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In reality, I could write about three of these sleeper posts on wide receivers a week.  The position just lends itself to it.  Most leagues only start 3 with maybe a flex spot for a possible 4th but you really want an RB there.  So, if there are 32 teams and each team has about 3 starting receivers per team, that’s 96 wide receivers to account for.  Now subtract 36 from that number and you’ve got what’s left for either your bench or the FA pool in a 12 team league.  It’s like the anti-RB position where if you have a pulse and you’re a back up to DMC, you’re probably getting drafted.  But none of that has to do with the topic at hand, of course, that was merely food for thought.  Food?!?  What kind of food?!?  It was a turn of phrase, I.R.  You shouldn’t do that.  People out there might be hungry.  I’ll try to keep that in mind next time.  But enough about hot pockets and lean cuisines, I’m here to talk about a guy named Vincent Brown and how he’s a fantasy football sleeper for 2013…I’m gonna keep cutting myself short until we have 500 league signups (or thereabouts).  Before I direct your attention to Vincent, I’m going to redirect your attention to our Razzball Commenter Leagues Signup.  Like what all the kids at school said about your mom, it’s free and easy.  Want details?  Well that link I provided you should give you everything you ever (and maybe never) wanted to know about how to get the ball rolling.  There’ll be prizes as well if you need your fancy tickled.  And with that over, we’re now back to our regularly scheduled post…

So to understand why Vincent Brown is a sleeper, we need to take a journey.  A journey way back to preseason of 2012.  During this time, Brown was making quite a name for himself.  Even the the goofy mustached one – Philip Rivers – stated that ‘We know he was the MVP of training camp’ last year.  That was either a royal we or he’s making note that everyone in Chargers country felt he had a great camp.  As much ego as Rivers has, I could see guessing the first one but I’d bet on the second one given the context.  So, that’s good news to know: we’re not dealing with an unwanted/unknown entity here.  Couple that with him being the leading receiver last year in preseason for the Bolts with 6 catches for 112 yards and 2 touchdowns and it’s clear Vincent was becoming a viable year two receiver.  But of course, we aren’t playing off 2012 news, we need some 2013 goodness.  That goodness comes in the form of Vincent having not missed a beat according to teammates so far.  When you factor in a change of offensive scheme – shorter more conservative throws which benefits Rivers greatly – and that the Chargers are seeing him as the WR2 behind Alexander, there’s good reason to believe Vincent’s on his way to a solid campaign.  Considering he’s going as the WR52 consensus rank over at Fantasypros, you’re not spending much to take a chance on greatness here.