Fantasy Football Draft Rankings: Right or Wrong? (2025)

We have a full slate of preseason games this week, and the heart of fantasy football draft season is just ahead. It’s time to roll up our sleeves and begin our draft prep in earnest.

FantasyPros analysts Derek Brown, Andrew Erickson and Pat Fitzmaurice continue a series of preseason roundtables by discussing players they’re nervous about getting wrong.

You can find the first article in our roundtable series here.

Fantasy Football Roundtable: Questionable Rankings

Name a player you’re down on for 2025, but nervous you’re making the wrong call.

Xavier Worthy (WR – KC)

Derek Brown: With Rashee Rice to miss an undetermined amount of time this season because of an impending suspension, Xavier Worthy could be leaned on more heavily, especially in the early going, while Rice is out. With Marquise Brown‘s health always up in the air, Patrick Mahomes‘ trusted weekly weapons could be condensed to Worthy and Travis Kelce.

I’m usually all in with talented sophomore wide receivers in fantasy, but Worthy’s usage, Mahomes’ deep-ball struggles and Worthy’s uninspiring peripheral metrics from last year (for much of the season) have kept me lukewarm, at best. I’m currently still fading Worthy, but I’m willing to consider the possibility I could be wrong about him and his 2025 outlook.

Breece Hall (RB – NYJ)

Pat Fitzmaurice: Jets head coach Aaron Glenn won’t stop talking about wanting to use multiple running backs, and Braelon Allen is reportedly having a strong camp. I also worry that Breece Hall might not have as much pass-catching upside as he’s shown us in recent years, since quarterback Justin Fields has averaged only 25.1 pass attempts over 44 career starts.

But I hate fading good players, and I still believe Hall is among the most talented running backs in the league.

Andrew Erickson: I’m not necessarily down on Breece Hall — my ranking of him is aligned with expert consensus rankings (ECR)/average draft position (ADP) — but I can’t make up my mind about him.

On one hand, I want to bet on an explosive pass-catching running back entering a contract year. On the other hand, the Braelon Allen hype is impossible to ignore, and the fact that there is zero allegiance to Hall under this new coaching staff makes him seem extremely boom-or-bust.

I always advocate for upside, so I am hesitant to fade Hall, but this feels like a make-or-break year for Hall and his fantasy managers.

I also want to mention Deebo Samuel here briefly. I was fading him hard, but the Terry McLaurin holdout/trade request is forcing me to move up the former 49ers receiver. I still don’t love him long-term after his dramatic fall-off last season, which makes me think he’ll be a sell-high player if he gets off to a hot start.