Matt BowenJul 23, 2025, 06:25 AM ET
- Matt Bowen is simply a phantasy shot and NFL writer for ESPN. He joined ESPN successful 2015, writes regularly for ESPN+ and spent aggregate years connected "NFL Matchup." After graduating from the University of Iowa, Matt played information successful the NFL for St. Louis, Green Bay, Washington and Buffalo implicit 7 seasons.
Training camps are underway successful the NFL, and we're starting to get a wide representation of what all 32 rosters volition look similar successful September. Like astir years, determination has been plentifulness of turnover since past play aft an exciting draft and major escaped bureau signings. We adjacent got a blockbuster trade astatine the extremity of June betwixt the Steelers and Dolphins, resulting successful caller homes for Minkah Fitzpatrick, Jalen Ramsey and Jonnu Smith.
What were the astir impactful trades oregon signings this offseason? Which rookies person the champion accidental of instantly improving their caller franchises?
Following Mike Clay's lead from past year, I ranked the apical 50 acquisitions -- escaped cause signings, commercialized additions and draught picks -- based connected their expected interaction for the 2025 season. The Steelers, Broncos, Patriots and Giants pb the mode with 4 players apiece successful the last list. And from April's draft, six top-10 picks and 1 second-round moving backmost made the cut.
Let's get into the my afloat ranking, starting with a wide receiver who's acceptable to marque a splash successful Southern California.
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1. Davante Adams, WR: Signed by Los Angeles Rams
Adams is an contiguous upgrade implicit Cooper Kupp fixed his quality to inactive shingle property sum and abstracted arsenic the "X" receiver. Opposite Puka Nacua, Adams tin isolate to triumph one-on-one oregon onslaught the schemed voids successful Sean McVay's walk game.
With 5 consecutive seasons of 1,000-plus receiving yards, helium is astatine the apical of this database due to the fact that helium tin elevate a Rams squad primed to marque a tally successful the NFC playoffs.
2. Cameron Ward, QB: Drafted by Tennessee Titans
The No. 1 pick successful the 2025 draft, Ward has the playmaking traits to marque an contiguous interaction arsenic a rookie. He had 4,313 passing yards and 39 touchdowns astatine Miami past season, showing his quality to run arsenic an close thrower to each levels of the tract and besides make extracurricular of structure.
In Tennessee, Ward volition person 2 experienced targets successful Calvin Ridley and Tyler Lockett. Plus, the squad added upgrades connected the violative enactment to support their young QB (more connected that later).
3. Joe Thuney, G: Traded to Chicago Bears
A culture-setter successful the violative enactment room, Thuney upgrades a captious request for the Bears connected the interior of their front. With a pass artifact triumph rate of astatine slightest 98% implicit his past 3 seasons, Thuney is inactive viewed arsenic 1 of the apical guards successful the league aft a brief stint astatine near tackle for the Chiefs past season. And his beingness volition support the pouch steadfast for second-year backmost Caleb Williams.
4. Ashton Jeanty, RB: Drafted by Las Vegas Raiders
With location tally quality and high-end interaction balance, Jeanty volition spot a dense measurement successful Chip Kelly's offense. His 2,601 rushing yards and 126 forced missed tackles led the FBS past season, and helium besides has the traits to nutrient arsenic a receiver connected backfield releases.
Given his relation successful an discourtesy that volition trust connected the crushed game, the No. 6 prime is the starring campaigner to triumph Offensive Rookie of the Year.
5. Laremy Tunsil, OT: Traded to Washington Commanders
The Commanders gave up a total of 4 picks to get Tunsil, a five-time Pro Bowler who instantly upgrades the edges of Kliff Kingsbury's violative front. When healthy, helium tin adjacent the doorway successful walk protection, utilizing his length, ft quickness and seasoned method to support the pouch clean. That's particularly important for backmost Jayden Daniels, whose title model is present unfastened with Washington.
6. Josh Sweat, Edge: Signed by Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals were successful request of much disconnected the edge, and they recovered assistance from idiosyncratic who played under Cardinals manager John Gannon successful Philadelphia. Sweat is simply a long, angular mover who tin triumph with speed-to-power. He besides has built-in antagonistic moves to disengage from violative tackles.
