you FF leagues. Not one great week. You never know when that will come and you will kill yourself trying to chase it. I will take Amendola in a PPR over Gibson all day long.
You just never know, you could be taking '10 Gaffney over Lloyd right there. I don't think Gibson is as much of a fluke as you do that's for sure. I'd easily chase Bradford, McDaniels, SJax running and someone that's earned the starting job (when they were expected to be cut in camp) since day one. I've said before Gibson's camp buzz was a rung or two just below Denarius Moore's pretty much the entire time. 3rd year WR, shown flashes in Philly and finished as WR53-ish in PPR last season. Maybe I'm giving this situation too much credit, but where I'm seeing him ranked at WR87.....he could be the SOY. I know there are a lot of mouths to feed but FBGs 31/375/2 seems off to me? That's like 4 plays like we saw last night over 16 games. Maybe all their WRs cancel each other out I guess, but I'll take that chance if he's going as WR87.
 
I got Santana Moss pretty late in a 12 team redraft ppr league. Not sure what is current value is but I expect he will get a lot of looks, I would guess 85 to 100 catches should be within reach in that offense. I think he is kind of a sleeper because of the QB situation, but I was happy to take him late.

 
Sleeper: Anyone who can outperform their ADP...

Given that idea, I think there are a ton of guys that could outperform their ADP. Unfortunately most of them are obvious names.

Here are a few of my favorites this season:

QB-

Stafford could be a 3800+ 30TD+ guy if he can manage to stay healthy this year. I think he has late 9th early 10th ADP in 10 team redrafts...

Bradford will throw the hell out of the ball in that system this year, huge volume of passes, aggressive offense, and he tends not to make a lot of mistakes. I'm thinking 3500+ and ~27TDs. He's a late 10th early 11th round pick in redrafts, and he's going to get you Schaub or Big Ben #s, 3 rounds later.

RB-

Felix Jones is looking like a totally different player so far this preseason. He seems to have his burst and elusive running back. He's a guy going in the late fifth that could easily outperform Blount (3rd round adp) and Bradshaw(late 3rd round ADP) in PPR formats at least. I'm going to say 1300 total yards, 50 catches and 9 total TDs could be yours if you draft him. (he's been getting all the GL looks also.)

Mark Ingram is another player I'm targetting in redrafts... he has an early 6th round ADP. I believe he'll be part of a platoon but he's a tougher inside runner than Pierre Thomas and has been getting most of the goal line looks so far this preseason. Don't be shocked to find this guy with 1200 total yards and 40 catches at the end of the season. If he'll be the goal line back, I think his absolute floor is 8 TDs, cap it at 14 if he goes berserk. Unlike last years rookie class, this guy is a value at where you can get him. I'd be ok with having him as a #2 PPR back, as long as I had a couple decent fall back options behind him.

Tim Hightower seems to be the latest apple of Shanny's eye. The offensive line hasn't looked so offensive so far this preseason in Washington. Although John Beck hasn't been horrible so far either, we know that one of his specialties is the check-down pass. Luckily that's also one of Hightower's. I would be content to roster Hightower as a RB3 with upside, especially in PPR leagues this season. Oh, and you can get him late in the 9th round. 1200 total yards, 45 catches and 7 TDs is my prediction. That is unless Shanny goes insane and starts pulling guys off the street to start at tailback for his team, something that wouldn't shock me.

CJ Spiller- ok ok I know what you're thinking here. Dude was hideously bad last year. Fact of the matter is, he never really got more than 7-8 touches a game. He couldn't pass protect, he wasn't in on 3rd downs. He was- a rookie. What you can say about this guy is that he's extremely talented, and has all the physical tools of a Jamaal Charles or Chris Johnson. Fitzpatrick is a serviceable QB and Fred Jackson is not getting any younger. Spiller was clearly drafted as the future of this backfield, and if he can make the necessary strides to overtake the starting job and produce, you're talking about a guy you can grab in the 12th round that may produce like a high end RB2, or low end RB1. This guy is the ultimate "home run swing" player this year. And most likely- he's your RB4. You can cut him with hardly a second thought. You invest little, and this little lottery ticket could land you up in the league championship game. He could be droppable by week 3. He could show up with 1400 total yards and 10 TDs, but for what he costs you, it' a gamble worth taking.

