8 LATE ROUND PICKS WE LOVE | Sleepers - NFL Fantasy Football 2026
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In this episode of the No Huddle Podcast, hosts Marl and Seco dive into their fantasy football sleeper picks, focusing on players available from round seven onward. Seco defines a sleeper as someone who can vastly outperform their ADP, providing massive value with minimal barriers to success. The first sleeper is Sam LaPorta, a tight end going at pick 89, who posted elite efficiency stats—like yards per target over expectation—in his nine games last season, making him a top option behind the big three tight ends. Marl counters with Chris Godwin, a wide receiver at pick 92, who was second in fantasy points per game before a season-ending ankle injury; now healthy, he’s expected to be the clear number two target for the Buccaneers behind Baker Mayfield. Seco then highlights Blake Corum, a running back at pick 89, who could split carries nearly evenly with Kyren Williams, as evidenced by his strong late-season performance, offering a huge discount compared to Williams’ higher ADP. Finally, Marl presents Jonathan Brooks, a Panthers running back at pick 94, who has high upside as a pass-catching back but carries injury risk after multiple ACL tears. The hosts also discuss the Buccaneers’ offensive potential and promote a jersey giveaway on their social channels, encouraging listeners to follow for more content as the NFL season approaches.
Welcome all and welcome back into the no huddle podcast. I'm Marl, joined by Seco this evening Wednesday the 12th of August. Seco we're just getting closer and closer 28 days to re precise with when the NFL kicks off with the Seahawks and Patriots. So, well, really much of that one's going to be an absolute thrill. We've got some pre-season games coming up along this Friday and weekend as well. I mean six games taking place on the Friday. It's going to be very hard to try and do any work on a Friday, let alone with all the pre-season games in tow. But we do have our sleepers show kicking tonight. So, we're going to be going through, we've got four sleepers each. All guys outside of round seven onwards and Seco, we're having a bit of a chat about this before recording. What makes a sleeper for you? What are you looking for when it comes to identifying a sleeper? Yeah, Marl, as you said, it's round seven onwards. We were looking at that's about where you start to see, you know, these sort of sleeper guys come through. First six picks are pretty much your base of your team, whether you're going an early tide and record back in there. But you've plenty of receivers and wide receivers and running backs in there. So, I see a sleeper of someone who I think can massively, you know, produce their current ADP or where they're going. Drowing, you can get them in drafts most importantly. So, you know, someone who you might get in the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth round who you can see without too much having to happen in front of them, finishing, you know, in the top, you know, towards the top of their line, someone worthy of a third or fourth round pick. So, that's sort of where I see it. So, I think it's just a massive value and someone who's getting drafted probably close to their floor than they're ceiling. I absolutely love that ear and hopefully with some of our sleeper picks, we'll be able to stay tuned and see how they progress over the next three weeks of preseason games might help. Or, you know, might actually raise their current ADP prices if they hit on what we're expecting here. But before we get into our sleeper's sacco because we do have eight names to run through, of course, if you don't know already or we aren't giving away a jersey, all you have to do is be following us on our socials below on Instagram and X at no huddle SC, check the latest pinned post on both of those platforms. Nice and easy way to enter. Just tag as many mates as you can. That's as how many entries you will get. And this will be drawn before the NFL season kicks off as well. So, we're going to be giving away a whole heap here on no huddle throughout the offseason and as we get into the season. So, make sure to stay tuned and follow us there on those socials to get involved. Sacco sleepers, let's jump straight into it and I might throw it to you to keep things off for us. Guys that we love from around seven onwards and we've also got a real deep sleeper which we'll get to later on. But whoever you got to kick things off. Yeah. Couple of deep guys later and um, for them to get first up, I've got, well, I'm going to be probably when we come out of this preseason offseason, preseason period as clearly the guy who's a big fan of this guy. Sam Laporta, I've mentioned him a few times. I'm sure I mentioned him again, but I just yeah, I want to make sure everyone who who tunes in gets gets a very clear idea of what I think of Sam Laporta, what I think you can do and he's going pick, so he's seven oh seven. I think that's what's that pick 89 I think on on six seven nine was it? So on sleeper at the moment. So a guy you can get you can wait on tight end, you can pass this sort of first three or four guys and you know, really load up on as I said, receivers and running back picks and get a quarter back before and come around in the seventh and get this guy. But I'd