How To Dominate Your Sleeper Fantasy Draft: Winning Sleeper Fantasy Football Draft Tips
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How To Dominate Your Sleeper Fantasy Draft: Winning Sleeper Fantasy Football Draft Tips

Dwain McFarland runs through draft strategy specific to Sleeper Fantasy Football on how to dominate your draft, regardless of your draft position.

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Sleeper fantasy football is more difficult than ESPN from an ADP perspective.

  • Format: PPR, 15 roster spots + 2 Injured Reserve (IR)
  • Starters: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 FLEX

How To Win Your Fantasy Football Draft On Sleeper

A Super Hero build on Sleeper is not a lock from an early position. The RBs have moved up, flipping Bowers and McBride, who are now on the table at the end of Round 1. But you could get a second RB in Round 3.

In the middle rounds, the WR pricing is much tighter.

MarShawn Lloyd's ADP (159) is still buried on Sleeper. I am guessing someone from your league will know better, so I have him as a Round 7 target. But he could fall.

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Fantasy Football Mock Draft On Sleeper From Early Position (Picks 1-4)

Below, I went with a Zero build with Chase, but prefer Hero if Walker or Chase make it back. You could also go with an elite TE build from this position.

Loveland doesn't fall back in Round 4. Kraft is much more expensive (Round 5) vs ESPN, which makes an elite TE a viable option. Kittle is also up from Round 8 to Round 7, which isn't ideal.

Additionally, Kincaid and Likely are priced up.

These developments make Bowers and McBride very appealing at the end of Round 2. And if they don't make it, you likely had an RB slide your way.

Due to tighter middle-round pricing across the board and the decision to take an elite TE early, my focus is on late-round QBs. But you can pivot if you're uncomfortable with Murray.

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Sleeper Fantasy Mock Draft From Middle Position (Picks 5-8)

Since The Talented Mr. Roto dropped Smith as his Ride or Die, our Round 4 value on DeVonta Smith has evaporated. He is now a late Round 3 pick. Thanks, Matthew!

Despite that, drafting from the middle on Sleeper offers many avenues for building quality teams. You are in the perfect spot to pick off quality value picks without reaching.

Some of my favorite values to target:

  • Round 4: Colston Loveland, Zay Flowers, Travis Etienne Jr., Jaylen Waddle, Garrett Wilson
  • Round 5: Luther Burden III
  • Round 6: Christian Watson, Parker Washington, Jadarian Price
  • Round 7: Dead spot—that is why I love MarShawn Lloyd as a pivot. Justin Herbert is another fun pivot. Or just reach for Godwin if you need a WR.
  • Round 8: Chris Godwin, Trevor Lawrence
  • Round 9: Jonathon Brooks, Blake Corum, Stefon Diggs, Jordan Mason
  • Round 10: Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Quentin Johnston, Bo Nix, Brock Purdy
  • Round 11: Matthew Golden, De'Zhaun Stribling, Kyler Murray
     

Jayden Daniels is also in play in Round 6. But there are significant trade-off costs in that round versus Round 8, where you can get Lawrence. Plus, we have multiple quality outs after Lawrence if we miss out.

I really like the idea of Loveland in Round 4, when he makes it, given the inflated pricing on the rest of the TE board.

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Sleeper Mock Draft From Late Position (Picks 9-12)

I love drafting from this position on Sleeper. We can lock in a strong RB-RB start, grab the best value at WR in Round 3, and then secure Loveland in Round 4. This provides us with maximum flexibility moving forward, where we don't have to overpay for RBs or TEs the rest of the way and can focus on filling out our WR room and snagging a QB.

From this position, I am willing to draft Watson and Washington ahead of ADP to secure both in Rounds 5-6 in my Super Hero builds, to avoid the Round 7 options and pivot to Herbert or Lloyd. If I am in a jam, I am also willing to take Godwin.

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Players Mentioned in this Article

  1. MarShawn Lloyd
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