Thankfully, the 2025 fantasy football season is just around the corner. Each year, fantasy players want to construct their team with a proper mix of good-value players and upside sleepers while avoiding players with high bust potential. Here’s my fantasy football outlook for a few players in the AFC East.
- Fantasy Football Draft Kit
- 2025 Fantasy Football Expert Rankings
- Fantasy Football ADP
- Fantasy Football Trade Tools
Fantasy Football Draft Outlook: AFC East
Fantasy Football Sleepers to Target
Drake Maye (NE): ADP 133.4 | QB16
The Patriots had arguably the worst offensive unit in the NFL last year, leading to the team starting Jacoby Brissett to begin the season. Yet, Maye eventually started and flashed superstar upside as a rookie. He finished as the QB22, averaging 13.6 fantasy points per game. However, the former North Carolina star’s average is skewed by throwing 15 total passes in three games because of unfortunate circumstances and a concussion in Week 8.
Maye averaged 16.4 fantasy points per game in the 10 contests where he played over 31% of snaps. The rookie would have been the QB13 over a 17-game pace with that average. More importantly, Maye is an underrated rusher, averaging 4.5 rushing attempts for 35.1 yards and 4.5 fantasy points per contest on the ground before the Joe Milton showcase game in Week 18. Meanwhile, New England vastly improved his situation this offseason.
After hiring Mike Vrabel as their new head coach and bringing back Josh McDaniels as their offensive coordinator, the Patriots signed Stefon Diggs, Mack Hollins, and Morgan Moses in free agency. Furthermore, they used their top four picks in the NFL Draft on offense, selecting Will Campbell, TreVeyon Henderson, Kyle Williams, and Jared Wilson. Don’t be surprised if Maye is a top-eight quarterback in 2025 with a significantly improved offensive line and receiving corps.
Mason Taylor (NYJ): ADP 209.4 | TE27
Last season, Brock Bowers surprised everyone and became a fantasy superstar as a rookie. After having a TE10 ADP, the former Georgia star finished as the TE1, averaging 15.5 PPR fantasy points per game after ranking sixth in the NFL with 153 targets. While everyone wants to find this year’s superstar rookie, none of the tight ends in the 2025 draft class are elite prospects like Bowers. However, my favorite sleeper tight end is a rookie.
Unlike Colston Loveland and Tyler Warren, Taylor has the clearest pathway to fantasy success as a rookie because of limited target competition. Garrett Wilson will lead the Jets in targets this season. However, the rest of the team’s receiving corps consists of career journeymen and young players with limited upside. Last year, Tyler Conklin saw 68 targets despite Wilson and Davante Adams earning a combined 52.2% target share
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