Fantasy Football Today - Jamey Eisenberg’s 2025 All Sleeper Team! Fantasy Football Players You NEED to Know! (08/29 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Starting point is 00:00:00 Jamie Eisenberg's All-Sleeper team right now on FFT Express. All right, Jamie, first, before we get into the All-Sleever team, I have a confession to make. Okay. Don't get mad. And don't judge me, people. Yesterday we were doing a mock draft, half-PR. It was going well, going well. I had a couple of auto picks in, I don't know, 9 and 10, 10, 10, 11, something.

Starting point is 00:00:30 like that, those rounds. Shad Bateman and Marry Cooper. I fell asleep. Wow. You should know, I should probably be on the Allsleever team because I briefly dozed off during the draft.

Starting point is 00:00:41 Can I tell you, it's probably going to happen to me today because we have Dave's auction draft and, you know, you get to that point where like you're out of money or, you know, you're going to let some bids go by because you want to save some money for the, you know, group of players that are assuming you're going to come up.

Starting point is 00:00:55 It's probably not the best way to do it. But I turn the volume all the way up, It's when I hear, uh, it's now, it's now your turn to nominate player or you're on the clock. Because there are times like when our drafts, especially like you're on an end, right? So you're picking on an end. And when everybody's using, we do, we do 60 seconds per pick on almost all of our drafts. So when you're sitting there and it's minute, minute, minute, minute, you know, it's like you get that 15 minute lull of. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:01:22 I hadn't recovered from the draftathon yet, too. It was a really long day the day before. I needed my nap. I got about a three minute nap in. All-Sleeper team. Give me a quarterbacks on the all-sleeper team. So just for anybody that's still doing their drafts, I did my final version of sleepers.

Starting point is 00:01:38 32 sleepers I put on the list just because all of my favorite guys for the players that are being picked after number 120 overall. So it's a little overkill. But the quarterbacks that I wrote about that I love in this space, and I removed Drake May because he's a breakout candidate for me. So you got Jordan Love, you got Trevor Lawrence, C.J. Stroud. Um, let me sure I have all the names for you. Jordan loves, Caleb Williams, Justin Herbert, and J.J. McCarthy.

Starting point is 00:02:06 It's a lot of sleepers, and it's illustrative of how we, you know, draft the position, right? You definitely want to give yourself a shot with some of these sleepers. I think that's part of it is that the position's so deep. And I did even include, you know, other guys you can basically get for free, which like Michael Pinnock and Bryce Young. Now, you don't want to clearly go into your season starting those guys. And a lot of these quarterbacks are not. necessarily guys you want to open the season within a one-quarterback league, but I think at some point we're going to see them play significant roles for fantasy managers. And Stroud's schedule

Starting point is 00:02:34 is easy, so it's, you know, someone you can buy back into Dan Schneier talked about that I think our last mailbag, how much he likes CJ Stroud, or maybe it was on our CBS Sports Network show where he gave him as a bull prediction. But McCarthy, you know, I think they did a great thing by giving him Adam Thieland, so another solid weapon for the first three games while Addison's out, and that's a great part of their schedule too. Lawrence, we've talked to ad nauseum about Jordan Love, we talked to ad nauseum about. There's just a lot to like there. And Caleb Williams was somebody like was a breakout candidate for a lot of us,

Starting point is 00:03:03 you know, going into training camp. And now you're getting him at such a discounted price. Like remember he was a top 12 quarterback. I know for me he was, I think for Dave and Heath, you know, certainly in the range. And now you're getting him in the teens as a good backup with a lot of potential. I know you draft him in several leagues as a high-end backup. I do. I'm hoping that when we do our lessons learned, I don't really have that much to him.

Starting point is 00:03:25 I've drafted him a lot of mocks. I don't have that much, Caleb Williams. I would like to. Maybe I have a few more drafts left. Maybe I'll take another shot. I would hope that at the end of the year, when we do a Lessons Learned episode, we go, stop paying attention to preseason.

Starting point is 00:03:38 Because I know the struggles were there for him. Actually, he looked good in the preseason games. He apparently did not look so good in training camp. But you know what, though? I'm glad you bring that up because you want sometimes when there's a new coach and a young player, and especially if that's a marriage, it's okay if they look bad because they're trying things.

