SportsLine simulated the new NFL season 10,000 times and revealed its 2025 Fantasy football QB, RB, WR, TE, kicker and defense rankings

Other options out of the Houston backfield include Nick Chubb, Dameon Pierce, Dare Ogunbowale, and rookie fourth-rounder Woody Marks. Mueller, who focuses on the implications of injuries, warns fantasy football competitors to steer clear of Mixon.

There is no safe time to be an NFL player or a fantasy drafter. You are always one misstep from an injury that changes a player’s expected fortunes, and sometimes even those around him. There are a couple of relevant fantasy quarterbacks dealing with some ailments this week — one new and one not so new.

Discover the early-round rookies most likely to bust in 2025 fantasy football, from Tyler Shough to Tre Harris, and avoid costly draft mistakes.

Last week, the NBC Sports/Rotoworld staff unveiled some of their favorite sleeper picks for 2025 fantasy football drafts, so now it’s time to focus on the other end of the spectrum with our draft day “fades” for this season.

The Week 2 NFL preseason schedule for Saturday, August 16 is loaded with a massive 11-game slate, providing plenty of options for NFL DFS lineups. The slate gets underway with five games in the 1 p.m.

Rookie quarterbacks should once again be the focal point for fantasy football managers in Week 2 of the NFL preseason.