Each week, Juan Carlos Blanco spotlights 4–5 under-the-radar plays who combine DFS tournament upside with season-long streaming value. These matchup-driven picks are usually available in most leagues.
Each week, Streaming Sleepers will highlight at least five non-QB skill-position players and one team defense that currently have start or roster rates of 20% or less in season-long leagues but may be prudent options this week due to matchups and other circumstances, particularly in deeper formats.
Additionally, the plays suggested here could be viable DFS large-field tournament options for the coming slate and are likely to carry modest ownership rates in that format as well.
Fannin and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel have had a few extra practices and some valuable rest and recovery during the Week 9 bye, and they return to action against a Jets team that divested itself of two prime defensive pieces in Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams at the trade deadline.
Meanwhile, Fannin went into the off week clearly trending up, posting a 17-179-1 line on 23 targets in Weeks 6-8. Fannin averaged just under 30 routes per game in that span and was targeted on 25.8% of them, averaging 2.01 yards per route run in the process.
The Jets have surrendered a 41-341-6 receiving line on 57 targets to tight ends over their first eight games, and Gabriel could have a bit more time to scan the field for the versatile Fannin with Williams now in Dallas and therefore no longer available to help collapse the pocket.
Schultz has stood out in two of the last three games, recording 9-98-0 and 6-77-0 receiving lines on a combined 18 targets over that sample. Schultz also had a 60-yard outing on five catches against the Ravens back in Week 5, so he’s amply proven the ability to offer some solid returns at a notoriously fickle fantasy position.
The veteran tight end happens to draw a matchup likely conducive to carrying over the momentum he’s been building. The Jaguars have surrendered a 55-600-6 receiving line on 74 targets to tight ends in eight games, while Schultz contributed to those numbers with a five-catch tally on six targets against Jacksonville back in Week 3.
Schultz is averaging a career-high 1.93 yards per route run this season, and even if Davis Mills has to draw a spot start for C.J. Stroud (concussion) in this game, the former and Schultz have plenty of chemistry, as they demonstrated in Week 9 against the Broncos.
