Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet
- cjgabet06
- Aug 28
- 6 min read
It is officially the best time of the year. Fantasy Football draft season. With most leagues drafting this upcoming weekend I thought it the perfect time to post my Big Board for this season. Every year I write one of these against my better judgement. So to my league mates. Enjoy this insight smh.
**=draft value. +=injury concern
Quarterback:
Lamar Jackson-BAL: Lamar was the quarterback 1 for fantasy football last year. He amassed over 5,000 yards and 45 touchdowns. One of the most prolific QB seasons we have ever seen. Not to much to say about this one. Expect some touchdown regression, but even with 35 scores, he is still likely QB1
Josh Allen-BUF: Last year's league MVP. Also not much to say about Allen. He is about as automatic as it gets for fantasy. Many were worried last year without Diggs, but we won the league MVP. Draft Josh Allen.
Jayden Daniels-WAS: This was a very difficult choice for me. Jayden was absolutely remarkable in 2024. He put forth arguably the greatest rookie quarterback performance in the history of the NFL totally more than 4300 yards and 31 TDs while willing his team to an NFC title game. Ultimately the reason he got the nod over the next passer is his defense.
Jalen Hurts-PHI: Jalen, like Allen, has made himself a fantasy staple for years. I adore Jalen Hurts as a fantasy qb, the tush push has gotten him to the preposterous number of 42 rushing TDs over the past 3 seasons to go along with 73 passing scores. That is pure fantasy dominance. My only issue with Hurts is that his defense is so good that he did hardly anything in second halves last year. I am worried that something similar will happen this year, but that just keeps him out of QB1 contention. He is still an elite option.
Joe Burrow-CIN: I believe that it is probable that Burrow finishes higher than 5. He has the opposite problem that Hurts does. Which is a fantastic thing for fantasy football. The Bengals defense is so awful that they will be forced to just keep passing for all four quarters of every game. This bodes well for an extremely talented quarterback with the best wide receiver corps in football.
Bo Nix-DEN**
Patrick Mahomes-KC
Baker Mayfield-TB
Dak Prescott-DAL**
Drake Maye-NE**
Kyler Murray-AZ
Brock Purdy-SF
Wide Receiver:
Ja'marr Chase-CIN: This is not rocket science. He won the triple crown last year and returns to the exact same situation as last year. The only concern for Chase to not finish top 5 is injury. There are almost never repeat WR1s. But Chase having the beautiful trifecta of dominant talent, a great quarterback and a terrible defense helps his chances.
Ceedee Lamb-DAL: This is one that many may not agree with. But here is my case for CD. He has averaged 18.5 ppg in his last 25 starts with Dak at QB, that is WR1 over that span. Ceedee is an absolute dawg. He is a certified alpha wide receiver who has a QB who is unafraid of hypertargetting him. The Cowboys defense does not look to be anything special and Dak is a better QB than people give him credit for, particularly in fantasy.
Justin Jefferson-MIN: I can pretty much copy and paste what I wrote here last year. I do not trust his QB, JJ McCarthy, but who honestly cares at this point with Jefferson. He is just so good at football that it doesn't even matter. He has a great defense and a total question mark at QB and he is still going at the very top of drafts. That should tell you all you need to know about JJettas.
Malik Nabers-NYG: Yes this is a redraft ranking. I think that Nabers is one of the best wide receivers in the NFL. That is one thing he's got going for him. He also has Wandale Robinson for target competition. That is another good thing. To be conservative, I think that Nabers gets 100,000 targets this season. And if the quarterback is Russ, great, Dart, fantastic. But if its Jameis?? He is the WR1 and its not close. Trade for Nabers if Winston ever gets the job.
Drake London-ATL**: This was also a difficult choice, there are so many names that could go right here and I would not blame you for choosing them. But ultimately i believe in the Falcons offense. I think that Bijan can have a Derrick Henry-esque effect on the passing game, and I believe in Michael Penix as a good NFL QB. In the small sample size of 3 games with Penix last year, London was completely unstoppable, It was a 124 reception, 1,989 yard and 11 TD pace. That's hard to extrapolate, but Penix revealed that he really enjoys throwing the ball at Drake London.
Amon-Ra St. Brown-DET
Nico Collins-HOU
Brian Thomas Jr-JAX
Puka Nacua-LAR (Stafford+)
A.J. Brown-PHI
Tee Higgins-CIN**
Jaxon Smith-Njigba-SEA
Ladd McConkey-LAC
Garrett Wilson-NYJ
DK Metcalf-PIT**
Tyreek Hill-MIA: I'm gonna briefly address Tyreek, I do not think he finishes at 16. I think he either finishes at 40 or top 3. So 16 is the nice middle ground.
