2025 Fantasy football draft prep: Rankings, strategy, guide, rookies, advice, top 150 players via NFL experts

The most successful Fantasy football owners are the savvy ones who do their homework and locate value. Make sure you are one of those owners who is doing the prep work and are seeing exactly which players are moving up the depth chart as opposed to relying on over-hyped rookies and splash players. Some of those value players can be in the form of veteran players who have moved on to places that are better fits for their style of play. One such player could be Geno Smith in Las Vegas, playing for his old coach Pete Carroll as Smith could be a steal in 2025 Fantasy football drafts.

There are many other success stories just waiting to be found. The only way to help you build a reliable strategy, however, is through a 2025 Fantasy football draft guide you can trust. Whether you're hunting for a 2025 Fantasy football top 150 you can trust, potential 2025 Fantasy football breakouts, sleepers, and busts, or position-specific 2025 Fantasy football rankings, be sure to see what the 2025 Fantasy football draft bible at SportsLine has to say.

Prepared by Fantasy experts Jacob Gibbs, Heath Cummings, Dan Schneier, R.J. White and Josh Nagel, the Fantasy draft bible is a must-have for any serious Fantasy football player. Gibbs, who powers the Fantasy Football Today newsletter, uses a data-driven approach that has helped him be one of the nation's most accurate Fantasy rankers in recent years. Cummings is a senior Fantasy writer at CBS Sports who hosts the Fantasy Football Today Dynasty podcast. 

Schneier is the senior Fantasy editor at CBS Sports and appears regularly with Gibbs on the Beyond the Box Score editions of the Fantasy Football Today podcast. White is SportsLine's No. 1 NFL expert since 2017 who got his start in the Fantasy industry, with his work appearing at AOL Fanhouse, Fantasy Café and other sites prior to joining CBS Sports, where he is the current managing editor of Fantasy and betting content. Nagel is the longtime assistant managing editor at SportsLine and a Fantasy Football veteran. This team brings decades of Fantasy experience and can give you a huge edge in your league.

Our 2025 guide not only ranks the top 150 players in non-, half- and full-PPR leagues, it reveals must-see sleepers, breakouts and busts, highlights key draft tips and strategies at each position and draft slot, and gives you more analysis that can guide your selections. The Fantasy football draft bible also offers detailed strategy tips for whichever league you play in: snake drafts, salary cap drafts and more. Head to SportsLine now to see the 2025 Fantasy football draft bible.

Top 2025 Fantasy football picks, advice 

The Fantasy football draft bible features 2025 Fantasy football sleepers from White, including:

Kyle Pitts, TE, Atlanta Falcons: The veteran enters his fifth year in the league and has been consistent throughout his career. He has played in all 17 games in three of his four seasons. Last year, he caught 47 passes for 602 yards and a career-high four touchdowns. He has been one of Atlanta's third-down options, converting 21 first downs last season.

"It's understandable that the majority of the Fantasy community has quit on a guy who has failed to live up to the hype time and again," SportsLine's R.J. White said. "But when you're on a list that only includes Randy Moss, Keenan Allen, Mike Evans, Amari Cooper, Justin Jefferson Ja'Marr Chase, Malik Nabers and yourself - 21-year-olds to post a 1,000-yard season - you're always going to be a Fantasy sleeper if the cost is next to nothing."

Matthew Golden, WR, Green Bay Packers: The Packers did something they hadn't done since 2002. They drafted a wide receiver in the first round in Golden. The last player they had drafted in Round 1 was Javon Walker. In need of a speedy receiver who can stretch the field after Christian Watson suffered an ACL injury late last season, Green Bay selected Golden, who played last season at Texas. In 2024, Golden caught 58 passes for 987 yards (17.0 average) and nine touchdowns.

"I love the investment the Packers made, the system in which Golden will be playing, and the quarterback throwing him passes, so I think he has the potential to make a huge impact as a rookie on a team that has desperately needed a WR1 to step up," White said. "Expect Matt LaFleur to move him around the formation and get him advantageous looks regularly, and I think Golden will be a Fantasy starter from the jump." Get the full Fantasy football draft guide over at SportsLine.

How to find proven 2025 Fantasy football rankings

SportsLine's Fantasy football 2025 draft guide has also identified three potential busts to avoid in the first round. These players have massively inflated Fantasy football ADPs and have the potential to completely sink your playoff hopes if over-drafted. You can only see who it is here.

So what is the value of every single player in the 2025 Fantasy football rankings and which huge busts could sink your season? Visit SportsLine now to see the complete 2025 Fantasy football draft bible, all from a team of proven Fantasy analysts who can give you a huge edge in your league.