probably go a little bit higher than that even look at last year, they played nine games. That's not obviously not ideal. He got injured, things happen, but still in those nine games of players who had 40 plus receptions. He was second in yards. This is a tight ends second yards per out run first in yards per target first in yards after catch per reception third in yards after contact per reception third and mistackled forced per reception. And my new favorite stat, which you know, I'll probably come back to in time time again, the yards per target over expectation, which means it's sort of to dumb it down. In fact, is in depth target alignment, you know, a bunch of things that limit a player's output just purely through through their games, you know, the game style and play calling. So the yards per target over expectation is one that actually shows a true indication of a receiver's ability to maximize their points and really get the most out of it. And you know, what that comes back to is if they get more opportunities, generally, they get a lot more points out of it. And that's what I love the stat because it really is indicative of someone who thinks going to get a bit more opportunity than they had the previous years. What they can do, what that extrapolates out to. And you know, it's crazy how good he was. He went at 2.9. It means nothing as a number. And the next closest last year was George Kiddlet 1.9. So considerably more in that and a bunch of the good tight ends were at 1.4 to 1.2 range to make it sort of stick out more since 2021 127 tight ends. We've had 40 plus perceptions have had more than 2.9 in his yards per target over expectation metric. Four of them have done that. Two a kid all one was stuck at craft and one was Dallas got it back in 2021. So what he did last year on his early nine games. He maximized his opportunities. I don't see, I really don't see the JMO being a problem and I've spoken on other other pods. I'll speak again, probably about what's happening in the JMO versus the port of splits. When the port is there, he generally becomes the boat of fight number two in an offense. I don't even mention the the principal native pitching who tends to sort of steer towards his tight ends a little bit more than secondary receivers. So I just think it's wheels up for this guy. He's going as tight and eight. I take him, he's like, I'm tall and four currently. He's right behind those big three. I take him as early as the fifth round. If I really wanted to, don't have to, I would generally, the six he's always there beets. Bear was loved and mick bride and then it's the port and I just think he's the top of that next year. This is one that you've definitely convinced me on seconds. We get closer towards the season. Start that. I know I had to adjust my Sam LePorta rankings and you know, deservingly so he's been an absolute beast on the field and healthy and we're getting a big discount here and I know with tight end landscape, if you don't get one of those top guys in those earlier rounds, the port is a nice deep end target and getting in the seventh round. I can definitely set your team up. So very strong start on Sam LePorta. Seco, big fan from you on that one. My guy, I'm going a bit older, hopefully not too old for his age 31 season in Chris Godwin, Jr. Wide receiver for the Bucket years. Currently going as a wide receiver 40 and that works out to be 92 overall on sleeper. So in that eighth round area, biggest thing for Chris Godwin has been health. The last couple of years and you know, in 2024, he was off to an absolutely blazing start. He was second in fantasy points per game only behind Jamar Chase from week one to week seven in that stint. And of course, from weeks and we saw that dislocated ankle injury, which I took him out for pretty much until the back end of last year. But during that student, we just know pre injury, just how solid he was 16.1 fantasy points per game. Now in the system with the bucks, another year removed from that injury. Mike Evans has also gone, but you know, not saying that Chris Godwin is going to be the number one target. firmly in that camp of a Mac egg booker being the clear number one, I think Chris Godwin is the clear number two. They're not too worried about Jalen McMillan, not too worried about Ted Hurst. I think the third round rookie, which they brought in this year. McMillan dealing with a few injuries now at the moment with the, you know, a couple of injuries in his past couple of years. Hurst coming in as that rookie, I think he's going to take a little bit longer to get acclimated. And by all training camp reports with Chris Godwin, he's looking like his pre injury self. And I think that's a very scary wide receiver and someone that you can get, you know, in the back end of the eighth wide receiver 40. I think he can easily be a wide receiver three with wide receiver two upside. And of course, in that last game, championship week last year for us in week 17 against the dolphins, put up seven for 108 and a touchdown, giving you 20, just under 24 fantasy points in that game. So, I mean, if you somehow ended up with Chris Godwin in week 17 and played him while done, I'll definitely wasn't on that fence. I can't, you know, I can't predict that. But I think just at this cost and with what else is going around him and how high I am on the