The Minnesota Vikings were one of the most underrated teams in the NFL last season, and quarterback Sam Darnold finished as the overall QB7 in Fantasy football leagues. Darnold had never finished inside the top 24 at his position in his previous six seasons, so head coach Kevin O’Connell deserves plenty of credit. J.J. McCarthy is taking over as the starting quarterback after missing the entire 2024 season due to an injury, and he is one of the top Fantasy football breakout picks. He is playing alongside weapons like Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison and T.J. Hockenson, creating multiple Fantasy football stack options in Minnesota.
Building stacks is one way to gain an advantage with a 2025 Fantasy football strategy. Which stacks should you target with your 2025 Fantasy football picks? Whether you’re hunting for a 2025 Fantasy football top 150 you can trust, potential 2025 Fantasy football breakouts, sleepers, and busts, or position-specific 2025 Fantasy football rankings, be sure to see what the 2025 Fantasy football draft bible at SportsLine has to say.
Prepared by Fantasy experts Jacob Gibbs, Heath Cummings, Dan Schneier, R.J. White and Josh Nagel, the Fantasy draft bible is a must-have for any serious Fantasy football player. Gibbs, who powers the Fantasy Football Today newsletter, uses a data-driven approach that has helped him be one of the nation’s most accurate Fantasy rankers in recent years. Cummings is a senior Fantasy writer at CBS Sports who hosts the Fantasy Football Today Dynasty podcast.
Schneier is the senior Fantasy editor at CBS Sports and appears regularly with Gibbs on the Beyond the Box Score editions of the Fantasy Football Today podcast. White is SportsLine’s No. 1 NFL expert since 2017 who got his start in the Fantasy industry, with his work appearing at AOL Fanhouse, Fantasy Café and other sites prior to joining CBS Sports, where he is the current managing editor of Fantasy and betting content. Nagel is the longtime assistant managing editor at SportsLine and a Fantasy Football veteran. This team brings decades of Fantasy experience and can give you a huge edge in your league.
Our 2025 guide not only ranks the top 150 players in non-, half- and full-PPR leagues, it reveals must-see sleepers, breakouts and busts, highlights key draft tips and strategies at each position and draft slot, and gives you more analysis that can guide your selections. The Fantasy football draft bible also offers detailed strategy tips for whichever league you play in: snake drafts, salary cap drafts and more. Head to SportsLine now to see the 2025 Fantasy football draft bible.
Top 2025 Fantasy football picks, advice
The Fantasy football draft bible features 2025 Fantasy football draft tips from Nagel, including:
Be flexible:
“It’s easy to get frustrated when the opponent next to us appears to have mind-reading voodoo and is taking the player we desire one pick before us in seemingly every round. Don’t lose your cool. You might have to settle for a player you hadn’t planned on drafting but whose profile and average draft position suggest they are the more practical selection as opposed to reaching for a player you might be able to get in the next round. It’s OK to get temporarily flustered, but don’t let frustration influence your decision-making or it could cause you to sabotage your draft.”
Know the league settings:
“If you’ve been playing in the same league for years and the scoring criteria and roster construction never changes, you’re likely confident in how to structure your draft in concert with the league settings. But it never hurts to double-check and, if it’s a new league or you’re new to it, make sure you read the fine print before drafting. Is it three receivers and one flex? Two running backs, two receivers and two flex? Learn the distribution of roster composition. Is there a scoring bonus for plays of 40 or more yards? Is it full point per reception, half-point or standard scoring? Can you use a tight end in the flex? Is the league “tight end premium,” in which tight end receptions are worth 1.5 points? Make sure you know the answers to these questions.” Get the full Fantasy football draft guide over at SportsLine.
How to find proven 2025 Fantasy football rankings
SportsLine’s Fantasy football 2025 draft guide has also identified three potential busts to avoid in the first round. These players have massively inflated Fantasy football ADPs and have the potential to completely sink your playoff hopes if over-drafted. You can only see who it is here.
So what is the value of every single player in the 2025 Fantasy football rankings and which huge busts could sink your season? Visit SportsLine now to see the complete 2025 Fantasy football draft bible, all from a team of proven Fantasy analysts who can give you a huge edge in your league.