Rashad Jennings Some handcuffs are not worth owning. I'd make the argument that this is probably the most ownable handcuff in the game. I don't care what anyone says, I didn't believe the "MJD is fine" propaganda last year, and I believe it less this year. His knee scares the hell out of me. Jennings is a nice little player on a team where the offense is going to be largely a run first system, with either an ineffective veteran or a rookie QB. They're going to run a lot no matter who is handing the ball off. With a mid 13th round ADP, steal him and hold the MJD owner for ransom, or add him to your stash for when MJDs ticking time bomb of a knee goes off.

WR-

Mario Manningham is a nice deep threat WR that will be a full time starter this year, and will play in both 2WR and 3WR sets. He was a top 20 WR last year, even coming off the bench, scoring similarly to Marques Colston. I don't expect a ton of catches, but there will be yardage and TDs about, as Mario is a poor man's Greg Jennings, a very nice deep threat. I don't expect a lot of low scoring games in the NFC East this year... I believe this early 7th round investment could yield you 65 catches for 1100 yards and 9 TDs, making him a solid WR2.

Percy Harvin has been a decent option at WR so far in his career. He's put up some fair numbers as a WR3. I think this could be his year to move into solid WR2 territory as well. He's "the guy" now, with Sidney Rice moving to FF purgatory in Seattle. I don't see McNabb as necessarily a downgrade from Favre. Both big armed QBs whose accuracy and decision making have eroded. One knock on Harvin has been his intermittent migranes. He claims to have that problem under control, and if that's true it could go a long way to his climb in the FF ranks. He can line up out wide or in the slot. If your league awards kick return yardage, he's been good at that also. He also gets a few rushes here and there too, as the vikes need to get their playmakers the ball using different looks. This early 7th round WR could move into solid WR2 territory with 70 catches, 1200 total yards and 8 TDs.

Jacoby Ford I'm off the Jacoby Jones bandwagon, and onto the Ford one. Raiders coach Hue Jackson stated that Ford would be a "household name" as his playing time increases. This Oakland wide out with speed to burn (imagine that) has shown that he can play football in the chances he's been given so far. Ford in his rookie year last season caught 25 passes for 470 yards and two touchdowns. Ford also rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns and returned three kickoffs for touchdowns. He's a playmaker with a nose for the painted grass. He's had a bit of a camp setback, as he broke his hand a couple weeks ago- but its not a knee or ankle we're talking about. Top receiving option Zach Miller has headed north, and DHB just flat out cannot play. You're looking at a nice late round flier (11:07 ADP) that I wouldn't be surprised to see yield 60+ catches, 1100 total yards, and 8 combined TDs.

 
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I think Harrison in Detroit will get 5 or 6 carries and catch a couple balls each game. If Best gets banged up, you can triple that.

 
I like Andre Roberts in Arizona. Has the inside track on the WR2 spot there, and with Fitz on the other side stealing all of the coverage and a competent QB behind center, the WR2 in ARZ has nice potential to put up some digits. I believe Waldman had him as a top 5 rookie WR 2 years ago. Youth, and horrendous QB play have not helped his development, but he put some nice numbers up at the end of last year.

I also like Robert Meachem as a nice sleeper...for the 3rd year in a row. He is my new Jacoby Jones. Colston's bum knee, and reports that Meachem is finally 100% are reason for optimism once again.

 
Anthony Armstrong

2010 was his rookie year in the NFL, he was the deep threat avg 19.8 yrds per catch.

Among receivers with at least 20 catches (he had 44) he was only behind Desean Jackson (22.5 ypc)

and Mike Wallace (21 ypc).

Mohamed Massaquoi

He will be starting, he will be in the newly installed west coast offense, he has shown in the past he is

capable of having big games. The "3rd year" cliche is true here

http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2011/07/browns_massaquoi_picks_brains.html

 
I like Reggie Bush and AJ Green in the mid-rounds. Both have RB2/WR2 upside as potential go-to guys on bad offenses who could get a lot of receptions.

