Deep Sleeper: Player Profile Daurice Fountain

If you look over my last few days of work, you'll see some sleepers and overrated players that I have written about. Today, I want to look at someone not a lot of people are talking about, Daurice Fountain. 

I want to add a disclaimer here. I have no idea how this pick will pan out. I don't know how much of an impact he will have right now, but I am a long-term believer in Fountain. Let's start out with why I think that.

Fountain is in an extraordinary situation. With Luck back, he has a generational QB talent throwing the ball, and with Deon Cain tearing his ACL there isn't a lot in front of him. Ryan Grant is apparently good at route running but not a standout athlete. There are other guys ahead of him on the unofficial depth charts, but I have never heard of most of these guys other than TY Hilton, who went to the same college as me!

Fountain had good speed with a 4.51 at his pro day, a 42.5 vertical jump, and a broad jump of over 11 feet. With most coverage focus conceivably going to TY, who else is there on this team to catch balls? The Colts have almost no O-line, and in a division that prides itself on insanely good Defenses and D-lines, Fountain won't need to run down the field to catch anything from Luck.

If TY gets hurt, or they Colts go into garbage time (which I think they often will this season, with no defense, no o-line, no running game, one WR, and a QB who hasn't seen action in over a year and a half), what do you think will happen?  In keeper, dynasty, and most of all, PPR leagues, this guy might be worth a stash.

His price is FREE! He has no ADP, and you could probably get him off the waiver wire week 1-3, but if you have a big league with a deep bench take this guy. 

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