Christmas tries to claim the title all for itself, but we all know fantasy football draft season is truly the best time of the year. We are not far along quite yet, but draft season is underway and that means we’ve got to start talking about everyone’s favorite topic: sleepers. Now, it seems everyone has something different in mind when we they hear sleepers, so before we jump into 10 that I love for 2018 drafts, let me first give my definition so you know just what I mean when I call these 10 sleepers.
- They’ve got to have an ADP outside the top 150 (100 usually, but today I’m sharing deep sleepers)
- You can’t proclaim Sony Michel as a sleeper just because he hasn’t done it before.
- You can’t proclaim Pierre Garcon as a sleeper just because your buddy might not know much about him
- You can’t proclaim Greg Olsen as a sleeper just because he was injured last year
- It can’t be someone everyone is talking about and will thus see their ADP soar shortly
- I’m sorry, no one is “sleeping” on Jimmy Garoppolo or Trey Burton
- Kickers and defenses don’t count
- Kickers also shouldn’t be drafted before the last round, or even listed as a position in your league for what it’s worth
- The player actually has to be good or have substantial upside
- Clive Walford and Benny Cunningham are never going to be startable in fantasy football, so while everyone is sleeping on them, they still aren’t sleepers
Everyone else is fair game. Now let’s get to my top 10 deep sleepers.