I'll try to get Jacoby Ford and/or Denarius Moore as long as they don't go too early.

I agree with those who have said Hightower as long as it isn't too early (8th round or later).

I'm trying to take a flyer on Dexter McCluster super late whenever I can as I have a gut feeling that Jamaal Charles will get hurt and McCluster could be huge in PPR if Charles misses time.

I'll be watching Jamie Harper in Tennessee also if CJ's holdout lingers. Stashing him in dynasty for now and he's at least on the radar for a last round pick (I like his upside more than Ringer's).

 
Sleeper: Anyone who can outperform their ADP...

Given that idea, I think there are a ton of guys that could outperform their ADP. Unfortunately most of them are obvious names.

Here are a few of my favorites this season:

QB-

Stafford could be a 3800+ 30TD+ guy if he can manage to stay healthy this year. I think he has late 9th early 10th ADP in 10 team redrafts...

Bradford will throw the hell out of the ball in that system this year, huge volume of passes, aggressive offense, and he tends not to make a lot of mistakes. I'm thinking 3500+ and ~27TDs. He's a late 10th early 11th round pick in redrafts, and he's going to get you Schaub or Big Ben #s, 3 rounds later.

RB-

Felix Jones is looking like a totally different player so far this preseason. He seems to have his burst and elusive running back. He's a guy going in the late fifth that could easily outperform Blount (3rd round adp) and Bradshaw(late 3rd round ADP) in PPR formats at least. I'm going to say 1300 total yards, 50 catches and 9 total TDs could be yours if you draft him. (he's been getting all the GL looks also.)

Mark Ingram is another player I'm targetting in redrafts... he has an early 6th round ADP. I believe he'll be part of a platoon but he's a tougher inside runner than Pierre Thomas and has been getting most of the goal line looks so far this preseason. Don't be shocked to find this guy with 1200 total yards and 40 catches at the end of the season. If he'll be the goal line back, I think his absolute floor is 8 TDs, cap it at 14 if he goes berserk. Unlike last years rookie class, this guy is a value at where you can get him. I'd be ok with having him as a #2 PPR back, as long as I had a couple decent fall back options behind him.

Tim Hightower seems to be the latest apple of Shanny's eye. The offensive line hasn't looked so offensive so far this preseason in Washington. Although John Beck hasn't been horrible so far either, we know that one of his specialties is the check-down pass. Luckily that's also one of Hightower's. I would be content to roster Hightower as a RB3 with upside, especially in PPR leagues this season. Oh, and you can get him late in the 9th round. 1200 total yards, 45 catches and 7 TDs is my prediction. That is unless Shanny goes insane and starts pulling guys off the street to start at tailback for his team, something that wouldn't shock me.

CJ Spiller- ok ok I know what you're thinking here. Dude was hideously bad last year. Fact of the matter is, he never really got more than 7-8 touches a game. He couldn't pass protect, he wasn't in on 3rd downs. He was- a rookie. What you can say about this guy is that he's extremely talented, and has all the physical tools of a Jamaal Charles or Chris Johnson. Fitzpatrick is a serviceable QB and Fred Jackson is not getting any younger. Spiller was clearly drafted as the future of this backfield, and if he can make the necessary strides to overtake the starting job and produce, you're talking about a guy you can grab in the 12th round that may produce like a high end RB2, or low end RB1. This guy is the ultimate "home run swing" player this year. And most likely- he's your RB4. You can cut him with hardly a second thought. You invest little, and this little lottery ticket could land you up in the league championship game. He could be droppable by week 3. He could show up with 1400 total yards and 10 TDs, but for what he costs you, it' a gamble worth taking.

