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Below are my Week 7, 2025 positional ranks for PPR leagues.As always, these ranks are continually updated throughout the week, so check back often. And don’t forget to check out Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry every weekday LIVE at 12 p.m. ET on YouTube and on Peacock at 5 p.m. ET.And then on Sunday mornings, be sure to tune into Fantasy Football Pregame, 11 a.m. ET to 1 p.m. ET on Peacock and the NFL on NBC YouTube channel. Let’s get to it.QB Rankings Rank Player Position Team Opp Bye 1 Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs Raiders 10 2…

In the first quarter of Thursday night’s loss to the Bengals, Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers handed the ball off to running back Jaylen Warren, who pitched it back to Rodgers for a flea flicker. But Rodgers didn’t have any receivers open and just threw the ball away, then yelled at Warren after the play. Clearly, the Steelers’ offense was not on the same page.After the game, the Steelers still weren’t on the same page.When Rodgers was asked about it, he said the play call was not a flea flicker.“It wasn’t supposed to be a flea flicker. We weren’t on the…

Cincinnati Bengals fans were appreciative of the Cleveland Browns for the trade between the two teams involving veteran quarterback Joe Flacco on Thursday night. After the Bengals wrapped up a 33-31 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, fans at Paycor Stadium were heard chanting, “Thank you Cleveland.”Flacco finished 31-of-47 for 342 yards and three touchdowns without committing a turnover in his second start with the Bengals, helping them snap a four-game losing streak. The Bengals acquired Flacco and a 2026 sixth-round draft pick from the Browns in exchange for a 2026 fifth-round selection on Oct. 7 in order to help make…

Brett OkamotoOct 13, 2025, 04:44 PM ETCloseBrett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has covered all of the biggest events in combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and features with names such as Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre. He was also a producer on the 30 for 30 film: “Chuck and Tito,” which looked back at the careers and rivalry of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. He lives in Las Vegas, and is an avid, below-average golfer in his spare…

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will face each other in another final after they both easily navigated last-four ties at the lucrative Six Kings Slam on Thursday.After stellar battles at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and at the US Open earlier this year, organisers of this week’s exhibition tournament in Saudi Arabia will hope for another fine instalment when the top-two in the world renew acquaintances on Saturday. Six-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz comfortably beat Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-2 and Sinner claimed victory by the same score over an ailing Novak Djokovic later on the second day of the contentious event, which…

When Yoshinobu Yamamoto arrived in Glendale, Arizona, for his first spring training with the Dodgers, fresh off signing the largest free-agent contract for a pitcher in MLB history, his new team quickly realized a minor problem.The issue was not with Yamamoto himself — the then-25-year-old hurler was as good and as generationally talented as advertised — but with his interpreter, Yoshihiro “Hiro” Sonoda.AdvertisementMost dedicated Asian-language interpreters in MLB have a baseball background. Giants slugger Jung Hoo-Lee’s interpreter, Justin Han, worked for a team in the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) interpreting for the handful of American players making the cross-Pacific leap.…

DETROIT — Pistons guard Jaden Ivey’s long-awaited return hit a snag as he will miss the next four weeks following right knee surgery, the team announced Thursday.Ivey missed the last 49 games last season after a left fibula injury and played one preseason game before issues of discomfort arose. Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff said it wasn’t a particular play that birthed the injury.”It was something that was developing over his work. Obviously, from coming back but in training camp also, he started to feel something,” Bickerstaff said before the Pistons’ final preseason game against the Washington Wizards. “We took precautions,…

Andreas HaleOct 16, 2025, 03:19 PM ETCloseAndreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at DAZN and Sporting News. He started his career as a music journalist for outlets including HipHopDX, The Grammys and Jay-Z’s Life+Times. He is also an NAACP Image Award-nominated filmmaker as a producer for the animated short film “Bridges” in 2024.A…

Let’s take a look at some of the players with the largest standard deviation between high and low expert ranks in FantasyPros’ expert consensus rankings (ECR). Which players are the safest starts, and who poses the biggest risk to your fantasy football lineup in Week 7? Fantasy Football Start/Sit Advice Week 7 Risky Fantasy Football Starts Zonovan Knight (RB – ARI) vs. Green Bay Packers Highest Rank: RB28 Lowest Rank: RB40 No running back in this offense has a true stranglehold on the No. 1 RB role with Trey Benson out. Zonovan Knight was announced as the starter on Sunday…

Ben BabyCloseBen BabyESPN Staff WriterBen Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while making appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN’s NFL shows and ESPN Radio programs. A native of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He is an adjunct journalism professor at Southern Methodist University and a member of the Asian American Journalists Association…