bucks this year, I think Chris Godwin can have a nice bounce back and he's super cheap at this cost. So I just want to ask, how do you feel on this bucks passing attack? I know we've spoken about it a little bit during this offseason, you know, we're both on a mechaigbuker being that clear one. But how do you say the pecking order taking place after a burger? Yeah, I agree. It's clear one, a burger, you know, I'm ridiculously high on him. But I said it on the betting show and I must admit, so apologies for those that consume that. There's some audio and visual technique. We need to pull it. Issues that we went through and I've fixed them up. Hopefully this one's a lot better. So thanks for sticking that out. Thanks for Michael for calling it out to us. One of our listeners on that one. But yeah, I mentioned that one that Bacon Mayfield is my, he was my, I think he's my long shot friend VP and he's about 51 to 1 or some of that. Maybe $35 some around there, but I just think these guys have the chance to be, becaus the chance to make these guys all outperform their ADP. I've got a book of Wellerhead of the ADP and I've got Godwin Wellerhead. If he's going 39, maybe I have to read check where I'm at because I think I'm in the
in the low 30s with him. So I also like being Bill and I think Fred Durst, Ted Hurst is gonna be the guy, you know, who looks like he's gonna be that few stretcher guy, maybe a bit of a sacrificial X type guy, which is great for Godwin, but it's also great for him as well, because you'll get those. If you look back, think back to last year, when Ted Johnson and Cameron Johnson with a cable or a thing for Baker, the same thing that I can have with Hurst, I think Hurst gonna be there all year and from the start, it also make no one will be there. K-Dotton pops up. Just their offense is gonna be good enough to score enough, to make sure that Godwin's gonna be relevant in that as well. So, to your original question, Egg Booker and then Godwin's are clear too, I have the other two, probably, you know, I fear it off, but still very much, you know, out or above ADP, 'cause I think it's who has up to this. And having said all that, Mayfield is currently 18th, QB 18 in ADP. If you got stuck with absolutely, you missed the run, you thought you could wait one more, you're on the turn, you thought you'd wait one, or two more rounds to get caught back. And liking to someone like, you know, Brock Pretty, Bo Nick's type, and you missed everyone. Mayfield, if you had him, not the absolute worst, you can pair him with someone like Chuckle Willis and play the matchups every week. It's not gonna be a bad thing to do, because, you know, there's a lot of guys who can score points in the league, Mayfield's one of them. And yeah, I'm gonna be a big bucket of these guys, I think you should. - Especially with Baker being in that contract year, you know, having some discussions with the Bucks and they didn't resolve anything. He's gonna play it out, probably own a lot more money next year with Harry Performance this year. Let's just hope that he can stay healthy, been pretty together for stretch, but with your their second, the Bucks are gonna have a hell of a year. We hope and as we move into your second sleeper of this evening, who have you got for us? So I've got my fillys hat on right now, but I've got my Rams hat back on for sleeping number two. It's not Kyle Williams. It's his running mate Blake Corum is RB 35, pick number 89 in the eighth round on Sleeper currently. And look, I get it. Kyle was been great for three years. You know, he came on. He was a guy who was being picked well after this RB 35 range in that year. He took over from Camakers who was going in the third or fourth in those days and took it around with it. But what we saw happen at the back end of 2025 going into the playoffs, sort of for me, anyway, as a close rounds observer, you know, sort of tip my hand a little bit to what I think big way wants to do again. Obviously, Superl aspirations are still very much in line this year. Sort of like what they did in Seattle, even though McVade sort of already started doing it before I did that, he's really having a true 50/50 split. And to that point, he's going at 35 Kyle Williams, I think he's in the still in the third or fourth round. I think I had a written down, but I'm going to lost it. The gap's way too big and that's why I think he's a massive sleeper. I can really see Corum potentially scoring as much or more than Williams and Mike sound like a massive, massive hot take. But it's something I can see happening. And I've looked back to some stats. Week 13 was when McVade really started getting close to that 50/50 split. And from week 13 to 8 and onwards, I've taken out week 17 because he only played 22% of the snaps on what McVase was a managed game. He carried something over through training. After that though, Blake Corum had more yards, 52 to 48% yards, he had a better exposure run rate, 10.5 to 5.3. Better success rate, 74 to 68%. Better miss four stacles rate. Better yards after contact per attempt. They had the same amount of carries inside the five. He had also had a better yards per route run and better yards per target rate. He had more touchdowns. So he had one less touchdown over that time. And more importantly, he had more fantasy points in the last five weeks than Kyle Williams