Fantasy Football: 5 sleepers to target

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Each season, most of the players who lead teams to the fantasy playoffs are those selected early in the draft. However, there are always a few who dominate despite being drafted much later. For example, Brock Bowers last season and Raheem Mostert the year before went from late-round draft picks to fantasy superstars.

We're identifying five players who are being drafted from the 11th to 14th rounds and could end up becoming weekly must-start options.

The average draft position listed is from a consensus between ESPN, Sleeper and Yahoo! for where the player is picked on average in a 12-team, redraft league.

Last updated: Monday, August 4

WR Darnell Mooney, Atlanta Falcons (ADP: 11.02)

Darnell Mooney was a free agent in the 2024 offseason and opted to sign a three-year, $39 million contract ($26 million guaranteed) with the Atlanta Falcons. Mooney was the X receiver in the Falcons' offense. His target rate shot back up despite being the No. 2 option behind Drake London. His yards per game matched his best season with Chicago, and while his receptions per game were a little down, he set a career-high in receiving touchdowns with five.

He was a classic up-and-down third wide receiver option in fantasy leagues. He had seven games with 80 or more receiving yards, and his five touchdowns occurred during those seven games. However, he was held to three receptions for less than 40 yards in six of his games. Typically, some receivers tend to put up bigger numbers in losses than wins because their team needs to pass more often, but Mooney’s good games generally occurred in the Falcons‘ high-scoring, close wins, while his bad games were generally their low-scoring, close losses.