Fantasy Football 2025 Printable Cheat Sheet and PPR Mock Draft Strategy

Opening kick of the 2025 NFL season is less than one week away.

For fantasy football managers, this is officially crunch time.

With surely a slew of drafts on deck for Labor Day weekend, the clock is ticking to finalize your research and formulate your draft plans. So, let's dive right in with cheat sheet rankings and our mock draft strategy for PPR leagues.

Cheat Sheet Rankings

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Quarterback

1. Josh Allen, BUF
2. Lamar Jackson, BAL
3. Jalen Hurts, PHI
4. Jayden Daniels, WAS
5. Patrick Mahomes, KC
6. Joe Burrow, CIN
7. Baker Mayfield, TB
8. Dak Prescott, DAL
9. Brock Purdy, SF
10. Bo Nix, DEN

Running Back

1. Bijan Robinson, ATL
2. Saquon Barkley, PHI
3. Christian McCaffrey, SF
4. Jahmyr Gibbs, DET
5. Ashton Jeanty, LV
6. Derrick Henry, BAL
7. De'Von Achane, MIA
8. Chase Brown, CIN
9. Jonathan Taylor, IND
10. Bucky Irving, TB

Wide Receiver

1. Ja'Marr Chase, CIN
2. Justin Jefferson, MIN
3. CeeDee Lamb, DAL
4. Amon-Ra St. Brown, DET
5. Malik Nabers, NYG
6. Puka Nacua, LAR
7. Nico Colins, HOU
8. Brian Thomas Jr., JAX
9. A.J. Brown, PHI
10. Drake London, ATL

Tight End

1. Brock Bowers, LV
2. Trey McBride, ARI
3. George Kittle, SF
4. Sam LaPorta, DET
5. T.J. Hockenson, MIN
6. Travis Kelce, KC
7. David Njoku, CLE
8. Evan Engram, DEN
9. Mark Andrews, BAL
10. Dalton Kincaid, BUF

Defense/Special Teams

1. Denver Broncos
2. Philadelphia Eagles
3. Pittsburgh Steelers
4. Baltimore Ravens
5. Houston Texans
6. Minnesota Vikings
7. Buffalo Bills
8. Detroit Lions
9. Los Angeles Chargers
10. Kansas City Chiefs

Kicker

1. Brandon Aubrey, DAL
2. Cameron Dicker, LAC
3. Jake Bates, DET
4. Chase McLaughlin, TB
5. Harrison Butker, KC
6. Wil Lutz, DEN
7. Chris Boswell, PIT
8. Evan McPherson, CIN
9. Ka'imi Fairbairn, HOU
10. Tyler Bass, BUF

Mock Draft Strategy

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Prioritize pass-catchers.

Maybe this is a bit too obvious, but even low-hanging fruit is worth picking. While elite running backs and wide receivers stand out in any format, skill players who command a good share of targets are even more valuable in this format.

So, you'll want to load up on them as early and often as possible. If you have sleeper tight ends and quarterbacks you like, try staying within the running back and receiver groups for your first six or seven picks, if not longer. That way, you should have true difference-makers in fantasy's most valuable spots, and you could be pleased with your starting options elsewhere, too.

Match your league specifics.

If you have time to get a mock or two in before your actual draft, you'll need the information gleaned from it to be as valuable as possible. The best way to do that is by ensuring it's as close to your actual draft as you can make it.

In other words, you need your mock draft room to bear a striking resemblance to your actual one. Matching the league size and scoring format should be easy enough, but also try using the same site you'll be drafting from, since predraft rankings will differ.

Use your normal quarterback strategy.

While scoring formats impact the values of running backs, receivers and tight ends, they do very little to quarterbacks. The position might see a slight downgrade if only because pass-catching production is worth a little more, but the difference is negligible and not enough to steer you away from however you normally approach it.

Most fantasy analysts would recommend waiting on quarterbacks. We mostly subscribe to that theory, too, since the gap between elite quarterbacks and solid ones isn't as wide as what you'll find at the other skill spots.

Having said that, if you want a difference-making quarterback, by all means you should draft one. It's your roster, after all. And if you've never spent an early pick on a signal-caller but are starting to consider it, mock drafts are the perfect place to test things out. Maybe you'll wind up liking the middle-round options at running back and receiver more than you thought.