Sweat had 8 sacks and 33 pressures during the 2024 regular season. He added 2.5 much sacks successful the Eagles' Super Bowl LIX win.
7. Milton Williams, DT: Signed by New England Patriots
Sticking with the erstwhile Philly antiaircraft linemen, Williams is my favourite of the Patriots' additions aft they totaled a league-low 28 sacks past season. He has the spot to displace blockers astatine the constituent of attack, with the airy feet and short-area burst to gaffe interior violative linemen.
After having 5 sacks and 18 pressures past season, Williams volition present brace with Christian Barmore to springiness caller manager Mike Vrabel 2 disruptive interior defenders.
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8. Sam Darnold, QB: Signed by Seattle Seahawks
After posting career-best numbers successful Minnesota past play -- 4,319 passing yards and 35 touchdowns -- Darnold is present successful a strategy that caters to his traits nether coordinator Klint Kubiak. With play-action throws disconnected extracurricular portion tally enactment and schemed verticals, Darnold has the limb spot and mobility to nutrient with receivers Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp.
9. George Pickens, WR: Traded to Dallas Cowboys
Pickens brings explosive play quality and a vertical constituent to the Cowboys' offense. He has 35 receptions of 20 oregon much yards implicit the past 2 seasons, tied for 5th astir successful the league. Opposite CeeDee Lamb, Pickens volition run connected the bound for Dallas, giving backmost Dak Prescott 2 multilevel targets successful the walk game.
10. Abdul Carter, Edge: Drafted by New York Giants
The rookie has the carnal tools to play a disruptive relation aboriginal this play successful coordinator Shane Bowen's defense. With the off-the-ball quickness to onslaught violative tackles, and the lower-body flexibility to tally the arc, Carter is poised to marque plays other Brian Burns. He has game-wrecking imaginable aft 12 sacks and 61 pressures successful his last assemblage season.
11. Geno Smith, QB: Traded to Las Vegas Raiders
Reunited with erstwhile manager Pete Carroll, Smith is simply a large upgrade for the Raiders astatine the QB presumption aft throwing for a career-high 4,320 yards past season. He tin thrust the shot to each spot connected the tract erstwhile throwing from a wide platform, and helium present has 2 targets who tin get unfastened successful choky extremity Brock Bowers and receiver Jakobi Meyers.
12. Travis Hunter, WR/DB: Drafted by Jacksonville Jaguars
The reigning Heisman Trophy victor has a uncommon accomplishment acceptable to interaction some sides of the ball. Hunter's 15 touchdown catches and 23 receptions of 20 oregon much yards some tied for 2nd successful the federation past season, positive helium had 9 interceptions implicit his full assemblage career.
Opposite of Brian Thomas Jr. connected offense, Hunter is an breathtaking wrinkle for caller manager Liam Coen. I besides spot All-Pro imaginable connected the antiaircraft broadside of the shot for the erstwhile Colorado star.
13. Minkah Fitzpatrick, S: Traded to Miami Dolphins
A information with multidimensional traits, Fitzpatrick fills a spread successful the Miami secondary arsenic a rangy escaped information with sum quality and shot skills. His numbers were down past play successful Pittsburgh, but helium has the instincts to marque plays successful Anthony Weaver's defense. Fitzpatrick has 20 interceptions implicit 8 pro seasons.
14. DK Metcalf, WR: Traded to Pittsburgh Steelers
Metcalf enters the play arsenic the Steelers' No. 1 receiver aft totaling 48 touchdowns done six seasons successful Seattle. In Arthur Smith's offense, Metcalf volition onslaught the apical of the way histrion connected play-action and isolation throws.
Plus, Metcalf volition spot quick-game targets from backmost Aaron Rodgers connected in-breakers and screens, which cater to his explosive, straight-line velocity aft the catch.
15. Mekhi Becton, G: Signed by Los Angeles Chargers
With his monolithic 6-7, 363-pound frame, Becton tin overwhelm and determination defenders successful Jim Harbaugh's powerfulness tally game, positive helium has the carnal tools and footwork to triumph arsenic a walk protector. He's conscionable entering his premier years and is simply a cardinal summation for the Chargers betwixt book-end tackles Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt.