did. 14.6 to 14.2. So the way I see it, it's going to be a very even split. Don't take Corum in the third or fourth when you can get Blake Corum in the eighth. I don't think that 8-up he's going to move much. So when we get to drafts in three or four weeks, he can still get Corum in the eighth as your RB3. After you've loaded up everywhere else. And be very happy to take him. He's also going behind people like Chubahabu, we both are very, very loud and proud anti-chubo guys. Here and in same with Ajay Harvey, he's going behind those guys who just don't see having anywhere near the role or the upside if they do get that role. So yeah, Blake Corum, eighth round, is just a, he's a screaming value. RB35 is not a chance in the world. In the world he finishes worse than RB35. It always shocks me to hear who's going behind Ajay Harvey in terms of Cone-A-P, like it's just so low on Harvey. And I know with Corum, we've had discussions during the off season. I'm a little bit more optimistic on Ciron. But you know, following, you know, you do need a Gendary Sakov adjust my ranks a little bit. I have dropped Ciron down. But the main point that you touch on that I can't, I've got no argument for it. Ciron in the, in round three or four, Ciron ADP or Corum in round eight. I think looking at this, Ram's offense as a whole, there's going to be so much, so much that both of these guys are going to be able to eat into. The offense is going to be probably top five, top seven at least. And given with how strong their defense is, I think they're going to be in so many more run-friendly game scripts where both of these guys can really eat. So I'll be 35. You know, I am, I am a bit of a higher on Ciron guy. I'm a little bit lower than ADP, but I can't, I can't fault your easing there with Black Corum and especially with your Ram's knowledge as well. It's hard, hard to be. And so I'll lead into my next sleep, another running back. And a guy going one spot behind Black Corum and Ciron ADP. Jonathan Brooks for the Carolina Panthers 94 overall. So a few spots lower than Ciron overall. And I think Jonathan Brooks, I won't take up too much time with this one because I feel like he's probably been one of the favorite current fantasy market sleepers of this offseason. You know, he was a favorite rookie coming in in 2024 in that draft class drafted in the second round to the Panthers, the first running back taken in that class, slowly recovering back from an ACL that he sustained in his last year in Texas. And then unfortunately when he finally got healthy, weak 14 and 2024, tore the same ACL in the same knee. So it hasn't played since. So, you know, there definitely is some, some caution with Jonathan Brooks, but given Carolina's landscape of their offense, the moves they've made in the offseason, I mean, they've, they're the most invested team on their own lines, betting the most money out of the whole 32 teams in that area of their team. I think they just really set up to run the ball and that's backed up with Bryce Young being the quarterback. And I think they're going to want to pass all as much with Bryce Young. And looking at Jonathan Brooks, V.T.B. Hubbard. So Hubbard's going a little bit higher than Brooks in current ADP. I think that'll flip definitely as we get closer to the season launch. Tuba Hubbard lost his job last year to Rico Dattle. You know, it was, he kind of just took that away and ran with it. I think with Jonathan, you know, now Rico Dattle moving on to the Steelers, also paints a picture of how the Carolina Panthers coaching staff feels on Jonathan Brooks and how he looks heading into this year. All current training camp reports who's been positive, he's looking back to pre-entry health, nice and explosive. And I think he definitely profiles as a clear, better pass catcher over then Tuba Hubbard. Might be a little bit slower start to start the year. Maybe by week, three week for onwards, he takes the reins, but I mean, it could happen from week one. I think it'll be 36, 94 overall, especially if you do hit wide receiver's heavy. It's a nice little high upside play. On the guy that I think could definitely finish in Southern Top 24 at this pass. Verustin Pyöräilyvatee has been working on the year 2013. He's been in the shop for a while now, because he's been able to get a lot of experience with the German technology. Absolutely. I mean, we're both in, I wasn't going to fight for Brooks, but I definitely would have taken him if he didn't take him to talk about, because he's probably one of the biggest sleepers of the entire situation at the moment. That might clear up if pre-season week one game, and he's clearly number one, and he's probably going to move up somewhat. But as you said, he may not be from week one, week two, week three. But as a guy, you're going to want to have probably, definitely midseason and onwards. And in the eights round, you can hopefully have two other running backs to rely on, while Brooks is doing his thing and getting in. But the point you made it great, especially around Carolina, which is probably going to hurt my next sleeper pic a little bit. You did such a good job talking up the run. But my guy's going so late that it can work in both ways. There's Jalen Koker, the Y Receiver for those Panthers. And he's-- what is he? 55? He's pick 12, 12, 12. So at the end of the 12th round.
