Chicago Bears rookie Zavion Thomas paired a 100th-percentile 4.28 40-yard dash with a modest 16.6-percent College Target Share at LSU, showing that speed and production do not always correlate. Cronin reported that Thomas has taken “ample reps as a punt returner this spring and showed that he can be more than a special teams star with his skill set on offense.”
If he secures the coaching staff’s trust, Thomas’ elite speed would compliment Luther Burden III and Rome Odunze. At this best in the NFL, Thomas will be a boom-bust horizontal threat. Potentially commanding snaps in the high-octane Bears offense is enough to warrant stashing Thomas in fantasy football dynasty leagues. If the buzz continues throughout training camp, he will also become an attractive final round best ball option.
Zach Charbonnet posted a 48.8-percent Snap Share and 11.3 Fantasy Points Per Game in 2025, but his postseason ACL tear has opened a door in the Seattle backfield. While fantasy analysts often doubt undrafted players, the Seahawks coaching staff trusts George Holani in spite of his minimal efficiency, evidenced by a 3.3 Yards Per Carry average last season.
Jadarian Price has never operated as a primary back, and the newly signed Emanuel Wilson was invisible during OTAs. Meanwhile, Holani handled passing-down work during the playoffs and could find his way into the starting lineup until Charbonnet is ready to return. Holani is a sneaky pick for Zero RB drafters looking for Week 1 production.
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jacob Cowing emerged as an offseason standout by generating big plays downfield during team drills. Despite this momentum, his path to weekly targets remains blocked by a crowded depth chart after a rookie campaign featuring a 1.4-percent Target Share.
To start translating his elite prospect profile—highlighted by a 61.4-percent College Dominator Rating and a 36.8-percent College Target Share—into fantasy production, Cowing needs multiple injuries ahead of him on the depth chart. To that end, Ricky Pearsall has been incredible fragile since entering the NFL, gunshot wound notwithstanding, George Kittle is one of the most oft-injured tight ends, and Mike Evans is about to turn 33. The path for Cowing could clear, but his diminutive frame offers a Tutu Atwell-meets-Marquise Brown ceiling. Stash Cowing in the deepest fantasy football dynasty leagues, but he should not be drafted in best ball… yet.
That’s spicy. While early reports hint at a true 50-50 committee split in Los Angeles, Blake Corum faces significant weekly volatility sharing the backfield with Kyren Williams and upstart Jarquez Hunter. Meanwhile, Williams logged a dominant 69.9-percent snap share and out-touched Corum heavily last season with 259 carries. Williams is the ultimate RB floor play as a true backfield committee would cap his ceiling.
Williams’ fantasy floor is supported by high-leverage roles on passing downs and at the goal line where he handled 13 goal-line carries in 2025. Corum’s weekly production is difficult to project, making him a better best ball option. If either Williams or Corum is nicked up, Hunter would likely slide into the 1B role.
This is music to David Montgomery‘s ears. The Houston Texans dropped their pass rate down to 55.8-percent from Week 13 to Week 18 of 2025, and Caley wants to deploy more multi-tight end sets and heavy personnel packages to extend the offensive line and attack defensive surfaces with creative blocking schemes this season.
Given the Texans feature a top tier defense, a renewed commitment to a heavy, balanced ground attack make perfect strategic sense. Houston’s myriad of WR options also suggests a more diversified wide receiver rotation, lowering the ceiling of Jayden Higgins, Tank Dell, and Jaylin Noel. Though Caley also praised C.J. Stroud for taking a leap this offseason and exuding “a different comfort level,” Montgomery remains best Houston player to target in fantasy football drafts this year.
Brandon Aiyuk remains locked in a contract standoff on the San Francisco 49ers’ reserve/left squad list, recently posting a social media video challenging the team to cut him so he can sign with the Washington Commanders. A recent Instagram video shows Aiyuk holding a football with a Washington logo on it with the caption: “The best team in the world.”
The 49ers lack immediate financial incentive to blink, as they voided his remaining guarantees after he stopped attending team activities following his 2024 knee injury. If he avoids a release, a team will eventually have to trade for an elite separator who logged a 17.9 Yards Per Reception mark and a +15.9 Expected Points Added (EPA) rating during his last full season. If and when Aiyuk leaves San Francisco, the Commanders are his most likely destination.
