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Who Should Be 1.01 in 2025 Fantasy Football Drafts? - FTN Fantasy
Saquon Barkley’s Case: He just finished the greatest season by rushing yardage by a running back in NFL history, when you count the playoffs. He runs through holes that might help even you gain a few yards. He ripped off 60-plus yard scores like it was nothing. He’s still in his prime (28 years old) and on an absolutely loaded offense. What’s not to like? We’re finally seeing Barkley’s star power now that he’s on a good team. Including the playoffs, Barkley went for over 100 yards in 12 of his last 15 games. The case against him would be that he’s not going to run for 2,000 yards again, and he only caught 33 passes. The two RBs going behind him — Gibbs and Robinson — might catch twice as many balls. The discussion of Barkley’s ceiling vs. Chase’s is interesting. Chase had more 40-plus games (three vs. two) and of course had the 55-point game, but Barkley had more games with 25-plus points (seven for Barkley, five for Chase). But not all 25-point games are created equal! A 25-point game from a WR is usually good enough to push your expected fantasy win rate to about 66% that week. When an RB hits that mark, your expected win rate that week jumps to about 72%. I think you could make a good case for Barkley as the 1.01 based on this stat alone.
Fantasy Football ADP Battle: Saquon Barkley vs. Bijan Robinson - PFF
Barkley dominated the Eagles’ backfield in 2024, leading all running backs in opportunities per game (24.0 combined carries and targets). He was the focal point of the ground game in nearly all situations, except for late downs and short-yardage scenarios, where Jalen Hurts took over. In fact, Hurts was Barkley’s primary competition for rushing volume, registering 150 carries, second-most on the team and more than the RB2 in Atlanta. While Barkley’s volume was elite, Hurts’ involvement near the goal line slightly capped his touchdown ceiling.
McBride’s bad TD luck and 40 other things learned while doing 2025 fantasy football projections - ESPN
34. Including the playoffs, Saquon Barkley had an astounding 482 touches last season. That’s the most a running back has handled since DeMarco Murray had 497 in 2014. Since 2011, there have now been 15 instances of a back reaching 400 touches (again, including the playoffs). Excluding Le’Veon Bell (who infamously skipped the 2018 season), our sample of 13 RBs went on to average 12.3 games (four played every game) and 18.3 fantasy PPG. Ten of the 13 saw a dip in fantasy PPG and only five repeated as top-5 fantasy scorers. Perhaps most concerning is age. Of the five who repeated as top-5 scorers, four were 25 years old or younger (Ezekiel Elliott 24, Ray Rice 25, Derrick Henry 26, Bell 25). The exception...
