Thor Nystrom

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Writer at NBC Sports

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NFL Draft 2025: Ranking the AFC Rookie Classes

3 weeks ago | fantasylife.com | Thor Nystrom

Thor Nystrom analyzes the complete rookie classes for the AFC teams after the NFL Draft and UDFA signing process. Welcome to Part 2 of my annual Draft Haul rankings! If you missed Part 1 (NFC), you can catch up here:Draft Haul rankings seek to quantify the total talent that each team acquired during the NFL Draft process—combining draft and UDFA hauls—in order to compare that against draft equity spent to give us an ROI metric on each team’s 2025 performance.
2025 NFL Draft: Ranking The NFC Rookie Classes

3 weeks ago | fantasylife.com | Jeremiah Byers |Thor Nystrom

Thor Nystrom examines each of the NFC rookie classes from the most recent NFL Draft and UDFA signings, and ranks them according to talent acquisition. Welcome to my annual Draft Haul rankings! These rankings seek to quantify the total talent that each team acquired during the NFL Draft process—combining their draft and UDFA hauls—and compare that against draft equity spent to give us an ROI metric on each team’s 2025 performance.
2025 NFL Undrafted Free Agents For The NFC: Max Brosmer, Marcus Yarns, Nick Nash, And More

1 month ago | fantasylife.com | Thor Nystrom

Thor Nystrom dives deep to uncover the 2025 NFL Undrafted Free Agents for the NFC, featuring players who were bypassed at the NFL Draft. Welcome to my annual UDFA class rankings series. The NFC edition. A couple notes on process before we get going. My ranking methodology is based exclusively on my pre-draft rankings. Not every UDFA signed during this process is listed in the tables below—only those in my pre-draft position rankings (top-750 overall).
2025 NFL Draft Grades: The Browns Get an A, The Lions Get an F

1 month ago | fantasylife.com | Thor Nystrom

Here are my grades for the 2025 NFL Draft, in alphabetical order by team. I grade on a curve, so there will be “F”s in here!To see each NFL team's selections (or to sort by school), the Thor 500 is fully updated with every pick, along with my ranking and player comp. Just filter by Team to pull up all 32 NFL squads. NFL Draft GradesI want to be clear: I loved the picks that Atlanta made, and I love the immediate-help talent they brought in at positions of pressing need.
Best Available Players In The 2025 NFL Draft Heading Into Day 2

1 month ago | fantasylife.com | Thor Nystrom

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2025 NFL Draft Tracker: Every Draft Pick In Rounds 1 Through 7

1 month ago | fantasylife.com | Thor Nystrom

While you sit back and enjoy the NFL draft, we at Fantasy Life will be updating our 2025 NFL Draft tracker below, pick by pick, as they come in. For the best live and recap coverage of the NFL Draft, be sure to subscribe to the free Fantasy Life Newsletter, as well as the YouTube channel. You can also follow along with the best available players remaining on the 2025 NFL draft board here.
Positional Rankings for the 2025 NFL Draft: The Top Players At Each Position

1 month ago | fantasylife.com | Thor Nystrom

Over the last handful of months, I've released my positional rankings for the 2025 NFL draft individually, one position at a time. Each piece contains analysis, player comps, measurables, and more. Each positional section below will also have a link out to the individual positional rankings pieces if you are interested in even deeper analysis. What follows is a general list of the NFL draft positional rankings, formatted for printing and ease of use. View my top 500 overall rankings here.
NFL Mock Draft: Ashton Jeanty Cracks The Top Five In Thor Nystrom's Final Update

1 month ago | fantasylife.com | Thor Nystrom

Below is my final NFL mock draft of the 2025 draft process, with explanations for the picks below the table. This spring has been eerily quiet on the trade front for picks—I believe that changes on Thursday night, when I’m anticipating we get fireworks. I project six Round 1 trades in the mock below. 2025 NFL Mock DraftMy pick-by-pick mock draft table is below. As noted above, trade explanations are in the right-hand column.
2025 NFL Draft Tight End Rankings 2.0: Colston Loveland, Tyler Warren Lead The Way

1 month ago | fantasylife.com | Thor Nystrom

Thor Nystrom presents an updated edition 2025 NFL Draft Tight End rankings, after the NFL Scouting Combine, pro days, and the release of his top 500 prospects as we approach the draft. The Thor500 —my 500-player big board with 500 player comps—is live. Immediately below, my final tight end rankings for the 2025 NFL Draft— including where they fell overall on my 500 board.
NFL Draft Bold Predictions: Will Shedeur Sanders or Jalen Milroe team up with Travis Hunter?

1 month ago | fantasylife.com | Thor Nystrom |Gene Clemons |Matthew Freedman

It's officially NFL Draft week, aka the best time of the year. To kick off the week, we've rounded up our three favorite draftniks—Thor Nystrom, Gene Clemons, and Matthew Freedman—to gather their favorite NFL Draft bold predictions. How spicy will they get? Let's find out.