2025 Fantasy Football Values (July 10):
This is a list of my favorite 2025 fantasy football values – players who provide great value in Rounds 5-9. The Average Draft Position (ADP) is found on DraftKings.
If you’re looking for players who come with great value in the later rounds, check out our 2025 Fantasy Football Sleepers list.

People refuse to acknowledge this for some reason, but the Panthers have some of the best blocking in the NFL. And unlike last year, Chuba Hubbard is the undisputed No. 1 running back. Jonathon Brooks is injured again, while Rico Dowdle was signed just for depth.

Kenneth Walker struggled in the second half of last season because he was dealing with an injury. Now healthy, Walker should be back to his usual, terrific self, and it helps that his front office used a first-round pick on an offensive lineman to help him. Walker is my 17th-ranked running back, so he should be going in the fourth round at the latest.

I loved Jauan Jennings when his ADP was 7.03 in the previous update. He’s now going at 6.06, which isn’t as great. However, I still believe Jennings will outperform his ADP. I don’t trust Christian McCaffrey to stay healthy, while Brandon Aiyuk is coming off a torn ACL and MCL.

Rome Odunze is a mega talent who was viewed as some as being close to Marvin Harrison Jr. and Malik Nabers. He has a good chance to overtake D.J. Moore as the No. 1 receiver in Chicago. He’ll get better coaching from Ben Johnson, while Caleb Williams will have superior protection from an enhanced offensive line that will give him time to get the ball to Odunze.

I’m generally not a huge D’Andre Swift fan, but you have to love the opportunity he has this year. Swift, who has operated in Ben Johnson’s offense in the past, will stand to benefit from the coaching change and the fact that the front office didn’t use a pick prior to the seventh round on a running back. Johnson loves to utilize his running backs creatively, so Swift could have a huge year behind a much-improved Chicago offensive line.

The case can be made that the Vikings have the best offensive line in the NFL. Thanks to three great additions this offseason, Minnesota’s run blocking is going to be so much better in 2025 than it was the prior year. Aaron Jones will obviously stand to benefit from this.

It seems as though everyone remembers the decrepit Isiah Pacheco from a year ago. Pacheco, of course, suffered an injury early in the season and then returned late in the year. Pacheco looked terrible, but he was not healthy. With a full offseason to recover, Pacheco will be back to 100 percent. He’ll most likely return to his former self, which means he should be drafted in the fourth or fifth round; not the seventh round!

It’s very odd that Kaleb Johnson is being drafted nearly two rounds after R.J. Harvey and TreyVeon Henderson. Johnson, an extremely gifted running back, will have an opportunity to carry most of the workload in Pittsburgh. Mike Tomlin talked about how Johnson can shoulder a heavy workload, and the injury-prone Jaylen Warren shouldn’t be too much of a threat because he wasn’t to Najee Harris.

I love both San Francisco receivers. Ricky Pearsall was my top sleeper last year until he got shot. He missed a portion of the season, but then returned and did well at the end of the year. He’ll be the No. 2 receiver in 2025, as Brandon Aiyuk nurses his torn ACL. He should have a huge season.

The Buccaneers appear to have a crowded receiver room. However, that’s not really the case. Chris Godwin is already iffy to play in Week 1, and I’m convinced that he won’t be 100 percent all year. Jalen McMillan won’t be ahead of Egbuka. And Mike Evans turns 32 in August. Egbuka is an incredibly talented receiver and could easily have a monster rookie campaign.
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2025 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet: Top 250 PPR - 7/17 (Walt)
2025 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet: Top 250 Half-PPR - 7/17 (Walt)
2025 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet: Top 250 2-QB - 7/17 (Walt)
2025 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet: Top 250 Touchdown League - 7/17 (Walt)
2025 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet: Custom - 7/17 (Walt)
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