ASK THE EXPERTS appears weekly from training camp through the Super Bowl with answers to a new question being posted Thursday morning. This is the final question of the season. How the guest experts responded when we asked them: What is your preliminary Top 10 for the 2025 season?

MIKE NAZAREK

1. Saquon Barkley - Barkley succeeds CMC at the top in 2025. He averaged nearly 2.5 PPR points above everyone in 2024 and as long as he's healthy, he should continue that domination behind the impressive Eagles offensive line.
2. Ja'Marr Chase - As good as Barkley was on the ground, Chase was just as good via the pass. With Tee Higgins likely to move on, Chase could see his 175 targets grow to more than 200 in 2025! And if you take Chase over Barkley at No. 1, I really can't blame you!
3. Bijan Robinson - Why Bijan over Jahmyr? Simply put, there is no David Montgomery in Atlanta. Robinson proved himself in a huge way in 2024 and with better QB play, B-Rob's production could push Barkley for the top spot.
4. Amon-Ra St. Brown - He finished WR3 in both 2023 and 2024, showing no signs of slowing down. He also has a locked in QB in Jared Goff, unlike Justin Jefferson. That said, Jefferson could still surpass St. Brown in 2025, but it likely won't be by much (he did by 5 points in 2024). Let's just call him the "safe" pick in the early-to-middle first round in 2025!
5. Justin Jefferson - It's no wonder that Jefferson is right on the tail of St. Brown, and if J.J. McCarthy turns into an immediate fantasy producer, Jefferson could easily repeat his WR2 finish.
6. Jahmyr Gibbs - Despite the presence of David Montgomery, Gibbs still produced nearly 2,000 total yards with 20 scores in 2024. That makes him an easy pick for the top half of the first round in fantasy drafts.
7. CeeDee Lamb - Lamb finished as the WR1 overall in 2023, but fell to WR8 in 2024 after missing the final two games of the season. That said, he still topped 100 catches for nearly 1,200 yards and 6 scores. If he stays healthy, he should rebound with a healthy Dak Prescott to 120+ catches for 1600+ yard and double-digit scores.
8. Puka Nacua - This ranking assumes Matthew Stafford returns to the Rams in 2025. It also assumes Cooper Kupp will be traded. It's clear that Nacua is a WR1 for fantasy, and if he stays healthy, he should be a lock for 100+ catches for 1500+ yards and 10+ scores in 2025.
9. Derrick Henry - Age wise, this ranking makes little sense, but Henry is just a different beast. He finished RB4 in 2024, and there is no reason why he can't duplicate that feat in 2025.
10. Nico Collins - He caught 68 passes and topped 1,000 yards with 7 scores in only 12 games in 2024, so if he stays healthy, he should top 100 catches for 1,300+ yards and double-digit TDs.

Nazarek is the CEO of Fantasy Football Mastermind Inc, celebrating 29 years online! His company offers a preseason draft guide, customizable cheat sheets, a multi-use fantasy drafting program including auction values, weekly in-season newsletters, injury reports and free NFL news (updated daily) at its website, www.ffmastermind.com. He has been playing fantasy football since 1988 and is a four-peat champion of the SI.com Experts Fantasy League, a nationally published writer in several fantasy magazines and a former columnist for SI.com. He's also won $36K in recent seasons of the FFPC High Stakes Main Event. Nazarek can be reached via email at miken@ffmastermind.com.

IAN ALLAN

Quarterbacks fluctuate based on scoring system. In a Superflex league, they can be at the top of the board; in more traditional leagues, it’s tough to justify taking one in the top 10. But Burrow, Jackson and Allen, I think will be my top three. If we’re in a typical 12-team format, I expect we’ll be looking at running backs and wide receivers dominating the early action. Perhaps Barkley and Gibbs first, followed by those three LSU receivers. And I really like those two young tight ends, Trey McBride and Brock Bowers. In a PPR format, I think they get in the conversation about 10 picks in. RB Saquon Barkley, RB Jahmyr Gibbs, WR Ja'Marr Chase, WR Malik Nabers, WR Justin Jefferson, RB Josh Jacobs, RB Bijan Robinson, RB Jonathan Taylor, WR Puka Nacua, WR Amon-Ra St. Brown, RB Derrick Henry, WR CeeDee Lamb, TE Brock Bowers, TE Trey McBride.

Allan co-founded Fantasy Football Index in 1987. Since that time, he’s written and edited most of the content published in the magazines, newsletters and at www.fantasyindex.com. Allan is a member of the FSGA Fantasy Sports Hall of Fame and the Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame.

DAVID DOREY

1. Saquon Barkley
2. Bijan Robinson
3. Jahmyr Gibbs
4. Derrick Henry
5. Ja'Marr Chase
6. Justin Jefferson
7. Josh Jacobs
8. CeeDee Lamb
9. Jonathan Taylor
10. Puka Nacua

Dorey co-founded The Huddle.com in 1997. He's ranked every player and projected every game for the last 26 years and is the author of Fantasy Football: The Next Level. David has appeared on numerous radio, television, newspaper and magazines over the last two decades.

