Despite rushing for more than 2,000 yards last year, Eagles running back Saquon Barkley did not finish as RB1 in CBS Sports PPR leagues. That distinction went to Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs, who scored 20 total touchdowns and was a more active participant in the Detroit passing attack. However, chances are that you’ll be more than happy landing either player in your upcoming 2025 Fantasy football drafts.
Instead, it’s potential 2025 Fantasy football busts that you’ll be hoping to avoid in the early rounds. Fantasy football injuries can be tough to predict, but having a reliable set of live-updated 2025 Fantasy football rankings can help you figure out who might be due for regression. Before finalizing your 2025 Fantasy football draft strategy, be sure to check out the 2025 Fantasy football rankings and cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
Last year, the model accurately predicted that Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert would fall well short of his ADP (RB23). The result: A season after rushing for over 1,000 yards and scoring 21 total touchdowns despite sharing time with De’Von Achane, Mostert fell out of favor in Miami and finished as RB60 after managing only 439 scrimmage yards and two touchdowns.
The same model has a proven track record providing Fantasy football tips, identifying A.J. Brown as a sleeper in 2020, nailing Jonathan Taylor’s monstrous season in 2021 and correctly predicting C.J. Stroud would take a step back in 2024. Additionally, it’s called past Fantasy football sleepers like Derrick Henry in 2019, Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara in 2018, and Davante Adams in 2017. Anybody who banked on players like those made a run at their league title.
The model is powered by the same people who generated projections for all three major Fantasy Football sites, and it beat human experts last season when there was a big difference in ranking. The 2025 Fantasy football PPR rankings and 2025 Fantasy football standard rankings update multiple times daily, so you’re always getting the best Fantasy football advice.
Now, SportsLine has simulated the entire NFL season 10,000 times and released its latest Fantasy football rankings 2025, along with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and busts. Head to SportsLine now to see them.
Top 2025 Fantasy football busts
One of the 2025 Fantasy football busts the model is predicting: Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco. The former seventh-round pick quickly won over the coaching staff with his hard-charging style to earn the starting role as a rookie, then produced 1,179 scrimmage yards and scored nine touchdowns in a breakout sophomore campaign. However, he only played in seven games last season and didn’t look the same when he was in the lineup.
Pacheco only managed 389 scrimmage yards and one touchdown last season, and even if he’s healthy, there are some clear limitations to his game. He’s not a particularly effective pass-catcher and a general lack of patience as a runner means he leaves yardage on the table often. He’s the 31st running back off the board in early 2025 Fantasy football drafts, but the model ranks him well outside its top 40 RBs this season.
Another bust that SportsLine’s Fantasy football rankings 2025 have identified: Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr, who has an over/under of 975.5 receiving yards this year. In the grand scheme of things, 62 catches for 886 yards and eight touchdowns is a solid rookie season. However, expectations were a bit higher than that for the namesake of a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer who was drafted No. 4 overall and landed with an organization where he was the clear-cut No. 1 WR.
Now expectations are that he’ll take a step forward — which is certainly possible — but there are some concerning peripherals here. He finished 70th among NFL receivers in yards after catch (148) and 107th in average target separation (1.03 yards). Harrison is one of the first 20 wide receivers being drafted so far this season, but the model ranks him comfortably outside the top 20 behind fellow fifth and sixth-round receivers like D.J. Moore, DK Metcalf and Xavier Worthy. See which other Fantasy football busts 2025 to pick here.
How to find proven 2025 Fantasy football rankings
SportsLine is also fading one of the first five running backs off the board in early 2025 Fantasy football drafts. The model ranks this player falling outside the top 10 entirely and failing to live up to his first-round price tag. You can only see who it is, and the 2025 Fantasy football rankings for every player, at SportsLine.
So which 2025 Fantasy Football busts should you be steering clear of? And which first-round RB shockingly falls out of the top 10 of the positional rankings? Visit SportsLine now to get 2025 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that helped managers avoid a disastrous Raheem Mostert season in 2024.
2025 Fantasy football ADP
(PPR, via CBS)
1. Ja’Marr Chase (1.88)
2. Bijan Robinson (3.00)
3. Jahmyr Gibbs (5.62)
4. Justin Jefferson (6.12)
5. CeeDee Lamb (6.12)
6. Saquon Barkley (6.75)
7. Malik Nabers (8.00)
8. Amon-Ra St. Brown (10.00)
9. Puka Nacua (10.88)
10. Ashton Jeanty (11.38)