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5 Quarterback ADP Value Picks and Sleepers for Fantasy Football (2025)
Quarterback is arguably the most important position in all of professional sports. If a team can find a stud quarterback, it makes their life much easier. This applies to fantasy football managers and their teams as well. While paying up for a quarterback is a necessity in the NFL, it’s not always the most prudent […]

Analyzing Elusiveness to Find Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers and Busts in 2025
Elusiveness is one of the most underrated and most crucial skills a running back can have in the NFL. Gone are the days when big power backs were all every NFL team wanted. Constantly crashing into defenders at high speed is a great way to shorten a career. Additionally, there's more than one way to […]

Predicting All First-Time 1,000-Yard Rushers in 2025 - NFL Fantasy Football Outlook
Rushing for 1,000 yards is a goal for many running backs entering the season. In 2024, 16 different running backs crossed the 1,000-yard threshold, and some of those running backs achieved this for the first time in their careers. Rico Dowdle, Bucky Irving, and Chuba Hubbard were some first-time 1,000 rushers last year. With another […]

One Fantasy Football Sleeper For Each AFC Team: 16 Late-Round Draft Targets and Value Picks
2025 fantasy football drafts are just around the corner, as we are now in July. Soon, teams will be in training camps and preseason games will be kicking off. One of the best ways to build your fantasy team is to take upside plays in the late rounds that can round out your team’s depth. […]

Fantasy Football Quarterbacks With Underrated Rushing Upside: 3 Sneaky Dual-Threat QBs
Rushing production for quarterbacks is often hailed as the "X-Factor" for fantasy football. Nearly every season, most of the top-five quarterbacks in fantasy points per game scored get to where they are because of their legs. This is fundamentally obvious when looking at scoring rules. Rushing yards count for 2.5 times the value of passing […]

4 Workhorse Running Back Draft Targets In 2025 Fantasy Football
The "workhorse" running back has been a staple of the NFL since its inception. However, especially over the past decade, this type of player has become a dying breed. But "dying" doesn't mean "dead." In 2024, six NFL running backs carried the ball over 300 times. While the number of true workhorses in the NFL […]

4 Dynasty Fantasy Football Sleepers to Buy Before They Break Out: Sneaky Trade Targets
We all love dynasty fantasy football. Sure, it takes a lot of effort to manage a team, but that's part of the fun. It's like managing a real football team, and seeing one of the young players you drafted become a star is so rewarding. Of course, it's fairly obvious that the biggest names have […]

Dynasty RB1 Candidates: 5 Running Backs Who Could Dethrone Bijan Robinson in Fantasy Football (2025)
As we enter the 2025 NFL season, dynasty rankings have begun to stabilize. Throughout the offseason, rankings can fluctuate significantly. This can be due to the slightest bit of breaking news or a major transaction. One thing that has remained relatively steady this offseason is that Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson has been consistently ranked as […]

10 Fantasy Football Sleepers and Busts: Draft Targets and Avoids for 2025
The 2025 fantasy football season is fast approaching. Experienced managers know that there is a significant amount of work ahead to adequately prepare their drafts. Whatever your approach is on draft day, it’s always important to remember one thing. You can’t win your league on draft day, but you sure can lose it. To that […]

Undervalued Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers: Mid-Round RBs To Target In 2025 Drafts
After you have dedicated your efforts toward assembling a competitive roster during the initial rounds of your drafts, you should maintain the same degree of diligence as you construct your teams through the middle rounds. That also applies to your strategic approach at the running back position, which remains critical regardless of how you have […]

6 NFC South Fantasy Football Draft Targets or Avoids: Undervalued/Overvalued Players
The NFC South used to be one of the most competitive divisions in football, but it has developed a reputation as a bad division in recent seasons. The Buccaneers have won the division every season since 2021, but have failed to make the NFC Championship Game in these four seasons, so they could hardly be […]

Dynasty TE1 Candidates: 3 Tight Ends Who Could Dethrone Brock Bowers in Fantasy Football (2025)
One offseason ago, Sam LaPorta was widely viewed as the TE1 for dynasty fantasy football leagues (He's going to be on my roster until he retires!). That didn't last long. Brock Bowers rewrote the record books in his rookie season and cemented himself atop the dynasty rankings. Now entering his second season, with an improved […]

Dynasty Start-Up Draft Targets: 5 Rookies and Sophomores to Chase in Fantasy Football
It's crucial to draft the right players in your dynasty fantasy football startup leagues, and certain players can be had for massively cheap. Those are generally the players you should target, though it's important to try to chase value in every round. Taking a holistic view of the player and their situation can help you […]

8 Fantasy Football Rookies to Target or Fade - Undervalued Sleepers, Overvalued Busts in Best Ball Drafts (2025)
Every year, we see rookie players shoot up draft boards throughout the summer. It is easy to fall in love with the potential of a young player in a new landing spot, especially when recent seasons have seen rookies have massive fantasy impacts. Rookies do have the ability to make or break fantasy teams. Find […]

