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.

Video: 5 Early Sleepers

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Justin Fields has proved that when he's on the field, so is big fantasy upside. Drafters are underrating the new Jets QB. So he leads this list of five high-ceiling fantasy football sleepers.

2025 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Sneaky Good, Stupid Cheap

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Build an unbeatable team with these seven fantasy football sleepers. A first-time starter with QB1 upside, an under-the-radar RB with 200+ carry potential, an exciting second-year breakout WR, and more!

Video: Week 3 Waivers

Isiah Pacheco's down -- for a while. Does that mean Carson Steele is ready to help your fantasy team? Samaje Perine? Neither. Check this out before your Week 3 waiver run.

By Matt Schauf | Updated on Mon, Sep 23 2024 5:09 PM UTC

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Hurting from the Isiah Pacheco injury? We've got a favorite among the potential Chiefs fill-ins. Check it out before your fantasy football waiver wire run! And that's certainly not all for fantasy football waivers this week. There's reaction to the Cooper Kupp injury. What to do with Derek Carr. Whether to grab Braelon Allen. Plus the BEST streaming defenses!

0:00 Intro

0:39 Isiah Pacheco injury fallout

5:22 Cooper Kupp injury fallout

8:51 Justin Jefferson injury fallout

10:18 Quentin Johnston

12:26 Braelon Allen

14:22 Derek Carr

16:26 Hunter Henry

18:24 Streaming defense

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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.