Fantasy football sleepers and values – 2019 season

Fantasy Football Sleepers and Values

Whether you’re a fantasy football season long veteran or just a random add-on to be the 12th in a work league, you need to do your research to take home the trophy. Here at FanSided, we have you covered leading up to your drafts that are happening in the next month or so.

You can do mock drafts until you’re blue in the face but unless you get one together where everyone actually takes it somewhat seriously, it’s not going to help much. I imagine these mocks constantly firing off with a bunch of a teenagers just wanting to get the #1 and draft Saquon and then auto-draft after the third or fourth round. It’s pretty bizarre when you think about it. The problem with those mock drafts is people quit on them right when you really need to be learning the most information regarding sleepers and values.

Depending on how many rounds your fantasy football draft is and how many people are in it, it’s my opinion that your draft will be won or lost between rounds 3 through 10 (and on the waiver wire but I’ll touch on that in a future article). For reference, I’m pulling my average draft position information from here.

For the purposes of this article, we will assume you’re doing a PPR (point per reception) draft with 12 people and we will define a “value” as a guy who produces much better than where he is being drafted. For instance, if you get a guy in the 7th, even if that’s his typical draft position, he’s a value if he produces like a 5th rounder. For a sleeper, I’m looking at guys after the 10th round who I think could play a vital role on your team. As an aside…just play in 12 man leagues. Everyone’s team looks amazing in a 10 team league but not everyone can really get good value in rounds 3-10 or hit on sleepers in the late rounds.