Patrick Mahomes II Fantasy Football Outlook (2025)

By Pat Fitzmaurice (FantasyPros), Sat, Aug 30th 2025, 12:53pm EDT

Fantasy gamers have to recalibrate expectations for Patrick Mahomes following another season in which he failed to deliver top-tier production. After averaging better than 20 fantasy points per game in each of his first five seasons as Kansas City's starting quarterback, Mahomes has averaged fewer than 19 fantasy points per game in each of the last two seasons and has finished outside the top 10 in that category among QBs. He finished with 3,928 passing yards and 26 TD passes in 2024, with a career-low 6.8 yards per attempt. Subpar protection from his offensive line and a season-ending injury to WR Rashee Rice early on didn't help, but it's now difficult to envision Mahomes leading all QBs in fantasy scoring, as he did in 2018 and 2022. Still, Mahomes is an every-week fantasy starter who won't leave you adrift at the position. With Xavier Worthy coming off a strong late-season run, Rice back from injury, Travis Kelce returning for at least one more season, and Marquise Brown and rookie Jaylen Royals, Mahomes should have no shortage of pass-catching weaponry.