September
2,
2025
Kansas
City
Chiefs
head
coach
Andy
Reid
said
that
wide
receiver
Marquise
Brown
(ankle)
has
been
a
full
participant
in
practice
this
week
and
has
"looked
good
out
there,"
according
to
Sam
McDowell
of
The
Kansas
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September
2,
2025
Kansas
City
Chiefs
rookie
wide
receiver
Jalen
Royals
(knee)
was
the
only
Chiefs
player
not
to
practice
on
Tuesday,
according
to
head
coach
Andy
Reid.
This
shouldn't
be
much
of
a
surprise,
as
Reid
said
just
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September 2, 2025
Jim Wyatt of TennesseeTitans.com writes that rookie wide receiver
Elic Ayomanor is listed alongside
Calvin Ridley and
Tyler Lockett as a starter on the team's unofficial depth chart entering the Week 1 regular-season opener on Sunday against the hosting Denver Broncos. Ayomanor flashed in training camp and the preseason for Tennessee and displayed some strong chemistry with fellow rookie quarterback
Cameron Ward. While the 22-year-old will probably go undrafted in all 12-team fantasy leagues, he's at least a young receiver to put on your watch list going into the 2025 campaign. Ayomanor played ahead of fellow rookie
Chimere Dike in the preseason and has a leg up on the WR3 role already. Ridley is going to be the overwhelming favorite for the majority of targets, but don't rule out Ayomanor passing Lockett on the depth chart sooner than later.
--Keith HernandezSource: TennesseeTitans.com - Jim Wyatt
September 2, 2025
According to Joe Buscaglia of The Athletic, Buffalo Bills tight end
Dalton Kincaid is not expected to see his role grow during the 2025 season. Buscaglia noted that, given
Dawson Knox's presence on the team, Kincaid will likely not take a large share of opportunities. Last season, Kincaid logged around 66% of the team snaps, and Buscaglia believes that is what the expectation should be for the upcoming season as well. In his sophomore season, the 25-year-old took a bit of a step back as he tallied just 448 yards on 44 receptions. He scored just two touchdowns. As a rookie, Kincaid brought in 73 receptions for 673 yards. Given his limited ceiling, fantasy managers should continue to view Kincaid as a low-end fringe TE1 in all formats. However, if Knox were to miss time, Kincaid could enter must-start conversations.
--Andy SmithSource: Joe Buscaglia
September 2, 2025
Philadelphia Eagles running back
Saquon Barkley looks to begin yet another dominant fantasy campaign as he matches up against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night. Barkley is a consensus first-round fantasy pick for managers this season-and for good reason. He's a workhorse in a powerhouse offense, leading the NFL in rushing attempts and yards in 2024 and being the only player to surpass 2,000 yards from scrimmage. The Cowboys also just traded away Micah Parsons, who led the team in tackles for loss last year, freeing up some space for Barkley who averaged 5.8 yards per carry. While Dallas allowed the sixth-fewest yards per game on the ground last season, Barkley put up 233 on them between their two matchups, and it's not the same defense as before. He's one of the most valuable players in fantasy and should be in every lineup in Week 1.
--Ricky Maloney - RotoBallerSource: RotoBaller
September 2, 2025
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback
Jalen Hurts enters the 2025 season as a top fantasy option at his position, throwing for 2,903 yards and 18 touchdowns last year with just five interceptions, along with 630 yards and 14 touchdowns on the ground. In Week 1, Hurts will get the NFL season underway in a Thursday night matchup against a Dallas Cowboys team who just lost their sack leader and defensive anchor in Micah Parsons. Hurts faced Dallas just once last season, when he threw for 202 yards, ran for 56 more, and accounted for four total touchdowns. Philly looks to defend their Super Bowl title in this upcoming campaign, and Hurts has all of his major weapons back surrounding him. It's a no-brainer to start this high-end QB1 as fantasy football kicks off.
--Ricky Maloney - RotoBallerSource: RotoBaller
September 2, 2025
Free-agent wide receiver
Gabe Davis (knee) is signing an undisclosed deal with the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday, sources tell Adam Schefter of ESPN. Davis will initially report to the team's practice squad as he continues to recover from a torn meniscus in his knee last year. The 26-year-old did not gel well with the Jacksonville Jaguars last year and caught just 20 passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns in 10 games before needing season-ending surgery on his knee. He will return to Buffalo, where he played four seasons before joining the Jags in 2024. Davis' best season came with the Bills in 2022, when he had a 48-836-7 line, and he has found the end zone at least six times in all but last year. Davis could eventually emerge as a key downfield threat for the Bills in 2025, but after the offseason addition of
Joshua Palmer, his chances of being useful in fantasy could be more of a long shot.
--Keith HernandezSource: ESPN - Adam Schefter
September 2, 2025
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said he expects linebacker Alex Highsmith (groin) to play in the Week 1 regular-season opener on Sunday against the New York Jets, per ESPN's Brooke Pryor. Highsmith injured his groin in early August but has since returned to practice and should be fine to suit up this weekend unless he suffers a setback in practice this week. The 28-year-old former third-rounder had a career-high 14.5 sacks in 2022 in his third year in the league, but he was able to play in only 11 games a year ago due to injuries and finished with six sacks and a career-low 45 tackles (28 solo) for the Steelers. His presence in the season opener alongside All-Pro pass-rusher T.J. Watt will be good news for a Steelers defense/special teams unit that should be a must-start in Week 1 against a new Jets offense under quarterback
Justin Fields.
