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7 Deep Fantasy Football Sleepers for Week 7
Week 7 is a good week for sleepers. See which players could be in line for a nice stat line.

If your fantasy squad is running thin at this point in the year, then you're in luck. There are some very intriguing guys available in a majority of fantasy leagues, and a sizable portion of them have good matchups this week, giving you the chance to roster them as one-week fill-ins if you are heavily-invested in the Eagles offense or (hopefully not) the Buccaneers offense.

These recommendations are geared primarily toward deep leagues, like 14-teamers, but they can also be useful in shallower leagues if your leaguemates are quite savvy. Either way, check out seven deep sleepers for the week below.

Before I go on, though, I'll reference carries and McKinnon fewer carries, and you can't be very excited about playing McKinnon.

But running on the Bills isn't going to be a very efficient process for the Vikings, and McKinnon's nine receptions in the Vikings' past two games is eight more than Asiata has in that span.

McKinnon's touches have gone up from 3.0 per game in the first 3 weeks to 15.3 in the last 3. If he gets 12 touches (5 fewer than the 17 he had in Week 6), you have the right to be disappointed. But if you're a glass-half-full type of guy or gal, then you'll think of it as McKinnon's seeing nine more touches than he had to start the year in a game where his receiving ability will likely be more effective than his rushing.

Wide Receiver: Odell Beckham Jr. (3.3% | 12.2%)

Nothing says sleeper like a glaring vacancy that gives a player an expected bump in usage, which is the case for Beckham going forth. With Victor Cruz out for the year and pass-catching back Rashad Jennings out at least one more week, targets will be available. Prior to Week 6 when he exited with his knee injury, Cruz averaged 7.6 targets per game, and Beckham should see a sizable portion of those going forward.

The Cowboys do rank third in fantasy points allowed to opposing wide receivers and sixth in our per-play passing metrics, but the Giants run the seventh-most plays in the NFL, so Beckham is likely to receive some stats based on attrition so long as the Giants' Week 6 performance was just a hiccup in their impressive recent offense.

Wide Receiver: Malcom Floyd (1.2% | 8.0%)

If there was an NEP Hall-of-Fame and if I had a vote, Floyd would be a first-ballot inductee. When healthy, Floyd is a dominant player in terms of Reception NEP per target, which indicates his big-play ability. Currently, Floyd's per-target Reception NEP of 1.35 is best in the NFL among all receivers with 10 targets or more. Next in line? Terrance Williams (1.12). Only three other receivers have a mark over one.

Kansas City certainly isn't a stingy pass defense like they were last year and rank 18th according to our metrics, so Floyd should have a shot to haul in another big play. If you're looking this deep for a receiver play, he can get the job done with just one catch, and he ranks 23rd in fantasy points among receivers in half-point-per-reception formats.

Tight End: Jared Cook (7.4% | 11.1%)

Tight end streaming fantasy footballers should be very familiar with Cook by this point in the season. While Cook had earned a reputation of being all-or-nothing at the tight end throughout his career, which tends to be the case for some streamable tight end options, he has been amazingly consistent this year. His ceiling is actually capped pretty low, but if you don't want your tight end to post a zero, then Cook could actually be your guy.

Cook has had at least 4 receptions and 44 yards in each game this year but has yet to reach the end zone. Cook faces the Seahawks, who rank 29th against the tight end, in Week 7 and should be able to continue his consistency streak. Cook's 42 targets are 6th in the NFL among tight ends, and he has seen 21 targets - half of his season total - in the past 2 weeks alone.

Flex: Davante Adams (0.2% | 1.0%)

Adams' ownership is frighteningly low considering that he plays with Aaron Rodgers, who is slinging a healthy dosage of 2.5 touchdowns per game (and 2.8 per game if you factor out the Week 1 struggle against the Seahawks). The Green Bay offense has been home to three fantasy-relevant receivers before, and this year might be another instance of just that - especially considering Eddie Lacy's season.

Adams is coming off his breakout game. Despite scoring a touchdown in Week 5, his Week 6 line of 6 catches for 77 yards on 8 targets indicates that he could (and should) be able to be a consistent factor in the offense if given the chance.

Against the Panthers, who rank 22nd in pass defense, according to our adjusted per-play metrics, Adams should be able to take advantage of what could be a new, critical role for the Packers offense.

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