Rashad Jennings Some handcuffs are not worth owning. I'd make the argument that this is probably the most ownable handcuff in the game. I don't care what anyone says, I didn't believe the "MJD is fine" propaganda last year, and I believe it less this year. His knee scares the hell out of me. Jennings is a nice little player on a team where the offense is going to be largely a run first system, with either an ineffective veteran or a rookie QB. They're going to run a lot no matter who is handing the ball off. With a mid 13th round ADP, steal him and hold the MJD owner for ransom, or add him to your stash for when MJDs ticking time bomb of a knee goes off.

WR-

Mario Manningham is a nice deep threat WR that will be a full time starter this year, and will play in both 2WR and 3WR sets. He was a top 20 WR last year, even coming off the bench, scoring similarly to Marques Colston. I don't expect a ton of catches, but there will be yardage and TDs about, as Mario is a poor man's Greg Jennings, a very nice deep threat. I don't expect a lot of low scoring games in the NFC East this year... I believe this early 7th round investment could yield you 65 catches for 1100 yards and 9 TDs, making him a solid WR2.

Percy Harvin has been a decent option at WR so far in his career. He's put up some fair numbers as a WR3. I think this could be his year to move into solid WR2 territory as well. He's "the guy" now, with Sidney Rice moving to FF purgatory in Seattle. I don't see McNabb as necessarily a downgrade from Favre. Both big armed QBs whose accuracy and decision making have eroded. One knock on Harvin has been his intermittent migranes. He claims to have that problem under control, and if that's true it could go a long way to his climb in the FF ranks. He can line up out wide or in the slot. If your league awards kick return yardage, he's been good at that also. He also gets a few rushes here and there too, as the vikes need to get their playmakers the ball using different looks. This early 7th round WR could move into solid WR2 territory with 70 catches, 1200 total yards and 8 TDs.

Jacoby Ford I'm off the Jacoby Jones bandwagon, and onto the Ford one. Raiders coach Hue Jackson stated that Ford would be a "household name" as his playing time increases. This Oakland wide out with speed to burn (imagine that) has shown that he can play football in the chances he's been given so far. Ford in his rookie year last season caught 25 passes for 470 yards and two touchdowns. Ford also rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns and returned three kickoffs for touchdowns. He's a playmaker with a nose for the painted grass. He's had a bit of a camp setback, as he broke his hand a couple weeks ago- but its not a knee or ankle we're talking about. Top receiving option Zach Miller has headed north, and DHB just flat out cannot play. You're looking at a nice late round flier (11:07 ADP) that I wouldn't be surprised to see yield 60+ catches, 1100 total yards, and 8 combined TDs.
Good analysis as many of your sleepers are the same as mine. IMHO Percy isn't really a sleeper at all as his ADP is usually 4th/5th round. Edit if we are talking PPR.

http://fantasyfootballcalculator.com/adp_ppr.php

 
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Sleeper: Anyone who can outperform their ADP...

Given that idea, I think there are a ton of guys that could outperform their ADP. Unfortunately most of them are obvious names.

Here are a few of my favorites this season:

QB-

Stafford could be a 3800+ 30TD+ guy if he can manage to stay healthy this year. I think he has late 9th early 10th ADP in 10 team redrafts...

Bradford will throw the hell out of the ball in that system this year, huge volume of passes, aggressive offense, and he tends not to make a lot of mistakes. I'm thinking 3500+ and ~27TDs. He's a late 10th early 11th round pick in redrafts, and he's going to get you Schaub or Big Ben #s, 3 rounds later.

RB-

Felix Jones is looking like a totally different player so far this preseason. He seems to have his burst and elusive running back. He's a guy going in the late fifth that could easily outperform Blount (3rd round adp) and Bradshaw(late 3rd round ADP) in PPR formats at least. I'm going to say 1300 total yards, 50 catches and 9 total TDs could be yours if you draft him. (he's been getting all the GL looks also.)

Mark Ingram is another player I'm targetting in redrafts... he has an early 6th round ADP. I believe he'll be part of a platoon but he's a tougher inside runner than Pierre Thomas and has been getting most of the goal line looks so far this preseason. Don't be shocked to find this guy with 1200 total yards and 40 catches at the end of the season. If he'll be the goal line back, I think his absolute floor is 8 TDs, cap it at 14 if he goes berserk. Unlike last years rookie class, this guy is a value at where you can get him. I'd be ok with having him as a #2 PPR back, as long as I had a couple decent fall back options behind him.

