Three wide receivers who will give you the most return value in 09'.

Note: All rankings are based on following stats
10 receiving yards= 1 point
All td's= 6 points

3. DeSean Jackson
08: 912 receiving yards 2 rec. td's 96 yards rushing 1 rushing td

Opinions vary widely on Jackson. Yahoo Sports! projects Jackson as the 30th best wr this season. My fantasy magazine has him at #19. His adp 57.51, puts him as the 21st receiver taken in an average draft. With so many varying opinions, it should be quite common to see drafts in which Jackson is taken too high and too low. He was the 30th best receiver last year, and really faded down the stretch. In fact the only games in which he topped 100 yards receiving were in weeks 1 and 2. His yardage waned considerably in the second half of the season. To top it all off, Jackson displayed little skill in the endzone, catching only 2 td's. So far it seems like Jackson is more of a bust than a sleeper, but this can be beneficial. It will be beneficial because many owners may know this and intentionally shy away from Jackson. However, he now has help thanks to the Eagles draft which landed them Maclin and McCoy. These guys should help spread the field and take attention away from Jackson. In addition, it is very odd that the speedy Jackson never burned defenses for long yardage catches after the first 2 weeks. He has the speed and the moves, and McNabb's got the arm. I would expect to see more of these long catches this season, and I would expect Jackson to come down with more td's this season, as he only caught 2 of McNabb's 23 last year. My advice: if Jackson slips past pick #60 I reccomend drafting him. If he slips past #75 definitely draft him. However, there are too many proven stars to justify taking him below pick #45.

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Let's take a look at the top 3 qb sleepers for the 2009 season:

Note: All stats and rankings are based on the following:
20 yards passing=1 point
10 yards rushing= 1 point
Td's= 6 points
Fumble/Int= -2 points


3. David Garrard
08: 3620 passing yards 15 passing td's 13 INT's 322 yards rushing 2 rushing td's

This guy always seems like a perennial sleeper. He finally came out of his shell a little bit last season, passing for 1111 more yards than the previous season, though he did play in 4 more games. Last year he was the 11th best qb, and yet is consistently ranked lower than 15 for the upcoming season. He should be able to crack the top 10 qb's this year given the addition of aging, yet talented, receiver Torry Holt. In addition, Garrard is effective at creating points with his legs, rushing for 322 yards and 2 td's last season. What keeps Garrard from being a top tier qb (besides his lack of receivers), is his lack of passing td's. For a man with 3600+ yards passing, 15 td's is a very small number. Cassel and Pennington passed for nearly identical yardage last season, and they had 21 td's and 19 td's respectively. If Garrard could ever pass for td's like he did in 07' (when he had 18 td's in only 12 starts) and have the health he did in 08', he could easily eclipse 20 passing td's. While I'm not so convinced of this that I will make him my starting qb, Garrard will make a terrific backup with the potential to catapult himself into a starting fantasy gig.

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