Fantasy Football 2011: Saints Sleeper of the Week

by Dave Cariello on Oct 15, 2011 11:01 AM CDT in New Orleans Saints Satire

Psst...come closer. Listen carefully because I'm about to clue you in on a little known player who is sure to be fantasy gold this Sunday. I've got it on good authority that tight end Jimmy Graham might actually put up some big numbers against the Buccaneers.

Quick, head over to your fantasy league right now and look him up. Chances are he's still available and your idiot buddies haven't picked him up. I know it sounds risky; Graham hasn't really played well thus far this season. But I'm telling you, I know a guy whose brother said his buddy is really tight with this other dude and he told him that Graham was gonna have a good game; said Drew Brees is going to start trusting him more.

Hey, you don't want to listen to me? That's fine. But you're going to kick yourself in the butt when Jimmy goes off for 100+ yards with two touchdowns and fans everywhere are saying, "Where did this kid come from?!"

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Jimmy was drafted in my league

I had no idea that anyone else would target him in the 5th round.

Did just pick up Ingram after someone dropped him from their team. I think he’ll be better / have better stats as the season goes on.

Devery Henderson, making absurd grabs for my teams since 2001.

by Andrew Tessier on Oct 15, 2011 11:29 AM CDT reply actions

The one player I was shooting for this summer was J.Graham

and I got him. 4th/5th round, picked him over quite a few WR’s and QB’s. I’m tied for 1st at 4-1.

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by metryman on Oct 15, 2011 11:46 AM CDT reply actions

In my keeper league I already had Brees & Forte.. Drafted Sproles 1st pick.. then got the Golden Graham.. and lo and behold whos left for me to pick up in later rounds but Mr. Ingram… the rest of the draft was just fillers with a different bye week.

You know Hartman, goodie-two-shoes is fidgeting around like a one-legged cat trying to bury s#!t on a frozen pond, until old Seth fixes him a couple of pink poontang specials. You know, that crazy drink that I fix for stewardesses? Two shots out of that and Hartman is shot to s#!t, freaked out. I mean, I never saw a guy having so much fun and crying at the same time!

by Deep Threat on Oct 15, 2011 12:55 PM CDT reply actions

Jimmy has been money all year

I got gronkowski also….been trying to trade him with no luck.

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by AcquiredPanic on Oct 15, 2011 12:59 PM CDT reply actions

Graham is owned in 100% of ESPN leagues and 98% of Yahoo! leagues.

trapped in grammar and calendars.

by Jay Preece on Oct 15, 2011 1:35 PM CDT reply actions

yeah, Graham is hardly a sleeper

He’s 2nd in the NFL in receptions and 4th in yards – not among TEs, but all receivers. He was drafted in both fantasy leagues I’m in, and just like espn and yahoo, he’s owned in 99.7% of the nfl.com leagues.

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by HB-NOLA on Oct 15, 2011 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions

My guess is that he's not available.

I drafted him in 2/3 leagues. In fact I got pretty lucky with a few sleepers, drafted Graham, Forte, Steve Smith (Car) in nearly each league at a draft spot WAY lower than they’re producing (I’d say all 3 are putting up 2nd round production at WORST), and I look like a genius drafting McFadden ahead of the other top running backs like Johnson, Foster, and Charles.

My real dilemma comes in my 3rd league (also the most important to me). I have Drew as my starting QB, but after week 1 I picked up Cam on a whim, and now I’m confused as to what I should do with him, haha.

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by Agaliarept on Oct 15, 2011 3:22 PM CDT reply actions

Trade him if you can

To much value to just drop him unless you come across a “must get” player on the wire

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by AcquiredPanic on Oct 15, 2011 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Jimmy Graham you say?

I’ll go do it now!
/checks fantasy roster
//sees Graham as already starting TE on my team
///thanks Dave retroactively.

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by Jon Banks on Oct 15, 2011 3:29 PM CDT reply actions

HA!

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by Jon Banks on Oct 15, 2011 3:52 PM CDT reply actions

Here's a Saints sleeper for ya

The Saints DEF/ST. Owned in 65% of leagues on nfl.com. Against TB this week, the defense could have some good numbers. And don’t forget the return threat. Every time Sproles runs back a kickoff or punt for a TD, that counts on ST.

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by HB-NOLA on Oct 15, 2011 5:30 PM CDT reply actions

Article 3 weeks too late

sorry…..

by fshabazz on Oct 15, 2011 6:33 PM CDT reply actions

i drafted Graham Cracker pretty early, which puzzled most of the owners in my league (which consists mainly of Texans fans). they also ribbed me for p/u Sproles. who’s laughing now? ME sitting @ #2. Mwahahha.

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