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.
Fantasy Football Quarterback Sleepers
Our QB sleepers are based on a poll of experts that selected their favorite QBs with high upside. Each QB has a consensus draft rank below #15.
| Rank | Quarterbacks | Team | Bye | Num Experts | ECR | ADP |
| 1 | Anthony Richardson | IND | 11 | 35 | 14 | 15 |
| 2 | Jared Goff | DET | 9 | 26 | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | Russell Wilson | DEN | 9 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
| 4 | Jordan Love | GB | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 |
| 5 | Sam Howell | WAS | 14 | 8 | 25 | 28 |
| 6 | Brock Purdy | SF | 9 | 6 | 23 | 20 |
| 7 | Kenny Pickett | PIT | 6 | 7 | 21 | 19 |
| 8 | Bryce Young | CAR | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 |
| 9 | Derek Carr | NO | 11 | 5 | 19 | 21 |
| 10 | Ryan Tannehill | TEN | 7 | 5 | 26 | 30 |
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