Look — it’s possible that we should simply retire the term “sleeper” from the fantasy football lexicon, because no two people can ever agree on the precise definition.
For some of you, every NFL player who hasn’t appeared in a State Farm ad is a sleeper.
For others, the only guy who might qualify as a sleeper is that one rugby dude on the Chiefs, but even he’s getting a little too mainstream.
Hopefully, we can all agree that quarterback is a ridiculous position at which to refer to anyone as a sleeper, because literally every player in our consensus top 30 has achieved some significant degree of fame. Every person on the list — even the guys you want nothing to do with in fantasy — was a pretty huge star at the college level. None of them are sleeping, exactly.
Instead, let’s just say today’s names are under-rostered, overlooked and available at extremely friendly draft prices. We’ve previously discussed a few tempting late-round options, but we didn’t hit every possible value at this position.
Let the record show that Cousins was one of the right answers in fantasy football for the first eight weeks of the 2023 season before a torn Achilles abruptly ended a potential monster year. Had he played a full 17 games at his first-half pace, he would have finished with 4,953 passing yards and 38 scores. Both of those totals would have led the league, which of course would have forced his name into an already-weird MVP conversation.
After landing in Atlanta, the setup for Cousins isn’t quite as ideal as it might have been had he re-signed with Minnesota, but it’s not a massive downgrade, either. He’ll have a few legit weapons at his disposal, including this 6-foot-4, third-year receiver who’s never experienced NFL life with a serious QB:
Offseason reports on Cousins’ recovery have been plenty encouraging, so we don’t have any significant worries on that front. He may not pick up precisely where he left off in 2023, but his new OC Zac Robinson…
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Publish date : 2024-08-01 14:00:31
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