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Dynasty Nerds Podcast | Dynasty Fantasy Football

3rd Year Breakout or Breakdowns for Dynasty! Dynasty Fantasy Football Podcast EP. 778

Dynasty Nerds Podcast | Dynasty Fantasy Football

Rich Dotson

Sports, Football, Fantasy Sports

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Rich Dotson and Matt O'Hara dive into third year players poised for fantasy football success or decline in 2026. With the Chargers firing Greg Roman and committing to protect Justin Herbert, Ladd McConkey emerges as a prime bounce back candidate after finishing as wide receiver 23 in 2025. The hosts debate whether McConkey can return to his rookie form when he posted 82 catches and 1,149 yards. Ben Sinnott gets the spotlight as a potential third year breakout with Zach Ertz likely gone from Washington. Sinnott outperformed John Bates in routes run and air yards when Ertz went down, making him a worthy third round pick gamble. On the breakdown side, Xavier Worthy and Trey Benson face uphill battles with unclear roles and injury concerns limiting their dynasty value heading into year three. Start Using the Film Room Today! FastDraft: Download and deposit $10 using code NERDS on the FastDraft app and join your first draft to be eligible for a free one-year full bundle membership at Dynasty Nerds (new members only). FastDraft will match your deposit up to $50. Draft best ball teams in under 5 minutes! FFPC: New Users: Use promo code NERDS for $25 off your first FFPC Playoff Challenge Entry! 00:00 Start 02:12 Breakout: Ladd McConkey 12:43 Breakout: Ben Sinnott 18:04 Honorable Mentions 21:17 FFPC 24:16 FastDraft 26:43 Breakdown: Xavier Worthy 33:18 Breakdown: Trey Benson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ready, set.

0:01.5

Hot, hood.

0:02.3

Welcome to the Dynasty Nerds Fantasy Football Podcast, where we discuss Dynasty Strategy, Ranking, and all things NFL.

0:11.6

So get ready to geek out on fantasy football with your host, Rich Dotson.

0:16.7

And welcome to the Dynastornerd Fantasy Football podcast. I'm Rich Dotson. He's Matt O'Hara. Hey, hey. We're here with our second show in 2026. And yesterday we did the sophomore stop-stops. And this is what year? What is this show called? This is your third year breakouts and breakdowns? Breakouts and breakdowns. Yeah. Like us old men that are slowly breaking down. This is just third year guys that are already doing it, man. And older. Every day I wake up, a little older. These guys are like 23, 24. I was in my prime. These guys might be breaking down. Best, my favorite Mitch Hedberg joke ever. This is a picture of me of when I was younger.

0:55.3

All pictures of you when you're younger?

0:57.8

All pictures of you when you're younger.

1:00.2

Apollo is a picture of you when you're younger.

1:03.3

Instant.

1:04.2

The second you take it.

1:05.5

Yeah.

1:05.9

So third year, guys, you know, it was funny looking at this draft class because I was going through it. And I was like, man, this year guys, you know, it was funny looking this, um, draft class because I was going

1:12.4

through it. And I was like, man, this was like, at the time, it was like, this is a really stud

1:17.7

draft class. Yeah. Yeah. And then you go through and like, and like some of these guys are like

1:21.9

clear cut. You not a lot to talk about like they're already established. We're like,

1:25.4

that was the thing. I feel like there were, this was a tough one for me because there was like a lot of guys have just either either broken out and done things already or there's not a lot of hope not a lot of meat on the boat right like the same thing like i was going through the all every draft pick right look at the guys and i was like even though last year like i was trying to find like some guys to break out like stashes like down the road but even like last year you're like oh this isn't like too I have an

1:47.7

honorable mentions up I have honorable mentions for this one as well you're so we can we can

1:52.8

talk a little bit of honor yeah 2026 and and dishonorable mentions should be can we make that thing

1:58.4

for 2026 like a lot of honorable and dishonorable mentions?

2:01.2

We can.

2:01.8

We can try.

2:02.3

I like the dishonorable part.

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