If there’s one thing fantasy managers love, it’s a good sleeper. But in today’s modern fantasy football landscape, identifying sleepers is more challenging than ever. Leaving no stone unturned, we’re going through the best WR sleeper candidate on every NFC East team.
1 Sleeper Wide Receiver From Every NFC East Team
Dallas Cowboys: Jalen Tolbert
For the second consecutive season, Jalen Tolbert is the Dallas Cowboys’ sleeper wide receiver. Last year, it’s fair to say he was hit.
Although Tolbert didn’t exactly move the needle in fantasy, he was a complete afterthought in fantasy drafts, so any contributions were purely a bonus. He wound up having several useful weeks, especially at the start of the season when he recorded games of 14.2, 13.2, and 21.7 fantasy points in three of his first five games and provided eight games of double-digit points overall.
Heading into the 2025 season, Tolbert does have a little more competition for targets. Last year, the Cowboys’ WR2 was a very much declining Brandin Cooks. This year, it’s the still ascending newly acquired George Pickens. As a result, Tolbert’s ADP is buried well outside the range of wide receivers who will be taken in fantasy drafts.
If Pickens misses time or has issues behind the scenes, Tolbert could pop up on the fantasy radar once again. If not, he could stay in fantasy hibernation all year.
New York Giants: Wan’Dale Robinson
There’s no obvious WR sleeper on the New York Giants. The QB play should improve — it can’t be worse than Daniel Jones and Tommy DeVito — but aside from Malik Nabers, there’s not much standing between Wan’Dale Robinson and a plethora of targets if the stars align.
Robinson is technically the WR2 and primarily plays in the slot, while Darius Slayton mans the flanker position. Some weeks, Robinson will catch a ton of underneath targets and be a PPR machine. Other weeks, Slayton might hit on a deep ball. It’ll be messy and hard to predict.
In our opinion, Robinson gets the edge because his WR72 ADP puts him on the cusp of being drafted. He’s also younger and quietly averaged 10.7 fantasy points per game last season. Hey, it’s a sleeper list! High upside and no promises are the name of the game.
Philadelphia Eagles: None
The Philadelphia Eagles have found success with a run-heavy offense built around Saquon Barkley, and don’t expect their philosophy to change this season. When the Eagles do pass, the targets are heavily funneled to A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, and, to a lesser extent, Dallas Goedert. Behind that, there wasn’t much to speak of.
Last season, there were stretches where both Brown and Smith missed time, and no other wide receiver stepped up. For example, in Week 12, the Eagles scored 37 points against the Los Angeles Rams. Smith didn’t play, yet every non-Brown wide receiver combined for just one catch and four yards.
There are no Eagles wideouts worth considering outside of the established commodities. Steer clear of this roster if you’re looking for a sleeper pass catcher.
Washington Commanders: Noah Brown
Noah Brown has only had one year where he was fantasy relevant — in 2023, when he averaged 10.2 points per game. That’s not much to write home about.
Last year, Brown averaged 7.8 ppg, but before he was shut down after Week 13, he started to emerge as the WR3. He had three double-digit games before his injury and looked the part of a sleeper WR you wanted to put in your memory bank for this time of year.
Noah Brown looked very good in his debut.
🏈 3 targets, 3 catches, 54 Yds 🏈 34-Yd reception set up GW FG. 🏈 Made diving catch on in-breaker. 🏈 He was the most open WR consistently.pic.twitter.com/Q39X5QUmlU
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) September 15, 2024
Heading into this season, the Washington Commanders brought in Deebo Samuel Sr. to be their WR2, but he appeared to be struggling last season and has a lengthy injury history. Images of Samuel showing up to camp looking like he enjoyed a few pizzas this offseason don’t help the cause, either.
There’s a real path for Brown to end up as the WR2 opposite Terry McLaurin, yet his ADP is outside the top 100 — completely off the radar. Don’t be shocked if he’s a popular waiver add at some point this season.
