Fantasy Football minicamp roundup: Malik Nabers, Hollywood Brown and more
We're deep into the NFL offseason in June and the final round of minicamps got going this week. Among those teams are the Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens, Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants and Seattle Seahawks. Last week, the majority of the NFL held their minicamps and we got a flurry of news bits that helped shed some light on potential fantasy football storylines going into 2025. Below, we're going to go over news coming out of this week's minicamps and how that information might impact fantasy football for the upcoming season.
Be sure to follow along here for live updates from minicamps this week.
Hollywood Healthy
The Kansas City Chiefs were able to make it all the way to the Super Bowl last season with a revolving door at wide receiver. That group included rookie Xavier Worthy, Rashee Rice, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Justin Watson and Hollywood Brown. The last name on that list, Brown only played in two regular-season games last season due to a shoulder injury. At the start of minicamp, Brown told reporters he's "100% healthy" going into 2025.
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Fantasy impact: Medium
Hollywood is an interesting sleeper going into 2025. Rice is coming off a major knee injury even if he starts the season healthy. Worthy showed big flashes of upside as a rookie, but can he be a true No. 1 option for QB Patrick Mahomes? Travis Kelce is still Travis Kelce but he's seen a slow decline over the past two seasons and could be thinking retirement soon. So, there's a path to Brown being the No. 1 WR option for Mahomes in an elite offense. Yahoo's analysts have Hollywood ranked 59th among WRs going into 2025.
Nabers expected to be ready for training camp
Last week, New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll told reporters he wasn't concerned about WR Malik Nabers' toe injury. Daboll echoed those statements during the Giants' minicamp this week, stating the injury isn't anything that should be "long-term" and Nabers is expected to be ready for training camp in July. It's still a bit sketchy that Nabers isn't on the field right now given how much time he's had to nurse the injury. Plus, this could all be coachspeak from Daboll. But we'll take his word for it right now.
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Fantasy impact: Medium
We're putting this at a medium because of what the other side of this news would have meant, if that makes sense. If Daboll had come out and said Nabers would miss parts of training camp, we'd be on red alert. Nabers appears fine but we also want to see him on the field come July. If that's the case, we can put all of this injury-scare stuff to rest. But until then, we're going to continue to keep our eye on the situation.
Giants QBs looking good so far
If Nabers is good to go to start the season, whoever is throwing him the ball will be a major upgrade, it seems. QBs Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston were brought in this offseason and the Giants also drafted QB Jaxson Dart in the first round in 2025. All three have looked good at practice so far.
Wilson will 100% begin the season as the starter. We could see a situation where Dart gets some playing time late in the season if New York isn't in the playoff picture. Either way, the Giants truly haven't had a real QB starting since Eli Manning in 2018.
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Fantasy impact: Medium
Again, a lot of the news coming out is a bit knee-jerk-ish and it's early in the summer. But if the Giants can get average QB play, it could be huge for fantasy purposes. We saw what Nabers did with a combination of Daniel Jones, Drew Lock and Tommy DeVito last season — 109 catches for 1,204 yards and seven touchdowns. If the Giants can keep Wilson upright, Nabers' ceiling could be the top wideout in fantasy football.
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It also could thrust WR2 Wan'Dale Robinson into fantasy relevancy. Robinson was quietly WR42 last season with 93 catches on 140 targets for 699 yards and three TDs. With decent QB play, Robinson could spend most of the season as a viable FLEX option in most PPR formats. WR Jalin Hyatt, who was injured during practice this week, and TE Theo Johnson, also could become appealing sleeper picks in deeper leagues.
Kyren Williams, Rams progressing in contract talks
Williams is entering the final year of his rookie contract and can become a free agent after 2025. He was able to steal the backfield in 2023, finishing with 1,144 yards and 12 TDs while leading the NFL in rushing yards per game (95.3). He followed that campaign up with career highs across the board — 316 carries for 1,299 yards and 14 TDs in 2024. The two sides are working to get a deal done before the season but it's unclear if that will come to fruition.
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Fantasy impact: Low
This is low but one report could change things quickly. Williams isn't going anywhere this season. If the Rams choose not to extend him, he could get a franchise tag next offseason. Either way, Williams could be playing for a contract, which may up his game for 2025. It also could mean the Rams want to see what they have in second-year back Blake Corum, who didn't get much work as a rookie.
Los Angeles also added a RB via the 2025 draft in Jarquez Hunter. Not to say Corum and Hunter are a threat to Williams. Chances are Williams gets extended and continues to be a top-10 fantasy back. We also know how NFL franchises have treated top RBs recently when it comes to contracts. If this thing goes south, it could have a big impact. For now, it doesn't.
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