16. DJ Reed, CB: Signed by Detroit Lions
Reed was signed to upgrade a Lions defence that allowed 244 yards passing per crippled successful 2024, the 3rd astir successful the league. He is simply a highly competitory sum country with press-man traits and the modulation velocity to interruption connected the throw.
More of a shot disruptor than playmaker, Reed has 40 walk breakups -- compared with six interceptions -- implicit his career. He volition commencement other second-year cornerback Terrion Arnold.
17. Jalen Ramsey, CB: Traded to Pittsburgh Steelers
Ramsey shouldn't beryllium viewed arsenic a blue-chip subordinate astatine this signifier of his career, but helium volition bring versatility to Pittsburgh's secondary. He tin inactive signifier lucifer successful sum connected the perimeter, and helium has the traits to bump wrong arsenic the slot country successful sub-package sets.
When playing inside, Ramsey has the guardant imaginativeness to blitz and find the ball. He had 1 sack and 12 pressures with Miami past season.
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18. Joey Bosa, Edge: Signed by Buffalo Bills
There are availability concerns with Bosa, arsenic helium has played lone 28 games implicit the past 3 seasons due to the fact that of injuries. But erstwhile he's healthy, helium is simply a savvy technician who tin deed the quarterback.
The Bills needed an borderline rusher who tin adjacent retired games and besides disrupt the pouch versus Patrick Mahomes successful the playoffs. That could beryllium Bosa, who has 72 vocation sacks.
19. Aaron Rodgers, QB: Signed by Pittsburgh Steelers
Rodgers' limb spot and tract imaginativeness are inactive astatine a precocious level, which allows him to onslaught tighter windows and place sum rotations with ease. While his mobility and pouch poise are declining, helium should beryllium seen arsenic an upgrade implicit Russell Wilson successful Arthur Smith's offense. The cardinal present is however Smith game-plans with Rodgers, who threw for 3,897 yards and 28 touchdowns with the Jets past season.
20. Stefon Diggs, WR: Signed by New England Patriots
A prime way runner who tin make separation and nutrient aft the catch, Diggs is acceptable to go the top target for second-year backmost Drake Maye -- erstwhile helium is afloat steadfast and cleared to play. Diggs had 47 receptions for 496 yards successful 8 games earlier an ACL tear ended his 2024 campaign. He had posted six consecutive seasons of astatine slightest 1,000 receiving yards anterior to past year.
21. Justin Fields, QB: Signed by New York Jets
With new Jets violative coordinator Tanner Engstrand, look for Fields to enactment successful a walk crippled that is heavy schemed disconnected play-action. Engstrand was the passing crippled coordinator past play with the Lions, who led the league with 204 play-action attempts.
Fields would payment from much defined reads successful New York, with a play expanse that maximizes his dual-threat skills. In six starts with the Steelers past season, Fields completed 65.8% of his throws and rushed for 289 yards with 5 scores.
22. Charvarius Ward, CB: Signed by Indianapolis Colts
Ward has the man-coverage quality to property oregon pedal disconnected the ball, on with the backfield imaginativeness to marque plays successful zone. He posted career-best numbers successful 2023, with 5 interceptions and 14 walk breakups. Although helium didn't person the aforesaid on-the-ball accumulation past season, Ward's acquisition and method are an upgrade for the Colts' secondary nether caller coordinator Lou Anarumo.
23. Omarion Hampton, RB: Drafted by Los Angeles Chargers
Hampton has the illustration to acceptable arsenic the pb runner for Harbaugh's team. He's a downhill hammer with the short-area quickness to deed creases of daylight and the foodstuff to make explosive plays. Hampton rushed for 1,500-plus yards successful each of his last 2 seasons astatine North Carolina, and helium plays with the lower-body equilibrium and pad level to nutrient betwixt the tackles successful the Chargers' tally scheme.
24. Jevon Holland, S: Signed by New York Giants
The Giants allowed Xavier McKinney to depart via escaped bureau past season, which led to a deficiency of a playmaker implicit the top. Holland checks that container arsenic a versatile information with scope and sum skills. Yes, the splash plays were missing from Holland's portion past season, but helium did amusement up each implicit the stat expanse with 5 interceptions, 16 walk breakups, 5 forced fumbles and 5 sacks implicit his 4 years successful Miami.
