Welcome to the final week of the 2025 Footballguys Roundtable. Our intrepid panel of fantasy pundits discusses and debates four topics every week. We split the conversation into separate features.
This week's roundtable features these four topics:
- Week 18 Replacements
- Re-Ranking the 2025 Rookies
- Biggest NFL Draft Season Red Herrings
- Underrated 2026 NFL Draft Prospects
Let's roll...
Matt Waldman: Give me a player who you think is underrated heading into draft season? Mine is UTSA RB Robert Henry. I think he plays a lot like James Cook in style; they are athletically comparable in terms of their movement skills.
David Zacharias: NDSU went undefeated during the 2025 regular season in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). Bryce Lance, a two-time All-MVFC wide receiver, delivered over 1,000 yards receiving for the second year in a row.
Bryce has prototypical size (6-foot-3, 209 pounds) and is the younger brother of NFL quarterback Trey Lance (who also attended NDSU). Bryce's projection as a mid-round pick in the 2026 NFL draft is likely a bit conservative, given the skepticism NFL scouts typically have about the level of competition in the Football Championship Subdivision.
Corey Spala: Tight end, Oscar Delp of Georgia. Delp played four years at Georgia and finished with 69 catches, 838 yards, and 9 touchdowns. Those numbers are not impressive, but tight end stats in college can be misleading.
As with most positions, the overall role will involve various responsibilities within the label. You can have a receiving tight end who cannot block, have a blocking tight end who cannot be a receiving threat, or have a tight end who can do both aspects of the position.
For fantasy football, tight ends should be evaluated in two ways: how well they can act as a slot receiver with blocking utility, and how well they can block as an in-line tight end attached as the sixth offensive lineman. The most valuable tight ends can do both, which allows them to be an every-down player.
Delp excels as an in-line blocker and can also stretch the field up the seams. He has shown the ability to be a good player, and his testing charts, specifically his Relative Athletic Score, will further solidify the value in his game as a receiving and blocking tight end. I believe he is undervalued and can be an important factor for an NFL offense.
Josh Fahlsing: My spreadsheets are mostly empty, and my film is mostly still-cued, but visions of rookies do dance in my head. I don't know if they are underrated, exactly, but I'm curious to see where Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen land during the spring process.
Both Penn State backs chose to return to school rather than enter the 2025 NFL Draft, despite most analysts ranking them among the top running backs in the class last spring. The bottom fell out at Penn State this year, but Allen likely improved his draft stock over 2025, while Singleton's stock has fallen.
Jeremiah Love headlines 2026, but my running-back-loving brain is very excited to see how Allen tests and whether Singleton can regain some of his 2025 shine through the pre-draft process.
Mike Kashuba: Demond Claiborne is a little light in the pants, but he runs like a back with a lot more size. He's physical, smart in setting up blockers in the open field, and has just enough long speed to be a threat to house it on every play. He won't be everyone's cup of tea because he's not the most fluid of rushers, but he's the type of back that can be the 1b for an offense and soak up plenty of PPR value for our dynasty leagues.
Waldman: I'm a fan of Claiborne. Nice choice.