on sleeper. He's picked 204 on Yahoo. If you're drafting on Yahoo, in the next little bit, he's a bonafide last pick of the draft. He won't shop on anyone's queue. You can just get this guy because he's been a little bit injury prone, if you will, have my injury last two years. Miss six games both years. And they started on IR last year and took him a long time. He had a quad injury that he, when he ripped off the bone, going into last season and took him a long time to ramp up and he was a limited snap. He's fun. He got some games and then he was full-go by sort of week 10. From there, he was just a way higher performer than Y Receiver 58. And again, back to one of my favourites, the art portago over expectation. He was six in that time span for qualifying Y Receivers, which just means that again, with more opportunity, he's going to get a lot more, yeah, a lot more points out of it. Bryce Young, yes, is not great. He has to throw to someone. They can't run the ball 50 times a game. So there will be passing. There is only terror on McMillan. There's no one else. Look at the depth chart. Now, if you want, there's guys like, I can't look at who's injured, is the next best option. David Moore, a guy who's been bouncing around, practice squads forever. Bryce Tremaine, Jimmy Horn, Jr. There's, you know, Jotavian Sanders, is their tight end. He's injured at the moment. They've got Tommy Tremble, but you know, how long can he keep doing it? They haven't really got a legitimate passing game out of the backfield unless Brooks sort of does that. They haven't really got heavy ATNs, not the guy to do it. It just means that, you know, this target share should be super condensed. Canellus isn't dumb. And Bryce Young can do one thing and it's get it to the guy who's being skamed open. So Terrell will get his a little bit or somewhat. Coco's going to get plenty at his cost. And he's a guy you can take just as a flyer towards the near drafts. You don't ever have to start him, but you might end up starting in when he's that clear number two. And he's putting up sort of 12 to 15 fantasy points every week. I know I touched on the Panthers, you know, trying to focus on the run, but the consolidation they have in the passing attack. Terrell McMillan, Jalen Coco really ended list like you like you laid out there, Seco. And you know, what I was going to ask, what didn't you bring up Jalen Coco's postseason game, you know, against your rebs? What do you have? Nine receptions for 134 yards and they touch down late in the fourth quarter. Nilly, Nilly knocked your Rams off the block a little bit. It's a little bit early there. It's completely out of my mind because we should never have let him get that close. Yeah, I should have bought it up, but I try and ignore that because that was a horrible game. If we had been knocked out by the Panthers, it would have been probably the end of the end of the Rams as we knew it. So thankfully, that didn't happen. But he was great. Yeah, no, no, no, there, Coco, you're in at the cost, especially on Yahoo, wow. I couldn't imagine going on Yahoo myself, but if I ever do, that's a, that's a no, screaming screaming, how are you there? Moving on to my next sleeper here before we get into some deeper guys that we both have. Another running back, I love hitting running back to this point of the draft running back 51, currently 118 overall. That's reshared right for the Washington commanders. Coming over from Tampa Bay, you know, we saw reshared right where the started there for, yeah, let's say, let's say two and a half years before Bucky kind of came in. Very productive in those years, especially in 2023, finishes are running back for overall, the back of 64 catches. And his past catching work, I think that's going to definitely be the highlight to where he gets the most production out of this commanders backfield. We saw what Austin Eclat was able to do when he was healthy with the commanders back in 2024. And reshared right, he has not finished outside of the top 36 running backs in his career. So you know, going 15 spots behind, you know, what I think is kind of his average outcome with the commanders who's got at least 40 balls in each year. So if you're playing those PPR formats, it's just very solid week to week production in, you know, either a flex. So if you need to fill in at that RB2 spot, looking at who else has to compete against a couple of late day three draft picks in their in their rookie classes. And Jacquery Crossy Merritt, Bill, which took let's say the mid part of the season by storm last year didn't really show us too much. You know, had a couple of flashes there and he's being talked up a little bit. But I think he still has a lot of a lot to prove. And also K-Tron Allen from this year's draft class. Again, a lot to prove. And he probably profiles more as that plodder. I think Richard White is his role in that passing area of the field is going to be very solidified, especially in past protection