25. Jaire Alexander, CB: Signed by Baltimore Ravens
Alexander has played lone 14 games implicit the past 2 seasons due to the fact that of injuries, but helium could beryllium to beryllium a key addition for the Ravens if healthy. At his best, helium tin inactive lucifer successful sum and has the portion instincts to bait quarterbacks. He is expected to play connected the perimeter successful nickel packages for the Ravens (opposite of Nate Wiggins) with Marlon Humphrey successful the slot.
26. Will Fries, G: Signed by Minnesota Vikings
A major addition to the Vikings' interior violative line, Fries volition amended some the tally and walk crippled successful Kevin O'Connell's discourtesy adjacent to first-round defender Donovan Jackson and seasoned halfway Ryan Kelly. Before a right tibia injury ended his 2024 play successful Week 5, Fries had posted vocation bests successful walk artifact triumph complaint (92.4%) and tally artifact triumph complaint (74.3%).
He mightiness deficiency high-end traits, but helium has a fundamentally dependable play style, the lower-body mobility to grip powerfulness rushers and an quality to prolong blocks connected contact.
27. Evan Engram, TE: Signed by Denver Broncos
Engram joins a Broncos discourtesy that has the pieces to beryllium 1 of the astir explosive units successful the league. He caught 47 passes successful 9 games with the Jags past season, a twelvemonth removed from his career-best 114 catches successful 2023. Look for him to enactment the seams successful Sean Payton's offense, portion being schemed arsenic a matchup/motion people connected catch-and-run throws from backmost Bo Nix.
28. Tetairoa McMillan, WR: Drafted by Carolina Panthers
At 6-foot-4, McMillan has the framework and matchup quality to instantly go a bound people for backmost Bryce Young. Plus, helium tin bump wrong arsenic a powerfulness slot receiver. McMillian eclipsed 1,300 receiving yards and 80 receptions successful each of his last 2 assemblage seasons astatine Arizona. He should beryllium a measurement people successful Year 1.
29. Kevin Zeitler, G: Signed by Tennessee Titans
The revamping of Tennessee's violative beforehand -- done escaped bureau and the draught -- included Zeitler's signing successful March. The seasoned defender is simply a carnal wrong beingness with the powerfulness to displace antiaircraft tackles and the question quality to propulsion connected spread schemes.
He routinely wins successful walk protection, utilizing his beardown basal to clasp disconnected interior rushers. Zeitler had a walk artifact triumph complaint of 94.4% with Detroit past season, his 13th twelvemonth successful the league.
30. Deebo Samuel Sr., WR: Traded to Washington Commanders
Samuel has the alignment and strategy versatility to acceptable successful Kingsbury's discourtesy arsenic a motion/movement player. He volition apt spot the shot connected screens, alert sweeps and backfield touches conscionable arsenic helium did successful San Francisco. Samuel's play velocity and accumulation dipped past season, but helium had a beardown 2023 run with 12 touchdowns and implicit 1,000 all-purpose yards.
31. Will Campbell, OT: Drafted by New England Patriots
The 4th wide prime successful the NFL draft, Campbell steps into the near tackle presumption for a squad that allowed 52 sacks (fifth most) and registered a walk artifact triumph complaint of conscionable 50.9% (31st) successful 2024. Campbell has the question skills, method and play toughness to triumph successful walk protection, and helium volition thrust defenders disconnected the shot successful the tally game. Campbell should beryllium viewed arsenic a gathering artifact for Vrabel's team.
32. Drew Dalman, C: Signed by Chicago Bears
The Bears continued to address the interior of the violative beforehand with Dalman, the apical halfway disposable successful escaped agency. He wins his assignments with question and leverage to offset a smaller framework (6-3, 300 pounds). He is simply a technician connected the tape, champion suited for the wide portion tally crippled nether caller manager Ben Johnson successful Chicago.
Dalman's walk artifact triumph complaint of 95.1% ranked ninth among centers with astatine slightest 500 snaps past season.
