12 Sleepers to Target in CBS Fantasy Football Leagues

Aug 31, 2023

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Average draft position (ADP) tends to vary by hosting site and using it to our advantage can be a game changer when drafting on those platforms. Players can slide up and down draft boards for a myriad of reasons during August, such as injury news, depth chart battles, preseason snaps, and more. It’s easy for a player to get lost in the news-cycle shuffle which is why a tool like ADP Bargains is so valuable. By pairing 4for4’s rankings with CBS ADP we can tease out players with significant discrepancies and target some serious values.

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Below you’ll find some of my favorite value players with the potential to outproduce their current standing on CBS draft boards. Of note, CBS uses standard scoring as their default which is important when drafting.

Some Top Tiered WRs

I can’t exactly write these guys up as sleepers, but I have to point out how depressed the ADPs are for some of the high-end WRs on CBS compared to other sites. CBS uses standard scoring, but these ADPs are just too low based on just yardage and touchdowns alone.

Terry McLaurin, WR - WAS (CBS ADP: WR27, 76)

Terry McLaurin is one of 4for4’s best middle-round values heading into this season as he’s our WR23 in standard scoring, yet is leaving CBS draft boards as the WR27. Sam Howell seemed to favor the Commanders' WR in a limited sample last season, as he targeted McLaurin on 32% of his passes in his one start.

While he’s not exactly a sleeper in terms of public knowledge, McLaurin’s draft stock on CBS is low enough that we need to take advantage. The fifth-year WR has posted 1,000+ receiving yards in each of his last three seasons with less-than-desirable QB play and could be in for a solid fantasy WR2 campaign in 2023.

Update: McLaurin has turf toe so he's been moved down a few spots since this was first written back on 8/16.

*4for4 CBS Ranking: Positional WR23 (+4), Overall 50 (+26)

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