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
Justin Herbert (QB – LAC)
“There comes a point where talent must win out, and how the fantasy community as a whole is still sound asleep on Justin Herbert is mind-bending. I get it. The Chargers have a lot of holes to fill. No more Austin Ekeler, Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, and Gerald Everett too, for that matter. But if we believe Justin Herbert is a great quarterback, which I hope the majority do, then talent must win out. Also, consider the Chargers’ schedule. Six games in their division against teams that have questions on the back end (KC, LV, DEN), and other great matchups including Tennessee, Arizona, and New England, Herbert has a chance to return massive value for those drafting him as the QB17 in current ADP data. ”
– Ed Birdsall (Talking Points Sports)
Sam Darnold (QB – MIN)
“By default, Sam Darnold is going to have a great year from a fantasy perspective. With JJ McCarthy out for the year and currently no other competition in the QB room, Darnold is the QB1 for an offense that made even Josh Dobbs and Nick Mullens fantasy relevant for a few weeks last season. He’ll have plenty of weapons around him, and head coach Mitch O’Connell is one of the better offensive minds in the league who will set Darnold up for success.”
– Joey Meinerding (Fantasy Dink)
Ben Sinnott (TE – WAS)
“Ben Sinnott is my favorite sleeper of the year, and he’s effectively going undrafted at the moment. Jayden Daniels is looking the part, and with limited options in the Commanders’ passing game, he will look to the most sure-handed players. Sinnott might be a rookie, but his connection with Daniels has been instant, and he could cause some damage down the stretch. Sinnott could easily be a top-10 tight end this season, with a ceiling to creep into the top 5. ”
– Andrew Elmquist (Club Fantasy FFL)
Isaiah Likely (TE – BAL)
“It feels like the only people who know that Isaiah Likely is being wildly undervalued are those fantasy managers who had him last season. The 24-year-old had 40 targets and five touchdowns in 2023, and he finished as a TE1 in four of the last five weeks of the season after Mark Andrews went down with an injury. Baltimore likes to run, but when Lamar Jackson decides to throw, Likely is – at worst – the third option after Andrews and Zay Flowers. If Andrews misses ANY time, I think Likely can end up a TE1, and even with Andrews, I would draft him over more than half the league’s starting tight ends.”
– Kelly Kirby (FantasyPros)
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