We've all been there. You're targeting a guy as a sleeper, or at least as being undervalued, but then everyone else in your league starts thinking the same thing, and pretty soon they're no longer a value pick. It's hard to let go, because you saw his potential first, damn it! (The worst is when you first read someone touting one of your sleepers, you get excited because you see it as validation. Then by the time you read five more, you start to get that pit in your stomach).
Here are my candidates. Keep in mind that when I say a guy "no longer has value", I mean relative to what you pay for him. For example, I still think Sanders will have a good year; I'm just not sure you can sit back and wait for him to come to you anymore.
Here are my candidates. Keep in mind that when I say a guy "no longer has value", I mean relative to what you pay for him. For example, I still think Sanders will have a good year; I'm just not sure you can sit back and wait for him to come to you anymore.
- Brady -- everyone seems to be suddenly remembering he's still good.
- Wilson -- between the great pre-season, the SI cover, and the memories of other QBs who have gone from game manager to stud, it just feels like he's getting his due
- C. Patterson -- I'm not even sure how long it's been since he actually had value; he's been hyped since the end of the season
- L. Green -- same deal, but I think he may have even crossed into overrated at this point. He still hasn't done anything, and he still has a HOFer in front of him.
- Cooks -- I don't see any way you're stealing him anymore.
- Michael -- another one who seems to be overrated. Dude is still No. 3 on the depth chart
- J. Bell -- word is out that he may be supplanting Bush. It wouldn't shock me if his ADP overtakes Reggie's.
- Ertz -- I really hope not, because I'm totally targeting him as my breakout candidate, but I've read one too many glowing reports.
- Cunningham -- yet one more whose potential is limited by his place on the depth chart
- Wheaton -- no longer undervalued; may be creeping into overrated territory
- Sanders -- Welker concussion may have vaporized what was left of his value.
- J. Hill -- last preseason game + "Thunder and Lightning" talk. Whereas you might have been able to draft him as a handcuff and end up with a usable week-to-week player, now that equation could be reversed.