Dynasty Rookie Draft Advice: Jalen Milroe (2025 Fantasy Football)

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Throughout the draft, we’ll take a closer look at fantasy-relevant prospects, giving you an overview of their strengths and weaknesses, and assessing their fantasy value in both redraft and dynasty formats. Here’s our dynasty rookie draft advice for Jalen Milroe.

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Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Draft Outlook

Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Draft Advice

The Seahawks head coach, Mike Macdonald, was the defensive coordinator for the Ravens from 2022 to 2023. Over that time, he saw another explosive signal-caller, Lamar Jackson, dominate. Milroe isn’t Jackson by any means yet, but the tools cannot be ignored. Shoot, he’s probably faster than Jackson. He has accuracy issues, takes too long to throw, and takes too many sacks, but this is the type of player that, if he sits for the entirety of Sam Darnold‘s three-year contract, it’ll be worth it. I’d spend a third or fourth-round pick in dynasty drafts to stash him. If his development comes along properly, he could be an explosive option at the position in a few years.

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DBro’s NFL Draft Scouting Report & Player Comp

Scouting Report:

Jalen Milroe has plenty of arm strength to make every necessary throw. The problem isn’t velocity for Milroe; it’s ball placement. His accuracy is erratic at every level. He has some nice throws on film while on the move, but there are also plenty of head-scratchers.
Milroe also throws a flat ball to the second level. It’s rare to see him lace a layered throw to the second level of a defense. Most throws are delivered on a line. He’ll have to develop this part of his game to consistently have success against zone defenses in the NFL.
Milroe is a “see it, throw it” quarterback. He isn’t an anticipatory thrower of the football. I anticipate him having issues with receivers being “NFL open” at the next level unless he operates in a scheme with plenty of designed looks and easy reads.
His internal clock is a second slow. He doesn’t get through his progressions quickly and often gets hung up on his first read. Milroe’s field vision is sub-par. He misses too many receivers breaking open, especially across the middle of the field. This is also true in a scramble drill, though, as Milroe hyper-focuses on one receiving option or drops his eyes immediately.
Milroe will exhibit quiet feet in the pocket at times and deliver some accurate passes in the face of pressure, but those reps are dwarfed by the times he bails clean pockets. Milroe needs to keep his eyes downfield more. Many times, at the first sniff of pressure, he immediately flips the switch to runner and forgoes his receiving options. He attempts to answer too many problems defenses present for him with his legs.
Milroe has 4.5 speed as a straight line/linear runner. He can make subtle changes of direction, but he can get himself into trouble when attempting to string together multiple moves. He’s at his best when getting downhill and turning on the jets, as he isn’t a quick twitch rusher. He’s also not the most physical ball carrier. Last year, among 80 qualifying quarterbacks, Milroe ranked 33rd in yards after contact per attempt and 23rd in elusive rating, per Pro Football Focus (PFF).

Player Comp: Tarvaris Jackson