This news was originally published on this post .
About the author
QB Rocco Becht Stars as No. 22 Iowa State beats No. 17 Kansas State in Ireland
Rocco Becht passed for two touchdowns and ran for another score, helping No. 22 Iowa State beat No. 17 Kansas State 24-21 in the Aer Lingus Classic on Saturday in Dublin.Becht was 14 for 28 for 183 yards. He found Dominic Overby for a 23-yard touchdown in the first quarter and passed to Brett Eskildsen for a 24-yard score in the third quarter.With 2:26 to go, Iowa State went for it on fourth-and-3 at the Kansas State 16-yard line. Becht found Carson Hansen for 15 yards and iced the game.[MORE: Cup Snake in Full Swing for Farmageddon Rivalry Between Iowa State, Kansas State]The Cyclones (1-0, 1-0 Big 12) opened a 24-14 lead in the fourth quarter after a turnover on downs by Kansas State at its own 30-yard line. Becht finished the short drive with a 7-yard touchdown run with […]
Phillies Ace Zack Wheeler Needs Additional Surgery, Is Out for Rest of Season
The Philadelphia Phillies will chug along without their ace after the team announced Saturday that ace Zack Wheeler was diagnosed with venous thoracic outlet syndrome and will require additional surgery that’s expected to sideline him for six to eight months.The 35-year-old Wheeler had a follow-up evaluation following surgery on Aug. 18, three days after his last start, to remove a blood clot from his upper right arm.After receiving a second opinion, it was recommended that Wheeler undergo thoracic outlet decompression surgery in the coming weeks. Such an operation would threaten Wheeler’s ability to start the 2026 season on time.Wheeler previously missed time in 2022 due to a forearm injury and had Tommy John surgery in 2015 while he was with the New York Mets.Wheeler, a three-time All-Star, was 10-5 with a 2.71 ERA in 24 starts across 149 2/3 innings […]
Slavia otočila domácí zápas s Pardubicemi
I když Pardubice vstoupily do zápasu aktivně a dostaly se díky gólu Vojtěcha Patráka do vedení, Slavia po inkasovaném gólu ukázala svou převahu a převzala otěže zápasu. Už ve 23. minutě srovnal po Bořilově centru Tomáš Holeš.Po návratu ze šaten pražský tým nepustil hosty k ničemu a v 54. minutě pak slavistický kapitán zápas otočil. O tom, jak velkou převahu sešívaní měli, svědčí i to, že kopali 18 rohových kopů. V 82. minutě pak Abdullahi Tanko viděl přímo červenou kartu za ostrý zákrok. Těsně před koncem zápasu pak stanovil závěrečné skóre Vasil Kušej.Připravujeme podrobnosti.6. kolo první fotbalové ligy:Slavia Praha - FK Pardubice 3:1 (1:1)Branky: 23. Holeš, 54. Bořil, 90.+1 Kušej - 12. Patrák. Rozhodčí: Volek - Nádvorník, Paták - Kocourek (video). ŽK: Patrák, Mahuta. ČK: 82. Tanko (všichni Pardubice). Diváci: 18.297.Sestavy:Slavia: Staněk - Holeš, Ogbu (80. Chaloupek), Bořil (69. Fully) - Douděra (90.+3 Hašioka), Moses (69. Zafeiris), Oscar, Sadílek - Kušej, […]
Slavia otočila domácí zápas s Pardubicemi
I když Pardubice vstoupily do zápasu aktivně a dostaly se díky gólu Vojtěcha Patráka do vedení, Slavia po inkasovaném gólu ukázala svou převahu a převzala otěže zápasu. Už ve 23. minutě srovnal po Bořilově centru Tomáš Holeš.Po návratu ze šaten pražský tým nepustil hosty k ničemu a v 54. minutě pak slavistický kapitán zápas otočil. O tom, jak velkou převahu sešívaní měli, svědčí i to, že kopali 18 rohových kopů. V 82. minutě pak Abdullahi Tanko viděl přímo červenou kartu za ostrý zákrok. Těsně před koncem zápasu pak stanovil závěrečné skóre Vasil Kušej.Připravujeme podrobnosti.6. kolo první fotbalové ligy:Slavia Praha - FK Pardubice 3:1 (1:1)Branky: 23. Holeš, 54. Bořil, 90.+1 Kušej - 12. Patrák. Rozhodčí: Volek - Nádvorník, Paták - Kocourek (video). ŽK: Patrák, Mahuta. ČK: 82. Tanko (všichni Pardubice). Diváci: 18.297.Sestavy:Slavia: Staněk - Holeš, Ogbu (80. Chaloupek), Bořil (69. Fully) - Douděra (90.+3 Hašioka), Moses (69. Zafeiris), Oscar, Sadílek - Kušej, […]
