The 2025 fantasy bust list leans veterans who carry elevated risk after career peaks. Mayfield’s TB resurgence looks more like an outlier than a blueprint, with coaching changes and touchdown rate regression looming. Barkley enters a season after a 2,000-yard sprint, but history shows it’s tough to replicate after a heavy workload and injury history. Conner’s age and potential role splits in Arizona add risk. Sutton faces a shaken target market in Denver as Engram and Harvey chip away at looks, while Evans ages into his 30s with hamstring concerns and new personnel around him. Njoku lands in a Browns offense mired by injuries and a rookie tight end, Harold Fannin Jr., pushing his path to volume. Fade these names and reallocate drafting risk toward cleaner offensive contexts and cheaper offensive options for steadier fantasy floors.

Each fade is grounded in context: regression signals, workload clues, and the surrounding talent that can siphon targets. The piece emphasizes planful risk management—targeting safer offenses, late-round upside, and leveraging coaching changes to read the tea leaves for 2025 rosters. It’s a blueprint for executives who want to avoid costly busts and instead build resilient, week-to-week fantasy teams.

WR-heavy draft from the 1.07 spot anchors the build around elite pass-catchers early, with Malik Nabers, Drake London and Tee Higgins forming a high-target trio to start. Kenneth Walker III and Tony Pollard slot in as the RB backbone after three WRs, while Jaylen Waddle provides luxury depth. David Njoku stabilizes the TE position, and Matthew Golden is stash-depth across from four top WRs. Late-round adds Rashid Shaheed and Dak Prescott cap a strategy designed to leverage pass-game volume, while the Rams D/ST and Brandon Aubrey finish off the squad. The approach trades positional risk for WR-floor upside, banking on weekly WR1 ceilings and late QB upside to balance the roster through the season.

The plan emphasizes upside and depth at WR, then anchors RB with Walker and Pollard, while embracing Njoku as a solid mid-range TE. The later rounds reinforce at RB (Warren, Javonte Williams) and add a QB who can produce without forcing early picks, while a WR4–WR5 tier offers trade leverage. If the RB room stays thin or the offense stalls, the WR surplus can become trade bait to upgrade RB or TE as the season unfolds.

In sum, it’s a clear, high-variance path: hit elite targets, cover the RB pipeline later, and keep QB risk manageable with late-round options. It’s a bold bet on volume-driven, weekly upside from the WRs while banking on a lean but potentially efficient RB corps once the season begins.

Bijan Robinson lands at Pick 3 as the safe cornerstone option for a round-by-round, 12-team, single-QB PPR redraft. The Arizona Cardinals’ offense is portrayed as a near-carbon copy of last year, boosting Trey McBride’s floor as a second-round tight end value with consistent target share. If Robinson slides, Jahmyr Gibbs surfaces as a plausible pivot to maintain the RB upside, and McBride’s role is reinforced by the stable offensive system. The piece also charts top TE targets (George Kittle, T.J. Hockenson, Sam LaPorta, David Njoku) and rounds out with a practical approach to building a flexible roster, balancing elite prospects with late-round possibilities. The narrative leans on current ADPs from ESPN, Sleeper, and Yahoo!, and translates these into a concrete draft plan with Round 2 McBride as a high-floor TE, while Round 3 emphasizes RB depth to anchor the lineup.

In the scenario where Bijan Robinson isn’t in the top two, the guide suggests pivoting toward Gibbs as a secondary running back with substantial upside, while McBride stands out as a reliable Week-to-Week starter given the Cardinals’ unchanged system. It also emphasizes that the top wide receivers carry risk due to quarterback changes and injuries, making a top running back (or a late TE like McBride) the smarter play at the third spot. The strategy combines precise ADP readings with an explicit path to roster construction, emphasizing adaptability across rounds and matchup-driven starts.

The Browns head into joint practice with a high-profile, two-day session against the Eagles. Fifteen Browns players are spotlighted for a show-me environment that could sharpen fantasy value across the offense and defense. Shedeur Sanders leads the way as a rookie quarterback in a contract-year orbit, while Joe Flacco provides veteran stability. Jerry Jeudy offers surgical route-running against Philadelphia’s secondary. David Njoku aims to capitalize on a contract year, with Jerome Ford expected to lead the backfield and Joel Bitonio stabilizing the interior. The defense centers on Myles Garrett’s pass rush, with a young group around him including Mason Graham, Carson Schwesinger, Denzel Ward, Grant Delpit, Ronnie Hickman, and Cameron Mitchell. Philadelphia’s top-ranked defense looms, but the Browns’ depth could create multiple fantasy leverage points over the two days.

Expect Sanders to test the Eagles’ coverage, and watch how Njoku and Ford convert opportunities into dependable fantasy outputs as the Browns push for a decisive two-day showing. Bitonio’s return anchors the line, while Davis and Johnson provide potential sleeper targets if the offense leans into quick-game concepts. Garrett’s play will be a barometer for how quickly Cleveland can transition pressure into splash plays. In sum, the practices should yield clear signals on where fantasy value could swing in Cleveland’s offense and defense, especially for those holding Browns exposure heading into the season.