Players Flying Up 2025 Fantasy Football Boards This Preseason

For most of the summer, fantasy managers have done their level best to avoid running backs for the Jacksonville Jaguars altogether. That’s with good reason—there may not be a muddier backfield in the league. There’s former first-round pick Travis Etienne. Explosive rookie Bhayshul Tuten. And hard-charging between-the-tackles grinder Tank Bigsby.

However, per Yahoo’s Matt Okada, the scales have tipped of late, with Bigsby coming off the board ahead of Etienne at that provider after an impressive preseason outing against the New Orleans Saints.

And in Okada’s opinion at least, that’s the smart play.

“All that we’ve really learned so far,” he wrote, “is that the Jaguars are still learning themselves. But the curriculum says Bigsby will win this job. He is a perfect analog for Bucky Irving in Liam Coen’s offense, while Etienne plays the Rachaad White role. I had Bigsby as the All-Breakout Team RB2 for these reasons, and believe he has a similar ceiling to Irving’s RB14 finish last year. Even with this bump in ADP, Bigsby is arguably the cheapest “lead back” in fantasy. If he secures the job and Jacksonville improves under Coen’s tutelage, he’ll be one of the best values in 2025 drafts.”

This doesn’t mean that fantasy managers should make a hefty investment in Bigsby—this remains a befuddling backfield bugaboo. But Bigsby had more yards after contact per attempt (2.8) last year than any back in the NFL and was one of two backs who had 150-plus carries & gained more than 70 percent of their yardage after contact in 2024.