What makes a fantasy football sleeper? It’s a term that has been thrown around over the year. We’ve done our best to quantify the phrase fantasy football sleeper. To us, sleepers are players that have a strong chance to exceed expectations to become surprise difference-makers for fantasy managers. We’ve put together some ranking parameters for these sleepers and asked our experts to share their top draft values and potential difference-makers. You can find all of our fantasy football sleeper rankings here. Let’s take a look at our expert sleeper rankings.
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Fantasy Football Draft Sleepers the Experts Target
Here are how experts rank 2023 fantasy football sleeper targets for each position.
Fantasy Football Tight End Sleepers
Our TE sleepers are based on a poll of experts that selected their favorite TEs with high upside. Each TE has a consensus draft rank below #15.
| Rank | Tight Ends | Team | Bye | Num Experts | ECR | ADP |
| 1 | Gerald Everett | LAC | 5 | 14 | 17 | 22 |
| 2 | Dalton Kincaid | BUF | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| 3 | Sam LaPorta | DET | 9 | 13 | 18 | 17 |
| 4 | Mike Gesicki | NE | 11 | 12 | 23 | 25 |
| 5 | Irv Smith Jr. | CIN | 7 | 9 | 20 | 19 |
Andrew Erickson shares his takes on a few popular fantasy football sleepers.
Rookie tight end Sam LaPorta is a YAC monster and is competing with Brock Wright and James Mitchell for playing time. I think he is a sure bet to be the team’s starting tight end from Day 1. And he will have ample opportunities to produce from the get-go due to the Jameson Williams six-game suspension. Keep in mind, being a Lions TE was extremely profitable for fantasy purposes last year. Their tight ends combined for six top-12 weekly finishes. Expect Sammy Ball to ball out. He was Iowa’s featured weapon for three straight seasons, leading the Hawkeyes in receptions each year.
I’ve been on the Gerald Everett bandwagon for far too long, but that hardly means I am jumping off anytime soon. Because he’s being vastly underrated after a solid season. He didn’t experience a full-fledged breakout, but he was useable (from tight end standards). He was the TE15 and ranked second on the team in red-zone targets last season despite modest snap usage (58% route participation). In a new offense led by offensive coordinator, Kellen Moore, we could see Everett’s route usage spike. We saw firsthand how that role did wonders for Dalton Schultz‘s fantasy upside over the past two seasons. And Everett is still a superior athlete, giving him more upside than Schultz could ever deliver. Last year, Everett ranked 7th in yards after the catch per reception (6.5) while also finishing 8th in receptions (58) and 9th in targets (82). Those were all career highs. Long story short, Everett had a career year in his first year with the Chargers and is cheaper than last season. You know what do to. Mt. Everett 2023 eruption szn.
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