5 Sleepers for Your Fantasy Football Teams in 2023
Welcome to a world of hidden gems and untapped potential! As fantasy football managers gear up for the 2023 season, uncovering those sleeper picks who can elevate your team to new heights is crucial. This comprehensive guide presents five must-have sleepers for your fantasy football roster. From breakout stars to overlooked talents, these players possess the key to unlocking a winning edge. If you’re ready for the upcoming fantasy football season, check out these hilarious team names for your fantasy football teams.
For this article, we’ve used the latest Fantrax ADP. All of these players currently have an average draft position (ADP) outside the top 100 players. Get ready to elevate your squads with five sleepers for your fantasy football teams in 2023.
Elijah Moore – Cleveland Browns
ADP: 109
After a solid rookie season showing flashes, including a stretch from Weeks 7-13 where he was the WR3 overall in fantasy, Moore received plenty of hype heading into his second season. Moore fans failed to realize the superior talented Garrett Wilson combined with arguably the worst quarterback room in the NFL was not a good recipe for Moore’s fantasy production. This led to Moore having more routes run than yards on the season, a historically low mark.
All these problems seem to have gone away for Moore after he was traded to the Browns and Deshaun Watson this offseason. Regardless of what you may think of Watson, he has been an elite quarterback able to support multiple viable fantasy wide receivers in the past. I expect him to return to his past form this season and Moore to be a huge beneficiary. Amari Cooper is the WR1, but he is aging and already dealing with injuries in camp, and if he takes a step back this season, Moore will be an even better value. Even if Cooper is the same, Moore is still a value at this ADP with a top 30 wide receiver easily in his range of outcomes. All you have to do is spend your 10th-round pick.
Zay Flowers – Baltimore Ravens
ADP: 136
Rookies are usually the most popular sleeper targets, and Flowers is easily the most slept-on rookie wide receiver drafted in the first round this year. The Ravens and new pass-friendly offensive coordinator Todd Monken decided to spend their first-round pick on Flowers, drafting him over Jordan Addison. Flowers wasn’t a flashy prospect spending four years at Boston College, but he landed in a nice spot with Baltimore. The Ravens don’t have a clear WR1 as Odell Beckham is way past his prime coming off an ACL tear that held him out all of 2022, and he has only played 21 games over the past three years.
I doubt he will have much impact this season if he stays healthy all year. Rashod Bateman has shown flashes of being a solid WR2, but he never looked like an alpha, even when he could stay healthy. Health is already a problem for Bateman this year, as he was placed on PUP to start camp. This leaves a huge opportunity for Flowers this year in an offense that is projected to have a decent increase in passing volume. He can find himself as a top 30 wide receiver and be a league winner down the stretch when he gets acclimated to the NFL.
Skyy Moore – Kansas City Chiefs
ADP: 149
After the Chiefs drafted Skyy Moore in the second round last year, there was nothing but hype for Moore. The Chiefs traded Tyreek Hill earlier in the offseason, and their depth chart lacked a WR1. Moore was also a solid prospect as an early declare out of Western Michigan, putting up over 2,400 yards and 16 TDs in 30 games. This drove his ADP to around the ninth or 10th rounds last year, and his rookie year could not have gone worse. Even with one of the worst wide receiver depth charts in the league, Moore barely managed to see the field and was irrelevant for fantasy.
This year as you can see by his ADP, Moore has become an afterthought in fantasy drafts despite being in a much better situation. Going into his second year, the Chiefs have shown confidence in Moore by their decision to let Juju Smith Schuster leave in free agency and allow Moore to fill that role. This could be huge for Moore, as Juju was productive in fantasy last year despite injury issues. I believe Juju is an average NFL wide receiver at this point in his career, and it’s possible Skyy Moore can be more productive in the slot role than Juju was last year. The good thing is Moore just needs to come close to Juju’s numbers to be a great value in drafts this year.
Jerome Ford – Cleveland Browns
ADP: 165
Most people believe Nick Chubb is a top-three running back in the NFL, yet his fantasy production has never reflected that. Last year was his best year finishing RB6, his first finish inside the top 10 since 2019. In 2019 the Browns added Kareem Hunt mid-season, and since then, Chubb hasn’t been the same for fantasy. His upside was capped by Hunt, who was used in a third-down role and also a decent amount in the red zone. Even though Hunt is gone from the Browns’ offense, I don’t believe his role is.
The Browns have made it clear this offseason through their words and actions that they believe Jerome Ford can fill that role as they let D’Ernest Johnson and Hunt leave in free agency. It’s unlikely Ford will get the amount of red zone work Hunt got, but Ford could be the third down back in Week 1 in an offense I expect to break out in 2023. Even if Ford doesn’t get the same role Hunt did, at worst, he is a Chubb injury away from being a weekly starter in fantasy.
Tank Bigsby – Jacksonville Jaguars
ADP: 188
Personally, when the Jaguars traded James Robinson early last season, I thought Travis Etienne would be a league winner. Unfortunately, outside of three straight top-10 finishes in Weeks 7-9, he only had one more top-10 finish the rest of the year. Many people believe in Etienne this season as he showed the ability to break big runs in his first healthy season last year, but outside of that, he was underwhelming and often dealt with injuries. The Jaguars noticed, which is why Doug Pederson made it clear at the draft and the months leading up to it that he was going to address the running back position.
Enter Tank Bigsby. The Jaguars’ third round this year put up 2,900 yards and 25 TDs on the ground in his three years at Auburn, including averaging 6.0 yards per carry as a true freshman. Tank is a power runner who is a great compliment to Etienne, and it’s likely Tank gets a decent amount of early down even to start the season. Etienne was terribly ineffective at the goal line, only converting 20 percent of his carries inside the five into touchdowns, which was the second worst among the top 25 leading running backs in goal line carries last year. There’s a good chance Tank will take the goal line role, which is extremely valuable on an offense like the Jaguars. Tank would be a steal at this ADP with league-winning upside if Etienne were to go down.
Check out where all of these running backs stack up in our up-to-date fantasy football rankings for 2023.
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