Rome Odunze - 2025 Dynasty Fantasy Football Sleepers and Trade Targets

Rome Odunze is a dynasty fantasy football sleeper and trade target for 2025. Read the fantasy football outlook for the Chicago Bears wide receiver.

RotoBaller Dynasty Ranking: WR21

Dynasty Analysis: Many analysts are ready to write Rome Odunze off as a bust due to poor advanced metrics and per-route data as a rookie last year. However, Chicago’s offense was so bad in 2024 that it’s not fair to judge anyone based on what we saw.

Odunze’s rookie year is a case where we must take all that data and flush it down the toilet, as it’s not a fair representation of his play. This is still a highly talented receiver who knows how to get open against NFL defenders.

While Odunze got a massive upgrade in the form of new Bears' head coach Ben Johnson, his target competition also increased. The team selected tight end Colston Loveland with the 10th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. While the Loveland selection doesn't necessarily hurt Odunze, the team also selected wide receiver Luther Burden III in the second round of the NFL Draft.

.@RomeOdunze makin' it look easy 🙌 pic.twitter.com/ga2wguO3T6

— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) May 29, 2025

The selection of Burden has thrown a monkey wrench into the team's receiver room. Burden profiles as a slot-heavy player who is excellent with the ball in his hands. Johnson utilized Amon-Ra St. Brown in such a role during his time with the Detroit Lions. This has led many to speculate that Johnson is lower on Odunze and may wish to utilize Burden in a similar way to how he used St. Brown.

That is certainly within the range of outcomes, but it's also worth pointing out that Burden fell to the second round of the NFL Draft for a reason. His college tape was littered with poor effort plays where he routinely quit on routes when he was not the play's primary target. Johnson will look to correct this issue, but it's no guarantee.

Odunze has top-10 draft capital to his name, and Johnson has had good things to say about him so far this offseason.

Look. It is impossible to predict how this situation will play out. But there are a lot of people panicking about Odunze since the NFL Draft. It's understandable, given that he's coming off a mediocre rookie year, but it all feels a bit reactionary. Odunze is a good player, and last season was just an awful situation for the entire Bears' offense.

If anyone in your league is panicking on Odunze, now is the time to act. There's definitely a lot of risk in acquiring him since we won't know Johnson's plans for these receivers until Week 1, but for all we know, Odunze could emerge as their top option. He's cheaper to acquire via trade now than he was a few months ago.

So if you're feeling a little frisky, go get Odunze on your team.

- Dave Ventresca

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