Will Added Weapons and a New Offense Turn This Undervalued Young QB Into the Next Joe Burrow? NFL Offseason Primer, Part 7

Kevin Szafraniec
March 20, 2025

Hope springs eternal in the NFL offseason, as all the scorecards are set back to zero, and every team tries to figure out how to engineer a playoff run. The prospects of reaching the postseason are more realistic for some franchises than others, but the large amount of moving pieces during the NFL offseason can change a team’s outlook in a hurry.

After starting his career with two top-eight fantasy finishes in his first three seasons, Joe Burrow took a step back in 2023. It is true that he was only able to play in 10 games before sustaining a wrist injury that ended his season. But even when Burrow was on the field, he only averaged the 26th-most fantasy points per game among quarterbacks.

Fast forward to 2024, and Burrow came back with a vengeance on his way to finishing as the second-highest-scoring QB in fantasy.

While Burrow found himself thriving in 2024, another QB who looked like a lock to join the NFL’s elite saw a steep decline in production. Like Burrow, this young QB was surrounded by a talented group of skill position players, but also played behind an offensive line that failed to protect him when it mattered most. Now in a new offense with an evolving supporting cast, will this young QB — available several rounds later than Burrow in the FFPC’s Never-Too-Early Best Ball Tournament — make a Burrow-like return to glory in 2025?

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