Best Ball Basics for 2025 🏈

You should absolutely be playing Best Ball in 2025. With no roster management required, it is the best opportunity get in a high volume of meaningful drafts. It will sharpen you up and give you the opportunity to win huge prizes!

Basic Roster Construction

‍There ARE optimal roster builds that you need to be aware of and should target in each of your drafts. 

 In basic QB-RB-WR-TE formats you should targeting the following builds: 

• 2-6-8-2

• 2-5-8-3

• 3-5-8-2

• 2-6-7-3

Generally you want to build your roster construction around where you are investing early draft capital. If you use one of your first 7 picks on a QB or TE, then you should only be drafting 2 of that position, but if you don't then you should consider 3.

Player Types to Target

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• ⚡️ QB's that have a chance at 750+ rushing yards, 4,000+ passing yards, or 25+ TDs  

  • Lamar Jackson and Jayden Daniels were the only QBs to do this in 2024

  • 6 QBs threw for 4,000+ yards in 2024 - Joe Burrow, Jared Goff, Baker Mayfield, Geno Smith, Sam Darnold, and Lamar Jackson

  • 15 QBs had 25+ total TDs in 2024 ranging from Lamar Jackson (45) to Brock Purdy (25)

• 🎯 RBs with a chance at 50+ receptions and/or 10 TDs

  • 9 RBs had 50+ receptions last season led by De’Von Achane with 78

  • 13 RBs had 10+ TDs in 2024 ranging from Jahmyr Gibbs (20) to Chase Brown (11)

• 🚑 RB's in ambiguous scenarios or are one injury from meeting the above criteria

  • RBs in ambiguous backfields - Cam Skattebo, Tyrone Tracy Jr., Bhayshul Tuten, Travis Etienne Jr., Tank Bigsby, Javonte Williams, Jaydon Blue, Isiah Pacheco, Brashard Smith, D’Andre Swift, Roschon Johnson

  • RBs who may be "one injury away" - Tyler Allgeier, Trey Benson, Ray Davis/Ty Johnson, Rico Dowdle, Marshawn Lloyd, Jordan Mason, Isaac Guerrendo/Jordan James, Devin Neal, DJ Giddens, Woody Marks
    

  🚀 TE's with top-3 weekly upside or just punt the position and take 3 TE's late  

  • Top-3 weekly upside TE's of 2025 - Brock Bowers, Trey McBride, George Kittle

  • Late round TE's to keep an eye on - Kyle Pitts, Isaiah Likely, Brenton Strange, Zach Ertz, Hunter Henry, Mike Gesicki, Chig Okonkwo, Jatavion Sanders, Terrance Ferguson, Juwan Johnson, Theo Johnson, Tucker Kraft, Dalton Kincaid, Jake Ferguson, Dallas Goedert

  🥞 Stack players from the same team with QB/WR, QB/TE, or RB/RB combos 

  • Stacks reduce the amount that you need to be right and create large boom opportunities. Which is perfect for Best Ball - you are trying to draft teams that are perfect!

  • DO NOT REACH to create these! Reaching will lower the overall ceiling of your team and you will lose out on value. 

Factoring in the Schedule

Fantasy playoffs run from Weeks 15-17, making schedule strength during this period critical for advancing to later rounds. Target stacks on teams with favorable matchups during these three weeks.

🏆 Teams to Target with Favorable Fantasy Playoff Schedules (Weeks 15-17):

• Arizona Cardinals

  • Week 15: vs Texans

  • Week 16: vs Falcons

  • Week 17: vs Bengals

• Atlanta Falcons

  • Week 15: vs Buccaneers

  • Week 16: at Cardinals

  • Week 17: vs Rams

• Dallas Cowboys

  • Week 15: vs Vikings

  • Week 16: vs Chargers

  • Week 17: vs Commanders

• Detroit Lions

  • Week 15: vs Rams

  • Week 16: vs Steelers

  • Week 17: vs Vikings

• Minnesota Vikings

  • Week 15: at Cowboys

  • Week 16: vs Giants

  • Week 17: at Lions

• Philadelphia Eagles

  • Week 15: vs Raiders

  • Week 16: vs Commanders

  • Week 17: vs Bills

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