7 Fantasy Football Rebound Candidates to Target: Last Year's Busts to Draft in 2025
Set those clocks. As we enter July, fantasy football drafts across the world are being scheduled. NFL football is now just weeks away. Sure, it's preseason football, but it's football nonetheless. Now, I could list some studs due to bounce back, but listing off the likes of Christian McCaffrey, Breece Hall, and Kenneth Walker III […]

4 Fantasy Football Tight End Sleepers: Undervalued ADP Value Picks for 2025
Most agree there are three elite tight ends in fantasy football this season. Brock Bowers, Trey McBride, and George Kittle are all deserving of an early round pick, but what happens after that? According to Yahoo's average draft position (ADP), only three tight ends go between picks 40 and 100. That's Sam LaPorta, T.J. Hockenson, […]

4 Cheap Dynasty Trade Targets: Bargain-Bin Fantasy Football Buys in 2025
What a weekend! I was in charge of organizing the Scott Fish Bowl Live Drafts in Dallas. This is Dallas' (and my) third year hosting the event, and it was such a fun time. It's weird hosting an event when nothing goes off the rails, especially since all the other years felt so stressful. Shout […]

10 Fantasy Football League-Winners to Draft After Round 10: Breakout Candidates, Sleepers, Value Picks
As we approach the redraft season, mock drafts are unfolding left and right to predetermine who you can get in each round to build your dream team. If you're coming off the 2024 season, where you drafted Bo Nix as a late-round flyer at his QB23 ADP, Bucky Irving at his RB53 ADP, or even […]

Evaluating Ambiguous Fantasy Football Backfields: Bears, Cowboys, Jaguars, Patriots
With drafters getting smarter every year, trend-breaking strategies that felt like well-kept, league-winning secrets just a few short years ago can now seem commonplace. At the same time, it's important to always be ready to zag as soon as the rest of your league starts zigging -- or zig once more as zagging becomes the […]

6 Fantasy Football Rookie Values and Sleepers for Redraft Leagues: First-Year Draft Targets for 2025
The 2025 NFL Draft is already two months in the past. That means it is time for fantasy managers to lock in and do the research necessary for their upcoming fantasy drafts. With the elite seasons that rookies Jayden Daniels, Brian Thomas Jr., Brock Bowers, and more had last year, it would be wise to […]

6 Fantasy Football Undervalued or Overvalued AFC West Draft Picks: Top Targets/Avoids for 2025
Every year in fantasy football drafts, there are players we want to target and those we want to avoid. It’s one of the core strategies to winning your league. The Kansas City Chiefs have long dominated the AFC West, and they have been a fantasy gold mine for years in the process. Be that as […]

NFC West Fantasy Football Draft Targets and Avoids: 5 Sleepers or Busts for 2025
The Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers have dominated the NFC West in recent seasons. In fact, both teams have won seven of the last eight division titles. While that generally means it’s a good idea to target players on their rosters, it doesn’t mean there aren’t other fantasy-relevant players in this division. As […]

5 Undrafted Rookie Fantasy Football Wide Receivers Sleepers: Late-Round Draft Targets (2025)
For NFL teams, drafting is an imperfect science, and every year, quality players fall through the cracks, with a small percentage later signing on as undrafted free agents. Some will never be viewed as much more than roster long shots, serving primarily as camp bodies to help get through the grueling weeks of training camp. […]

3 Fantasy Football Wide Receivers to Target in PPR, Fade in Standard Leagues (2025)
For fantasy football, many scoring formats exist, like standard, which was the preferred scoring system from fantasy football’s inception. Then, half-PPR and full-PPR took over as the most popular formats, and that continues today. With many different archetypes of wide receivers in the NFL, some lend themselves to being better values in full-PPR leagues rather […]

Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers and Breakout Candidates: 5 Sophomore Risers to Target
In the 2024 NFL season, a total of 33 rookie running backs managed to play in at least one game. However, only 14 of them managed to record 30+ carries in their rookie season. That number is a slight improvement from 2023 (13 RBs), but is worse than 2022 (16 RBs). If we keep looking […]

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, […]

5 Dynasty Wide Receivers to Buy or Sell: Fantasy Football WR Risers and Fallers (2025)
In recent years, we have seen more rookie wide receivers provide immediate high-end production than ever before. This has been a fun development and has helped many rebuilding managers quickly turn around their teams. While this has been a positive trend, it’s also important to recognize that we have been incredibly spoiled by the number […]

Fantasy Football Discounted Veteran Running Backs to Target in 2025
Running backs are often considered the foundation, the backbone, of any fantasy football roster. For a 10- or 12-team league, it's much easier to fill quarterback or wide receiver spots, considering there are 32 starting quarterbacks and at least 64 starting wide receivers. But most leagues require two starting running backs, and there are only […]

One-Man Backfields to Chase in 2025 Fantasy Football
There are very few workhorse running backs in the NFL nowadays. Things have definitely changed in recent years, as more teams are going with the 50/50 approach in most backfields. However, the best fantasy running backs are usually those who get most of the work. That's what makes some of these running backs elite fantasy […]