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Travis Etienne Jr. vs Bhayshul Tuten: Fantasy Football Outlook for Jaguars RBs in 2025
The backfield of the Jacksonville Jaguars is confusing many fantasy managers right now. The clear top-4 candidates for the positions of RB1 and RB2 are likely Travis Etienne Jr., Tank Bigsby, Bhayshul Tuten, and LeQuint Allen Jr., so at least we know that. Etienne is a veteran entering his fourth season, while Bigsby was drafted […]
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John Johnson's Top Best Ball Draft Targets: 5 Must-Have Fantasy Football Players for 2025
As most of you likely already know, best ball is a fantasy football format in which you draft a team and never have to worry about setting your starting lineup. Your end-of-week lineup will automatically become the optimized lineup -- the one that, together, scored the most points. For these reasons, there are a few […]
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Updated Fantasy Football Outlooks for Jonnu Smith, DK Metcalf, and Pat Freiermuth: Post Steelers-Dolphins Trade
New Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Jonnu Smith was just traded to his new team from the Miami Dolphins in a multi-player deal that included cornerback Jalen Ramsey, safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, and some draft selections. Smith will now rejoin his old offensive coach, Arthur Smith. This trade will certainly have meaningful impacts on fantasy football for […]
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5 Fantasy Football Breakout Candidates or League-Winners: Late-Round Draft Targets for 2025
In the later rounds, which can be anything after the fifth round in redraft fantasy football leagues, it becomes much, much harder to find serious talent. Nearly all the players that most fantasy managers agree will have nice seasons are taken in the first four rounds. In the fifth round, things start to dry up, […]
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NFL WR Power Rankings: Top 10 Wide Receiver Corps for the 2025 Season: Bengals, Eagles, and more
It's incredibly difficult to succeed as an NFL team without a good group of wide receivers. Even teams that have good quarterbacks, good defenses, and a solid running game will often falter in the playoffs if their wideouts can't get the job done. On the flip side, teams that have good WR groups tend to […]
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John Johnson's Fantasy Football Must-Avoid Draft Picks: 5 Overvalued Veteran Busts for 2025
There are players you just shouldn't draft every year. In hindsight, it seems obvious why, but before the season, it's important to understand that busts can be difficult to predict. And it's also crucial to recognize that busts are often players that fantasy managers really want to succeed and have big seasons. Unfortunately, that doesn't […]
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Updated Dynasty Fantasy Football Rookie Mock Draft: 12-Teams, Single-QB (Expert Picks and Analysis)
I hope you're not getting tired of checking out new rookie mock drafts and analysis for dynasty fantasy football leagues. We're not getting tired of writing them... yet. With so much action in the rankings and ADPs, and players falling in and out of favor constantly, though, there's never a dull moment in analyzing player […]
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6 Must-Have Fantasy Football Draft Picks for Standard-League Scoring (2025)
Over the years, standard fantasy football leagues, which don't award players any additional points for receptions, have waned in popularity. But they were the original way in which scoring was handled. It makes sense, too -- receptions aren't inherently more valuable in the NFL. While some fantasy managers might think so, they're just not. A […]
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Should I Draft Jayden Higgins or Jaylin Noel? 2025 Dynasty Rookie Draft Analysis
The Houston Texans drafted wide receiver Jayden Higgins in the second round, with the 34th overall pick, and wide receiver Jaylin Noel in the third round, with the 79th overall pick. It was a bit of a surprise seeing the two receivers, both from Iowa State, go to the same team. And immediately, for dynasty fantasy football […]
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Is the Zero RB Strategy Viable in 2025? Expert Fantasy Football Draft Analysis
The Zero RB draft strategy in fantasy football, in which fantasy managers prioritize drafting multiple wide receivers before selecting a single running back in their drafts, has been very popular in recent years. It's regularly touted as the best strategy to build league-winning teams. This isn't some stroke of genius, though. It's obvious that when […]
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Top 5 Dynasty Fantasy Football Wide Receivers to Stash: WR Sleepers and Draft Targets (2025)
It's a pretty fantastic feeling to draft a backup wide receiver in dynasty fantasy football, stash him on your bench for whatever time needed, and see him break out and eventually have a great career in the NFL. It's not always easy to get players like this on your roster, though. It's even better when […]
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Should I Draft Emeka Egbuka or Tre Harris? 2025 Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Draft Analysis
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Emeka Egbuka and Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Tre Harris, both rookies selected in the 2025 NFL Draft, are two players commonly being selected in the first two rounds of dynasty fantasy football rookie drafts ahead of the 2025 NFL season. Both are set to head into offenses that were […]
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Nick Chubb Fantasy Football Outlook with the Houston Texans: Should You Draft Chubb in 2025?
The Houston Texans signed running back Nick Chubb on June 9, ending his time as a free agent and landing him on a playoff team in 2024. Chubb will now share a backfield with running back Joe Mixon, and presumably step into the RB2 spot behind him. This signing is an interesting one. While Chubb […]
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Top 10 Fantasy Football Running Backs for Zero-RB Builds (2025)
The zero-RB strategy, despite its flaws, will never cease to be one of the most popular team-building strategies in existence for fantasy football managers. It makes sense because most leagues have Point Per Reception, or PPR, scoring systems, in which a catch counts for a full point, the equivalent of gaining 10 yards. This makes […]
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QB2s to Target in Superflex Fantasy Football Drafts: 3 Quarterback Sleepers
The second quarterback can often make or break Superflex teams in fantasy football leagues. Granted that most SF leagues have six-point passing touchdown scoring rules, QB is by far the most important position to nail. The best QB2s can easily outscore the best WR1s and RB1s in any given week. It's much harder to rush for […]
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Fantasy Football Outlooks for J.K. Dobbins, Nick Chubb, Cam Akers: Draft Sleepers or Avoids?