as well. I don't think they're going to trust Jacquery Crossy Merritt or K-Tron Allen, especially with Jaden Daniels coming off at a pretty big injury last year and injured her at a last couple of season or not his rookie year, but last year definitely. So Richard White in there playing a lot of the snaps on that that third down. Good pinched a couple of touchdowns too. And when they get inside the five, he's been known to punch a couple of those in as well. And RB51, 118 overall. I'd say a decent opportunity to be the RB1 on this command is offensive. Jacquery Crossy Merritt doesn't prove anything early. I think that's very good value and you could do a whole lot less in the running back position. Now I can agree more. I've got him above Jacquery Crossy Merritt. I know Jacquery Crossy Merritt's getting a lot of hype. A lot of good things being said about him by some fantasy analysts around the traps, but Richard White, I don't see any reason why he definitely be the passing down back. I can't see why he can't cut it on second down as well. If you've seen Bill try and pass protect, you'll know why. I think there's a video about today. The other reason why I learned me tonsil, they're right tackle, left tackle, left tackle. He's out for a long time, potentially out for the majority of the season. So they're going to really need, they're putting a second year guy to left and they're working at right. So they're going to need some protection. They're going to need someone, especially with Daniels coming back. They're not going to allow too much to get through to him. See, I just think there's more or avenues for Richard White to get on the field. And if you think he's got the height, so he does have the highest ever catch rate from a running back with 100 plus targets in the history of the game. So any ball thrown his way, he grabs and he and he goes with it. And only in 2023, it's a while back, but he was running back four. In that season, I remember going in the preseason, it was Chase Edmonds, Richard White, and Big was back field. Everyone thought Chase Edmonds would be the guy. Richard White ended up with 77% of the running off the rushes. And that was the knock, as he could never rush the ball, but he did and he could either do it again. So I'm with you. He's the one you definitely should be targeting from this back field. Love it. Second, all in there on White at Kostin. Now a very deep guy, it's going to be interesting to hear how you're a fan of this because I've been super high on his teammate, newly acquired teammates. So whoever you got for us, as you're very late, sleeper. I've got potential while I receive a one of the New England Patriots, Keishan Bhutte, of course, Ajay Brown, Ajay Brown, of course Ajay Brown went there. I don't know if his ADP, this ADP shouldn't be there from before he was there. So and it hasn't really plummeted. He's just always been there. And I think it's to do with the fact that he's asked for a trade. There was a lot of talk that he wanted out. His exit meeting with Braille and McDaniels. I think he's, you know, he said he wasn't getting enough opportunity and wanted to trade. And the team sort of stuck to their guns and said, look, no, you're an important player. You're a good player. We want to keep you around for your fourth and final season in rookie deals. So that's what they're doing. And Ajay Browns, a thing, he's going to be a great thing. He's probably a consensus, top eight, nine receiver for former's everybody playing fantasy and for good reason. But outside him, Romeo Dobbs is really the only guy who got pop Douglas Mac Hollins. A bunch of sort of guys they're about. But if that's what's supposed to cause me to be concerned and not take Bouti in any, you know, in drafts, he's going in the seminins round, which is, you know, most, most drafts are sort of 15, 16 rounds undrafted on many, many platforms. I'm just not worried about the other guys there. I think I think Bhuta is going to be, I don't want to say Bhuta or Bhutti. I'm going to say Bhutti is the second guy on that on that passing and then Hunter Henry's included. You know, I like Eli Rairden to get a bit of a look second half of the season. I just think Bhutti is just going to have plenty of opportunity. So at that sort of late deep sleeper, a guy can get for absolutely nothing. Last pick of the draft, get him before the waiver wire has to get him. He's the kind of guy and fourth year player still need 24 though. He was a very early declare. Came into the league just at 21. He's younger than a bunch of third year guys. He's younger than a conky. So he's, you know, he's still got that U20 side. He's a third year draft may as well. Who we all think is going to be. Most people think he's going to be an ascending guy. Get better and better. And most importantly, I think to this, him being relevant is that the Patriots get, go from an easy schedule to one of the tougher schedules going around by virtue of being first place.
