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2025 Draft Rankings

Pencils down and pass your exams forward. It's time to be graded on your 2025 Draft! Before the evaluation begins, I would like to remind everyone how the rankings were tabulated:

The rankings are based on the analysis from three different fantasy sites: Fantasy Pros, Rotowire and ESPN. I just take the average of those rankings to determine each team’s value.

These ratings will change throughout the season. The team you draft is never going to be the one you finish with. Injuries, trades, breakout performances and player regression happen to all of us. Keep combing the waiver wires to strengthen the team you drafted throughout the season.

I thought I would try something new this year and allow teams to trade players from their own rosters for players on opposing teams’ rosters. Oh, wait. I have just been told that trades always have been allowed in our league but managers have lacked the testicular fortitude to attempt one.

To give you an idea of how unreliable these rankings are, this is how each team’s 2024 final record compared to their preseason projection:

2024 Pre-season Poll guessed correctly:

Ghostbusters - Preseason #1/ Final #2

Stick Rock – Pre #4/Final #5

Tomlins – Pre #7/Final #6

2024 Pre-season poll was off by 2 spots:

Wrath of Kahn - Preseason #6/ Final #8

Skoal Bandits – Pre #9/Final #7

2024 Preseason Poll was off +4 spots.

MFT - Preseason #2/ Final #10

John’s Scary Team – Pre #3/Final #9

MKBA – Pre#5/ Final #1

Flanders – Pre # 8/Final #4

Helmet – Pre #10/Final #3

So to summarize last year’s preseason rankings:

3 out of 4 of our playoff teams were ranked between 5th and 10th place.
MFT was projected to be a Championship favorite, went on to win 1 game the entire season.
MKBA was ranked 5th and only ended up being the highest scoring team in KAOS history!

After reviewing the 2025 Draft Results, each team can be placed in one of four categories:

Level I: The MKBA Level

Mel Kiper’s Best Available

Level II: The teams vying to get crushed by MKBA in the Championship Game

Skoal Bandits

Black Ghostbusters
Springfield Flanders

Level III: Teams that should be in the playoff race the entire season

Peeping Tomlins
Milford Football Team

Wrath of Kahn

Level IV: Teams deciding to throw their entire roster back before Columbus Day
Dark Helmet
Stick Rock

John’s Scary Team

1 . Mel Kipers Best Available

This team is looking like it will pickup right where it left off last year. Starting with dual QB threats Lamar Jackson and Jayden Daniels this is easily the deepest team in the league.

Strengths: QB/RB/WR

Weakness: none.

Comments: As long as everyone stays healthy, this team will coast into the playoffs.

Throwing back everyone except Bijan Robinson paid off big time for the Bandits. A bit of a gamble going with CMC in the 3rd round. He has the potential to make or break this team that is fielding their best roster in years.

Strengths: RB/Starters

Weakness: QB/Bench

Comments: Other than CMC, The Bandits will need Purdy and Drake Maye to step up this season to win regularly.

3. Ghostbusters

A shockingly low-key draft for last year’s runner-up. Safe drafting may have left this team short of any upside potential.

Strengths: QB/WR/Deep starting lineup

Weakness: RB/TE

Comments: Ghostbusters hammered the RB position early and often, but the draft gods did not cooperate. Either Breece Hall or Kenneth Williams III will need to buck the preseason talk of reduced workloads, or a midseason trade for RB help may be needed to save the season.

4. Springfield Flanders

Another solid team up and down the lineup. Glenn went all-in and changed the entire complexion of last year’s playoff squad.

Strengths: TE/D-ST

Weakness: WR/Flex

Comments: This team is solid at every spot in their lineup, but I don’t know who the one or two players are that they can depend on every week to provide scoring. Brock Bowers could be that guy as could Puka Nacua if Stafford can stay on the field.

5. Peeping Tomlin's

The Tomlins had a solid draft, snagging Bucky Irving and Sam LaPorta early. You can never have enough former Ghostbusters on your team.

Strengths: WR/D-ST

Weakness: QB/Bench

Comments: This season will hinge on the QBs. If JJ McCarthy and Caleb Williams can deliver on their promise, this team will contend.

6. Milford Football Team

Still aching from last year’s ass-whoopin’, MFT took a more balanced approach to the 2025 Draft.

Strengths: Flex/QB1/Bench

Weakness: QB2/TE/WR

Comments: Might have waited a little too long to draft that 2nd QB. Danial Jones could negate any bonus having Josh Allen in your lineup could bring.

7. Wrath of Khan (Last Week #8)

Once again, Jimmy has the great big hard-on for Running Backs as evidenced by using 3 of the first 5 draft slots on that position.

Strengths: RB

Weakness: WR/TE

Comments: This is a PPR league and I do not see a lot of receptions here that will give them the consistent scoring each week. Drake London and Matthew Golden look like only players in line to see a lot of targets in 2025. Jordan Mason was a nice pickup in the 12th round and might be a decent trade chip for later in the season.

8. Dark Helmet

Last season’s rankings had him 10th, and he made the playoffs. This year he is 8th which means he will probably end up in the championship game.

Strengths: TE/RB

Weakness: QB/WR

Comments: Those are two tough positions to have your weaknesses in. I am less concerned about the QB’s as every year undrafted guys come out of nowhere to crack the top 10. But the lack of Receivers could be difficult to fix in-season.

9. Stick Rock

I think the rankings were particularly hard on this squad. There is a lot of talent here with a very high floor for scoring each week.

Strengths: TE/Flex

Weakness: RB/QB

Comments: As mentioned earlier, I think the rankings are off for this team. Herbert and Love have been reliable QB options in the past and Taylor/Conner is a formidable RB duo, not to mention former Ghostbusters.

10. John's Scary Team

Another team where I think the rankings are out of line. The QBs are great and the RB’s are productive with upside. McLaurin may have been a bit of a reach in the 4th round, but he has Top 10 pedigree.

Strengths: QB

Weakness: RB/WR

Comments: If the wheels start to come off early, he could always trade one of the QBs for 2 or 3 players he can plug right into his lineup to save the season.

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2025 Draft Rankings

1 . Mel Kipers Best Available​​​​

2. Skoal Bandits

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3. Ghostbusters ​ A shockingly low-key draft for last year’s runner-up. Safe drafting may have left this team short of any upside potential.