Fantasy Football Sleepers

Players to target during your 2009 draft

Coming in July 2009

Fantasy football sleepers that develop into primetime players can give your team a huge advantage over your opponents. Needless to say, selecting players later in your fantasy football draft that yield early pick production can make for a long season for your league mates. It is no secret that many championship teams can point to a "surprise" pick or two during their draft that were real difference makers for their team. With that in mind, the Docs have crunched the numbers and uncovered numerical trends that increase the odds of picking successful 2009 fantasy football sleepers during your draft. A list of those players along with detailed commentary providing insight regarding why these players are considered fantasy football sleepers is provided below.

For more information on what is meant by a "fantasy football sleepers" or "Average Draft Position", click here (or read the information located at the bottom of this article).

Our 2009 fantasy football sleepers will be available in July.

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.