2025 NFL Draft Day 1 Live Blog

The 2025 NFL Draft is set to get started at 8 p.m. ET Thursday in Green Bay. The FTN team has been preparing for the draft from every angle since the Super Bowl, and now we’re ready to evaluate the picks as they come. All evening Thursday and Friday, FTN’s Aaron Schatz, Mike Randle, Jeremy Popielarz and Adam Pfeifer will provide running commentary on the fantasy-relevant picks and transactions.

Bookmark this page and check back all evening as more thoughts and reactions get added as we all watch the next generation of fantasy players enter the league starting Thursday.

Before that, though, let’s take a look back at all our draft coverage.

Pre-Draft Analysis

Fantasy Football Rankings

Check out FTN’s fantasy football rankings for redraft, dynasty, and rookies! These include rankings from two top-5 rankers from 2024, including the #1 ranker, Tyler Orginski.

Rookie Fantasy Scouting Guide

Get the guide now! 125 player profiles, comps, rankings and more, all in one place to prepare for the draft.

Mock Drafts

Jeff Ratcliffe and Mike Randle have been fine-tuning their projections for this year’s draft for months now. Check out their mocks:

Jeff Ratcliffe:

• Mock 1.0 (Feb. 7)
• Mock 2.0 (March 7)
• Mock 3.0 (April 8)
• Mock 4.0 (April 21)
• Mock 5.0 (coming Thursday!)

Mike Randle:

• Mock 1.0 (Feb. 12)
• Mock 2.0 (March 24)
• Mock 3.0 (April 14)
• Mock 4.0 (coming Wednesday!)

NFL Draft Wish Lists

Our Tyler Loechner and Colin McTamany went through each division to identify their top goals and approaches to the draft, and what would constitute a success for each.

• AFC East
• AFC North
• AFC South
• AFC West
• NFC East
• NFC North
• NFC South
• NFC West (coming Wednesday!)

NFL Draft Scouting Reports

Jeremy Popielarz has offered up deep NFL Draft scouting reports on a whole host of the fantasy names to know for this year’s draft.

Other Draft Content

• 5 Dynasty Rookie Sleepers to Know
• Top 50 Dynasty Rookie Rankings
• Veteran RBs Who Might Lose Their Jobs
• Veteran WRs Who Might Lose Their Jobs
• Ideal Landing Spots in the Draft: RBs
• Ideal Landing Spots in the Draft: WRs (coming Wednesday!)
• Veteran Draft Trade Candidates
• DVOA Draft Preview

Draft History

Our Daniel Kelley has been combing over the last 10 years of drafts to find the most and least successful teams, draft classes and individual first-round picks. Take a look at the draft wins and losses from every angle:

• Least Successful Teams in Round 1
• Most Successful Teams in Round 2
• Ranking the Teams on Day 2
• Ranking the Teams on Day 3
• Best Draft Classes of the Decade
• Worst Draft Classes of the Decade
• Best Picks at Each First-Round Draft Slot
• Worst Picks at Each First-Round Draft Slot

2025 NFL Draft Day 1 Fantasy Liveblog

Keep an eye here all night long as we add our immediate responses and takeaways.

Analysis to come!