Week 1 fantasy football winners and losers and injury impacts from Sunday

Week 1 of the 2025 phantasy shot play featured a small spot of everything, from large scores by rookies to amazingly quiescent games from immoderate of the apical players successful the NFL.

Who were the large winners and losers?

Matt Bowen and Tristan H. Cockcroft connection their analysis.

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Ranking phantasy winners of Week 1

1. Emeka Egbuka, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: A fashionable preseason sleeper, his ADP successful ESPN leagues improving by much than 3 rounds implicit the past months, Egbuka was up to his billing successful his NFL debut. His 23.6 PPR phantasy points were the astir by a wide receiver successful his archetypal vocation crippled since Hollywood Brown's 30.7 successful 2019, and helium caught the game-winning touchdown with 59 seconds remaining. Egbuka lined up arsenic from the slot arsenic outside, though helium was overmuch much palmy successful the second alignment (14.8 of his points). He has a tougher Week 2 matchup successful the Houston Texans but is simply a imaginable WR2 for truthful agelong arsenic Chris Godwin Jr. is sidelined. -- Cockcroft

2. Justin Fields, QB and Garrett Wilson, WR, New York Jets: Both Fields and Wilson scored 20-plus points successful a pugnacious Week 1 gully versus the Pittsburgh defense. Fields (29.52 points) looked truly comfy successful the Jets' passing game, completing 16-of-22 for 218 yards and score, portion helium besides produced connected designed carries and scramble attempts, rushing for 48 yards and 2 touchdowns. Wilson (22.5 points) caught 7 of a team-high 9 targets for 95 yards, which included a 33-yard touchdown grab. Given Fields' dual-threat usage successful the Jets crippled plan, he'll beryllium successful my QB1 ranks for the Week 2 location matchup against the Bills, portion Wilson's people stock bumps him up into the upper-tier WR2 range. -- Bowen

3. Daniel Jones, QB, Indianapolis Colts: Jones' 29.48 points successful the Colts' blowout triumph implicit the Dolphins ranked 2nd among each players successful the Week 1 aboriginal window. Jones was truly businesslike throwing the shot (22-of-29 for 272 yards and a score), positive helium added 26 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns connected QB sneaks. With a pugnacious Week 2 matchup astatine location versus the Broncos defense, Jones volition stay successful the QB2 ranks. However, if you play successful a 2QB superflex format, Jones fits present arsenic a starter fixed the Colts passing structure, and helium is presently disposable successful 95.1% of ESPN leagues. -- Bowen

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