Chase Brown Fantasy Football Outlook (2025)

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Aug 14th 2025, 1:02pm EDT

Brown was Cincy's CMC last year after he took over the starting job. In Weeks 9-17, he averaged 23.7 touches and 116.3 total yards as the RB4 in fantasy points per game. He played at least 79% of the snaps in every game while ranking second in receiving yards per game, sixth in target share (12.5%), and tenth in first downs per route run (per Fantasy Points Data). As good as Brown was, I do have some small worries about his per-touch efficiency. Among 46 qualifying backs, he was 25th in explosive run rate, 26th in missed tackles forced per attempt, and 33rd in yards after contact per attempt. None of those numbers scream "ELITE PLAYER!" That doesn't mean that Brown can't continue to crush in fantasy in 2025 as Cincy's do it all back, but the inefficiency does create an avenue for another back to step up and siphon off work. I don't know if Zack Moss or Samaje Perine are up to the task, but maybe Tahj Brooks could. We'll see how camp plays out for Brown, but right now he looks like a rock solid RB1.