Cheap Players on Top Offenses: Isaac TeSlaa, Hollywood Brown, a Kicker(!), and More
The top NFL offenses have a lot of points to spread around -- here's a way to get a piece of that action for your fantasy team without breaking the bank
To borrow from the great Eleanor Roosevelt: "Fantasy football is all about points. Hot, nasty, bad-ass points."
It's not as if every league winner plays on a high-scoring offense—but it's certainly easier for a guy to outperform expectations in a big way if his team is one of the best in the league at moving down the field and putting the ball in the paint.
So it makes sense to target players on teams likely to put up a lot of points.
With that in mind, here are the eight teams with the best odds to lead the league in scoring this season (via Caesars).
- Bills: +650
- Ravens: +750
- Bengals: +850
- Lions: +900
- Eagles: +1000
- Chiefs: +1100
- Buccaneers: +1200
- Commanders: +1300
And here are the cheap guys I like on each of these teams—the guys who have high upside because of their offenses but are available outside of the top 100 in consensus average draft position (via our Fantasy Life ADP Draft Board).
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Buffalo Bills
WR Khalil Shakir (ADP - WR46 | Projection - WR30): He's one of my favorite 2025 bench picks. He has gotten better each year of his career, he has a career mark of 9.7 yards per target, and he's the No. 1 WR in a strong offense.
TE Dalton Kincaid (ADP - TE13 | Projection - TE14): I selected Kincaid in a 14-team PPR mock draft a few weeks ago (via our Draft Champion Simulator). Despite missing four games last year, he was No. 2 on the Bills with 75 targets, and the first-rounder could improve in his all-important third season.
RB Ray Davis (ADP - RB51 | Projection - R51): If one of RBs James Cook or Ty Johnson were to suffer an injury, Davis would likely see a significant increase in playing time and production. Last year, he had a good 2024 campaign as a change-of-pace rookie with 631 yards and six TDs from scrimmage. Davis is one of the 32 players I want to draft this year.
Baltimore Ravens
WR Rashod Bateman (ADP - WR59 | Projection - WR60): He has 9.0 yards per target over the past three seasons, and last year he popped off with nine TDs. If the Ravens find themselves passing the ball more this year, Bateman could be live for a 1,000-yard campaign.
TE Isaiah Likely (ADP - TE20 | Projection - TE20): He's stuck behind starter Mark Andrews, but Likely is probably still a top-12 pass-catching TE in terms of talent.
Cincinnati Bengals
TE Mike Gesicki (ADP - TE27 | Projection - TE24): He had a bounceback campaign last year with 65-665-2 receiving on 83 targets in his first season with the team, and this offseason QB Joe Burrow campaigned for the team to re-sign Gesicki.
RB Tahj Brooks (ADP - RB72 | Projection - RB75): Pass-catching veteran Samaje Perine is ahead of the rookie Brooks on the depth chart, but if starter Chase Brown were to suffer an injury, Brooks would probably be the one to inherit much of his workload.
Detroit Lions
QB Jared Goff (ADP - QB12 | Projection - QB11): He has averaged a strong 8.2 AY/A over the past three years, and he stacks wonderfully with WRs Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams, TE Sam LaPorta, and RBs Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery, all of whom go ahead of him.
WR Isaac TeSlaa (ADP - WR81 | Projection - WR116): He has torn up the preseason (10-146-3 receiving on 13 targets), and the team traded a lot in the draft to move up to get him in Round 3. If someone ahead of him on the depth chart suffers an injury, TeSlaa could explode as a starter.
Philadelphia Eagles
TE Dallas Goedert (ADP - TE15 | Projection - TE11): Over the past four years, Goedert has missed an entire season's worth of games—but over that span he has still averaged an acceptable 51.4 yards receiving per game and electric 9.4 yards per target, and last year in the playoffs he was No. 1 on the Eagles with a 24% target rate and 30% target share (per our Fantasy Life Utilization Report).
RB Will Shipley (ADP - RB61 | Projection - RB70): Shipley was a competent college player (3,349 yards, 33 TDs in 36 games), and if starter Saquon Barkley were to miss time, Shipley would probably be a productive fill-in.
Kansas City Chiefs
TE Hollywood Brown (ADP - WR61 | Projection - WR43): I've recently moved Brown up in my rankings. With No. 1 WR Rashee Rice facing a suspension, the veteran speedster could capitalize on his expanded opportunities.
RB Kareem Hunt (ADP - RB60 | Projection - RB49): I don't think Hunt is actually good … but last year he did put up 1,034 yards and nine TDs from scrimmage in 16 games.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
K Chase McLaughlin (ADP - K4 | Projection - K2): I just took McLaughlin as my K in a recent 0.5-PPR 3-WR mock draft, and he's one of the guys I highlighted in my recent Pulitzer Prize-winning K piece. Since joining the Buccaneers two years ago, McLaughlin has been incredibly accurate with a 93.7% FG rate.
RB Sean Tucker (ADP - RB85 | Projection - RB65): No. 2 RB Rachaad White (groin) is dealing with an injury, and Tucker flashed in limited action last year (6.2 yards per carry, 9.1 yards per target).
Washington Commanders
RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt (ADP - RB49 | Projection - RB44): Former starter Brian Robinson is no longer with the Commanders. The rookie Croskey Merritt is one of our top RB sleepers.
TE Zach Ertz (ADP - TE18 | Projection - TE10): Dwain McFarland and I discussed Ertz last month on an episode of the Fantasy Life Show: I'm significantly higher on him than Dwain is. But he had a career renaissance last year with 66-654-7 receiving on 7.2 yards per target, and he was No. 1 at the position in targets in the endzone (12) and inside the five-yard line (11) and 10-yard line (14). Even if he doesn't enjoy that kind of usage again this year, he should still be a key contributor within the offense.
