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Revisiting the Sleepers for Week 15

Found December 19, 2011 on Bleacher Preachers:
TEAMS: Atlanta Falcons

By Dean DiCesare

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Let’s check out how our sleepers for week 15 turned out:

QB – Mark Sanchez (10 pts)

RB – CJ Spiller (28 pts), Ryan Grant (9 pts)

WR – Damian Williams (1 pt), Randall Cobb (5 pts), Greg Little (19 pts)

TE – Brent Celek (21 pts)

K- Jay Feeley (8 pts)

DEF – Atlanta Falcons (23 pts)

Team Total: 124 pts

Some misses but some big performances gave this sleeper team a big performance this week. Spiller, Little and Celek could have been difference makers in any fantasy match-up.

  • Points based on Yahoo! Fantasy Sports Standard Scoring
Original Story: http://bleacherpreachers.com/sleepers...
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