Fantasy experts don’t often cross into the world of real football. But the original fantasy football expert can … and does.

Matthew Berry has been the face of fantasy football for years. Before joining NBC, he was with ESPN and is credited with putting fantasy football on the mainstream network map.

So when he speaks, people tend to listen.

Over the weekend, Berry began his fantasy football rankings for 2025 and started with quarterback. He ranked Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield higher than some others you might expect – like Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes.

He then credits Baker with the Bucs’ success and noted he doesn’t think the departure of Liam Coen will affect him.

“Since the start of last season, no player in the NFL has more passing TDs than Baker Mayfield. And yes, Liam Coen moves on, but that was the argument two years ago when Dave Canales moved on. Their new offensive coordinator was their passing game coordinator last year. It’s going to be the exact same offense. It’s all the same personnel. The fact that they brought Godwin back. That Evans is going to be back. It’s a pretty good offensive line. And to me, actually, I feel better about Baker going into this year than I did last year.

“You add in the emergence of Bucky Irving, which gives them a real threat in the backfield. I just feel better overall about the Buccaneers’ offense, and Baker at the center of it, in his third year now in that system, it’s going to be the same system even though Liam Coen is in Jacksonville.”