Tim Hightower seems to be the latest apple of Shanny's eye. The offensive line hasn't looked so offensive so far this preseason in Washington. Although John Beck hasn't been horrible so far either, we know that one of his specialties is the check-down pass. Luckily that's also one of Hightower's. I would be content to roster Hightower as a RB3 with upside, especially in PPR leagues this season. Oh, and you can get him late in the 9th round. 1200 total yards, 45 catches and 7 TDs is my prediction. That is unless Shanny goes insane and starts pulling guys off the street to start at tailback for his team, something that wouldn't shock me.

CJ Spiller- ok ok I know what you're thinking here. Dude was hideously bad last year. Fact of the matter is, he never really got more than 7-8 touches a game. He couldn't pass protect, he wasn't in on 3rd downs. He was- a rookie. What you can say about this guy is that he's extremely talented, and has all the physical tools of a Jamaal Charles or Chris Johnson. Fitzpatrick is a serviceable QB and Fred Jackson is not getting any younger. Spiller was clearly drafted as the future of this backfield, and if he can make the necessary strides to overtake the starting job and produce, you're talking about a guy you can grab in the 12th round that may produce like a high end RB2, or low end RB1. This guy is the ultimate "home run swing" player this year. And most likely- he's your RB4. You can cut him with hardly a second thought. You invest little, and this little lottery ticket could land you up in the league championship game. He could be droppable by week 3. He could show up with 1400 total yards and 10 TDs, but for what he costs you, it' a gamble worth taking.

Rashad Jennings Some handcuffs are not worth owning. I'd make the argument that this is probably the most ownable handcuff in the game. I don't care what anyone says, I didn't believe the "MJD is fine" propaganda last year, and I believe it less this year. His knee scares the hell out of me. Jennings is a nice little player on a team where the offense is going to be largely a run first system, with either an ineffective veteran or a rookie QB. They're going to run a lot no matter who is handing the ball off. With a mid 13th round ADP, steal him and hold the MJD owner for ransom, or add him to your stash for when MJDs ticking time bomb of a knee goes off.

WR-

Mario Manningham is a nice deep threat WR that will be a full time starter this year, and will play in both 2WR and 3WR sets. He was a top 20 WR last year, even coming off the bench, scoring similarly to Marques Colston. I don't expect a ton of catches, but there will be yardage and TDs about, as Mario is a poor man's Greg Jennings, a very nice deep threat. I don't expect a lot of low scoring games in the NFC East this year... I believe this early 7th round investment could yield you 65 catches for 1100 yards and 9 TDs, making him a solid WR2.

Percy Harvin has been a decent option at WR so far in his career. He's put up some fair numbers as a WR3. I think this could be his year to move into solid WR2 territory as well. He's "the guy" now, with Sidney Rice moving to FF purgatory in Seattle. I don't see McNabb as necessarily a downgrade from Favre. Both big armed QBs whose accuracy and decision making have eroded. One knock on Harvin has been his intermittent migranes. He claims to have that problem under control, and if that's true it could go a long way to his climb in the FF ranks. He can line up out wide or in the slot. If your league awards kick return yardage, he's been good at that also. He also gets a few rushes here and there too, as the vikes need to get their playmakers the ball using different looks. This early 7th round WR could move into solid WR2 territory with 70 catches, 1200 total yards and 8 TDs.