--Keith HernandezSource: ESPN.com - Brooke Pryor
September 2, 2025
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said he expects wide receiver
Calvin Austin III (abdomen) to play in Week 1 of the regular season this Sunday against the New York Jets, according to Brooke Pryor of ESPN. Austin has been battling an abdominal injury for most of training camp that kept him sidelined for the entire preseason, but he's made solid progress in recent weeks and is expected to be active this weekend. The 26-year-old could be limited early on in practices this week, but as long as he's practing in full by Friday, he should be without an injury designation heading into Sunday's tilt. As far as fantasy value heading into Week 1, Austin will certainly have a bigger role in the passing attack with
George Pickens out of town. However, given Austin's injury this summer and Pittsburgh's expected run-first offense, he's not being drafted in most 12-team fantasy formats.
--Keith HernandezSource: ESPN.com - Brooke Pryor
September 2, 2025
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said that running back
Jaylen Warren will "be our featured runner," according to Christopher Carter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "His progress has been very evident and he's to be congratulated ... Certainly he'll be our featured runner. Certainly you'll see [
Kaleb Johnson/
Kenneth Gainwell], but at what time and at what degree [will depend week-to-week]," Tomlin said. The Steelers signed Warren to a two-year extension worth $12 million guaranteed this week, so this news shouldn't really come as a surprise. It's obviously good news for those that have the 26-year-old in fantasy and bad news for rookie Kalen Johnson, who is the RB3 on the unofficial Week 1 depth chart. The Steelers are expected to be more of a ground-and-pound team on offense this year, making Warren a viable RB3/flex play in fantasy lineups in Week 1 against the Jets.
--Keith HernandezSource: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Christopher Carter
September 2, 2025
Pittsburgh Steelers rookie running back
Kaleb Johnson is listed as the team's No. 3 RB behind
Jaylen Warren and
Kenneth Gainwell on the team's unofficial Week 1 depth chart. Johnson struggled in the preseason opener but then finished on a high note in the final two games. However, the 22-year-old could have a minimal role to open his first NFL season behind both Warren and Gainwell. The news of Warren's new extension this week was the first sign that fantasy managers might need to pump the brakes on Johnson's value entering Week 1. It doesn't mean that Johnson won't have a key role when all is said and done in 2025, and he still deserves to be rostered in pretty much all fantasy leagues, but we wouldn't suggest starting him in fantasy lineups against the New York Jets this weekend.
--Keith HernandezSource: Steelers.com
September 2, 2025
Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Nick Holz said the team will have to move wide receiver
Calvin Ridley around on offense to help get him open, and that the other wideouts will have to win their one-on-one matchups this year. Despite dealing with subpar quarterback play in 2024 in his first year with the Titans, Ridley managed to post his second straight 1,000-yard season and third of his career on 64 receptions while scoring only four times in 17 games (14 starts). It was a slight step back from 2023, when he was with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The 30-year-old veteran is the Titans' unquestioned WR1 yet again, but he doesn't have much help behind him and will be working with a rookie signal-caller in
Cameron Ward. Fantasy managers can hang their hat on plenty of volume, but efficiency could once again be an issue.
--Keith HernandezSource: TitansInsider.com - Terry McCormick
September 2, 2025
New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll has refused to reveal whether rookie first-round quarterback
Jaxson Dart or veteran
Jameis Winston will serve as the team's backup to starter
Russell Wilson for the Week 1 season opener on Sunday against the division-rival Washington Commanders. Dart looked very impressive in training camp and the preseason, but Winston has more than 100 games of NFL experience and was listed as the QB2 on the first unofficial depth chart during camp. For what it's worth, Dart is listed as the QB2 on the team's unofficial Week 1 depth chart. During the preseason, Dart went 32-for-47 passing for 372 yards and three touchdowns with no turnovers and only two sacks taken. He also carried the ball six times for 52 yards and a touchdown. If Wilson struggles early in 2025, Dart could be the replacement under center in his first NFL season.
--Keith HernandezSource: The Associated Press
September
2,
2025
For
the
first
time
since
joining
the
team
in
2022,
Miami
Dolphins
wide
receiver
Tyreek
Hill
was
not
named
a
captain
heading
into
the
2025
campaign,
according
to
ESPN's
Marcel
Louis-Jacques.
It
all
likely
stems
from
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September 2, 2025
Carolina Panthers rookie wide receiver
Tetairoa McMillan enters his first NFL season as his team's clear No. 1 option in the passing game. In the past week, Carolina has traded away veteran wideout
Adam Thielen to the Minnesota Vikings and lost
Jalen Coker (quadriceps) to a quad injury, which should only increase McMillan's targets. The No. 8 overall pick has a favorable matchup on paper in his NFL regular-season debut against the Jacksonville Jaguars. In 2024, Jacksonville's defense ranked dead-last in total receiving yards allowed (4,605) and 28th in total receiving touchdowns allowed (29). Additionally, Panthers quarterback
Bryce Young finished 2024 by playing the best football of his career, throwing for 1,583 yards and 11 touchdowns over his final seven games. If Young can carry that momentum to 2025, McMillan could get his season off to a strong start. He should be viewed as a low-end fantasy WR2 in Week 1.
--Will BradySource: RotoBaller
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