| You want to get maximum value from your Wide | | | | look for 1,100 yards and 7 scores in 2009, putting |
| Receiver position, because this can be the hardest | | | | him in the 140 point range, which is top 20 WR |
| position to predict Fantasy production-wise. Only | | | | status. Look for him in round 7 or 8 as your |
| the top 13 - 15 WRs will give you 150 Fantasy | | | | second WR. |
| points, but numbers 15 - 40 will score 100 to 150 | | | | Sleeper #2 |
| points. Since these 25 mid - round picks are so | | | | Miles Austin or Patrick Clayton will step up and |
| similar, you want to avoid drafting any of them | | | | claim the second receiver spot now that Terribly |
| too soon. We toss the ball to our WRs in our | | | | Obtuse has left town. Watch training camp closely. |
| ongoing series on Fantasy Football Sleepers. | | | | The fact that you will hear a lot of talk about |
| Your goal here is to pick up 2 of these WRs in | | | | these two competing means some owners will be |
| rounds 6 through 10, rather than rounds 4 and 5. | | | | shy about picking one of these guys, and there-in |
| As you can see by the above stat, you have | | | | lies the value here. Romo has averaged 264 |
| roughly 25 route runners that achieve identical | | | | yards a game passing since he became the full |
| production, so let your competitors pick Dwayne | | | | time starter, and you can look for 3,800 to 4,000 |
| Bowe or Santonio Holmes too early, and you can | | | | yards from him in 2009. Even if you factor in a |
| sneak in later with identical production. | | | | 1,200 yd 10 TD year for Roy Williams, that leaves |
| Sleeper #1 | | | | 2,600+ yards and 15-20 TDs to spread around. |
| Baltimore's Derrick Mason instantly became Rookie | | | | At Austin's size, he could be looked at around the |
| QB Joe Flacco's favorite target, and posted a | | | | goal line and red zone, running the fade routes |
| quiet 1,000 yard 5 TD season. Flacco now has a | | | | Owens used to enjoy. |
| year under his belt, and even though Mason is 35, | | | | Remember, you want round 5 production from a |
| he has not missed a game the last three years. | | | | round 8 pick. I got it last year, picking DeSean |
| He has averaged 93 catches and 1,000+ yards | | | | Jackson very late, and you can too if you stick |
| each of the last two years, and I think you can | | | | with one of these sleeper picks. |