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Eight staff writers have all been polled who their sleepers, undervalued and overvalued players are. To make this within context of your draft, we have shown the selections against the average draft rankings and are highlighting when at least three writers have a consensus on a player. With 91 wideouts to choose from, getting any consensus on a player says a lot when it comes to receivers.

Sleepers (Players drafted as a backup that have the potential to perform like a starter)

(3 stars)

Nate Burleson, Seattle Seahawks - Though he underwent reconstructive knee surgery last season, that doesn't scare off three of the staffers who note that he's looked strong in camp and appears just as fast. He'll line up across from T.J. Houshmandzadeh which means single coverage to beat.

Devin Thomas, Washington Redskins - The Skins brought in Thomas last year as the second wideout drafted in the NFL and he had a typical slow rookie season. But now Thomas is looking sharp and experienced and ready for far more than the 15 catches he made last year. The Skins want Thomas to overtake Antwaan Randle El and that could happen by the end of camp.

Bryant Johnson, Detroit Lions - The Lions spent their #1 overall pick on high profile Matt Stafford in the NFL draft and Calvin Johnson already commands the focus of opposing defenses. But Johnson is quietly assuming the #2 position in Detroit for a team that will have to throw and Calvin Johnson cannot do it all.

(2 stars)

Tedd Ginn, Jr., Chris Henry, Austin Miles, Hakeem Nicks and Bobby Engram.

Undervalued (Players drafted as a starter but a great value where available)

(3 stars)

Marques Colston, New Orleans Saints - Three staffers remember more about the 1202 yards and 11 touchdowns Colston had in 2007 instead of the injury marred 2008 season. Colston had microfracture surgery in January to repair a small hole in his kneecap but reports are that he is completely over the injury and ready to resume being Drew Brees bestest friend once again.

Laveranues Coles, Cincinnati Bengals - While Coles will not be a 1:1 replacement for T.J. Houshmandzadeh's purely possession role, he will be playing with the best quarterback he has had during his NFL career in an offense that regularly threw for over 4000 passing yards every season while Carson Palmer was healthy. While he is new to the team, Coles could be in the ideal situation for a pleasantly surprising season.

Overvalued (Players that are poor values where being drafted, if not outright busts)

(5 stars)

Brandon Marshall, Denver Broncos - Most of the staff sees Marshall's ADP of #14 among wideouts as being wildly optimistic for a receive who has been unhappy in the offseason, in a new scheme and after trading Jay Cutler for Kyle Orton. Oh yes, and he is taking it easy in camp because he is recovering from hip surgery in the offseason. Marshall is coming off a great year but there's far more question marks entering into 2009.

(3 stars)

Vincent Jackson, San Diego Chargers - Comes off a fine season but at least some of that was because of injuries to LaDainian Tomlinson, Chris Chambers and Antonio Gates. It was a perfect storm for Jackson who may not have as many opportunities this year. More than any other single thing, the healthy of Tomlinson will revert the Chargers back to a more heavy rushing attack.

Eddie Royal, Denver Broncos - In the same vein as Brandon Marshall, Royal comes off a great rookie season but no longer has the same offense or quarterback. He'll remain the #2 to Marshall as well.

Michael Crabtree, San Francisco 49ers - Rookie receivers rarely perform that well and playing for the 49ers won’t make that any more likely since they still are not sure which mediocre quarterback will be the starter there. An added bonus, Crabtree is holding out and claiming he may sit out the year and re-enter the draft next season.

(2 stars)

Roddy White, Braylon Edwards, Roy Williams, Antonio Bryant, Lance Moore.

