SportsLine Model Highlights Likely, Pollard Sleepers — SkimNews
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- SportsLine's model simulated the entire NFL season 10,000 times and released 2026 fantasy football rankings covering sleepers, breakouts and busts.
- De'Von Achane was projected as RB6 after an RB12 ADP, then recorded 1,838 scrimmage yards and 12 touchdowns while finishing sixth among running backs in CBS Sports PPR points.
- Isaiah Likely followed John Harbaugh from Baltimore to the Giants, carries an ADP of 92 and ranks TE9 in SportsLine's projections, ahead of Sam LaPorta and Travis Kelce.
- Tony Pollard has topped 1,000 rushing yards in four straight seasons, averaged 100 yards per game over the final five weeks of 2025 and is projected in the same tier as higher-drafted backs.
- SportsLine's model previously identified A.J. Brown as a 2020 sleeper, Jonathan Taylor's 2021 breakout, C.J. Stroud's 2024 regression and Daniel Jones' 2025 breakout.
Why it matters: For fantasy players drafting within the next three days, the immediate value is spotting players whose ADPs trail the model's tiering: Likely is TE9 at No. 92 overall, while Pollard goes around No. 77 after a four-year 1,000-yard streak and a 100-yard-per-game finish to 2025.
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