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Marvin Jones is a great fantasy football sleeper

You'll rarely see a WR coming off a 10-TD season undervalued in fantasy drafts, but that's the case with Jones.

Rob Carr

The Bengals will have several big-time fantasy football performers in 2014. Between AJ Green and Giovani Bernard, that's two first-round picks in many leagues.

However, one player not getting a lot of love is third-year wide receiver Marvin Jones. You'll rarely see a WR coming off a 10-TD season undervalued in fantasy drafts, but that's the case with Jones. Most view his 2013 campaign as a fluke, and he's not truly as good as his numbers last year suggested he was.

That, and the fact new offensive coordinator Hue Jackson wants to make more of a concerted effort to be a run-first offense in 2014. That too could certainly lead into a dip in production for Jones.

Still, Adam Levitan of Rotoworld tabbed Jones as one of his favorite late-round fantasy football fliers.

2. Marvin Jones ADP 126.3
It wasn't a good start to camp for Marvin Jones, as he missed nearly two weeks due to an ankle injury sustained at a post-minicamp workout. Hopefully that will keep him in the flier range. Former OC Jay Gruden's questionable talent evaluation skills meant Jones played on just 48.0 percent of the snaps last year as he rotated with Mohamed Sanu, but he still posted a 51-712-10 line. New OC Hue Jackson won't stand for that usage, as he immediately inserted Jones as his primary bookend to A.J. Green and moved Sanu into the slot. Now Jones will likely be playing 75 percent of the snaps at a minimum. He has a real shot at 70 catches and 1,000 yards even as the Bengals shift to a more run-based approach.

Jones' current ADP figures to drop even more with the foot ailment he's dealing with, but he's still a good late-round value.