Marvin Harrison Jr.-AZ
Courtland Sutton-DEN
Davante Adams-LAR (Stafford+)
Terry McLaurin-WAS
Jameson Williams-DET**
Tetaroia McMillian-CAR
DJ Moore-CHI
Xavier Worthy-KC
Breakout Targets: Emeka Egbuka**, Ricky Pearsall**, Marvin Mims Jr., Isaac TeSlaa, Josh Downs+
Running Backs
Bijan Robinson-ATL: I'm not sure if Bijan finishes at number one, there are so many backs this year who could realistically climb that mountain, but I do know that I am the most comfortable betting on it with Bijan. Robinson has a clean injury history, he has every opportunity secured in ATL, and most importantly, he is a game-breaking talent. He has yet to hit that homerun ball on the ground, but he will do it. People like to mention how his longest run isn't even 40 yards, but he has had a 71 yard catch and run. So yes, he is explosive.
Saquon Barkley-PHI: I mean wow. What a season this dude had last year. More than 2000 rushing yards and 13 rushing tds while his Qb also punched it in 14 times on the ground. that means that while Barkley is almost sure to see some yardage regression, there is still ceiling on the touchdown front, especially if that defense is not quite as dominant as it was a year ago. Saquon is an incredible running back. Draft him.
Jahmyr Gibbs-DET: Last year many were not quite ready to be the Gibbs owner. David Montgomery and that time share was simply too scary. Well no one cares anymore. He had nearly 2000 scrimmage yards and 20 touchdowns with Montgomery only missing 3 games. That means that if Monty were to go down or if the Lions just decided to give Gibbs even more work, then you are almost definitely looking at the RB1 for 2025.
Derrick Henry-BAL: I really don't care. About anything. He's old. he has a high injury risk. Draft Derrick Henry. For those of you who haven't. Its fun. It is a lot of fun. He may just still be the best in the league. He averages 5 ypc on 2,355 carries. Draft Him.
Christian McCaffrey-SF: Similar to Derrick Henry. We know who CMC is. He is the best running back in fantasy football when he is healthy. That is unfortunately the tricky part. It feels like almost every one has been burnt by CMC by now. Fortunately for him, I do not care. He is the best. I want McCaffrey. I don't play to get 4th place, and neither should you. Draft the guy who can get you a championship.
Ashton Jeanty-LV
Jonathan Taylor-IND**
Chase Brown-CIN**
Kyren Williams-LAR**
Bucky Irving-TB
De'von Achane-MIA+
Omarion Hampton-LAC
Josh Jacobs-GB
James Cook-BUF
Chuba Hubbard-CAR**
Alvin Kamara-NO
Treyveon Henderson-NE**
Kenneth Walker-SEA
Breece Hall-NYJ
James Connor-AZ
RJ Harvey-DEN
Isaiah Pacheco-KC
D'andre Swift-CHI
Tony Pollard-TEN
Breakout Targets: Cam Skattebo, Jordan Mason, Jaydon Blue, Jacory Croskey-Maritt (BILL)
Tight Ends
Brock Bowers-LV: Wow, who would have guessed that the rookie TE who had 112 catches and 1200 yards would be the number one. This is not like Laporta. Laporta had an outlier touchdown percentage. We saw that regression coming even though both of these guys finished as the TE1. Bowers however, finished at number one with only 5 TDs. That's remarkable for a TE. That number should jump in what is expected to be a better offense this time around. He is worth the premium pick.
Trey McBride-AZ: Honestly, a very similar case to Bowers. He was the TE 2 with only 2 receiving touchdowns. That is borderline unbelievable. His touchdown number should jump strictly because 2 touchdowns on 111 catches is nearly impossible. Find someone that looks at you the way Kyler looks at Trey McBride.
George Kittle-SF**: Kittle absolutely has potential to finish at the number one spot. He is incredible at every aspect of being a tight end, and that keeps him on the field for every snap. Now with the departure of Deebo Samuel and the absence of Brandon Aiyuk, Kittle should be about to eat. He is one of my favorite values even though his price keeps climbing and climbing.
TJ Hockenson-MIN
Evan Engram-DEN**
Tyler Warren-IND**
Sam Laporta-DET
Travis Kelce-KC**
Mark Andrews-BAL
David Njoku-CLE
Late Round Stabs: Colston Loveland, Tucker Kraft**, Kyle Pitts, Mason Taylor
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