Winning your fantasy draft comes down to selecting the guys who end up returning a positive ROI relative to their draft cost. What’s great is that once you get to the middle and late rounds, you don’t need to hit on every player (or even half of them) to wind up with a league-winning squad. You just need to be right enough so that the value your picks provide is greater than that of your competition. That’s where targeting the right fantasy football sleepers becomes important.
Part of the difficulty built into this game we love is that no two sleepers are created equally. You can’t just nab a bunch of upside players in the late rounds and expect to dominate your draft. You need to know which sleepers are the most undervalued and offer the most upside compared to their price. To help you figure out which mid-to-late rounders stand out from the pack, we have polled 25+ experts on who the best sleepers are at every position in half-PPR heading into the new season. Check out who they chose below.
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Consensus Fantasy Football Sleepers
Chase Brown (RB – CIN)
“Chase Brown – Coming from Illinois, he isn’t as hyped as most RBs coming off 1,600+yds in the B1G with a 4.43 40 time. Mixon’s 309 vacated touches that produced a half-PPR RB5 season is exactly the formula for a sleeper running back. No brainer outside of RB30.”
– Billy Whitt (Belly Up Sports)
“Second-year RB Chase Brown is primed for a breakout in 2024. He showcased his abilities as a rookie, demonstrating his versatility as both a rusher and a receiver alongside a healthy Joe Mixon. Even with a hamstring injury sidelining him in October 2023, he proved his worth and earned opportunities on the field. He was also running routes, which we love for RBs in PPR formats. One notable aspect in Brown’s favor is his explosiveness, which is evident in his impressive ball carrier speed on a 54-yard touchdown reception, as documented by the NFL’s Next Gen Stats. During training camp and throughout the preseason, Brown has drawn rave reviews from his QB/HC with his pass-catching prowess and improved pass-blocking responsibilities. I think he wins the Bengals RB1 job over journeyman RB Zack Moss. Chase has more juice than Moss and showed during his final year at Illinois that he could carry the load with 355 touches for nearly 1,900 total yards and 13 rushing/receiving touchdowns.”
– Andrew Erickson (FantasyPros)
Javonte Williams (RB – DEN)
“Javonte Williams is one of my favorite sleepers for 2024. There isn’t anyone who can push him for major playing time, as Samaje Perine is just a solid backup who may end up being a cap casualty, and Jaleel McLaughlin is exciting but can’t take significant carries. It’s his 2nd year back from ACL surgery, and that is when agility and burst tend to come back. Plus, we’ve already seen Javonte be a great RB at the NFL level, even while splitting the backfield as a rookie. ”
– Brandon ‘B_Don’ Myers (Razzball)
Brian Robinson Jr. (RB – WAS)
“Brian Robinson Jr. has been just under 200 fantasy points two years in a row. This year, we get to see him in this Kliff Kingsbury offense. We have seen James Conner, Kenyan Drake, and other backs thrive in this offense. He ranked in the top 10 in yards created per touch last year. This offense will be fast-paced and will target the running back in the passing game. Austin Ekeler is a threat, but that is baked into the cost. A great zero-RB target or a value RB in the mid-rounds.”
– David Heilman (Sports Gambling Podcast Network)
Jerome Ford (RB – CLE)
“Jerome Ford is going off the board as RB37 and is a steal. He is slated to be the backup running back in Cleveland behind veteran Nick Chubb, but Chubb is 28 years old and recovering from a season-ending knee injury in 2023. Even if Chubb can make a recovery in time to play in Week 1, it’s unlikely he will resemble anything of his past self. The Browns would be wise to manage Chubb’s workload when he takes the field, and this should provide Ford with a job that will be a reliable fantasy asset. In the event Chubb isn’t ready to play full speed as I expect, Ford is a potential league-winner.”
– Aaron St Denis (Fantasy Football Universe)
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