• Malik Nabers could have a monster sophomore season: Get this man an actual quarterback and he’ll put up league-high receiving yards on the excessive goal quantity he earned as a rookie.
• Bijan Robinson is the highest choice at 1.01 in 2025 fantasy drafts: Robinson scored 20-plus factors in all however two video games from Week 6-18 and averaged 26.8 factors per recreation with Michael Penix Jr. because the Atlanta Falcons’ beginning quarterback.
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The 2024 fantasy soccer season is over. It is time to show the web page to 2025. What higher means to try this than with some spicy daring predictions? Below are my prime 5 boldest fantasy takes for the 2025 fantasy season.
Malik Nabers will lead the NFL in receiving yards with Kirk Cousins underneath heart for the New York Giants in 2025
The Giants did the fitting factor and moved on from Daniel Jones, however they nonetheless must discover a succesful quarterback to carry into the constructing this offseason — as a result of it actually shouldn’t be Drew Lock, Tommy DeVito or Tim Boyle. It is particularly essential to seek out somebody sooner reasonably than later since they now have a stud huge receiver on his rookie contract.
As a rookie, Malik Nabers had the second most targets (170) within the NFL behind solely Ja’Marr Chase (175) … however Chase had over 500 extra receiving yards than Nabers in 2024. There have been 10 cases of a participant having 170-plus targets in a season since 2019, solely Nabers (1,204 yards) and Davante Adams in 2023 (1,114 yards) and 2022 (1,516 yards) had fewer than 1,700 receiving yards in that season. Despite horrible quarterback play, Nabers nonetheless joined Anquan Boldin and Puka Nacua as the one rookie huge receivers in NFL historical past with 100-plus receptions and 1,200-plus receiving yards.
As loopy because the Atlanta Falcons seemed this previous offseason, the Giants may wish to contemplate following their path. They might commerce for Cousins on a budget and likewise use their early draft choose on a quarterback. Not solely would Cousins assist with the rookie’s progress, however these strikes would additionally give the Giants two possibilities to have a reliable quarterback to place underneath heart in 2025.
Bijan Robinson must be chosen 1.01 in 2025 fantasy soccer drafts
Bijan Robinson didn’t have an electrical begin to his second season, however he has been on hearth since Week 6. No operating again has scored extra fantasy factors per recreation than Robinson (22.8) since Week 6. Yes, he even outscored Saquon Barkley in factors per recreation from Weeks 6-18 regardless of having 43 fewer touches than Barkley throughout that span. Robinson has completed as a top-three fantasy scorer on the operating again place in six of his final 12 weeks performed and has scored 20-plus fantasy factors in all however two of these 12 video games.
With over 20 touches in every of the final six video games, the Atlanta Falcons are lastly beginning to use Robinson because the workhorse again he was meant to be. Robinson has been a touchdown-scoring machine with Michael Penix Jr. underneath heart — Robinson scored two dashing touchdowns in every of the final three video games that Penix Jr. began.
Barkley, Jahmyr Gibbs, Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson will all doubtless be thought-about on the 1.01 in 2025 fantasy soccer drafts, however I imagine Robinson would be the most secure of the bunch to repay the 1.01 price.
Dallas Cowboys RB Ashton Jeanty finishes as a top-10 fantasy RB in his rookie season
We are lower than 4 months away from listening to, “With the twelfth total choose within the 2025 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys choose Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State”
For some odd motive, the Dallas Cowboys ignored the operating place final offseason. That bit them within the behind this 12 months they usually can’t make that mistake once more this offseason. In 2024, the Cowboys ranked twenty seventh within the NFL in rush yards, thirtieth in yards per carry and final in dashing touchdowns with simply six all season lengthy — no different staff had fewer than eight.
The Cowboys have been the one staff to have zero rushes of 30-plus yards in 2024. To actually perceive simply how unexplosive their dashing assault was in 2024, 45 particular person gamers throughout the NFL had a number of 25-plus yard runs in 2024, whereas the Cowboys had only one carry of 25-plus yards as a staff. Derrick Henry had 13 extra carries of 25-plus yards all by himself than the Cowboys had as a staff this 12 months.
Ashton Jeanty can rework the Cowboys’ rush offense rapidly. Jeanty had an absurd season at Boise State with 374 carries, 2,601 rush yards and 29 dashing touchdowns in 14 video games performed in 2024. He affords the explosion that the Cowboys have been lacking this 12 months and has confirmed he can deal with an enormous workload all through a full season.
Baker Mayfield will likely be extensively overdrafted in 2025
There are few quarterbacks extra enjoyable to observe than Baker Mayfield on account of his gun-slinging mentality, and he had each a improbable real-life and fantasy season. However, landing regression is sure to hit Mayfield subsequent season.
Mayfield had a 7.2 move landing share in 2024, the second-highest amongst 36 certified QBs, behind solely Lamar Jackson. It may be very dangerous to draft a quarterback excessive in fantasy drafts based mostly on their excessive landing share from the season prior, particularly when they don’t seem to be an elite operating QB. Only two quarterbacks in NFL historical past have had 500-plus move makes an attempt with a seven-plus move landing share in a number of seasons of their profession. Those two guys have been Aaron Rodgers and HOF Dan Marino (Rodgers is the one one to do it in back-to-back seasons.
Mayfield had by no means had a move landing share increased than 5.6 in any season in his profession earlier than this 12 months, and he was at simply 4.9% in 2023. It is practical to count on his move landing share to fall again right down to his 2023 price as the common amongst all certified QBs was 4.8% in 2024. He was a strong fantasy asset in 2023 however not value a prime seven-round price ticket, which he’ll doubtless price in 2025 fantasy drafts.
The San Francisco 49ers offense, together with Christian McCaffrey, will bounce again after an injury-riddled 2024 season
The 49ers had an insane quantity of huge accidents to their offense this 12 months — Christian McCaffrey missed all however 4 video games, WR Brandon Aiyuk missed the final 10 video games on account of an ACL tear, and LT Trent Williams missed the final seven video games on account of an ankle harm. That’s not even together with their first-round rookie WR, Ricky Pearsall, who was shot within the chest earlier than the season and wasn’t capable of get away till the tip of the 12 months. Or the opposite three 49ers operating backs behind McCaffrey that every one handled accidents and time missed. Or Brock Purdy, who performed threw an harm to his throwing shoulder for the second half of the 12 months. It was actually only a depressing season throughout for the well being of the staff.
Despite all of that, the 49ers nonetheless put up the fourth most whole yards and passing yards within the NFL in 2024. They struggled to seek out the tip zone constantly all year long, however that’s affordable as they have been lacking their star RB1, WR1 and LT for a big a part of the season. Kyle Shanahan will make the required adjustments to repair the problems throughout the offense, and getting again key gamers would be the cherry on prime for the 49ers to bounce again huge time in 2025.