So they're going to throw a lot more than they did. Drake May is absolutely competent and capable of doing it. But Daniel's a good schema. I just think boot is going to be in a spot to be on the field a lot and score a lot when he's on there because he again is one of those guys who makes a lot out of his targets and gets more targets to get more opportunities and contract a year narrative also helps. He wants to go somewhere and play another three or four years of highball. So he'll do everything he can to dominate and get, you know, get those, get those points. As high as I am on AJ Brown, it does make sense with K Sean booty at this cost. I mean, there's plenty of the pies large enough there with the Pat's and like he said, second, you know, the strength of schedule is going to be a lot harder. You're not going to be able to run the ball in the second half of games as much as what they did last year with our easier their strength of schedule was. It's got a clear connection with Drake May. He's had a couple of big games and he's got a lot of things to do. He's got a couple of big games and that contingent upside that say there's another couple of injuries that take place with different teams at wide receiver. As you know, booty could be a prime candidate to get traded there. And I mean, well, our performance is kind of ADP. I think it's quite a silver 68. That yeah, that yeah, that he touched on. Super super late doesn't cost you anything at all. And it's even better when you look and you've, you've got a piece of that you're going to be able to run the ball in your line up there weekend weekend. Be going to my and our final sleeper on this one. This guy's outside of the top 200 currently in ADP Greg Dullseech, the tight end for the Miami dolphins now. This one just feels too easy for me when you look at the dolphins. Current wide receiver depth. I'll read it out to you because yeah, it's there's a lot of a lot of people who are in the air. I'm sure you're all right. I can't believe he's won. [BLANK_AUDIO]
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The hosts, Marl and Seco, present their fantasy football sleeper picks for the NFL season, focusing on players drafted from round seven onward.
Seco defines a sleeper as a player who can significantly outperform their ADP, offering high value with minimal obstacles to success.
Sam LaPorta is highlighted as a top sleeper at tight end (pick 89), with elite efficiency metrics from last season despite injury.
Chris Godwin is a sleeper wide receiver (WR40, pick 92) for the Buccaneers, poised for a bounce-back after a strong start in 2024 cut short by injury.
Blake Corum is a sleeper running back (RB35, pick 89) for the Rams, expected to share a near 50/50 split with Kyren Williams, offering huge upside at a discount.
Jonathan Brooks is a sleeper running back (pick 94) for the Panthers, with high potential as the lead back, though he carries injury risk from multiple ACL tears.
The hosts also mention a giveaway for a jersey on their social media platforms and discuss the Buccaneers' passing attack and other team dynamics.
Summary:
In this episode of the No Huddle Podcast, hosts Marl and Seco dive into their fantasy football sleeper picks, focusing on players available from round seven onward. Seco defines a sleeper as someone who can vastly outperform their ADP, providing massive value with minimal barriers to success. The first sleeper is Sam LaPorta, a tight end going at pick 89, who posted elite efficiency stats—like yards per target over expectation—in his nine games last season, making him a top option behind the big three tight ends.
Marl counters with Chris Godwin, a wide receiver at pick 92, who was second in fantasy points per game before a season-ending ankle injury; now healthy, he’s expected to be the clear number two target for the Buccaneers behind Baker Mayfield. Seco then highlights Blake Corum, a running back at pick 89, who could split carries nearly evenly with Kyren Williams, as evidenced by his strong late-season performance, offering a huge discount compared to Williams’ higher ADP. Finally, Marl presents Jonathan Brooks, a Panthers running back at pick 94, who has high upside as a pass-catching back but carries injury risk after multiple ACL tears.
The hosts also discuss the Buccaneers’ offensive potential and promote a jersey giveaway on their social channels, encouraging listeners to follow for more content as the NFL season approaches.
FAQs
A sleeper is a player drafted from round seven onwards who can massively outperform their current ADP, offering great value. They are typically drafted near their floor but have the potential to finish near the top of their position.
Sam LaPorta is a sleeper because he had elite stats in his nine games last year, ranking high in yards per target over expectation. He's available in the seventh round, offering great value as a tight end who can outperform his ADP.
Chris Godwin is a sleeper because he was a top fantasy scorer before his injury in 2024, and he's now healthy and the clear number two receiver for the Buccaneers. He's going in the eighth round, providing potential WR2 upside at a low cost.
Blake Corum is a sleeper because he's expected to have a 50/50 split with Kyren Williams, and he outperformed him in several stats late last season. He's available in the eighth round, offering RB3 value with potential to match or exceed Williams's production.
Jonathan Brooks is a sleeper because he's a talented running back recovering from an ACL injury, but he's expected to take over as the Panthers' lead back. He's going in the eighth round, and his pass-catching ability gives him high upside.
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