While most fantasy experts love opining about the potential bust out performances for the upcoming season, typically the true sleepers stem from injuries and unexpected depth chart reshuffling. So, while it may seem prudent to focus your attention on uncovering these hidden gems at this point in the preseason amidst the long list of rookies who will probably never play, odds are your guesses will be useless. For the most part, these sleeper picks will produce a minimal impact early in the season and will still be available when they do start to see playing time. In other words, just stay focused on the injury report and stat lines from week to week and importantly, get a new job if you don't have Internet access at work. The real sleepers lie on the waiver wire.
Since we got that all cleared up, I'm taking a day off from real fantasy football analysis and looking into another realm of sleepers. This week, it's time to look at the sleepers for the 2008 fantasy muse. Every year, a number of movie and television personalities - both real people and fictional characters - pique the interest of the fantasy collective and appear at astronomical rates in leagues across the nation via team names. Last year, McLovin ruled the fantasy world and prior to that it was all about Dirk Diggler and Reed Rothchild.
This year, it is a toss up, but the smart money is on these guys...
Heath Ledger - Look, we are all terribly saddened by Heath Ledger's tragic demise and everything, but as a good friend and fellow Fantasy Fanhouse author will tell you, a good fantasy player never passes up the opportunity to crack a good Vicodin joke. If you have a "too soon" issue with this one, I suggest you take it up with your commish. I just call 'em like I see 'em.
Read on for more fantasy team name muses.
