Jauan Jennings, Rashid Shaheed, and Khalil Shakir enter Week 1 with varied risk and reward. Jennings could seize a top target role for San Francisco if healthy, but calf issues and a contract dispute loom large. Shaheed is the Saints’ healthiest veteran with big-play upside, though quarterback and usage questions temper his certainty. Shakir offers Buffalo’s clearest floor among the three, yet a high-ankle injury and system changes temper expectations. Week 1 matchups and practice reports will determine who earns the early-season value.

RotoBaller's 2025 D/ST rankings place Denver, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Baltimore on top, with a tiered ladder guiding early-draft selections and favorable Week 1 matchups. The piece emphasizes dialing in defenses by schedule strength and looks at how schedule volatility can swing streaming picks in the early going.

Key IDP names surface in the outlooks: Garrett remains a sack-heavy anchor while Watt’s-era dominance shows signs of aging, and Baun, Hamilton and Starks emerge as versatile playmakers with multi-stat upside. Dre Greenlaw and Trent McDuffie are highlighted as value-connected defenders, with Parsons a standout name in fantasy debates on elite-dL alongside the Packers’ evolving defense questions.

Patrick Mahomes lands at No.5 on NFL players’ Top 100 list, trailing Barkley, Jackson, Allen and Chase, while Montana’s QB ranking places him outside the top-3 behind Purdy, Allen, Burrow, Herbert and Hurts. Mahomes still steers a KC offense that posted a 15-1 mark with a decimated receiving corps, highlighted by four fourth-quarter comebacks and seven game-winning drives last season. KC’s Brazil trip adds travel nuance, with a late-week opener vs Chargers on the horizon. The article also flags a possible upgrade at safety as Kansas City contemplates Justin Simmons, alongside notes on Gabe Davis’ Bills practice-squad move and Luke Goedeke’s hefty TB extension, illustrating a mood toward sharpening offensive and defensive depth ahead of 2025.