Fantasy Football Search 2010 Sleeper: Matthew Stafford

Player: Matthew Stafford
Team: Detroit Lions
Position: QB

I admit this one may be a bit of a stretch, but if your league allows garbage points (all leagues do), I can see a healthy Stafford putting up 1200-1500 yards and 12 TDs in garbage time alone.  Stafford has allot of young talent around him like Calvin "Megatron" Johnson, highly touted rookie runningback Javid Best, Kevin Smith, and tight end Brandon Pettigrew.  There will still be growing pains with that group, but it should produce plenty of fantasy points. 

Also consider the horrible Lions defense.  If things go to plan, expect the Lions to be in allot of shootouts this season because there defense will always allow scoring. 

You can draft Stafford very late and store him on your bench.  He makes a great BYE week replacement for your starter, especially if your started is on the BYE the following weeks: 5, 6, 8, and 10.
2010 Projections: 2985 yards, 20 TDs, 3 Rushing TD.