Sleeper of the Game presented by Mattress Firm is adapted from a pregame conversation between Marc Vandermeer and John Harris
Sleeper of the Game
Marc: How about this? The sleeper of the game brought to you by Mattress Firm, the official sleep partner of the Houston Texans. And they were in the building this week getting players fitted for special pillows and things like that. That's a nice little perk. That is a great perk, actually.
A nice perk - you get a pillow for Mattress Firm. It's a great perk. And those are good pillows too, those are good ones! Don't come at me with these terrible pillows. I want good pillows from Mattress Firm. I'm telling you right now - a bad pillow can set you in a wrong direction for a long time.
John's Pick: Cade Stover (TE)
John: Sleeper of the Game for me is gonna end up being TE Cade Stover.
Marc: Oh, really?
John: I feel like 87 being on the field, getting him involved in the passing game is key. You know, they're trying to get him in the end zone the other day [at Training Camp]. I thought Cecil and Seth did a really nice job of breaking down why Cade probably was a little off his landmark on that play because that Davis [Mills] threw it a little wider than he expected; probably should have been a touchdown. But that said, I think getting Cade in the end zone could be on the menu. Last week, I went with Tommy Townsend as a sleeper, so that's why I'm going offense this week. So I'm going Cade Stover.
John's Pick: Russ Yeast (S)
Marc: Alright. I'll go defense, and it's a pretty easy one because he's gonna play a lot in this game, and he made plays last week. He's been making plays for a while now. Russ Yeast.
John: Good one.
Marc: Now we have the advantage of talking to coaches who tell us Russ Yeast has developed rather quickly from the spring sessions, and he's really moved in the right direction here. So Russ Yeast is my guy to make a play based on that pass rush getting after it, him being able to maybe pick one out of the air and do something positive with it on Saturday because that's what you wanna see.
