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One of the most valuable tools I call on when it's time for my Fantasy Football draft is my tiered-based rankings. It's one thing to draft a team based on a list of rankings, but using tiers allows me to pinpoint runs on positions in the draft and avoid getting caught reaching -- or worse -- missing on a position. Today, we will be featuring my quarterback tiers for the 2025 Fantasy season. I will also be providing which round you should target each tier of players in. These target rounds will be based on a format where you start one quarterback each week. However, at the end, I will include a tier of quarterbacks that I am only looking to target/draft in Superflex and two-QB formats.

As Scott White so eloquently termed them -- tiers, for those who don't know, signal where the biggest drop-offs are at a position so that you can determine the most optimal time to draft said position. Players whose impact is essentially the same are bundled together, revealing at a glance how many alike choices remain. With every position's tiers in hand, you can know during the heat of the draft which position to target next by identifying the one whose active tier is closest to depletion.

Dave's rankings: QB tiers | RB tiers | WR tiers | TE tiers | K/DST tiers

Quarterback tiers

Rounds 3
Tier 1A
J. Allen BUF Josh Allen BUF
L. Jackson BAL Lamar Jackson BAL
J. Daniels WAS Jayden Daniels WAS
Round 4
Tier 1B
J. Burrow CIN Joe Burrow CIN
J. Hurts PHI Jalen Hurts PHI
Rounds 6-8
Tier 2
P. Mahomes KC Patrick Mahomes KC
B. Mayfield TB Baker Mayfield TB
Round 9
Tier 3
B. Nix DEN Bo Nix DEN
J. Goff DET Jared Goff DET
D. Prescott DAL Dak Prescott DAL
K. Murray ARI Kyler Murray ARI
D. Maye NE Drake Maye NE
Round 11
Tier 4
J. Fields NYJ Justin Fields NYJ
T. Lawrence JAC Trevor Lawrence JAC
J. Love GB Jordan Love GB
B. Purdy SF Brock Purdy SF
J. Herbert LAC Justin Herbert LAC
J. McCarthy MIN J.J. McCarthy MIN
C. Williams CHI Caleb Williams CHI
Rounds 13+
Two-QB Tier Territory
C. Stroud HOU C.J. Stroud HOU
M. Penix Jr. ATL Michael Penix Jr. ATL
B. Young CAR Bryce Young CAR
T. Tagovailoa MIA Tua Tagovailoa MIA
M. Stafford LAR Matthew Stafford LAR
S. Darnold SEA Sam Darnold SEA
G. Smith LV Geno Smith LV
A. Rodgers PIT Aaron Rodgers PIT
D. Jones IND Daniel Jones IND
C. Ward TEN Cameron Ward TEN
J. Flacco CLE Joe Flacco CLE