The term “sleeper” has different meanings for different people in the world of fantasy football. Some folks believe it’s simply a player who will outperform his draft position. Others think it’s a relatively unknown or once-forgotten player who unexpectedly emerges or re-emerges into a useful fantasy option.
In my opinion, both definitions are true but with a caveat. I don’t see a player as a sleeper if he’s already been a valuable fantasy asset during his career. For example, Aaron Rodgers and D’Andre Swift aren’t “sleepers” to me.
Author: Michael
The Bills’ four-year, $68 million deal with DT Ed Oliver provides all of us with a great lesson on positional value in today’s NFL. The contract itself isn’t dissimilar from the one that Oliver’s fellow former Buffalo first-rounder Tremaine Edmunds just did in Chicago (he signed for $72 million over four years) and that, on Saturday, raised obvious questions, since Edmunds has been the splashier, more visible player over the past few years.
The answer is sitting on the Bills’ cap table.
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“People think that because you live in Florida, like you just down with the [expletive]. We’re not.”
Udonis Haslem is the quiet rock of Miami, as he’s been for 20 years — but the Heat forward is ready to get loud about Ron DeSantis ruining Florida’s reputation with culture wars and book banning.
Haslem was asked ahead of Game 2 of the NBA Finals what it’s like to be a Florida native in the current political and social climate.
When they were together as pass rush ends in 2021, Von Miller and Leonard Floyd combined for 14 1/2 sacks in 24 games. And they helped the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl.
Now, the Buffalo Bills are hoping for similar as they’ve agreed to terms on a one-year deal with Floyd, a source confirmed.
The move reunites Floyd with his former Rams teammate Von Miller as their new pass rush tandem — at times, anyway.
Eventually.
The Denver Broncos have committed one of the few unforgivable mistakes:
The mistake of going full cringe.
Denver was already humiliated last season thanks to Russell Wilson’s disappointing play on the field and his bizarre “Let’s ride” promo off the field.
It was so awkward and terrible it was legitimately uncomfortable to watch.
#BroncosCountry , LET’S RIDE! pic.twitter.com/7rTOZ1uIhx
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) June 2, 2022
The Broncos love going cringe.
Kyle Busch won and NASCAR fans … cheered? I don’t know if they were clapping just because Sunday’s marathon race mercifully ended or if they actually like Rowdy now, but it was still weird either way.
Whew. What a day in St. Louis. We had power outages all over the place, random lightning strikes, billion-hour rain delays, Ross Chastain doing Ross Chastain things and hey, even another hooking!
That’s becoming a weekly tradition this year. We’ll see if NASCAR bends the knee and suspends yet another driver this time around.
What looked like a sweep by the Denver Nuggets or maybe just five games for the title just last week, suddenly looks like a real NBA Finals series.
The No. 8 seed Miami Heat continued to defy the odds and overachieve as it refused to die in Game 2 Sunday night in Denver in coming back for an 111-108 victory.
Shaquille O’Neal before Game 1 of the NBA Finals in Denver last Thursday. (Photo by Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
“Denver may be in trouble,” NBA television analyst and former Lakers’ superstar Shaquille O’Neal said after the game.
Longtime NFL scout Jesse Kaye, who worked for for the Jets and Packers, died at 79 years old on Saturday. He had been in failing health since he suffered a stroke in 2016, according to Packers historian Cliff Christl.
Kaye’s career spanned 30 years, but he’s perhaps best remembered for his assessment of one undervalued quarterback in the 2000 NFL draft: Tom Brady. Kaye is one of the few scouts to have seen the potential in the Michigan signal-caller and urged the Jets to take him him despite already having selected Chad Pennington with the No. 18 pick that same draft.
It looks like Yuki fits in his pocket!
It was a rough finish to the Spanish GP for Yuki Tsunoda, but at least he got to meet a big fan.
.@F1 @yukitsunoda07 pic.twitter.com/AY0kGlskcT
— Kristaps Porzingis (@kporzee) June 4, 2023
No, this isn’t photoshopped — seriously. Yuki is the smallest driver in Formula 1 standing at 5’3, and Kristaps Porzingis is 7’3. It’s the stark continuation of a beautiful trend of Tsunoda standing next to athletes who are increasingly getting larger and larger.
It’s a normal human reaction to chase down a foul ball when one is hit in your direction at a baseball game. It doesn’t matter if you’re at a little league game, a charity game, or a major league game, people simply love foul balls. When you’re carrying a child, however, let’s start letting the foul balls go.
Every year it seems like we see a dad pull off a miraculous catch in the stands while holding a little one. Sitting down or moving a couple of feet to try and snag a foul ball is one thing, but sprinting with a child in hand simply is not the move.