Under Valued or Sleeper	Over Valued	ADP Rankings as of 8/3		DMD	2V	DT	KR	PS	TVP	SG	SB
		1	Fitzgerald,Larry
		2	Johnson,Andre
		3	Moss,Randy
		4	Johnson,Calvin							O
		5	Wayne,Reggie
		6	Jennings,Greg
		7	Smith,Steve							U
		8	White,Roddy					O	O
		9	Boldin,Anquan
		10	Colston,Marques	U	U	U
		11	Bowe,Dwayne
		12	Welker,Wes
		13	Owens,Terrell						U	O
		14	Marshall,Brandon	O	O	O		O	O		O
		15	Houshmandzadeh,T.J.		U
		16	Edwards,Braylon	O							O
		17	Williams,Roy				O	O	U
		18	Ochocinco,Chad				O
		19	Jackson,Vincent	O		O					O
		20	Royal,Eddie	O				U	O	O
		21	Gonzalez,Anthony								O
		22	Jackson,DeSean					U
		23	Holmes,Santonio
		24	Bryant,Antonio	O			O
		25	Evans,Lee								U
		26	Moss,Santana				O
		27	Cotchery,Jerricho
		28	Avery,Donnie
		29	Berrian,Bernard	U
		30	Ward,Hines
		31	Moore,Lance			O	O	U
		32	Coles,Laveranues	U	U					U
		33	Hester,Devin						U	O
		34	Crabtree,Michael	O	O			O			O
		35	Holt,Torry								U
		36	Walter,Kevin							O
		37	Driver,Donald
		38	Breaston,Steve	S
		39	Ginn Jr.,Ted		S						S
		40	Harvin,Percy		O
		41	Smith,Steve								S
		42	Hixon,Domenik				S
		43	Maclin,Jeremy								S
		44	Clayton,Mark						O
		45	Morgan,Josh
		46	Nicks,Hakeem			S					S
		47	Chambers,Chris
		48	Bennett,Earl	S
		49	Mason,Derrick				S
		50	Austin,Miles		S		S
		51	Curtis,Kevin
		52	Henry,Chris							S	S
		53	Robiskie,Brian		O
		54	Muhammad,Muhsin
		55	Gage,Justin
		56	Crayton,Patrick
		57	Washington,Nate			O
		58	Heyward-Bey,Darrius		O
		59	Jenkins,Michael
		60	Camarillo,Greg						S
		61	Bradley,Mark				S
		62	Walker,Mike		S
		63	Rice,Sidney							S
		64	Branch,Deion					O	S
		65	Britt,Kenny
		66	Burleson,Nate	S			S			S
		67	Bess,Davone
		68	Nelson,Jordy
		69	Galloway,Joey
		70	Schilens,Chaz		S
		71	Bruce,Isaac					S
		72	Meachem,Robert	S
		73	Thomas,Devin					S	S		S
		74	Engram,Bobby					S		S
		75	Iglesias,Juaquin
		76	Henderson,Devery
		77	Jones,James
		78	Higgins,Johnnie Lee				S
		79	Sweed,Limas
		80	Garcon,Pierre
		81	Harrison,Marvin
		82	Massaquoi,Mohamed
		83	Williams,Demetrius
		84	Jones,Matt
		85	Stuckey,Chansi		S
		86	Douglas,Harry
		87	Clayton,Michael
		88	Collie,Austin
		89	Johnson,Bryant	S					S	S
		90	Randle El,Antwaan

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BroncosUsedToBeGood

Posted Sep 8, 2009 11:03am EDT

Austin Miles? Uhh, make that Miles Austin. He's easier to find that way.

skeet

Posted Aug 27, 2009 9:51pm EDT

The bash on Royal is that there will likely be NO Marshall to leave little Eddie alone to exploit the secondary. While I agree he can be Welker-like...NE's got Moss to take the serious coverage.

...just my 2 cents...

ray reynolds

Posted Aug 27, 2009 8:37am EDT

Also disagree with Royal bashing. I see him as a Welker player in this offense with a lot of RAC yards.

Thomas

Posted Aug 20, 2009 9:22pm EDT

Don't understand how/why people are down on V-Jax? If anything a healthy LT makes it even easier for Jackson to be a bigger weapon. I see him as a top 12 WR this year and clear number 1 in a 14 team league.

Jeff

Posted Aug 12, 2009 2:28pm EDT

Suprising to see Anthony Gonzalez not listed as a sleeper or undervalued.

browncowgoiu

Posted Aug 11, 2009 8:43am EDT

TOTALLY disagree with the Eddie Royal assessment. With a malcontent like Brandon Marshall, Eddie Royal should be even better than last year. I'll take him as a #3 receiver in my starting lineup anytime.

SMW

Posted Aug 10, 2009 12:48pm EDT

Yes, it would have been nearly impossible to crack that "Ken Orton" code...who on earth could that be?........wow thats tough...I think I saw a comma splice in here somewhere too....

DMD

Posted Aug 9, 2009 10:38pm EDT

LOL! Thank you for the catch. My family doctor growing up was Dr. Ken Orton and I knew I was going to do this eventually. At least I made it a couple of years before I did it.

chaz

Posted Aug 9, 2009 8:41pm EDT

Who is Ken Orton?

SMW

Posted Aug 6, 2009 3:33pm EDT

Hakeem Nicks........hmm...hmm...uh......No.

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