What are fantasy football sleepers?
Fantasy football sleepers are players that significantly outperform their average draft position. In short, if you are fortunate enough to
select a good "sleeper" pick, you were able to grab a player that yielded much higher production than otherwise anticipated prior
to the NFL season (ref: TE Antonio Gates in 2004; RB Frank Gore in 2006; WR Braylon Edwards in 2007). Consequently,
you want to select your fantasy football sleepers a round earlier than you anticipate them being taken by your league mates. However,
you do not want to select your fantasy football sleepers too early as this gives you the opportunity to use those earlier picks on more
reliable players while they are still available.
What is "Average Draft Position"?
Average Draft Position is an indicator of when a player could be selected based on the average of hundreds of drafts completed by various
fantasy football leagues and mock drafts. For those that are interested, checkout our article, Average Draft Position (ADP), for
direct access to free resources containing ADP information for the 2009 fantasy football season.