ESPN Fantasy Football on Baker Mayfield

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Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (at Cincinnati Bengals). Mayfield draws an all-around outstanding fantasy matchup, facing a weaker defense in a game with prospective pass-friendly game flow, as Buccaneers-Bengals began Week 1 with the highest over/under. The Bengals finished 2025 the sixth most-favorable matchup for quarterbacks, and while they added DTs Jonathan Allen and Dexter Lawrence and DE Boye Mafe during the offseason, they still have a long way to go to straighten out a unit that posted the league's worst pass rush rate. Mayfield is a high-end superflex/QB2 with top-10 positional scoring potential for Week 1.
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Mayfield faces sixth-best QB matchup with elite game flow; top-10 scoring potential.

Mayfield draws an all-around outstanding fantasy matchup in Week 1 at Cincinnati; the Bengals finished 2025 as the sixth most-favorable matchup for quarterbacks and posted the league's worst pass rush rate. The Buccaneers-Bengals game began Week 1 with the highest over/under, suggesting pass-friendly game flow. Despite Cincinnati adding DTs Jonathan Allen and Dexter Lawrence and DE Boye Mafe in the offseason, they still have significant defensive weaknesses. Mayfield is a high-end superflex/QB2 with top-10 positional scoring potential for Week 1.

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