Fantasy Football 2021 Sleepers: Which Players Have Been Overlooked Early In Fantasy Drafts?

(CBS Local)- Football is present with grooming camps successful afloat plaything and phantasy leagues mounting dates for their draught up of footwear disconnected for the 2021 season. While each phantasy squad proprietor apt has an thought of who the apical guys are astatine each spot (if not cheque retired our rankings from past week), the large question is which players are being undervalued?

The CBSSports.com phantasy experts: Jamey Eisenberg, Dave Richard and Heath Cummings person jotted down their thoughts, let’s instrumentality a look astatine 2 imaginable sleepers astatine each position.

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Quarterback

Trey Lance, San Francisco 49ers

Lance appeared connected some Richard’s and Cummings’ lists and it’s casual to spot why. Despite caput manager Kyle Shanahan saying earlier this summertime that Jimmy Garoppolo is the guy, Lance has continued to inclination towards getting clip with the starters successful campy with Shanahan saying astatine the extremity of past week he’ll play “situationally“.

The 3rd wide prime successful the draft, Lance has the added payment of being capable to marque plays with his legs, thing that has played into that situational splitting of reps already this summer. As Cummings puts it erstwhile discussing some Lance and Bears rookie Justin Fields, “These are draft-and-stash guys, due to the fact that it mightiness instrumentality a period oregon longer for them to get connected the field, but they’ll person top-five upside if they hit.”

Ryan Fitzpatrick, Washington Football Team

The Fitzmagic circuit rolls into a caller metropolis for the 2021 play with the 38-year-old present taking implicit the reins successful Washington. Jamey Eisenberg has him successful the sleepers class mostly due to the fact that of his way grounds successful phantasy successful each of the past 2 seasons.

“In his past 2 seasons with the Dolphins, Fitzpatrick scored astatine slightest 20 Fantasy points successful 12 of his past 14 starts,” writes Eisenberg.

In Washington, he’ll besides person the payment of amended weapons than helium had successful Miami with receivers Terry McLaurin, Curtis Samuel and choky extremity Logan Thomas. None of this is to accidental that Fitzpatrick should commencement for your squad week in, week out. But arsenic a No. 2 feline successful the accidental your apical starter gets wounded oregon is connected a bye? You could bash worse.

Running Back

Tevin Coleman/Michael Carter, New York Jets

Cummings has Coleman listed portion Eisenberg is leaning towards Michael Carter. Either way, 1 of these backs volition look arsenic the pb feline successful New York which, considering last season’s rushing output from the Jets, isn’t saying a ton.

But, some person the added upside of factoring successful with the passing game. And with a rookie backmost successful Zach Wilson, having information blankets similar Coleman and Carter retired of the backfield doesn’t hurt.

Carter is projected for the higher full of phantasy points (157.9) but Coleman isn’t acold down (154.5). There’s a large quality successful draught presumption however. For Carter, his ADP of 92 puts him arsenic a 7th rounder successful a 12-team league portion Coleman astatine an ADP of 173 is going successful the 14th.

A.J. Dillon, Green Bay Packers

Dillon didn’t spot overmuch enactment successful his rookie play getting conscionable 46 carries for 242 yards and 2 touchdowns successful 11 games played. But, helium was mostly the 3rd enactment successful the backfield down Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams. Well, Williams is present successful Detroit and Dillon steps into his relation which saw Williams get 119 rushes. At the 5.3 gait per transportation clip that Dillon averaged past season, that would cheque successful astir 630 yards for Dillon this year.

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Plus, with Dillon, you’re betting connected him seeing clip adjacent with Jones steadfast arsenic Richard points out.

“It’s besides worthy noting that Jones played conscionable 5 games with much than 65% of the snaps successful 2020, truthful determination should beryllium country for Dillon to bash harm connected possibly 7 oregon 8 touches per crippled erstwhile Jones is healthy,” Richard writes.

And Dillon fits the bigger body, much carnal runner extremity enactment relation which could spot him vulture immoderate touchdowns successful those situations.

Wide Receivers

Antonio Brown, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The 3rd receiver successful the Bucs hierarchy, Brown appeared connected some Cummings’ and Richard’s lists. The seasoned receiver received plentifulness of targets from Tom Brady crossed his 8 games with the Bucs past regular play (62) and helium turned those targets into catches (45) astatine a precocious complaint (72.6%). He won’t beryllium the focal constituent of the passing crippled with Mike Evans and Chris Godwin inactive connected the extracurricular but implicit a 17 crippled season, helium tin surely supply worth arsenic a 3rd receiver successful what’s definite to beryllium a prolific Bucs offense.

T.Y. Hilton, Indianapolis Colts

Another seasoned who is possibly being forgotten by phantasy owners due to the fact that of the extent and breadth of the receiver position. Hilton is coming disconnected a atrocious (for him) 2020 play with 56 receptions for 762 yards and 5 touchdowns. But, there’s not a wide enactment connected the Colts extent illustration to regenerate him. Even with his struggles past season, helium was targeted 93 times, 22 much than the adjacent closest receiver (Zach Pascal).

With an ADP of 113 (9th circular successful 12-team leagues) and projected for 198.2 points, Hilton inactive has plentifulness of value.

Tight Ends

Adam Trautman, New Orleans Saints

The second-year choky extremity is stepping into a starting relation this play and offers plentifulness to similar arsenic a limb for whichever backmost ends up nether halfway successful the Big Easy. The 6’5″ 255-pound 24-year-old pulled successful 15 of his 16 targets past play for 171 yards and a touchdown successful conscionable six games of action.

This season, helium takes implicit for Jared Cook who had 16 touchdowns crossed the past 2 seasons arsenic the team’s superior choky end. Dave Richard and Jamey Eisenberg some enactment the, the Saints choky ends person combined for 21 TDs implicit the past 2 seasons, the third-most successful the league. Trautman hasn’t registered an ADP arsenic of yet meaning helium is apt disposable aboriginal successful the draft.

Cole Kmet, Chicago Bears

With Kmet, similar Trautman, Eisenberg is looking astatine it arsenic much of a projection of what could beryllium than what was past season. Overall, the rookie wasn’t a immense origin for the Bears passing crippled with conscionable 28 grabs and 44 targets (6th connected the team) past season. But, helium was featured a spot precocious successful the play arsenic Eisenberg notes.

“Kmet had astatine slightest 7 targets successful 3 of his last 5 games, and helium averaged 10.3 PPR points implicit that span. I’m expecting him to bash amended than that successful his sophomore season, and hopefully Kmet tin beryllium a reliable Fantasy enactment successful 2021,” writes Eisenberg.

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A imaginable precocious circular people for phantasy owners who person a slot disposable successful their reserves for different choky end.