The Detroit Lions’ offense is coming off a down year, but nobody is down on the Lions coming into 2026. They moved on from David Montgomery and will get Sam LaPorta back, concentrating an already highly concentrated offensive share even further among high-end fantasy options. But is there still value here? Let’s take a look at the 2025 Detroit Lions’ fantasy football sleeper, undervalued, and overvalued players!
Sleeper: Isaac TeSlaa, Wide Receiver (WR74, Pick 185 OVR)
TeSlaa’s rookie year usage (sixteen routes per game, 79th in the league) didn’t mesh with his draft expenditure (the Lions spent an early third-rounder on him). Still, you probably saw a few highlight Isaac TeSlaa targets, as he was a crazy catch specialist last season, catching six touchdowns on sixteen receptions, for a cool 2.81 fantasy points per target. While I don’t expect TeSlaa to have that continued efficiency, I do expect the Lions to get him more involved, and he can catch anything thrown his way. It’s a deep play, but it’s either him or Isiah Pacheco, and Pacheco doesn’t have the right profile to call him a sleeper.
Undervalued: Jared Goff, Quarterback (QB16, Pick 116 OVR)
Jared Goff isn’t sexy. He doesn’t run, he doesn’t have a huge imposing form, but he just produces fantasy points because the Lions won’t ever stop passing the ball. Over the last three seasons, he ranked second, tenth, and fourth in pass attempts, and fourth, third, and third in red zone attempts. He makes the offense go and racks up fantasy points in the process. His ranking doesn’t make a ton of sense to me, because the Lions offense bottomed out last season, and he still finished as QB9, ranking second in passing yards (4564) and touchdowns (34). He’s easy to set aside because he doesn’t run, but he can’t stop being a startable fantasy quarterback; Goff ranked eleventh, seventh, and ninth in fantasy points per game in the last three seasons.
The disrespect for Goff is truly baffling, and he is the ideal punt quarterback play, as he goes just ahead of Kyler Murray and Dalton Kincaid. What a boon for those who wait.
Overvalued: Nobody?
The Detroit Lions are an interesting case, because everyone is pretty much where they should be: Jahmyr Gibbs is a top-two pick, Amon-Ra St. Brown is a fringe first-rounder, Jameson Williams is a WR2, and Sam LaPorta is a backend TE1 (and Jared Goff goes too late). The fantasy landscape has properly calibrated on the Detroit Lions, and I am not going to force the issue. We got this one right.
