Fantasy football leagues cannot be won simply for picking the right player at the beginning of the draft. Fantasy leagues are won by getting the most value of the mid- and late-round picks, as well as snagging some big players off the waiver wire throughout the course of the year. Odell Beckham, Jr., the wide receiver for the New York Giants, went undrafted, but was on nearly one third of ESPN fantasy football championship rosters, which is more than Jamaal Charles, who mostly went first overall. You can, however, lose your league in the opening rounds by choosing incorrectly. People who drafted Adrian Peterson or Montee Ball in the first round basically had their seasons end mere weeks into the season. So for the first installment of this fantasy football column, we will first take a look at mid- to late-round sleepers that will help you win your leagues, and later this week we will look at 10 busts to avoid in the early rounds. For the purposes of determining the criteria for a bust or a sleeper, lets assume a 10-team, standard league with 15 roster spots per team. That means we have 150 spots to choose from. Breaking that list down the middle, lets say that a bust can be ranked 75 or higher, and a sleeper can be ranked 76 or lower. We are including rankings from the top two fantasy football sites: Yahoo and ESPN. With that, lets look at our 10 sleepers. We will choose two quarterbacks, three running backs, three wide receivers and two tight ends.
