Fantasy Football Week 1 Sleepers: Unheralded Players Who Will Find the End Zone

It's a fair statement to make—most of us play in fantasy football leagues that use a standard scoring system, or some variation of it. A league in which yards, receptions and even completions will bring your squad valuable points needed to beat your opponent into submission.

Touchdowns, of course, are a big part of that scoring system as well.

But some of the more adventurous among us play in touchdown-only leagues, where Calvin Johnson's 150 yards receiving or Arian Foster hitting 100 yards in both rushing and receiving mean nothing if they don't cross the goal line.

So with those owners in mind, here are some unheralded and, in some cases, largely unowned players who are locks to cross the goal line in Week 1 action.

Stevan Ridley, RB, New England Patriots

I'm not going to try and tell you that the Patriots are all of a sudden going to become a ground-and-pound kind of offense, because that's just not their style.

I mean, they were looking into adding a former Pro Bowl tight end to the mix, as if Tom Brady doesn't have enough targets to throw to as it is.

Brady is going to air it out against the Titans in Week 1, and Tennessee will be keyed in on containing Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez and Wes Welker, especially as the Patriots get into the red zone.

That will open things up for Ridley, who, as the starter in the backfield behind Tom Brady, will get his chances to power his way into the end zone against a Titans defense that allowed more than 128 yards per game and 10 touchdowns on the ground last season.

Danny Amendola, WR, St. Louis Rams

Detroit's defense allowed 26 touchdowns through the air last season, and while they will undoubtedly be pressuring Rams' quarterback Sam Bradford all game long, Bradford will have a chance to air it out against their suspect secondary.

Someone has to catch Bradford's passes aside from Steven Jackson, and Danny Amendola will be Bradford's primary target on the outside.

With the speed to get by Detroit's defensive backs, Amendola will find himself running into the end zone at least once in what should be a high-scoring affair.

Kevin Walter, WR, Houston Texans

Kevin Walter is the forgotten man in Houston. With the Dolphins defense having their hands full with Arian Foster, Andre Johnson and Owen Daniels, Walter will be overlooked and largely forgotten by the Miami defense as well.

This game isn't going to be close, and there's a chance that it will get so out of hand that Houston will start pulling its starters in the fourth quarter.

But before that happens, the Texans are going to put points on the board, with Matt Schaub throwing the ball around the field at will. Walter, who will be in one-on-one coverage all day long, will exploit the situation and trot into the end zone Sunday afternoon.

Mike Williams, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay is far from a high-powered offense, but Josh Freeman is a capable quarterback.

Carolina will stick its best defensive back, Chris Gamble, on Vincent Jackson, and chances are that Gamble will have help over the top from strong safety Charles Godfrey.

That leaves free safety Haruki Nakamura to play center field while its other corner, 5'8" Captain Munnerlyn, is left to go one-on-one against Tampa's Mike Williams, who at 6'2" has a huge height advantage.

Freeman will look to Williams early and often, especially in the red zone. Williams could wind up with multiple touchdowns on the day, but he's a lock for at least one.