Fantasy Football Free Agency Winners & Losers (2025)

Mar 21, 2025

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While there are still a few big-name free agents on the market, the bulk of free agency is over, so I thought I’d compile a list of fantasy “winners” and “losers,” taking into account all of the big signings and trades thus far.

You can find my take on each move in our Fantasy Free Agency Tracker, while the 4for4 Staff has been writing in-depth analyses of the major signings. You can find those here.

Winners

Justin Fields, Jets

Fields went from a 2024 backup to a 2025 penciled-in starter, so his stock has risen considerably. Somewhat limited as a passer, Fields still projects to be a solid fantasy quarterback provided he can hold onto the starting job in New York. In six starts for the Steelers, Fields was the fantasy QB6 at the time that Russell Wilson was installed as the rest-of-season starter. In those six starts, Fields threw five touchdowns and rushed for 289 yards and another five scores. That rushing upside makes him a valuable fantasy asset.

As the Bears' starter from 2022 to 2023 (28 starts), Fields racked up the ninth-most fantasy points with the seventh-highest per-game average, so he's done it before. He'll be ranked as a low-end fantasy QB1 as long as he's projected to start for the Jets.

Najee Harris, Chargers (& Jaylen Warren, Steelers)

With Gus Edwards released and J.K. Dobbins still unsigned, it appears to be a fantastic landing spot for Harris, who joins a Chargers offense that ran the ball the 11th-most last season. Dobbins was pretty good when healthy (905 yards and nine touchdowns, 4.6 yards per carry), but he missed a few games. If he is re-signed, the two will make a formidable "lightning and thunder"-type duo, though it will be a headache for fantasy purposes. Harris has averaged 319 touches per season and has never missed a game, so he should be able to handle a big workload if Dobbins doesn't return. His efficiency is nothing to write home about--4.0 yards per carry, 27th (out of 46) in yards after contact per attempt, 17th in broken tackles per attempt--but he is a solid dual-threat who can carry the load.

In Pittsburgh, with Harris gone, it appears that Jaylen Warren is set to take over the backfield and will have major upside in that role. Pittsburgh placed a second-round tender on Warren, so he's likely staying put. He’s averaged 5.43 yards per touch in his career, so if he’s able to handle 300 touches, he should be looking at a 1600+ yard season.