Starting point is 00:03:54 And learning, right. All right. How about running backs on the sleepers list? So again, we're moving Braylon Allen from this list because I consider him a breakout candidate, but these are a lot of my favorite players. Ollie Gordon, Bachel Tootin, Dylan Sampson, these are all guys I think that have a chance to play significant roles. Jaden Blue, Brian Robinson Jr. is now in this range. Trey Benson, Ray Davis, and Will Shepley. So some handcuffs that you're looking at that could play some roles, but I think

Starting point is 00:04:20 Ollie Gordon's going to get off to a good start. I think Dylan Samson is going to get off to a good start. and Bachel Tootin is somebody that is a player you want a roster just in case he does get an opportunity to be the Jaguars guy at some point in the middle of season. All right, we're going to take a break and we'll get some wide receiver sleepers and tight end sleepers after this. Ontario, the weight is over. The gold standard of online casinos has arrived.

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Starting point is 00:05:40 Wide receiver sleepers, Jamie. Yeah, another list that, you know, guys, we talked about this yesterday a little bit. So some players that I think have a chance to sort of ascend into the top 30 range, guys like Christian Kirk and Josh Downs. Downs is just insane value, I think, for what he could be with Daniel Jones. Jalen Coker now definitely belongs in this range of receivers for me. Darno Mooney, DeMario Douglas, Luther Burden, Marvin Mims, Rashid, Shihid, Cedreder Tillman, and then a couple of floor options

Starting point is 00:06:08 in Romeo Dobbs and Wondell Robinson, and Deontay Thornton is free space on draft. You mentioned about not overspending for him from a fab perspective, and I agree with you. However, sometimes when you see a player that has a lot of upside, if he hits in week one, so what would you say was $12 $12 will spend on him? Dante Thornton, Jr.? Yeah. Yes. It seems like a lot now.

Starting point is 00:06:31 If he goes out in week one and has, not the Isaiah likely game, but like, you know, has a 80 yards and a touchdown, six targets, four catches, 80 yards in a touchdown? What do you think that's $12 now? I wouldn't spend,

Starting point is 00:06:48 I wouldn't spend $12 on him even in that scenario. Okay, but in the case of a guy that got buzz in the preseason and then performs in week one. Yeah, he's going to go for 30. But so did Isaiah likely. It's kind of the point. Again, I'm not

Starting point is 00:07:04 trying to compare the two, but like these players, when you can get them, that particular manager may have gotten him for six bucks. Look, obviously he still fits he's the good sleeper, right? That's what we're We're talking about today.

Starting point is 00:07:19 Good sleeper-wide receivers, a lot of good, good late-round picks there for Jamie. And, yeah, you mentioned. The one thing I just want to say with these receivers, Tillman, Shaheed, Mims, Thornton, you kind of see the profile. There's not going to be a consistent amount of targets on a week-to-week basis, but the potential could be huge. If they do get those targets and if they start to become consistent options, we saw it for Mims at the end of the last season. We saw it for Sheet to the beginning of last season. We saw it for Tillman in the four-game stretch. Guys like DeMario Douglas and Wondell Robinson and PPR could be awesome.

Starting point is 00:07:48 just because of the volume of receptions that they can get. So it's kind of an easy path that you see I'm trying to find for some of these guys. And Koker and Mooney and guys and Kirk are guys that could be insanely good on their teams because of what roles they're going to play and may just be great value based on their cost. So who are your two favorites? My two favorites are Kirk and Kirk and Downs. Okay. And tight ends? Tight ends. It's a mix of some, you know, players with upside and some veterans that you can still get at some good value.

Starting point is 00:08:28 So Colston Loveland is in this range. And if you go back to our pre, our post draft conversation and, you know, depending on which analysts you ask, you know, Dave versus, let's say Jacob Gibbs, there are a lot of people that still think Lovellins better. And you're getting him at such a discounted price that it's just easy to draft him. Dalton Kincaid, I still think has plenty of upside. And I know Dave loves Keon Coleman. and wouldn't shock me if Kincaid is that guy that breakout receiving option for the bills. Jake Ferguson is free on draft day. Essentially, he's after, you know, pick 120. Dallas Goddard is still going to be around 10, 11 ppr points per game.

