{"id":316863,"date":"2025-08-25T17:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/316863\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T17:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:15:10","slug":"fantasy-football-roundtable-players-weve-changed-our-minds-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/316863\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Football Roundtable: Players we&#8217;ve changed our minds on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It happens to every fantasy football manager \u2014 you&#8217;re high on a player one day, then change your mind the next. That&#8217;s draft season! The folks at Yahoo Fantasy are no different \u2014 here are the players Matt Harmon, Chris Allen, Justin Boone and Scott Pianowski have changed their tunes on.<\/p>\n<p>[<a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/football.fantasysports.yahoo.com\/f1\/signup\" data-ylk=\"slk:Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Quarterback questions muddy the waters for star WR duo &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll hit the easy button here. Back in June and July, my plan was to be overweight on Rams players this season. The addition of Davante Adams was exactly what they needed to complete the offense as a vertical X-receiver who can win against man coverage. Puka Nacua graduated last year to become a Tier 1 wide receiver who is just scratching the surface of his potential.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>After a constant negative news cycle around Matthew Stafford\u2019s back injury, I\u2019m not entirely fading these Rams pass-catchers. Still, I\u2019m breaking ties in favor of other options in their respective tiers. The concern isn\u2019t whether Stafford can take the field in Week 1; it\u2019s more about his availability deeper into the season as a 37-year-old quarterback who could be in jeopardy after multiple games of punishment to the back. The Rams offense would likely be functional with Jimmy Garoppolo under center but it won\u2019t hit the ceiling needed for Nacua and Adams to pay off their bullish cases at ADP. \u2014 Matt Harmon<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; But talent should win out for this young superstar pass-catcher<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m willing to admit I\u2019ve been double-counting the Giants\u2019 QB situation and pushing Malik Nabers down as a result. Nabers sits in a cluster of WR1s like Puka Nacua, Nico Collins, Brian Thomas Jr. and Amon-Ra St. Brown. But, on paper, New York\u2019s top receiver sticks out. His absurd 11.3 targets per game were almost three more than his \u201cpeers.\u201d He was also the only receiver out of the pack with over 40% of the air yards. And this was while catching passes from Daniel Jones, Tommy DeVito, and Drew Lock.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, the combination of Russell Wilson and Jaxson Dart doesn\u2019t instill much confidence. But, with the bar for competency buried somewhere underneath MetLife Stadium, Wilson posting top-12 accuracy metrics in Pittsburgh is an improvement. Plus, Dart has at least been able to <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFLPlus\/status\/1958725674132545759\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:act the part of starting QB during the preseason;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">act the part of starting QB during the preseason<\/a>. Nabers\u2019 lingering <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/breaking-news\/article\/giants-wr-malik-nabers-returns-to-practice-after-minor-back-injury-kept-him-out-for-nearly-2-weeks-213843415.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:toe and back injuries;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">toe and back injuries<\/a> do cast some doubt on his short- and long-term productivity. However, with a clean bill of health, I\u2019d place Nabers in the top six of receivers instead of just the top 10. \u2014 Chris Allen<\/p>\n<p>New home, new fantasy potential<\/p>\n<p>When George Pickens was first traded to the Cowboys, my initial reaction was one of disappointment that he was shifting from being a No. 1 receiver in Pittsburgh to being behind a volume hog like CeeDee Lamb. He was also going from the eighth-easiest fantasy WR schedule with the Steelers to the outright <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/fantasy\/article\/fantasy-football-justin-boones-2025-strength-of-schedule-matrix-150139536.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:hardest slate;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hardest slate<\/a> in Dallas. However, the Cowboys\u2019 backfield is a work in progress and the defense still has a lot of uncertainty with injuries and contract situations that need to be sorted out. The result is going to be an extremely pass-heavy attack similar to what we saw two years ago, when Dak Prescott was top five in attempts (590) and passing yards (4,515), in addition to leading the league in passing touchdowns (36) and completions (410).<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In that environment, Pickens can actually see an uptick in targets while catching passes from the best quarterback he\u2019s played with. The constant reports and highlights of Pickens lighting it up in Cowboys\u2019 practices are also impossible to ignore. I\u2019ve moved him up into the low-end WR2 range and won\u2019t be surprised if he hauls in double-digit touchdowns in 2025. \u2014 Justin Boone<\/p>\n<p>A backup RB looking to go beyond<\/p>\n<p>A few months ago, Braelon Allen was an afterthought to me \u2014 a contingent back I was somewhat curious about, but nothing close to a priority. Now I\u2019ve seen the light: Allen has the talent to become this team\u2019s starter, and even if Breece Hall doesn\u2019t go away quietly, Allen could assume the goal-line role.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Jets are likely to use multiple backs no matter what, and quarterback Justin Fields will get his share of the ground production. But Allen is the definite priority for me in this backfield. \u2014 Scott Pianowski<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It happens to every fantasy football manager \u2014 you&#8217;re high on a player one day, then change your&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[4566,10318,487,4133,1121,1370,229,2772,5430,2868,7,467,13,7841,493,4126,32,533,520,1088,424,572,3349,4122],"class_list":{"0":"post-316863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-amon-ra-st-brown","9":"tag-braelon-allen","10":"tag-breece-hall","11":"tag-brian-thomas-jr","12":"tag-ceedee-lamb","13":"tag-dak-prescott","14":"tag-dallas","15":"tag-daniel-jones","16":"tag-davante-adams","17":"tag-drew-lock","18":"tag-football","19":"tag-george-pickens","20":"tag-jaxson-dart","21":"tag-jimmy-garoppolo","22":"tag-justin-fields","23":"tag-malik-nabers","24":"tag-matthew-stafford","25":"tag-nico-collins","26":"tag-pittsburgh","27":"tag-puka-nacua","28":"tag-rams","29":"tag-russell-wilson","30":"tag-tommy-devito","31":"tag-yahoo-fantasy-football-league"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}