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Travaris Cadet vs Joe Flacco

2015 Sleeper Bracket – Travaris Cadet vs Joe Flacco


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2015 Sleeper Bracket – Travaris Cadet vs Joe Flacco 

2015 Sleepers Bracket Round 1 Match Ups
Garcon vs T Williams | Stills vs J Brown | Hill vs Eifert | D Johnson vs Sankey
M Jones vs Helu | Cadet vs Flacco | Palmer vs Teddy B | Carr vs Bradford

In conjunction with FNTSY, the FSLR Ultimate Sleeper’s bracket is back for another year, and the march has begun to crown a champion – the king of value for 2015 draft season.

2015 Rankings: RB | WR | QB | TE | First Round: Safe/Bust | RB or WR? | GRONK | Strategy | Dez or DT? | CJA or Beast Mode?
Pat Mayo Hour: Video | Audio | Facebook | Twitter | E-Mail | DFS Coverage: Daily Roto | DFS Review: Yahoo! DFS Game
2015 Sleepers: RB | WR | QB | TE | All Positions | 2015 Busts: RB | WR | QB | TE | All Positions | Rookies: RB | WR | QB/TE
2015 HOT TAKES: Chris Meaney (FNTSY) |  Brad Evans (Y!) | Davis Mattek (FI) | Eric Mack (FD) | Michael Salfino (WSJ)
2015 Player Profiles: Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Quarterbacks | Tight Ends | Team Previews/Depth Charts

Check the bracket page for rules, and most importantly for info on the authors who have contributed to this project. As a reader, your job is simple. Vote for the author you think made the most compelling case, and/or for the sleeper you think provides the best draft day value at the end of the piece.

Voting closes Friday at Midnight Eastern.

[Check the full bracket and other candidates here]

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Travaris Cadet (Patrick Mayo / FNTSY Sports Network)

Sleepers are subjective. One man/woman/other’s sleeper is simply known as undervalued by another. However, there are a handful of players every season that make Rip van Winkle seem like the perfect spokesman for POWERTHIRST. With an ADP (PPR) behind the Browns Defense, Tim Tebow, and that awful Trent Richardson; Travaris Cadet is that guy in 2015. Now, don’t get it twisted, if Cadet is going to have value, it will only be in PPR leagues. Just a glimpse at the Patriots depth chart immediately reveals the gaping hole New England has for its well-established Shane Vereen/Danny Woodhead/Kevin Faulk role in the backfield, And Cadet has the best chance to run (receive) away with it. It’s essentially between him and Brandon Bolden, and if Bolden was going to seize the gig, he’d have done so in one of first three years in New England. Bolden’s a special teams asset, that’s where his value rests. Those skills will keep him in uniform every week, but he’ll remain a limited contributor in the offense. You’ll likely forget he’s even on the team until he sneaks on the field for a series in Week 7; his dreads will part, revealing he spells Bolden with an e – then it’ll be wiped from your mind again, Men in Black style. Cadet, he’ll be given the opportunity to claim the role and make a Fantasy impact as early as Week 1. In 2014, Vereen suited up all 16 games, resulting in 77 targets (fourth among RBs) despite playing just 53% of snaps. Tack on his 96 rushes, and Vereen ended up as the 20th highest scoring PPR running back. The season previous, the pass-catching specialist saw 69 looks (12th) in just eight games while playing 47% of offense snaps. In the two years, Vereen garnered 62% and 57% of the RB targets in New England. The good news for Cadet? Vereen’s now sporting Giants’ blue. So, not only is there clear path for Cadet, his past work as a pass-first running back in New Orleans makes him the ideal candidate. Cadet isn’t a lottery ticket, you won’t be able to retire on your winnings if he hits, but he can return ten times his draft day value. Plus, as a potential low-end RB2 in the last round, he affords you the flexibility to load up with safer WRs, and/or GRONK/QB at the top of drafts. Far too many people are targeting RBs early, even with their elevated bust rates and greater turnover at the position. If you decide to forgo RBs until the fourth or fifth round, potentially later, Cadet is a perfect late addition to stabilize your roster. Sometimes Fantasy football leagues are won when you nab Odell Beckham Jr. off the waiver wire in Week 5 and watch him put up historic numbers, but most years, it’s all about netting a profit on your draft picks. With Cadet’s skill set and opportunity, in a high-scoring offense, he’ll prove a worthy acquisition almost immediately.

Joe Flacco (Mark StrausbergSo Called Fantasy Experts)

Good chance you think he’s “Just an ordinary Joe”, you’re not “Wacko for Flacco”, and think he’s not “Worth Raven about” to name just a few overused clichés.  But when talking Joe Flacco, the numbers say otherwise, making him a spectacular sleeper. With so many numbers pointing in his favor, let’s start with Joe’s jersey number, number 5…. Five Five is the number of 300-yard games Flacco had last year. That’s more than Matthew Stafford or Russell Wilson had. Both quarterbacks are going before Flacco, despite less consistency. Five is also the number more receptions that Torrey Smith had than Justin Forsett; the latter having nearly twice the amount of YAC yards to the former. Smith’s receptions were less than 15% of Flacco’s completions last year. For those thinking the loss of Torrey Smith will hurt Flacco’s production, you might want to think twice. Despite all the QB options out there, five is also the number of QBs who had more rushing TDs than Flacco last year. Okay, so Flacco is no Michael Vick, but it’s not like he can’t or won’t ever run. Compare that to another QB often being drafted before Flacco, Ben Roethlisberger, who has just one more rushing TD than I do over the last five seasons. Six Joe Flacco’s rank of all-time consecutive NFL starts, which oh by the way, is currently active. Okay, so Richard Todd who once threw 30 INTs is only eight slots behind Flacco, so let’s not get too carried away. The point however is Flacco is obviously durable, which you can’t say about some other QBs that will cost you an early pick like Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers, not to mention Tony Romo, who combined have 25 missed starts the last four years. Twelve Is the number of picks Flacco had last year. Just to give you some perspective, that’s less INTs than not only Brees (17), Manning (16), and Matt Ryan (15) had, but 25% less INTs than often first QB selected Andrew Luck had as well. Fourteen That’s how many yards Flacco was short of 4,000 yards last year. Flacco-haters say Baltimore runs too much and Flacco never puts up big numbers. If one sideline curl is the difference between an “elite” QB and one I can draft after I get all of my starting RBs and WRs, fine by me. 27 Is the number of passing TDs last year for Flacco. That was good for twelfth overall, which just happens to be QB1 territory. And that was before Marc Testman, aka, “The Quarterback Whisperer” who will be Flacco’s OC this year. 249.1 That’s Flacco’s Yards Per Game and a number for the stat guys who love evaluating trends. Unlike other top ten QBs like Brees and Brady for example who have seen their passing yardage totals drop each year, Flacco’s YPG has gone up steadily each of the last four years. That’s what they call a “positive trend.”



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