# Four deep sleepers worth a Week 1 flier > Najee Harris, Ryan Flournoy, Malachi Fields and Greg Dulcich are the low-cost swings when injuries have wrecked your lineup. - Title: Four deep sleepers worth a Week 1 flier · Fantasy Sports On SI - Summary: Najee Harris, Ryan Flournoy, Malachi Fields and Greg Dulcich are the low-cost swings when injuries have wrecked your lineup. Deep sleepers pay off on one… - Keywords: fantasy football, week 1, sleepers, nfl, waiver wire, sports, Four, deep, worth, Week, flier, Fantasy Sports On SI - Source: Fantasy Sports On SI — https://si.com/onsi/fantasy/waiver-wire/super-deep-sleepers-start-sit-week-1-fantasy-football-malachi-fields - Published: 2026-09-12T15:54:05+00:00 - Read time: 2 min - Topics: fantasy football, week 1, sleepers, nfl, waiver wire, sports ## When the roster falls apart Injuries and shifting depth charts force a riskier lineup. A sleeper only needs one thing to go right: a big play, a surprise workload, or a trip to the end zone. > Your fantasy football team is on the ropes. ## Najee Harris gets the Giants job New York signed Harris weeks ago because Harbaugh wanted a real pass protector. Cam Skattebo and Tyrone Tracy Jr. were both bad at it. ## Co-RB2 is a lie Harris is listed alongside Tracy Jr. and Devin Singletary, but he should take the biggest share of that trio's work right away. > I am fully confident that Harris will have the biggest chunk of work among that trio. ## The projection is modest Harris grades out as RB51 for Week 1: 4.8 carries, 20.6 rushing yards, 0.2 touchdowns. The value is not in the yardage. ## He is a goal-line body From 2021 to 2024, Harris converted 42.4% of his carries inside the 5 into touchdowns. Two chances in that range make him worth the roster spot. > Give us 2 carries in that range, and the scoring chances are optimistic. ## Dallas paid Ryan Flournoy The Cowboys handed Flournoy a one-year, $6 million extension this past week. That is a team betting on him as its next WR2 over George Pickens. ## Cut, then 15th in the NFL Dallas released Flournoy before the 2025 season. He played his way back onto the active roster and finished the year as PFF's 15th-ranked wide receiver. ## The matchup helps The Giants are leaning on their pass rush over their coverage. Dallas rates as the fourth-best pass-game matchup of the week, with Dak Prescott projected for 253.5 yards, third among quarterbacks. ## Malachi Fields is third in line The Giants throw to Malik Nabers, then Isaiah Likely, then the rookie. What matters is that the name at the top is shaky. ## Nabers is a game-time call Nabers is questionable for Sunday Night Football against Dallas after reconstruction on his right ACL and meniscus, and the reporting suggests his knee confidence is not back. > Comments suggest he is not mentally confident in his knee yet, a common and often overlooked barrier to return to sport. ## Fields inherits the targets Even if Nabers suits up, his 28.5% season-long yard share should dip in game one. Fields' projected 15.5% share could climb toward 20%. ## Greg Dulcich draws soft coverage Dulcich projects as only TE23, but the defenders assigned to him graded poorly in 2025: Quay Walker at 40.9 in coverage, Nakobe Dean at 62.6, Taron Johnson at 63.7. ## Miami should be throwing Dulcich is the senior man in the room with the top yard-share projection at 17.5%, in a game Miami is likely to spend close or trailing. Malik Willis completed 85.7% of his passes in 2025. ## Key takeaway Deep sleepers pay off on one thing, not three: a goal-line carry, a soft matchup, or a target share that opens up when the starter above them is hurting.