Finding security and strong options at the onesie positions — quarterback — can have wondrous impacts on your fantasy football team. Hitting on players there allows us to fill up our benches with depth at running back and wide receiver, positions we rely on so much more as we start more of them. Below are quarterbacks to treat as priorities in 2025 fantasy football drafts.
- Fantasy Football Draft Kit
- 2025 Fantasy Football Expert Rankings
- Fantasy Football ADP
- Fantasy Football Trade Tools
Must-Have Fantasy Football QBs
Lamar Jackson (QB – BAL)
We’ll start with an obvious one, because it’s occasionally worth reiterating why someone is an obvious pick. Lamar Jackson was the QB1 last year, and we get him at QB2 prices in 2025. Perhaps Jackson does see some level of regression after last year’s incredible numbers, but this is a quarterback who has rushed 130+ attempts in all but one season of his career and led the league with 8.8 yards per attempt last year, scoring three more fantasy points per game than Josh Allen.
Coming off career highs in passing yards and touchdowns, Jackson has the best skill group around him he’s ever had, with Rashod Bateman having his best year last year, too, and Zay Flowers becoming the Ravens’ first-ever Pro Bowl wide receiver. There aren’t many true difference-makers in this league, but Jackson, though, is absolutely one.
Drake Maye (QB – NE)
There are two paths to top-end fantasy football results at the quarterback position:
- Average around 240 passing yards and over two passing touchdowns per game.
- Average over 35 rushing yards per game.
Drake Maye averaged 35.1 rushing yards per game in 2025, and it’s fair to say he’s also seen some upgrades to his situation. The offensive line might not be entirely fixed yet, but Will Campbell has a chance to be more useful than the revolving doors at left tackle in 2024, and Morgan Moses is the kind of savvy veteran the Patriots need to help the younger players.
Mike Vrabel is a substantial upgrade on Jerod Mayo, and for all his faults as a head coach, Josh McDaniels is a good offensive coordinator who made Mac Jones look like an NFL quarterback for a brief period of time. Maye not only brings a threat with his legs, but he’s also an accomplished downfield passer, and the combination of Stefon Diggs and Kyle Williams is a big upgrade over Kendrick Bourne and Kayshon Boutte.
Brock Purdy (QB – SF)
Is Brock Purdy the least talked-about quarterback in the NFL this offseason? It seems crazy how little people want to talk about a quarterback who signed a $265 million extension not that long ago. In 2024, San Francisco had only 57 snaps with Christian McCaffrey, Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk, George Kittle and Purdy all on the field at the same time.
Despite this, Purdy ranked third in yards per attempt (8.5) and had the eighth-most passing yards (3,864). The 49ers’ secondary projects to be one of the worst in the league this year, leaving them likely to be a very pass-heavy offense, and one that we know can be productive. Purdy could be shaping up for an All-Pro year.
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