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33. Carlton Davis III, CB: Signed by New England Patriots
With 7 NFL seasons nether his belt, Davis gives the Patriots a seasoned beingness astatine cornerback other rising prima Christian Gonzalez. Davis is simply a consenting tackler connected the edges, with some portion and antheral traits successful coverage. He tin disrupt the shot too, with 11 interceptions and 69 walk breakups implicit his career.
34. Dre Greenlaw, LB: Signed by Denver Broncos
At afloat strength, Greenlaw is simply a rangy linebacker with the pursuit velocity to way shot carriers and the sum consciousness to adjacent throwing windows. He had back-to-back seasons of 120-plus tackles from 2022 to 2023, but helium appeared successful lone 2 games past play due to the fact that of a torn near Achilles and subsequent calf injury.
Greenlaw is expected to steadfast to commencement this season, with the traits to marque an interaction successful Vance Joseph's antiaircraft strategy arsenic an off-ball defender.
35. Aaron Banks, G: Signed by Green Bay Packers
Banks slides successful astatine the near defender presumption for the Packers. At 6-5 and 325 pounds, the 2021 second-round prime is built to make daylight for moving backmost Josh Jacobs successful the Packers' spread tally scheme. And helium has the spot to anchor against interior bull rushers successful walk protection. This is simply a large upgrade for Matt LaFleur's violative line.
36. Tre'von Moehrig, S: Signed by Carolina Panthers
An ascending player, Moehrig joins a Panthers squad that lacked antiaircraft playmakers past season. He notched 5 interceptions and 12 walk breakups implicit the past 2 seasons, and helium had 5 tackles for nonaccomplishment successful 2024.
Moehrig has heavy scope and is simply a tone-setter connected interaction erstwhile helium spins down into the front. His strengths volition let Panthers antiaircraft coordinator Ejiro Evero to disguise coverages with interchangeable safeties.
37. Malaki Starks, S: Drafted by Baltimore Ravens
With Starks and Kyle Hamilton astatine safety, Ravens antiaircraft coordinator Zach Orr has much versatility wrong the antiaircraft crippled plan. At Georgia, Starks showed the scope and ball-tracking skills to marque plays down the field, arsenic good arsenic an quality to patrol tally alleys oregon lucifer up underneath. Now, helium joins a secondary that has the constitution to beryllium 1 of the league's best.
38. RJ Harvey, RB: Drafted by Denver Broncos
The Broncos needed a moving backmost with elusiveness successful abstraction and the pass-catching skills to marque Sean Payton's discourtesy go. Harvey has those traits arsenic a accelerated accelerator whose way histrion volition grow successful Denver. He's a matchup subordinate for Payton, with the 4.4 velocity to make explosive plays.
39. Talanoa Hufanga, S: Signed by Denver Broncos
Hufanga is the last Broncos newcomer connected this list, and helium has been limited to 17 games implicit the past 2 seasons. If the erstwhile All-Pro stays steadfast this season, helium tin beryllium a disruptive unit successful Denver's defense.
Through 49 vocation games, Hufanga has 7 interceptions, 2 forced fumbles and 1 antiaircraft touchdown. He's astir the shot for a reason.
40. Jonnu Smith, TE: Traded to Pittsburgh Steelers
Smith was linked to the Steelers for a while, and helium yet landed with them arsenic portion of the Ramsey-Fitzpatrick trade. With Smith, Pittsburgh tin usage much 2 choky extremity personnel, pairing the erstwhile Dolphin with Pat Freiermuth.
Smith caught a career-high 88 passes past play successful Miami, which led to 8 touchdowns. As an underneath people for Rodgers, helium tin beryllium schemed disconnected boot, surface and question -- from choky and flexed alignments -- for superior measurement this season.
41. Tate Ratledge, C: Drafted by Detroit Lions
With the retirement of Lions seasoned halfway Frank Ragnow earlier this summer, the door is open for Ratledge to triumph the starting spot successful camp. Ratledge allowed conscionable 1 sack successful each of the past 2 seasons portion playing successful the SEC, and his tenacious demeanor fits good with the Lions' individuality nether caput manager Dan Campbell.
42. Haason Reddick, Edge: Signed by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Reddick's 2024 play with the Jets was disrupted by a holdout and resulted successful conscionable 1 sack implicit 10 games played. However, he's inactive a productive rusher disconnected the borderline erstwhile he's dialed in.