Denver Broncos running back J.K. Dobbins, Houston Texans running back Nick Chubb, and New Orleans Saints running back Cam Akers are three NFL backs who landed on new teams for the 2025 NFL season. Thus, their new situations warrant re-analysis of them as players in fantasy football. While the three have had wildly different career […]
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Should I Draft TreVeyon Henderson or Kaleb Johnson? 2025 Dynasty Rookie Draft Analysis
New England Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson and Pittsburgh Steelers running back Kaleb Johnson were selected in the second and third rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft by their respective teams. Both running backs put up impressive statistical production in their final seasons of college. Yet they are very, very different as prospects, and many […]
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Should I Draft Woody Marks or Jarquez Hunter? 2025 Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Draft Analysis
Houston Texans running back Woody Marks, selected with pick No. 116 overall, and Los Angeles Rams running back Jarquez Hunter, chosen just one spot later at No. 117 overall, were both drafted in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. In dynasty fantasy football leagues, they're both targets in rookie drafts. However, it's not […]
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Should I Draft Cam Skattebo or Jaydon Blue? 2025 Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Draft Analysis
New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo, drafted by his new team with the 105th overall pick in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, and Dallas Cowboys RB Jaydon Blue, selected in Round 5 with pick No. 149 overall, are two rookie RBs who are garnering plenty of interest in dynasty fantasy football […]
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Should I Draft RJ Harvey or Quinshon Judkins? 2025 Dynasty Rookie Draft Analysis
Denver Broncos running back RJ Harvey and Cleveland Browns running back Quinshon Judkins are two rookie backs drafted in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Judkins was selected early, at 36th overall, in a move that some might consider a bit of a reach. Interestingly, the fantasy community was utterly blindsided by Harvey's […]
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5 League-Winning Fantasy Football Sleeper Wide Receivers: Undervalued Draft Targets (2025)
There are a few more important things to do in PPR fantasy football redraft leagues than nailing your later-round picks on wide receivers that end up finishing the year among the top players at their position. WRs have huge upside in PPR leagues due to their main role being, you know, catching the football. Every […]
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4 Rookie Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Breakout Candidates: Player Outlooks and Projections (2025)
Rookie wide receivers are the subject of a ton of fascination by fantasy football managers every season, and with good reason. In many years, a rookie wideout absolutely smashes his projections and finishes as a top-10 player at his position. There are plenty of recent examples of this happening. Just last season, Jacksonville Jaguars WR […]
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Is Tyreek Hill a Fantasy Football Wide Receiver to Avoid Drafting This Season? (2025)
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill has made a career out of dazzling NFL viewers with his incredible combination of acceleration and long speed. For years, defenses have had little in the way of answers for Hill's generational athleticism. That was, until last season. The Dolphins offense as a whole was much worse than it […]
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4 League-Losing Fantasy Football Draft Picks: Early Round Bust Candidates to Avoid (2025)
Nothing's worse than picking a player in the early rounds of fantasy football drafts, only for them to become duds. Injuries aren't even the worst outcomes for these players -- when they produce much worse than expected, they're stuck on your roster. Players whom you don't think you can bench and who most aren't willing […]
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Fantasy Football Tight End Player Outlooks: Projecting All 32 NFL Week 1 Starters (2025)
For many teams, it's pretty obvious who their starting tight end will be in Week 1. No one's losing sleep at night, waking up in cold sweats, and panicking over who will be the Las Vegas Raiders starting TE when Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season rolls around. That will clearly be Brock Bowers, […]
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Fantasy Football Superflex Rookie Mock Draft: Round 3 Picks and Players to Target (2025)
The third round of rookie drafts in dynasty fantasy football leagues, despite generally being stripped of a lot of talent, still manages to have a few players who vastly outperform their ADP every season. Of course, in Superflex leagues, it's generally unlikely to get a good quarterback in these rounds. But players of other positions, […]
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4 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Breakouts - Players Set to Take Over WR1 Roles (2025)
Who will earn and keep the coveted WR1 roles for each of the 32 teams in the NFL is a question that's not always easy to answer. But the eventual truth is important for fantasy managers to uncover, especially in dynasty fantasy football leagues. Being early on players like Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. […]
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Fantasy Football Sleepers and Draft Targets: 4 Undervalued Players for 2025
In the early rounds of fantasy football drafts, you're mostly looking for either elite players or players everyone knows are good, but you might think have a chance of taking the next step and becoming a top-10 performer at their position. Generally, we at least expect most of these players to be very good. But […]
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2025 NFL Preseason Schedule: Team Matchups, Game Dates, Start Times
NFL teams have already begun their organized team activities, so the vast majority of the NFL's players are back in action on the practice field. It's not long until the 2025 NFL season starts, but before the regular season, there are always preseason games. There are only three now, as opposed to four before, but […]
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Fantasy Football Rookie Quarterback Outlook: Will Jaxson Dart Start For The New York Giants? (2025)
The New York Giants have a completely different quarterback room set for 2025 than they did in 2024. With Daniel Jones having departed the team last season, the team signed QBs Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston and drafted former Ole Miss signal-caller Jaxson Dart in the 2025 NFL Draft. The team likely thought highly of Dart, […]
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