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.
Marks saw his snap share climb to a season-high 56% in the Week 4 laugher over the Titans, with game script affording him the extensive opportunity and the rookie fourth-round pick delivering handsomely. Marks posted 119 total yards and both a rushing and receiving TD on 21 touches.
Head coach DeMeco Ryans already stated he’s excited to see how much more work Marks can handle, and we certainly can’t ask for much better telegraphing as fantasy players. A road date with the Ravens would never have been a targetable spot before the season started, but to say that script has been flipped is an understatement.
Not only do the losses of Nnanmdi Madubuike (IR, neck) and Roquan Smith (hamstring) brighten Marks’ outlook, but Travis Jones (knee) and Kyle Van Noy (hamstring) could be additional absentees in Baltimore’s front seven. Additionally, even Lamar Jackson (hamstring) being sidelined would help Marks’ cause indirectly, considering it exponentially ups the chances of Houston’s ground attack having a robust role.
Bond is a sleeper in every sense of the word, as his current 0% roster rate helps corroborate. Yet, the rookie wideout may be primed for a solid workload in a Week 5 London matchup against the Vikings, as Cedric Tillman (hamstring) is now on injured reserve and Bond is primed for the No. 2 role for the foreseeable future.
Bond already posted a career/team-high 58 receiving yards on three catches in Week 4 against the Lions. The Texas product had also drawn four looks with Tillman healthy in Week 3 against the Packers, so despite his relative anonymity in a fantasy sense, he’s not exactly coming out of thin air into this starting opportunity.
The Vikings have also given up 13.0 yards per reception to wide receivers and Bond averaged a stout 14.4 yards per reception on his 99 career college catches, a sample that included 10 TD grabs.