Starting point is 00:08:57 I would take a flyer on Kyle Pitt still just because if he stinks early in the season, you drop him. I wouldn't take him as my number one tight end, but as a number two tight end. And then one of the more underrated players this year that we did not spend enough time talking about is Chig O'Conco. We're looking at the profile, right? You say it all the time. You were the first person to bring this up on our show several years ago.

Starting point is 00:09:15 who can be second on their team and targets? Well, you look at this Titans receiving core, and it's Tyler Lockett, two rookies, and Van Jefferson. There's an easy path here for O'Concoe, who closed last year, his last three games were awesome. And if that carries over, I know they like Gunnar Helm. We'll see what the rookie titan does. But I think very easy guy that you're going to see.

Starting point is 00:09:35 There's a few of these tight ends, but he's my favorite. But there's a handful of guys that we're going to see early in the season pop. And it's going to be like the mad rush to get these guys off waivers when some of the later round tight ends that we have been drafting struggle. And Chig is one. I think Breton Strange is going to be one for the Jaguars. I think Hunter Henry is going to be one for the Patriots and potentially John Johnson for the Saints. Those four guys are all going to be in opportunities where they can make some plays.

Starting point is 00:10:01 And I would throw Mason Taylor in that conversation. I was going to say his name. But I'm just talking about the older guys that are just kind of getting discounted a little bit. I'm sorry, disregarded a little bit, not discounted. one more sleeper if I were in a 14 team league I might consider is he was one of my least favorite wide receiver prospects in this draft class because he had six catches all year out of 63 that were between the hash marks according to true media this guy all he did was stay outside and I just I had no interest in him he didn't have any special traits but his name is Ellick Isle Manor and the Titans desperately need someone, because you talked about Oconquo, so just kind of thought, I thought about IOM manner. I feel like when I saw him in the preseason, he was doing some other stuff just than,

Starting point is 00:10:50 you know, running verticals on the sideline or just staying out toward the boundary. So if they can use him a little bit differently, maybe they can unlock something in him. I think he's one of those guys that, you know, coming out of Stanford, people thought he would go a little sooner in the NFL draft. Yeah. And he went after D.K. Right. The guy, they took both of them.

Starting point is 00:11:10 Shemari D.K., I believe, out of Florida. So, Elyke-Ele-Manner, look, you know what? If he does something early in this season, don't just toss it aside, I guess is what I'd say. I don't think you have to draft him, but it's a name to know. All right.

Starting point is 00:11:25 What about, real quick, what about Chargers number two wide receiver? There's some interesting names, but do you think anyone that's relevant for fantasy? Not Keenan. Did you say him? No, but he's not being drafted. I don't know.

Starting point is 00:11:39 I mean, is it Allen? Is it Quentin Johnston? Is it one of the rookies? I would anticipate it being Keenan Allen as the second receiver there. And then when you factor in Johnson and the two rookies, I think that's where the headache comes in. So could one of them ascend to becoming a go-to target for Justin Herbert? Absolutely. You know, you saw Lambert Smith have the great first preseason game and you brought this up,

Starting point is 00:12:03 which I don't think a lot of people realized, was that when Johnson suffered the concussion in the second or third preseason game, whatever it was, it was Lambert Smith that stepped in and not Trey Harris. There's definitely a scenario where one of those two guys can be good middle to the end of the year, especially if Johnson continues to frustrate with his drops. And Keenan Allen proves not to be good on the outside, which could maybe be a problem for Latmakaki, but let's hope that doesn't happen. But I think there, there's a path there. I just think the, at least for me, the guys that I went with, I would much rather have than

Starting point is 00:12:34 second charge of receiver. And I know, like, you did a draft recently where you drafted Johnston. and even to bring up the guy you auto-picked to tie it all back in with Sleepy Hazer. Rashad Bateman doesn't get enough attention either. You know, for a guy that could lead his team in touchdowns, and you have, who knows what the Andrei Hopkins has left, who knows what the tight end situation, how that plays out.

Starting point is 00:12:59 They re-signed him, former first-round pick. Like, there's still a scenario here where he can make some play. So don't hate him. Yeah. All right. Thank you, Jamie. And thank you all for watching in this one. Have a great weekend.

Starting point is 00:13:10 See you later, everybody.

Fantasy Football Today - Jamey Eisenberg’s 2025 All Sleeper Team! Fantasy Football Players You NEED to Know! (08/29 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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