The Super Bowl is over. Just as all thirty-two teams are now looking to the future, we can shift our focus to next season. Having clarity earlier in the process than your rivals can help get deals done - or at least lay the groundwork via inquiry. You can make plenty of moves while the 2024 season is still fresh in everyone's heads and developments that will soon become reality are small on the approaching horizon.

1. Sell Your 2025 First-Round Rookie Picks (Except #1 Overall) (Especially in Superflex)

This year will have a very valuable #1 overall pick (Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty). There are enough strong WR/TE prospects to make the top half of the first round palatable, but this will be nothing like last year's class that gave us Jayden Daniels, Brian Thomas Jr., and Ladd McConkey in the second half of the first round. This goes double for superflex leagues, where most have no quarterback from this year's draft even getting into last year's top 6. As fantasy players study the 2025 class, this will become common knowledge and conventional wisdom, but you might be able to swing a deal before the crowd catches up.

2. Buy Drake London (WR-ATL) 

Has London's value been correctly updated now that we've seen a strong indication that Michael Penix Jr. can play? His early 2025 ADP is later than his 2024 ADP, which was based on the expectation that Kirk Cousins would boost his value. The short-lived Cousins era was mostly underwhelming, but the Penix era promises all the hopes of the 2024 offseason and more! London could finish the 2025 season as a top-five fantasy wide receiver and first-round pick going into 2026, but the hive mind's view of him doesn't reflect that yet. Use your first-round pick this year in a package to get London if you can.

3. Add Tanner McLachlan (TE-CIN)

The 2024 sixth-round pick could be in a much larger role in 2025. Mike Gesicki had his best year since 2020 and should follow in C.J. Uzomah and Hayden Hurst's footsteps, leaving for greener pastures in free agency after Joe Burrow inflates their values. 2024 fourth-round pick Erick All Jr. was already getting starter snaps as a rookie but went down with a torn ACL and is expected to miss the 2025 season because of complications that will result in additional surgery. The Bengals could be aggressive at tight end in free agency and draft, but if they aren't, we'll know it's because of how they feel about McLachlan, a gifted athlete with a basketball background who broke Rob Gronkowski's receptions by a tight end record at Arizona.

4. Sell Rico Dowdle (RB-FA)

This one could backfire a la selling Chuba Hubbard last offseason, as the Cowboys hiring Klayton Adams away from the Cardinals strongly indicates a return to a run-first mentality. But surely, adding a signature back from a strong draft class will follow that move. Dowdle proved he's a suitable NFL starter down the stretch, but his real ceiling is a committee back. He just happened to play for the team with the worst backfield depth chart in the league. The Cowboys should let Dowdle test free agency, and it's a weak enough class that he could get signed elsewhere in what would surely be a smaller role than he had in 2024. It's unclear if you can get much for Dowdle in the trade market, but it never hurts to try.

5. Buy Chris Godwin (WR-FA)

The countless takes about where Godwin can upgrade another passing offense are probably just wasted keystrokes and breath because he's more likely to return to the Bucs than sign a contract elsewhere. The team loves him, including his contributions as a quasi-coach and mentor to their younger receivers. His season-ending injury will decrease his value for some suitors, but not the Bucs, who have full confidence in his ability to return to form after watching him do it from an ACL tear, And the new offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard has already been vocal about wanting him back. This is a best-case scenario for Godwin's 2025 fantasy value and enough reason to try to deal for him before the buzz of his eventual new deal in Tampa builds.

6. Buy Luke McCaffrey (WR-WAS)

McCaffrey's 2024 was always going to be a redshirt year. He's a quarterback convert and much farther from being a finished product than his draft-class peers. That he contributed at all, and more to the point, creating separation against NFL defenders consistently, is a very positive indicator. Terry McLaurin is the only other Commanders wide receiver under contract going into the offseason. Surely, the team will add multiple players at the position, but McCaffrey will have the advantage of already working with Jayden Daniels. It's not even clear that the market has priced in McCaffrey's increased value due to Daniels appearing to be a rare talent as a passer and field leader, and it certainly hasn't priced in McCaffrey's inevitable larger opportunity next season.

7. Buy Jordan Whittington (WR-LAR)
8. Buy Jauan Jennings (WR-SF)

These moves are low-hanging fruit but sweet just the same. Cooper Kupp and Deebo Samuel Sr. are much more likely to be on a new team in 2025 than play for the Rams and 49ers. The Rams used Whittington in Kupp's stead last season even though he was a rookie, and Whittington performed well enough to believe that they will give him first crack at the Kupp role this season - after gushing about him through the entire offseason, a la Puka Nacua.

Jennings was Brock Purdy's favorite receiver and should be the #1 to open the season, while Brandon Aiyuk is working his way back from an ACL tear. Don't be surprised if Jennings remains the #1 target once Aiyuk is up to speed. These value jumps are predictable, yet the market still waits to completely price them in until the moves become official.