THERE IS NO-OFFSEASON

As free agency continued throughout the last week in the NFL, the Seahawks have become a very interesting team. After trading away Geno Smith and DK Metcalf, and releasing Tyler Lockett, they had some major holes on the offensive side of the football. They made two splash signings on that side of the ball, bringing in quarterback Sam Darnold and wide receiver Cooper Kupp, who was released by the Rams. Kupp is an interesting pickup here, because he seems to be very similar to Jaxon Smith-Njigba, their other top wide receiver. JSN and Kupp both do their best out of the slot. Kupp has had success being moved around, and Smith-Njigba played outside in college, so they’re both able to do it. Regardless, seeing how the targets shake out for Sam Darnold in Seattle will be interesting. Ken Kelly has been doing an outstanding job breaking down the biggest moves of NFL Free Agency, including the signing of Cooper Kupp in Seattle. 

While many of the dominos have fallen, one major one is still standing tall, Aaron Rodgers. Now that the Vikings are no longer interested, there’s only a couple of viable options left. Pittsburgh and the New York Giants remain in play, but it’s possible there aren’t any open chairs left when the music stops. 

With the Combine in the rearview mirror and pro days underway, we’re deep into mock draft season. While most of the NFL world focuses on NFL Draft mock drafts, we here at DLF are all in on dynasty rookie mock drafts! Our rookie draft ADP has been updated for the month of March on the site, and the running backs are on the rise. Four of the top five picks in our ADP are running backs right now, pushing some of the top wide receivers further down the board. If you need to get familiar with the 2025 rookie class, you have to check out DLF’s Rookie Profiles. We break down the stats, film, measurables, value, and dynasty outlook for all of the future stars of your dynasty fantasy football teams. 

There is no off-season in dynasty fantasy football, and this is the busiest time of the year at Dynasty League Football. Keep checking back for all of the latest content being posted to the site and dominate your 2025 rookie and startup drafts!

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Brock Bowers is skyrocketing up our ADP right now. He’s the first tight end coming off the board in our March ADP, and the 10th player overall. Per Ryan McDowell, this ADP is “a new all-time high ADP for him and the highest ADP for any tight end in nearly three years.” 

Bowers had an outstanding rookie season. There was a ton of hype for Bowers coming out of college, and it appears that he absolutely deserved the hype. He broke Mike Ditka’s record for rookie receiving yards by a tight end and is basically the only offensive option on the Raiders to be excited about. 

The Raiders did do something this off-season to help Bowers’s fantasy value, trading for Geno Smith. Smith is not a great quarterback option, but he’s a massive upgrade over the players who were under center in Las Vegas last season. They could still bring in a rookie option to compete with Smith, but it won’t be a high-end first rounder (unless they pull a minor Falcons stunt from last season’s draft). The Seahawks haven’t had a successful fantasy tight end in years, probably since Jimmy Graham. Smith has never supported a fantasy tight end, so it will be interesting to see if he targets Bowers more in Vegas than he ever did with Noah Fant in Seattle.

The DLF Expert Rankings have Bowers as the TE1, obviously, but he’s ranked outside of the first round at 13 overall. That’s closer to where I’d value Bowers than his current ADP, as I just can’t take a tight end on a terrible offense in the first round of a startup draft. Give me Brian Thomas, Nico Collins, Bijan Robinson, AJ Brown, Drake London, and Jahmyr Gibbs over Bowers, I’d rather start my draft with one of them. Right now, if you can sell Bowers, pushing his position scarcity on someone else in your league, I would absolutely consider it. 

2025 NFL DRAFT CLASS BY POSITION: QB

We’re into the heart of 2025 dynasty rookie hype, with the Combine in the rear-view mirror, free agency in full swing (shifting the landing spot landscape), and the draft just one flip of the calendar away. Whether you’ve been following these prospects for years or are just now coming out of post-Super Bowl hibernation to learn their names, we’re here to bring you a mid-March temperature check and help you lay a decent foundation for your rookie drafts.

This will be the first article in a six-part series covering the relevant names in the class, with one each on the quarterbacks and tight ends and two each on the running backs and wide receivers. Most specifically, we’ll be painting this year’s prospects in the context of previous classes — granting you a helpful point of reference for each position — but you’ll also find scouting reports, expectations, projections, and more.

Without further ado, let’s dive in, starting at the position every NFL team starts at… quarterback.

Previous Class Grades

Before we dive into the names on 2025 draft boards, let’s set the scene with a quick look at recent classes.

First lesson: let’s not get spoiled by the 2024 class. They were historically productive, combining for 17,897 offensive yards (passing and rushing) and 111 offensive touchdowns. The only class in NFL history to top either of those numbers was 2012, when Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck, and Robert Griffin III led a monster rookie group that also produced Super Bowl champion Nick Foles and perennial starters Kirk Cousins and Ryan Tannehill.

Prior to last year’s group, we had experienced a stretch of “meh” going back three years. The 2023 class was largely rescued by CJ Stroud (at least as a rookie), but Bryce Young has been a disappointing number-one pick, Anthony Richardson has flashed for fantasy but spent too much time injured or benched, and the class fell off a cliff after those three. The 2022 class was arguably one of the worst we’ve ever seen, with instant bust Kenny Pickett “earning” the only round one or two selection (20th overall). The only reason it doesn’t earn an “F” grade is the complete anomaly of Mr. Irrelevant, Brock Purdy, who’s put together a couple of fantasy-relevant seasons out of absolutely nowhere. And the 2021 class might be arguably one of the most disappointing we’ve ever seen, with only one of the five QBs selected inside the top 15 — Trevor Lawrence — still secure in a starting job.

Eventually, you get back to 2020, which gave us five legitimate stars and could eventually go down as one of the greatest classes ever. Joe Burrow and Jalen Hurts are perennial contenders for fantasy QB1 overall, while Justin Herbert and Jordan Love sit comfortably in the top-ten conversation and even Tua Tagovailoa remains a valuable asset (particularly in superflex formats).

So where does the 2025 class stack up? We’re going to have to dive in to find out.