Kendall Valenzuela provides a rundown of the latest NFL news that has an impact on fantasy football 2025.

The NFL Owners Meetings were the centerpiece of the league this week, with decisions and news coming from regular news conferences from owners and coaches. Kendall Valenzuela has the latest update. 

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Justin Fields is cleared for liftoff

If we followed the money, this outcome was almost always on the table—and, of course, things can change during the season—but for now it looks like Justin Fields is THE guy for the New York Jets. 

Here's what general manager Darren Mougey told reporters at the annual league meeting:

“We believe Justin is the starter. We believe in Justin. We believe we can win with Justin, so we're excited about Justin.”

It seems pretty straightforward from here. The Jets paid Fields $30 million guaranteed along with his two-year, $40 million contract in free agency which made many believe that he wouldn't have to look over his shoulder in 2025 like he did last year with the Steelers and Russell Wilson. So what should our expectations be with Fields in fantasy football?

Right now he is the consensus QB12 in the Fantasy Life rankings—going around Jared Goff, Brock Purdy, and Jordan Love. He is going to interest fantasy managers because of his rushing upside. Just remember what Ian Hartitz told us about him right after the trade: Fields joins Lamar Jackson and Jayden Daniels as the only QBs in NFL history to average at least 50 rush yards per game. The rushing also cushions his mediocre passing stats, something that can hopefully be fixed under new offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand, who was the passing game coordinator for the Lions.

There were flashes during those six games last season with the Steelers, which should give fantasy managers a glimmer of hope. Fields averaged 184 passing yards and actually had a career-high 65.8% completion rate. 

Now he gets his old Ohio State buddy Garrett Wilson and we can actually dream of fireworks, but let's not get ahead of ourselves there. Fields ranks 37th in EPA per dropback among 54 qualified quarterbacks, so we need to temper some expectations for fantasy glory with Fields, but there is a path. Right now we should look at him as that low-end QB1, but maybe the third team's the charm for Fields. 

Is Dallas Goedert on the move?

While teams have a pretty good idea of what their offense is going to look like for the 2025 season, the Eagles could be facing a big decision with tight end Dallas Goedert. Not only is he entering the final year of his contract, but he also carries an $11 million cap hit, so will the team look to move on?

Eagles general manager Howie Roseman was asked at the annual league meeting about an update on Goedert's future with the team, but the answer was somewhat noncommittal …

“There’s no update,” Roseman said. “Obviously, Dallas has been a tremendous player and person for us. We have a tremendous respect for him in both those regards as a player and a person … And certainly Dallas is a unique player. Really, that's kind of where we stand on that.”

Right now Grant Calcaterra is next in line on the depth chart if the Eagles move on from Goedert. The Eagles also signed Harrison Bryant and Kylen Granson during free agency, but all three don't seem to bring that dual-threat ability to the offense. 

Let's talk more about the money—I mentioned earlier that Goedert's cap hit sits around $11.8 million and he is also on track to make over $15 million. If he gets traded after June 1, the team would save around $4 million in cap space. So that's the timeline we're working with here, with an answer probably not coming for another couple months.

The tight end position is volatile for fantasy football, we have the consensus slam-dunk picks like Brock Bowers, Trey McBride, George Kittle, and I'll throw in Sam LaPorta, but there is a clear tier drop after that. Goedert right now sits as the consensus TE13, which is fair considering the rookie tight ends coming into the league as well. He also played in only 10 games last season due to injuries. 

Goedert is 30 years old and has been productive for the Eagles, though. He's played 76 games for Philadelphia, and notched 349 catches for 4,085 yards and 24 touchdowns. Last season he was a key piece of the offense and went off during the team's Super Bowl run, leading the team in receptions (17) and receiving yards (215). My money is on Goedert staying with the Eagles and trying to run it back, but where there is smoke there's usually fire so let's keep an eye on this tight end potentially being on the move … Seahawks? You interested?!

NFL Rule Changes (because we can't have any fun)

During the annual league meeting, NFL owners decided to table the vote that would potentially ban the tush push and revisit it potentially during their spring meeting from May 20-21. We know the NFL doesn't like fun, but this is taking things too far!

According to Dianna Russini, there was no official vote cast, but an informal vote showed that the teams were actually split 16-16 on banning the play. So how does the tush push potentially get banned? NFL bylaws require a minimum of 24 votes to approve a change, so maybe this thing does have legs…

Just remember it was the Green Bay Packers who proposed the ban in the first place. Some teams opposed to the play also cited that there are safety concerns and that players involved run the risk of injury, but there has been "very little data" of that so far per NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Maybe we should ban the Lambeau Leap next for safety reasons?! Just kidding …

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