Atlético Madrid jen remizovalo s nováčkem a stále čeká v nové sezoně na výhru
Elche obralo Atlético o body po více než dvou letech, kdy v první lize chybělo. Po postupu mezi elitu si nyní připsalo druhou remízu 1:1 za sebou.Španělská fotbalová liga - 2. kolo:Mallorca - Celta Vigo 1:1 (87. Morey Bauza - 39. Rueda)Atlético Madrid - Elche 1:1 (8. Sörloth - 15. Mir)
No. 22 Iowa State converts a late fourth down to seal 24-21 win over No. 17 Kansas State
No. 22 Iowa State stuffed No. 17 Kansas State on multiple fourth-down attempts and converted a massive one itself on the way to a 24-21 win to kick off the 2025 college football season.The Cyclones sealed the game with a huge fourth-down conversion from QB Rocco Becht to RB Carson Hansen with a little more than 2 minutes left. Instead of kicking a field goal from the K-State 17-yard line to potentially go up 27-21 with plenty of time for Kansas State to get a touchdown, Iowa State and coach Matt Campbell went for it on fourth-and-3.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHansen snuck out open into the left flat and nearly scored a touchdown as his right forearm hit the turf just before the ball got across the line.Becht said after the game that he was given two play calls to run for the fourth […]
Related
QB Rocco Becht Stars as No. 22 Iowa State beats No. 17 Kansas State in Ireland
Rocco Becht passed for two touchdowns and ran for another score, helping No. 22 Iowa State beat No. 17 Kansas State 24-21 in the Aer Lingus Classic on Saturday in Dublin.Becht was 14 for 28 for 183 yards. He found Dominic Overby for a 23-yard touchdown in the first quarter and passed to Brett Eskildsen for a 24-yard score in the third quarter.With 2:26 to go, Iowa State went for it on fourth-and-3 at the Kansas State 16-yard line. Becht found Carson Hansen for 15 yards and iced the game.[MORE: Cup Snake in Full Swing for Farmageddon Rivalry Between Iowa State, Kansas State]The Cyclones (1-0, 1-0 Big 12) opened a 24-14 lead in the fourth quarter after a turnover on downs by Kansas State at its own 30-yard line. Becht finished the short drive with a 7-yard touchdown run with […]
Phillies Ace Zack Wheeler Needs Additional Surgery, Is Out for Rest of Season
The Philadelphia Phillies will chug along without their ace after the team announced Saturday that ace Zack Wheeler was diagnosed with venous thoracic outlet syndrome and will require additional surgery that’s expected to sideline him for six to eight months.The 35-year-old Wheeler had a follow-up evaluation following surgery on Aug. 18, three days after his last start, to remove a blood clot from his upper right arm.After receiving a second opinion, it was recommended that Wheeler undergo thoracic outlet decompression surgery in the coming weeks. Such an operation would threaten Wheeler’s ability to start the 2026 season on time.Wheeler previously missed time in 2022 due to a forearm injury and had Tommy John surgery in 2015 while he was with the New York Mets.Wheeler, a three-time All-Star, was 10-5 with a 2.71 ERA in 24 starts across 149 2/3 innings […]
