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2025 Fantasy Football Best Ball Quarterback Rankings: Jayden Daniels, Baker Mayfield, Joe Burrow, Bo Nix, Caleb Williams, Bryce Young, Drake Maye

Jayden Daniels - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

RotoBaller's early 2025 fantasy football best ball quarterback rankings. These pre-NFL Draft QB best ball rankings are for Underdog, DraftKings, NFFC, and more.

Early best ball drafts are already taking place for the 2025 fantasy football season, and it's always difficult to know when to take a quarterback in these setups. If you need assistance at the QB spot, we're here to assist with our NFL team's early 2025 fantasy football best ball quarterback rankings. Use these early best ball rankings for Underdog, DraftKings, NFFC, FanDuel, and more.

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Two of RotoBaller's lead fantasy football analysts -- Phil Clark and Nick Mariano -- have put together their consensus staff rankings, which will be updated regularly through the start of the 2025 fantasy football season. Let's see where Jayden Daniels, Baker Mayfield, Joe Burrow, Bo Nix, Caleb Williams, Bryce Young, and Drake Maye rank, among all other signal callers.

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1 1 Josh Allen QB
1 2 Lamar Jackson QB
1 3 Jalen Hurts QB
2 4 Jayden Daniels QB
2 5 Joe Burrow QB
2 6 Baker Mayfield QB
2 7 Brock Purdy QB
3 8 Patrick Mahomes QB
3 9 Jordan Love QB
3 10 Bo Nix QB
3 11 Kyler Murray QB
3 12 Jared Goff QB
4 13 Caleb Williams QB
4 14 Dak Prescott QB
4 15 Sam Darnold QB
4 16 Tua Tagovailoa QB
4 17 Drake Maye QB
5 18 Trevor Lawrence QB
5 19 Justin Herbert QB
5 20 Anthony Richardson QB
5 21 Shedeur Sanders QB
5 22 Bryce Young QB
5 23 Geno Smith QB
5 24 Michael Penix Jr. QB
6 25 C.J. Stroud QB
6 26 J.J. McCarthy QB
6 27 Russell Wilson QB
6 28 Derek Carr QB
6 29 Matthew Stafford QB
6 30 Aaron Rodgers QB
6 31 Aidan O'Connell QB
6 32 Cam Ward QB
6 33 Jalen Milroe QB
6 34 Jaxson Dart QB
6 35 Kirk Cousins QB
7 36 Will Levis QB
7 37 Justin Fields QB
7 38 Daniel Jones QB
7 39 Quinn Ewers QB
7 40 Carson Beck QB
7 41 Gardner Minshew II QB
7 42 Kyle McCord QB


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