JASON WOOD

1. Saquon Barkley
2. Ja'Marr Chase
3. Jahmyr Gibbs
4. Puka Nacua
5. Bijan Robinson
6. Justin Jefferson
7. Malik Nabers
8. Nico Collins
9. Brian Thomas
10. Amon-Ra St. Brown

Wood is Senior Editor at Footballguys.com and has been with the company since its start in 2000. For more than 20 years, Footballguys has provided rankings, projections, and analysis to help fantasy managers dominate their leagues.

SAM HENDRICKS

1. Justin Jefferson
2. Ja'Marr Chase
3. Saquon Barkley
4. Bijan Robinson
5. Cee Dee Lamb
6. Puka Nacua
7. Amon-Ra St. Brown
8. Jahmyr Gibbs
9. Nico Collins
10. Malik Nabers

Honorable Mention: Derrick Henry, Josh Jacobs, AJ Brown

Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips and Fantasy Football Basics, all available at ExtraPointPress.com, at all major bookstores, and at Amazon and BN.com. He is a 30-year fantasy football veteran who participated in the National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and finished 7th and 16th overall in the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC). He won the Fantasy Index Open in 2013 and 2018.

SCOTT SACHS

1. Lamar Jackson
2. Jahmyr Gibbs
3. Justin Jefferson
4. Ja'Marr Chase
5. Saquon Barkley
6. Jalen Hurts
7. Josh Allen
8. Bijan Robinson
9. Josh Jacobs
10. Christian McCaffrey

With 2 perfect seasons and multiple league championships to his credit, Scott Sachs runs Perfect Season Fantasy Football, featuring LIVE Talk & Text Advice. He is a 3-time winner of the Fantasy Index Experts Auction League, as well as a previous winner of the Fantasy Index Experts Poll.

SCOTT PIANOWSKI

1. Ja'Marr Chase
2. Saquon Barkley
3. Bijan Robinson
4. Justin Jefferson
5. Jahmyr Gibbs
6. Amon-Ra St. Brown
7. Puka Nacua
8. CeeDee Lamb
9. Malik Nabers
10. Brian Thomas
11. Jonathan Taylor
12. Christian McCaffrey

Pianowski has been with Yahoo Sports since 2008, covering a variety of sports. On the rare occasions when the computer is turned off, he enjoys word games, poker, music, film, game theory, and a variety of condiments. He lives in suburban Detroit. Pianowski was inducted into the FSWA Hall of Fame in 2021.

ANDY RICHARDSON

1. Ja'Marr Chase - Pretty convinced he will again be the most heavily targeted receiver in the game's best passing offense working with arguably the league's best quarterback.
2. Justin Jefferson - He will not have the league's best quarterback, but he is one of the very best wide receivers in one of the pass-happiest offenses. That's enough to ensure another big year.
3. Bijan Robinson - I'm very interested in the Michael Penix-led offense, and I think Robinson will be a workhorse runner and very busy receiver in it. Two running backs were better last year, but Bijan is the one most likely to take another step up.
4. Puka Nacua - I'm convinced I'd have won a league where I missed the playoffs had Nacua not been hurt early on. When he's on the field, he's a target magnet: only two receivers averaged more catches per game.
5. Saquon Barkley - Obviously, I will not be getting Barkley this late in drafts. But that's OK, because the guy just had his best season, and I'm comfortable it will remain his best season. A step back (injury, most likely, but simple wear-and-tear slowing him down or resulting in fewer touches) seems certain to me.
6. Jahmyr Gibbs - Gibbs helped me win an important league last year, and I'll always have a warm feeling for him. But there's no getting around the fact that three of his four best weeks (PPR) were the final three weeks of the season -- with David Montgomery sidelined. Just a little less upside, if we assume Montgomery healthy.
7. Amon-Ra St. Brown - The Lions will have other pass catchers involved, plus a new offensive coordinator. But there is no doubt that St. Brown will be the receiver that makes the passing game go, probably averaging some 9 targets and 7 catches per week.
8. Malik Nabers - Along with wanting a go-to player, I'm intrigued by a guy who's so good he can rise above what's around him, and hasn't yet played his best football. Nabers had arguably the worst quarterback situation in the league last year, and he missed 2 entire games. He still had 6 more receptions than all but two wide receivers and 12 more targets than anyone but Chase.
9. CeeDee Lamb - I'm looking forward to the Cowboys with Mike McCarthy gone. Yes, he's been successful, but he's also been fortunate to always have great quarterbacks. If Prescott is healthy, I'm confident Lamb will be one of the most productive and busiest receivers, even with a new coaching staff.
10. De'Von Achane - I was a vocal skeptic of the Dolphins back last season, and in some respects I was right: injuries (both to him and his quarterback) did result in some lesser games. But his involvement and production, especially as a receiver, when Tagovailoa was healthy gave him a lot of huge weeks too. I think the days of another back being used a significant amount are over, and Achane will be a top-5 or 6 player at the position. But we’ll see: maybe when push comes to shove I will go safer, ala Jonathan Taylor.

Richardson has been a contributing writer and editor to the Fantasy Football Index magazine and www.fantasyindex.com since 2002. His responsibilities include team defense and IDP projections and various site features, and he has run the magazine's annual experts draft and auction leagues since their inception. He writes a weekly gambling newsletter, Index Bets, during the NFL season and also previews all the games on Saturdays and writes a wrap-up column on Mondays.