Fantasy Football Sleepers: Week 3
Fantasy Football Sleepers: Week 3
Nothing gets us fantasy football managers more excited than uncovering a valuable sleeper prospect to roster and insert into our lineups. The term "sleeper" is frequently used but most of the time, it's applied to players who are likely not available on waiver wires in competitive leagues. Sleepers, when applied appropriately, are the non-obvious players who present either a high floor or ceiling, while getting overlooked by other fantasy football managers in a specific league. We've looked at rostered percentages, using 60 percent or less as our benchmark, to properly identity sleeper prospects to target heading into Week 3 of the 2023 fantasy football season.
NFL fantasy analyst Matt MacKay is back with his latest Week 3 sleepers to grab off of waiver wires, analyzing each prospect in half-PPR scoring formats.
Jaylen Warren (RB - Steelers)
The gap is quickly closing between Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren. The latter looked much more explosive against the Browns in Week 2, hauling in four receptions on six targets for 66 receiving yards, plus six carries for 20 rushing yards. Cleveland's stout defensive line didn't open up many running lanes to expose, which forced Kenny Pickett to target Warren as a receiver out of the backfield. Plus, Warren played 42 percent of snaps with a 20 percent target share and 28 percent rush share, compared to 57 percent of snaps played by Harris. Warren is a low-end RB3 with RB2 upside entering a plus-matchup against the porous run defense of the Las Vegas Raiders, who just surrendered over 100 scrimmage yards to Buffalo's second-year running back, James Cook, in Week 2.
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Matthew MacKay
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