Caleb Williams overcame his rookie struggles to elevate his efficiency from 6.3 Yards Per Attempt in 2024 to 6.9 in 2025, securing a finishing spot as the fantasy QB7 in points per game. Now fully adjusted to Ben Johnson’s terminology, he commands a top-two ranking in total Air Yards with 4,901, flashing the elite downfield aggressive mindset required for top-tier fantasy output.
Williams admitted to feeling as if he was “drowning” while learning the playbook last summer. Despite the occasional run-heavy game plan, Williams’ Top-10 Explosive Play Rating in 2025 locks him in as a high-upside QB1 for fantasy football best ball and dynasty formats.
Chicago Bears second-year wide receiver Luther Burden III ...
Chicago Bears wide receiver Luther Burden III has ...
A second-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, Chicago Bears ...
Rome Odunze commanded a 23.7-percent Target Share and recorded 661 receiving yards with 6 touchdowns in 12 regular season games last year before a foot stress fracture derailed his late-season momentum. The sophomore receiver admits his altered foot structure is a permanent “new normal,” raising direct durability questions.
With DJ Moore traded to Buffalo, Chicago will likely pivot to rookie Luther Burden as the offense’s primary target if Odunze loses his signature explosiveness. Watch the Odunze and Burden ADPs flip in both best ball and dynasty start-up drafts.
Luther Burden‘s ADP just won’t stop rising and HC Ben Johnson talking up his “electric” offseason will only make Burden less attainable. While a blistering 8-catch, 138-yard performance in the Week 17 fantasy championships proved what he can do, he remains locked in a target squeeze with established weapons like Colston Loveland and Rome Odunze.
Burden is the ultimate baked-in breakout. He wowed as a sophomore at Missouri, he wowed down the stretch in Chicago, and D.J. Moore is now in Buffalo. His breakout is so inevitable that every fantasy gamer is eager to pound, pushing Burden to fantasy football unaffordability in both best ball and dynasty.
The Chicago Bears drafted Zavion Thomas at No. 89, securing a verified field stretcher who ran a 4.38-second 40-yard dash (90th-percentile) and posted an elite 18.7 Breakout Age (97th-percentile). Thomas earned a massive 25.2% Target Share and a quarterback-friendly 112.5 Targeted Passer Rating, proving he possesses the rare combination of high-volume command and the game-breaking 107.5 Speed Score to erase pursuit angles in the blink of an eye.
In dynasty formats, Thomas joins a group of speculative WRs in the late 2nd/early 3rd round of rookie drafts behind Rome Odunze and Luther Burden.
With DJ Moore now in Buffalo, Luther Burden III‘s elite Yards Per Route Run and Yards After the Catch metrics suggest a massive breakout is imminent for the 2026 season. Despite competition from Loveland and Odunze, he remains a strong fantasy option, though Burden’s best ball and dynasty ADP has jumped the shark in recent weeks.
The Chicago Bears rookie wide receiver Luther Burden III sustained a quad injury late in the week 17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Despite the injury Burden was a playmaker with 8 receptions 138 receiving yards and a touchdown. Burden may have started slow, but he has finished strong, establishing a great connection with quarterback Caleb Williams. Burden has 31 receptions and 446 receiving yards and a touchdown in the last 7 weeks.
Luther Burden III is a must target in dynasty, at age 22 and matched up with Caleb Williams who has vastly improved in his 2nd season as a starter. Burden has averaged 2.92 yards per route run which is good for 3rd overall behind only Puka Nacua and Jaxon Smith-Njigba. He could have been a contender for rookie of the year had he started playing sooner. The future is raging bright for this Bears connection!
Author: Jesse Baldwin @J_Baldwin51
