2025 Fantasy Football Breakouts: 5 Guys to Target Now

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Breakouts win leagues. We saw Jayden Daniels coming in 2024. Is it Rome Odunze’s turn now? Meet five breakout candidates for 2025.

NFL Snap Counts in 2024

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We're examining snap counts for the fantasy-relevant players on all 32 NFL teams. Let's see how this data can help us ahead of the 2025 draft season.

First Best Ball Draft Recap of 2025

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Video: Week 11 Waivers

Did Audric Estime take over the Denver backfield in Week 10, or is overrated on the Week 11 waiver wire? We've got another favorite RB to discuss ...

By Matt Schauf | Updated on Wed, Nov 13 2024 2:32 AM UTC

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Audric Estime? Gus Edwards? Nah, there's another UPSIDE RB that we're targeting this week with difference-making potential for the fantasy football playoffs. Plus, which upside rookie WR makes some sense? Who can offer TE help? And who should you stream at QB and DST?

0:00 Intro

0:30 Favorite RB waiver wire target

6:58 Ricky Pearsall

9:27 Waiver wire tight end

11:02 Drake Maye

13:40 Bo Nix

16:51 Streaming defenses

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Matt Schauf, Editor

Matt has earned two Fantasy Pros accuracy awards for IDP rankings and won thousands of dollars as a player across best ball, dynasty, and high-stakes fantasy formats. He has been creating fantasy football content for more than 20 years, with work featured by Sporting News, Rotoworld, Athlon, Sirius XM, and others. He's been with Draft Sharks since 2011.