We say it every year now, but that doesn’t make it any less true: Sleeper is an outdated notion.
With the abundance of info from myriad sources across multiple platforms of communication, basically every player has been touted somewhere by someone. And if everyone is a sleeper, then no one is truly a sleeper.
So let’s agree that there are no secret names hiding in anyone’s ranking list. That being the case, the question shifts from, “Who’s your favorite sleeper?” to, “Who’s your favorite value pick?”
Subtle change, but different nonetheless.
