For this exercise, we will look at ADP from standard ESPN and Yahoo leagues. You would be wise to bump the following players up on your cheat sheet while the rest of your league is mesmerized by the running scroll of pre-ranked players in your online draft room.
Brandin Cooks
ESPN ADP: 42.8 | WR Rank: 16
Yahoo ADP: 39.5 | WR Rank: 16
Cooks was on pace for approximately 85 receptions and 1000 yards as a rookie in 2014 before a thumb injury ended his season. A thumb injury means none of that 4.3 speed has been compromised. All the sophomore has to do is stay healthy and collect some of the 13 targets per game left behind by Jimmy Graham and Kenny Stills to warrant a higher draft position. When you factor in the growth usually associated with a wide receiver in his second year, and the rapport he's already developed with an elite quarterback in Drew Brees, a 100-catch season isn't completely unimaginable. When drafting a WR2/3 in 2015, I'm looking for Cooks and the next guy.
Jordan Matthews
ESPN: 47.7 | WR18
Yahoo: 50.0 | WR20
Volume is the name of the game and Chip Kelly's offense in Philadelphia has the most of it. With a 5th round ADP, it would be hard to find a player with a better chance to put up top-10 numbers. The all-time SEC leader in receptions and yards has the ability to not only rack up those two categories, but he's a true red zone weapon at 6-3, scoring 8 times as a rookie. Matthews totaled 103 targets while playing in only 65-percent of the Eagles snaps in 2014. Now, with Jeremy Maclin Kansas City, there's no reason for Matthews to come off the field. DeSean Jackson (WR18) and fellow second-year wide outs Martavis Bryant (WR19) and Kelvin Benjamin (WR14) are going ahead of him in Yahoo leagues. I would take Matthews over all of them, in any format.
Marques Colston
ESPN: 121.4 | WR45
Yahoo: 112.1 | WR43
Colston is like that comfortable old pair of sweatpants that you find in the bottom of your drawer after tossing out some designer jeans. I imagine Drew Brees feels that way about his No. 1 receiver from years past. Unlike teammate Brandin Cooks, Colston will get a chunk of those oh-so-tasty red zone looks that used to belong to Jimmy Graham. It's not like the 32-year-old was absent from New Orleans last season, either, gaining 900-plus yards for the sixth straight year.
Ameer Abdullah
ESPN: 101.1 | RB38
Yahoo: 102.1 | RB31
It might be confirmation bias, since I loved Abdullah so much coming out of the draft, but the second round pick landed in a great situation with a lack of long-term competition. The battle for touches short-term may not be all that difficult, either. Joique Bell has gained only 3.9 yards per carry the past two seasons and is coming off knee and achilles procedures. Abdullah is lightning quick, has good hands out of the backfield and proved he can carry the load at Nebraska, despite his small stature. I expect the 5-9 Cornhusker to lead the Lions in touches and be the downright starter by mid-season -- possibly week 1. Abdullah may not stay a bargain for long if he shines during the pre-season while Bell remains sidelined.
Tyler Eifert
ESPN: N/A | TE24
Yahoo: 129.2 | TE21
Eifert is landing outside the top 150 in ESPN leagues, which means he is going largely undrafted in shallower formats. This is a post-hype sleeper at it's finest. The former No. 21 overall pick is healthy with no impedance on the depth chart for the first time in his career. Jermaine Gresham has moved on and the more talented Eifert has a chance to eclipse the former's career-high 2012 season of 64/737/5.