Fantasy sleepers NFL Week 7: Ten high-upside lineup plays

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We’ve officially completed the first third of the season. What have we learned so far?

Emeka Egbuka is good. The Giants’ combination of Darttebo (Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo) have wicked fun aura – and pretty good production. The Bengals’ and Cowboys’ defenses are bad. Most everything else seems to be in flux.

We have also learned that injuries suck. We already knew that. But it’s been reinforced through the first month and a half of the season. CeeDee Lamb, Mike Evans, Lamar Jackson and George Kittle are among the big names that have missed time early in the year. It’s left fantasy managers scrambling to keep up.

Thankfully, it looks like we could get some relief. There is hope that Lamb, Evans and Kittle can return this week. Jackson could be back after Baltimore’s bye week. That should ease some of the strain.

But it still doesn’t change the fact that plenty of people will have holes in their lineups in Week 7. That brings us to another edition of the Sleepers column. As always, we’re looking for fallback options to help you plug some of those holes. They might not be Fantasy Mr. Right. But they can be Fantasy Mr. Right Now. Anyway, here are some names.

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