2009,Fantasy,Football,Sleepers sports 2009 Fantasy Football Sleepers
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}One of the keysto winning a fantasy football league is the ability to draft Sleepers."Sleepers" are NFL players who are drafted in much lower rounds thantheir ending statistics warrant. In shopping terms, this is getting a bargainprice for a valuable product. The estimated draft position is taken from theMaximum Fantasy Sports fantasy football Mock Draftfound on their home page at http://www.maximumfantasysports.com/.The Mock Draft was formulated using the generally accepted "standard"league configuration.2009 FantasyFootball SleepersQB: Kyle Orton (Denver) Orton was brought to Denver inthe off-season trade for Jay Cutler. He is leaving an offense in Chicago thatlimited his passing attempts and had few receiving threats. In Denver, Coach JoshMcDaniels will want to give Orton the opportunity to prove his controversialtrade of Cutler was a smart move. With Brandon Marshall (maybe), Eddie Royal,Tony Sheffler, and others as his receiving options, Orton will put up fantasticnumbers for the 16th QB off the board at the projected last pick ofthe 11th round.RB: Derrick Ward (Tampa Bay) Ward skipped out of NewYork into a situation in Tampa where the QB position is up for grabs. Thisscenario almost always favors the running game. While Ward was second fiddle inNew York to Brandon Jacobs, he still put up a quiet 1000 yards (5.6 ypc). Thereis talk of a platoon situation with Earnest Graham in Tampa, but that is whatis driving his draft position down. Ward will be the feature back and willreceive the majority of carries throughout the year. Picking up a 1A runningback in a tandem as the 30th RB off the board in the projected mid-7thround is a steal.WR: Josh Morgan (SF) Morgan is the true definition of aSleeper. Isaac Bruce receives the attention due to his surprising results fromlast year and Michael Crabtree gets the press due to his high-profile collegecareer, draft position and current holdout. Crabtree will sign before theseason starts as it is asinine to expect Top-5 rookie money as the 10thoverall pick. However, his holdout, rookie status and lingering ankle injurywill cost him playing time this year and Isaac Bruce will slow down as theNiners work some youth in at the WR position. This will be Morgan. He isprojected to be available at the start of the 12th round a verynice place for a receiver that you can start every week.TE: Ben Celek (PHIL) Tight End is a position that isvery deep and turns out Sleepers year-in and year-out. With that in mind, youcan let other managers spend high draft picks on Tony Gonzalez, Jason Wittenand Antonio Gates. Celek turned it on at the end of 2008, especially during theplayoffs. The Eagles let long-time McNabb favorite, L.J. Smith, go since theyhave his replacement in Celek. With Philly's plethora of wispy receivers,McNabb needs someone to make the tough catches and hold onto the ball without leavingthe field on a cart. Celek will fill that role nicely as a 16thround pick.D: San Diego Chargers The Chargers defense gave up 347 pointslast year but were missing Shawne Merriman and Shaun Phillips for most of lastyear. They are back and healthy this year. The Chargers also added LarryEnglish in the middle of the defense. The schedule is very favorable (how canit not be when playing 6 games against AFC West teams?!) and the offense willbe dominant once again, which is helpful in assisting the defense withadditional sacks and interceptions. The Chargers are projected as the 18thdefense off the board, which will occur in the 16th round.K: Garrett Hartley (NO) After the Saints came to theirsenses and dropped Martin Gramatica and replaced him with Hartley, Hartleypromptly went 13-13 on FGs and 28-28 on extra points. While kickers rarely getmuch attention in the fantasy world, any kicker that is accurate, kicks in a domeover half the year (including a road game in Atlanta) and kicks for a team thatputs a load of points on the board is worthy of drafting in the very last roundof your draft as your only kicker.
2009,Fantasy,Football,Sleepers