Slavia otočila domácí zápas s Pardubicemi
I když Pardubice vstoupily do zápasu aktivně a dostaly se díky gólu Vojtěcha Patráka do vedení, Slavia po inkasovaném gólu ukázala svou převahu a převzala otěže zápasu. Už ve 23. minutě srovnal po Bořilově centru Tomáš Holeš.Po návratu ze šaten pražský tým nepustil hosty k ničemu a v 54. minutě pak slavistický kapitán zápas otočil. O tom, jak velkou převahu sešívaní měli, svědčí i to, že kopali 18 rohových kopů. V 82. minutě pak Abdullahi Tanko viděl přímo červenou kartu za ostrý zákrok. Těsně před koncem zápasu pak stanovil závěrečné skóre Vasil Kušej.Připravujeme podrobnosti.6. kolo první fotbalové ligy:Slavia Praha - FK Pardubice 3:1 (1:1)Branky: 23. Holeš, 54. Bořil, 90.+1 Kušej - 12. Patrák. Rozhodčí: Volek - Nádvorník, Paták - Kocourek (video). ŽK: Patrák, Mahuta. ČK: 82. Tanko (všichni Pardubice). Diváci: 18.297.Sestavy:Slavia: Staněk - Holeš, Ogbu (80. Chaloupek), Bořil (69. Fully) - Douděra (90.+3 Hašioka), Moses (69. Zafeiris), Oscar, Sadílek - Kušej, […]
Slavia otočila domácí zápas s Pardubicemi
I když Pardubice vstoupily do zápasu aktivně a dostaly se díky gólu Vojtěcha Patráka do vedení, Slavia po inkasovaném gólu ukázala svou převahu a převzala otěže zápasu. Už ve 23. minutě srovnal po Bořilově centru Tomáš Holeš.Po návratu ze šaten pražský tým nepustil hosty k ničemu a v 54. minutě pak slavistický kapitán zápas otočil. O tom, jak velkou převahu sešívaní měli, svědčí i to, že kopali 18 rohových kopů. V 82. minutě pak Abdullahi Tanko viděl přímo červenou kartu za ostrý zákrok. Těsně před koncem zápasu pak stanovil závěrečné skóre Vasil Kušej.Připravujeme podrobnosti.6. kolo první fotbalové ligy:Slavia Praha - FK Pardubice 3:1 (1:1)Branky: 23. Holeš, 54. Bořil, 90.+1 Kušej - 12. Patrák. Rozhodčí: Volek - Nádvorník, Paták - Kocourek (video). ŽK: Patrák, Mahuta. ČK: 82. Tanko (všichni Pardubice). Diváci: 18.297.Sestavy:Slavia: Staněk - Holeš, Ogbu (80. Chaloupek), Bořil (69. Fully) - Douděra (90.+3 Hašioka), Moses (69. Zafeiris), Oscar, Sadílek - Kušej, […]
Atlético Madrid jen remizovalo s nováčkem a stále čeká v nové sezoně na výhru
Elche obralo Atlético o body po více než dvou letech, kdy v první lize chybělo. Po postupu mezi elitu si nyní připsalo druhou remízu 1:1 za sebou.Španělská fotbalová liga - 2. kolo:Mallorca - Celta Vigo 1:1 (87. Morey Bauza - 39. Rueda)Atlético Madrid - Elche 1:1 (8. Sörloth - 15. Mir)
No. 22 Iowa State converts a late fourth down to seal 24-21 win over No. 17 Kansas State
No. 22 Iowa State stuffed No. 17 Kansas State on multiple fourth-down attempts and converted a massive one itself on the way to a 24-21 win to kick off the 2025 college football season.The Cyclones sealed the game with a huge fourth-down conversion from QB Rocco Becht to RB Carson Hansen with a little more than 2 minutes left. Instead of kicking a field goal from the K-State 17-yard line to potentially go up 27-21 with plenty of time for Kansas State to get a touchdown, Iowa State and coach Matt Campbell went for it on fourth-and-3.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHansen snuck out open into the left flat and nearly scored a touchdown as his right forearm hit the turf just before the ball got across the line.Becht said after the game that he was given two play calls to run for the fourth […]
Be the first to leave a comment