In our annual 32-part Summer Sleeper series, DLF scribes identify a lightly-touted player on each NFL roster who may be worthy of your consideration. Our subjects all have varying levels of “sleeperness,” but each merits a bit of in-depth discussion here in the Premium Content section.
To help everybody along, we are going to be categorizing our sleepers under one of three headings:
Super Deep Sleepers – Players who aren’t roster-worthy in 12-team leagues, but are still worth keeping an eye on.
Deep Sleepers – An end of the roster player who is more often than not on the waiver wire in 12-team leagues.
Sleeper – A likely rostered player who makes for a good trade target. Their startup ADP puts them out of the top-175 or so.
Because we aren’t going to give you the likes of mainstream sleepers, most of these players will undoubtedly fizzle. All we are asking is for you to keep an open mind and perhaps be willing to make room for one of these players on your bench. You never know when the next Adam Thielen is going to spring up. Feel free to add your own thoughts about our choice for the designated sleeper, or nominate one of your own in the comments below.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the more fascinating offenses in the league. Dynasty owners are counting on JuJu Smith-Schuster to continue his rocket trajectory towards WR1 overall in dynasty startups. James Conner and Jaylen Samuels make up one of the potential best backfields in the NFL. Vance McDonald has massive upside in an offense with over 200 vacated targets. Plus, James Washington and Donte Moncrief are both being selected in the mid-rounds of redraft leagues as high-upside plays.
So, where on earth is the value on this team? You’ll have to go far down on the depth chart, but one name stands out.
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