Five Sleepers from Jamey (08/17 Fantasy Football Podcast)
Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score
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4.9 • 721 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2021
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Jamey talks about the sleeper appeal for Ben Roethlisberger, Tyler Higbee, Sterling Shepard and a couple of backup RBs!
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| 0:00.0 | Today on fantasy football today in five, Jamie gives you some of his favorite sleepers. |
| 0:09.0 | Welcome to the show. You know what, Jamie, I just have this thought. How about five sleepers? |
| 0:13.9 | I like it. All right. I like it. Okay, let's go. Five, four, three, two, one. Give me sleeper number five. |
| 0:20.9 | Oh, boy, you want to go in order? |
| 0:22.2 | It doesn't have to be in. Let's go with the old quarterback in Ben Rathosberger. I think, you know, looking at the town around him, surprisingly enough, he was the 13th best quarterback last year. I think he's going to be healthier. I think the system's going to benefit him. so not a guy to target in one quarterback leagues but in two quarterback and super flex leagues i think he's |
| 0:40.9 | somebody you should be healthier. I think the system's going to benefit him. So not a guy to target in one quarterback |
| 0:38.0 | leagues, but in two quarterback and Superflex leagues, I think he's somebody you should consider |
| 0:42.1 | a mid-round target, especially if you go one quarterback early and then stay away from the |
| 0:46.5 | position until a few rounds later. Yeah, the guys have all three Steelers-wide receivers in their |
| 0:51.7 | top 36. And before last year, that was a recipe for big success for quarterbacks. |
| 0:57.5 | Okay, sleeper number four. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm going to go with Tyler Higby at the tight-end position, |
| 1:03.8 | you know, a guy that is a little bit of an afterthought. |
| 1:07.2 | I know his ADP on CBS is probably a little bit higher than we expected |
| 1:10.0 | when we started looking at it. But he's one of those guys that you just take with the last round pick. And the loss of Gerald Everett, I think, is going to help him. I think the fact that he showed you what his upside could be, and he's never coming near that again with those final five games in 2019. But if he does that five times throughout the course of the season, maybe sprinkles in another couple touchdowns or two here or there, you'll be okay with Tyler Higby as a late round, tight end target option. Adam, you took him in one of our recent drafts. I think he's one of those guys in the late category. So once you get past the Irv Smith, the Noah Fants, maybe still |
| 1:44.8 | the Adam Troutman's, keep an eye on Tyler Higby because I think he still will return some value this season. Yeah, actually, I wanted Troutman really badly. Troutman went just before my pick, so I pivoted and I took Tyler Higby. I don't know if I took him right after that. I might awaited another round. I don't remember. Okay, sleeper number three. I'm going to go with |
| 2:02.1 | Sterling Shepard. Kenny Gallaud waited another round. I don't remember. Okay, sleeper number three. |
| 2:02.8 | I'm going to go with Sterling Shepard. |
| 2:04.1 | Kenny Gallaudet is hurt. Cadarius, Tony, has a hard time staying on the field. He's the longest 10-year giant, which learned over the weekend. And so Daniel Jones, I think, will continue to lean on him, especially if Tony misses time. Obviously, if Kenny Gallaudet miss his time, he's playing for a contract. |
| 2:17.9 | He's basically free on draft day. |
| 2:19.8 | So while everybody, myself included, is quick to anoint Kenny Gallaudet as the best Giants receiver. And hopefully he is. Sterling Shepard may end up being that guy. And I think he could still have better value in PPR than non-PPR, but a guy that you can target as a fourth or fifth wide receiver that you may end up starting more times than none. Sleeper number two. I'm going to go to running backs. We'll just go back to back, so I'll save your countdown for you. Number two is Xavier Jones. I'm always looking for the lottery ticket running backs that are on very good offenses, which I think the Rams are, and Darrell Henderson's an unproven starter. We saw last year he had a hard time staying healthy. He obviously got replaced by Cam Acres as the season went on. And so Henderson is the one you want to target. He clearly is the breakout candidate and has the upside to be a difference-making type of player. But should he miss time, it seems like Jones is going to be the next man up. And if he does get that opportunity, he can be a guy that becomes a weekly starter. Number one is Daryl Williams. Same situation. You know, just looking at the scenario of Clyde Edwards-Alear got hurt last year. We know that he struggled after Levi-on-Bel joined the team. I hope Edwards-Alear is a breakout candidate this season as well. Like he should have been as a rookie. |
| 3:25.0 | But Williams, to me, is the second man on the depth chart. He's going to be ahead of Derek McKinnon. They trusted him in the playoffs last year. He wasn't great, but opportunity behind a much better offensive line could be different this year. If Edwards E. Layer gets hurt. And so I'm going to take Daryl Williams and Xavier Dones a lot in drafts this season. |
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