Jacoby Ford I'm off the Jacoby Jones bandwagon, and onto the Ford one. Raiders coach Hue Jackson stated that Ford would be a "household name" as his playing time increases. This Oakland wide out with speed to burn (imagine that) has shown that he can play football in the chances he's been given so far. Ford in his rookie year last season caught 25 passes for 470 yards and two touchdowns. Ford also rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns and returned three kickoffs for touchdowns. He's a playmaker with a nose for the painted grass. He's had a bit of a camp setback, as he broke his hand a couple weeks ago- but its not a knee or ankle we're talking about. Top receiving option Zach Miller has headed north, and DHB just flat out cannot play. You're looking at a nice late round flier (11:07 ADP) that I wouldn't be surprised to see yield 60+ catches, 1100 total yards, and 8 combined TDs.
Good analysis as many of your sleepers are the same as mine. IMHO Percy isn't really a sleeper at all as his ADP is usually 4th/5th round. Edit if we are talking PPR.

http://fantasyfootballcalculator.com/adp_ppr.php
60 6.09 Percy Harvin
 
WR-

Mario Manningham is a nice deep threat WR that will be a full time starter this year, and will play in both 2WR and 3WR sets. He was a top 20 WR last year, even coming off the bench, scoring similarly to Marques Colston. I don't expect a ton of catches, but there will be yardage and TDs about, as Mario is a poor man's Greg Jennings, a very nice deep threat. I don't expect a lot of low scoring games in the NFC East this year... I believe this early 7th round investment could yield you 65 catches for 1100 yards and 9 TDs, making him a solid WR2.
Manningham is more than deep threat. He is Manning's favorite target on multiple routes this year. I think he has a shot at 90 catches
 
RB outside the top 25 that I am targeting is Marshawn Lynch. Everyone knows the story here....Improved OL, Cable as the OL coach. Added Rice to the WR corps. No one to take his carries.
I was bought into this thinking but with the QB and OL play through 2 games I am way less excited about his prospects, at the very least it may take him a good number of games before he gets going
 
My big sleeper is RB Alex Green. The Packers' top two backs, Ryan Grant and James Starks, are only mediocre, imho, and benefit from a good line and great passing offense. If/when Green gets a shot, I think he could very well look better than the competition.

 
Montario Hardesty. I'm not off the bandwagon yet. We'll get to see how well the knee holds up this week. I'm reserving judgment until then.WR...Brandon Gibson/Denarious Moore. The Moore hype train is old hat on these boards by now, but the Gibson train is just starting to gain some steam after his last preseason game (1 catch, 83 yds, 1 TD on the very fiirst play). He really looks to be seperating from the competition in St. Louis.
1 catch means nothing yet. Consistency is what wins you FF leagues. Not one great week. You never know when that will come and you will kill yourself trying to chase it. I will take Amendola in a PPR over Gibson all day long.
Consistency means nothing in this game. You want consistency? Go pick up Demetrius Williams. He scored nothing but zeros last year. That's about as consistent as is possible.
:unsure: :rolleyes: :confused: :thumbdown: :lmao: :wall: :loco: :bag: :X :( :no: :yawn: I believe thats enough of the basic faces to show how misinformed you are.
 
for RBs:

McGahee.Fox LOVES RBBC.

D. Williams isn't really a sleeper per se, but relative to his ADP, he's a bargain. There's no indication that the new coaching staff will use a RBBC like Fox did. I think they're going to give D. Williams a lot of work,especially if Newton starts at QB.

R. Mathews, not Tolbert, is the player to own in SD.He's being drafted in middle rounds and should produce top 15 RB numbers..

Brandon Jacobs - looks like the old Jacobs from a few years ago, when he was tearing up the league. If/when Bradshaw gets hurt, Jacobs is going to put up impressive numbers.you can get him on the cheap right now..

R. Helu - if Hightower falters, Helu is going to be the workhorse back in Shanny's offense.

Washington's offense looks legit this year..

WRS:

Manningham

Santana Moss - at his current ADP, he's a steal.

P. Garcon - lets be honest here, Gonzalez is a bust, Collie can't stay healthy and is a nothing more than a draft darling , Clark is a sneeze away from another injury, and Wayne, while still productive,is getting long in the tooth...Garcon is the undisputed #2 WR on the Colts..doesn't take much for him to improve on his 2010 totals..could be a terrific #3 WR in a flex format, or a low-end #2( at least starting the season as such) with a very high ceiling..IF Manning plays..

Jacoby Ford is the guy you want in Oak, not Moore.

Davone Bess is a poor man's Wes Welker...

 
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