Fantasy Football 2015: Breaking Down Sneaky Sleepers and Player Rankings

August 15, 2015   ·   Andrew Gould   ·   Jump to comments

With fantasy football reaching massive popularity in a golden era for information, true sleepers rarely exist. 
This is a new world where everyone collectively freaks out after Ameer Abdullah's eye-opening preseason display. Sorry to say, but the Detroit Lions rookie is far from a hidden gem. Instead, he'll vault into a top-25, perhaps top-20 running back by the end of the month.
Grantland's Bill Barnwell debunked the sleeper label, pointing out the lack of uncovered talent when everyone in the league is also digging:
It’s going to be awful hard to come up with that one player in 100 whom nobody else is considering. It’s even tougher given how many sleeper candidates fit the same archetypes. The vast majority of sleepers are young, often in their first or second year as a pro. Many of the others have switched teams, schemes, or both. If it’s a player whose role seems likely to open up as the season goes along, like Carlos Hyde last season...

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