Jeff's Deep Sleepers

The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Jeff Ratcliffe

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

It’s time to dig deep. In this episode, Jeff uncovers the hidden gems at running back and wide receiver who can turn your last-round picks into league-winning gold. He’ll walk you through his process for spotting these late-round values, break down the traits that make them worth stashing, and give you his favorite deep sleepers to target before your league mates even know their names. If you want to leave your draft with a bench full of upside, this is the episode you can’t miss.

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0:00.0	Yeah, what's going on?
0:14.4	Yo, what's going on?
0:15.9	It's Wednesday, August 13th.
0:17.9	I'm Jeff.
0:18.3	This is the rant.
0:24.8	Let's talk some sleepers. Yeah, let's talk some sleepers on the podcast today. I don't think there really is a such thing as a sleeper in
0:29.4	2025. Even the least informed player in your home fantasy leagues is still way more informed
0:38.1	than the players 20 years ago who were in the same spot.
0:40.7	So the idea of these deeper players who nobody knows about,
0:44.4	well, they don't really exist anymore.
0:46.8	And I can talk a little bit about why that is,
0:49.0	but I actually wanna identify the deep guys.
0:52.1	Like last round guys in a lot of your home leagues, if you're in a deeper
0:55.5	league though, these are the guys that you can target for upside at the very end of your drafts.
1:01.8	And I want to talk specifically about running backs and wide receivers. I really don't think
1:06.2	there are any at tight end or quarterback just because of the nature of the position. So we'll get into that
1:11.5	on the podcast today for you to help set you up for a weekend of drafts. I got a draft coming up
1:16.6	on Saturday excited for that. It's a keeper league. I have not looked at anything for it. But you know
1:22.8	what? I'm in the lab preparing for the draft using all the great stuff that we have of we're at
1:27.4	FtN Fantasy.com. I'm putting it up there for you, man. My entire... in the lab preparing for the draft using all the great stuff that we have of writ ftn fantasy dot com
1:28.9	i'm putting it up there for you man my entire draft kit my entire process cheat sheets galore the draft
1:36.4	guide which i break down not only player profiles but also my draft strategy for this year across
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