Look for Todd Bowles to make one-on-ones for Reddick, portion utilizing stunts to get him an unfastened lane to the quarterback. Before past season, helium enactment unneurotic 3 consecutive campaigns with a walk unreserved triumph complaint of implicit 20% -- lone 7 players eclipsed that complaint past season.
43. Dayo Odeyingbo, Edge: Signed by Chicago Bears
At 6-foot-6 and 286 pounds, Odeyingbo has the carnal tools to play the antiaircraft extremity presumption other of Montez Sweat successful Dennis Allen's scheme. Odeyingbo volition besides footwear wrong to unreserved the passer retired of loaded fronts arsenic a hard match-up for interior violative linemen. He has played each 17 games successful each of his past 3 seasons, racking up 16 sacks and 21 full tackles for nonaccomplishment implicit that stretch.
44. Russell Wilson, QB: Signed by New York Giants
Wilson enters campy arsenic the Giants' No. 1 quarterback, but his crippled has changed importantly since his premier years successful Seattle. Yes, Wilson tin inactive propulsion with gait and interaction downfield -- helium had the sixth-best off-target percent (12.7%) retired of each QBs past season. But with his reduced mobility, Wilson isn't a earthy creator extracurricular of operation anymore.
Having a existent No. 1 people successful wide receiver Malik Nabers volition assistance successful New York, but rookie backmost Jaxson Dart is patiently waiting if Wilson fails to nutrient successful Brian Daboll's offense.
45. Camryn Bynum, S: Signed by Indianapolis Colts
Another addition to the Colts' secondary, Bynum fits successful some the single-high and split-field coverages that Anarumo volition employ. He is simply a glider implicit the apical who tin besides capable the alleys arsenic a tally defender.
Over the past 2 seasons, Bynum has 233 tackles, 5 interceptions and 12 walk breakups. He was ever connected the tract for the Vikings successful 2024, playing the second-most snaps among each Vikings antiaircraft backs, per ESPN Research.
46. Jaxson Dart, QB: Drafted by New York Giants
Dart whitethorn not beryllium developmentally acceptable to instrumentality implicit the Giants' discourtesy aboriginal successful the season, but he's a fewer spots nether Wilson present since I expect him to spot playing time. He's an anticipatory thrower with the mobility to widen plays and make arsenic a runner. In his last play astatine Ole Miss, Dart threw for 4,279 yards and 29 touchdowns, adding 495 yards connected the ground.
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47. Azeez Ojulari, Edge: Signed by Philadelphia Eagles
Injuries person constricted Ojulari to 29 games implicit the past 3 seasons, but helium has the magnitude (34.5-inch arms) and burst to make disruption arsenic a rational borderline rusher successful Vic Fangio's scheme. In 11 games with the Giants past season, Ojulari had six sacks and 16 QB pressures. And his champion shot is inactive up of him.
48. C.J. Gardner-Johnson, S: Traded to Houston Texans
Gardner-Johnson gives the Texans much playmaking and matchup quality successful the secondary. He had six interceptions for the Eagles past season, and helium tin man-up implicit the slot oregon play top-down arsenic tally defender successful the alleys. He's an urgent mover connected the portion who adds acquisition to Houston's talented young secondary.
49. Grey Zabel, G: Drafted by Seattle Seahawks
Zabel upgrades a Seahawks beforehand that was talent-deficient astatine the defender presumption past season. The 6-6, 312-pound North Dakota State standout tin make question disconnected the shot arsenic a tally blocker.
More specifically, helium has the mobility to combo artifact and ascent successful the extracurricular portion crippled successful Kubiak's system. Zabel tin driblet anchor successful walk protection, too. He volition beryllium a tone-setter for Seattle.
50. Mike Green, Edge: Drafted by Baltimore Ravens
Green tin beryllium acceptable up arsenic a walk rusher successful Baltimore, akin to the team's existent usage of Kyle Van Noy. That means schemed matchups -- some disconnected the borderline and connected the interior -- with stunts retired of aggregate alignments. He tin besides driblet into coverage, which gives Baltimore the quality to amended disguise pressures. Green's 17 sacks led the FBS successful 2024, and I thought helium was the astir skilled walk rusher successful the 2025 class.