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Call them sleepers. Call them fliers. Call them what you will. The final rounds of a fantasy draft are where legends are born. Strike gold here and you’ll have a story to tell your grandkids. Well, perhaps not, but landing a productive player with one of your final two or three draft picks will give you instant street cred among other league owners. More importantly, it’ll give you a leg up on the competition.
I’m a bit of a late-round fantasy junkie. I spend far too many hours surfing the web and browsing blogs with the hopes of finding that special, sneaky player who will take the NFL by storm. Last season’s Late Round Legend list uncovered talent like Steve Slaton, Eddie Royal, DeSean Jackson and Leon Washington. There were of course misses, as well (Robert Meachem, ack!), but more readers showered me with congratulations that rotten tomatoes, which is a sure sign of success.
Depending on the size of your league, the last couple rounds of your draft probably fall somewhere between pick 140 and 200. For purposes of this article, I’ve identified players who meet four criteria:
- Average Draft Position of 140 or higher
- Favorable opportunity to turn in quality fantasy performances before Week 5
- Upside to become and every week fantasy contributor
- Only RBs, WRs, TEs and QBs are listed (find your own kickers and defenses)
Bernard Scott, RB, Bengals
All that’s standing between Scott and a starting job is Cedric Benson. There’s not much else that needs to be said, is there? I’ll say more anyway. The scouting report on Scott is that he has the speed and quickness to get to the perimeter. That would make him perhaps the ideal change of pace for Benson, whose game is based on power. QB Carson Palmer indicated during training camp that Scott "has made the most plays and dropped the most jaws" of any Bengals rookie. With the team’s decision to release Kenny Watson, look for Scott to start getting touches early in the season and overtake Benson as the featured runner by the midway point.
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