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Fantasy football sleepers, busts, breakouts for 2018

With the NFL preseason and fantasy drafts underway, our ESPN Fantasy Football experts have updated their top sleepers, busts and breakout players for the 2018 campaign as defined here:

Sleeper: a player who will far surpass his average draft position (ADP) in standard ESPN leagues for the 2018 season.
Bust: a player who is expected to be a solid starter in standard ESPN leagues but will fail to live up to those expectations this season.
Breakout: a player who will leap into or close to the upper echelon of players at his position for the first time because of a dramatic increase in production compared with his previous seasons (or a rookie who will burst onto the scene).