10 sleeper picks to score a Week 1 TD and give you additional $1 million fantasy football sweepstakes entries

This is your shot to take home $1 million. Those playing in private Yahoo Fantasy Football leagues will have the opportunity to enter for a chance to win the first-of-its-kind fantasy football sweepstakes.

If any of the players on your fantasy squad score a touchdown in one of the three Week 1 games broadcast on NBC or Peacock — Ravens vs. Chiefs, Packers vs. Eagles or Rams vs Lions — you get an extra entry.

With that in mind, Dalton Del Don has 10 sleeper candidates to score a touchdown to help you earn bonus sweepstakes entries. All of the players mentioned are being drafted late in Yahoo leagues, if at all.

Previously, our analysts also revealed the players most likely to score a TD in one of the three games.

Likely finished as a top-five fantasy tight end three times over the final five weeks with Mark Andrews out last season. He was also the TE8 in Week 18 despite seeing just two targets while Baltimore rested many of its starters.

The Ravens have a glaring weakness at WR2 and utilize their tight ends in the red zone far more than any team in the league, so Likely should have a bigger role this season even with a healthy Andrews. Reports suggest Likely could even be Baltimore’s second receiving option in 2024, and the Ravens should have to pass frequently against the Chiefs.

Steele has emerged as a candidate to take over Kansas City’s RB2 role with Clyde Edwards-Helaire dealing with off-field challenges. Jerick McKinnon is gone, and Deneric Prince was cut.

Steele had a 29% avoided tackle rate in college and has been racking up yards after contact, avoiding an NFL-high 11 tackles on 11 preseason carries. The Chiefs have a healthy implied team point total (24.8), and the physical Steele could easily punch in a short score.

Wicks ranked top-20 in fantasy points per target, fourth in first downs per target and third in receiving DVOA last season, behind only Brandon Aiyuk and Nico Collins. He enters fourth on Green Bay’s deep WR depth chart, but Jordan Love…

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Publish date : 2024-08-28 17:23:22

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