Earlier today, we updated fantasy football projections for multiple teams, posted consensus Week 1 NFL power rankings, and a 2025 NFL strength of schedule on EDSFootball.com.
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Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 Fantasy Football Projections
Our 2025 fantasy football projections below are for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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| Player | Att. | Comp. | Yards | TD | INT | Rush | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Rodgers | 506.8 | 321.8 | 3572.9 | 23.06 | 10.14 | 40.3 | 151.1 | 1.61 | 239.65 |
| Mason Rudolph | 35.2 | 22.5 | 237.6 | 1.44 | 1.02 | 4.7 | 14.1 | 0.09 | 15.17 |
| QB Totals | 542 | 344.3 | 3810.5 | 24.5 | 11.16 | 45 | 165.2 | 1.7 | 254.82 |
Aaron Rodgers: Rodgers was QB19 on a per-game basis in 2024 with Garrett Wilson and Davante Adams (for 11 games). Yes, the Steelers traded for Jonnu Smith, but the receiving corps is a downgrade from what he had last year and it will be interesting to see how he and DK Metcalf mesh. While the four-time NFL Most Valuable Player will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, there's zero reason to draft Rodgers in standard (single-QB) leagues.
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Miami Dolphins 2025 Fantasy Football Projections
Our 2025 fantasy football projections below are for the Miami Dolphins.
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| Player | Att. | Comp. | Yards | TD | INT | Rush | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tua Tagovailoa | 507.6 | 350.2 | 3908.5 | 25.89 | 11.17 | 35.8 | 93.1 | 0.36 | 249.03 |
| Zach Wilson | 72.5 | 44.2 | 471.3 | 1.81 | 1.74 | 15.6 | 70.2 | 0.39 | 31.97 |
| QB Totals | 580.1 | 394.4 | 4379.8 | 27.7 | 12.91 | 51.4 | 163.3 | 0.75 | 281 |
Tua Tagovailoa: Appearing in more than 13 games only once during his five NFL seasons, the obvious concern with Tagovailoa (in real life and fantasy) is his troubling history of concussions. Over the past three seasons, however, Tagovailoa has led the NFL in at least one different passing category — completion percentage (72.9%) in 2024, passing yards (4.624) in 2023, and TD% (6.3) and Y/A (8.9) in 2022. There's a chance he performs as a back-end QB1 if — a big if — his health cooperates, but his lack of rushing (75/193/0 since 2022) limits the upside even if he plays a full season. For example, the same year (2023) he played 17 games and led the NFL in passing yards, he finished as the QB9 in overall points (QB17 on a PPG basis).
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New York Giants 2025 Fantasy Football Projections
Updated: Tuesday, September 2, 2025Our 2025 fantasy football projections below are for the New York Giants.
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| Player | Att. | Comp. | Yards | TD | INT | Rush | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Wilson | 275.8 | 175.8 | 1985.8 | 12.69 | 5.24 | 34.8 | 147.9 | 1.31 | 142.36 |
| Jaxson Dart | 287.1 | 183.7 | 2038.4 | 11.77 | 6.32 | 35.9 | 161.6 | 1.44 | 140.78 |
| QB Totals | 562.9 | 359.5 | 4024.2 | 24.46 | 11.56 | 70.7 | 309.5 | 2.75 | 283.14 |
Russell Wilson: Playing for his fourth team in five seasons, Wilson is the favorite to enter the season as the starter but unlikely to maintain that role all year. Wilson took over for Justin Fields as Pittsburgh's starter in Week 7, and he performed as fantasy's QB18 on a per-game basis among QBs with at least six appearances during that stretch. Given the Giants used a first-round pick on Dart and the team's low expectations, it would make sense to give Dart an opportunity to gain valuable game experience sooner than later.
Jaxson Dart: Even if Wilson starts more games than Dart, it's likely that the first-rounder gets some starts, especially during the most crucial time of the fantasy season. Both Wilson and Dart are off the fantasy radar in standard single-QB drafts, but the rookie has the ability to make plays with his legs and provide some fantasy upside once he gets his shot.
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2025 NFL Power Rankings: Week 1 Rankings
Updated: September 2, 2025
Throughout the 2025 NFL season, we will update our consensus NFL Power Rankings from a variety of national sites.
Below you will find a table of our NFL Power Rankings heading into Week 1 sorted by their average ranking. The table also lists their respective rankings at various sites (links at bottom of table).
Change is difference from last ranking: + number = improvement, - number = decline.
Previous iteration: Post-Draft 2025 NFL Power Rankings
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| Rank | Team | Avg. | Chg. | ESPN | NFL | ATH | CBS | USAT | FOX | YAH | PFT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 1.13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Baltimore Ravens | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Kansas City Chiefs | 3.38 | -0.6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | 4 | -0.5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Green Bay Packers | 4.88 | 3.3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
MORE: Full 2025 NFL Power Rankings: Week 1 Rankings
2025 NFL Strength of Schedule: Which teams have the easiest or most difficult schedules?
Updated: September 2, 2025
We are now only a couple of days away from Thursday Night Football and the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys kicking off the 2025 season.
How things appear in November or December may look much different than they do in September, but which team has the most difficult 2025 NFL schedule? Or the easiest schedule?
Using each NFL team's 2025 opponents, our NFL strength of schedule (SOS) tallies the win-loss records of each team's opponents (from last year) and then uses that cumulative win-loss record to rank the difficulty or ease of each team's schedule.
Based on 2024 records, no team has a more challenging schedule than the Giants. Their opponents have collectively won 57.4% of their games in 2024. Meanwhile, San Francisco's opponents have won a combined 41.5% of their 2024 games, which gives them the easiest schedule on paper.
2025 NFL Strength of Schedule Rankings
The table below ranks teams based on their opponents over the full season.
| Rank | Team | Opp. Record | Opp. Win Pct. | Playoff Opponents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | 166-123-0 | 0.574 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | 165-124-0 | 0.571 | 11 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | 165-124-0 | 0.571 | 10 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Eagles | 162-127-0 | 0.561 | 11 |
MORE: See where all 32 teams rank based on their 2025 NFL Strength of Schedule
