Following an impressive first year with the Houston Texans, veteran defensive end Danielle Hunter surged up the NFL's Top 100 Players of 2025 list.

The Athletic fantasy football crew share their spiciest hot takes for the coming season, including multiple (and diverging) opinions on JSN.

The Jags offense should be far more productive under new HC Liam Coen — another member of the Sean McVay coaching tree. Brian Thomas Jr. showed out in his rookie campaign with 87 receptions for 1,282 yards and 10 TDs. It's up in Year 2.

Houston Texans wide receiver Nico Collins made his preseason debut on Saturday against the Panthers and hauled in two of three targets for 13 yards and a touchdown. He also almost connected on a deep pass from quarterback C.

C.J. Stroud is essential to the Houston Texans success, and weapons like veteran wide receiver Christian Kirk will help maximize him.

I considered recycling a player from the 2025 surprises piece (Trevor Lawrence), the All-Breakout Team (Bryce Young) or the All-Renaissance Team (Jordan Love), but you already know they're solid picks,

Daniel Dopp calls Nico Collins the "alpha wide receiver" for the Texans, which makes him a solid WR1 for fantasy managers.

This offseason, Collins said, he worked a lot on his footwork and with his hands. As a bigger-bodied receiver at 6-foot-4 and 223 pounds, he watched film of players like Jones, Larry Fitzgerald ...

Will Nico Collins be ready to return to action, or will the Texans continue to hold him out to ensure he is as close to 100% as possible? Here's what to know about the No. 1 receiver's injury and ...

That’s an easy target for C.J. and Nico has showed up every time that we needed him.” On ad-lip, off-script scramble plays, Collins and Stroud combined for 102 yards, per Next Gen Stats.

Joey Pollizze's 5 early-round fantasy football wide receiver draft targets for 2025. His must-draft wide receivers include Nico Collins, Drake London, George Pickens and more.