Hello and welcome to the PFF Fantasy podcast. I'm your host, Nathan Yaki. This episode is presented by Yahoo Fantasy.

I'm excited today to talk about five of my favorite fantasy football league winners this season,

all of whom have elite upside all have an opportunity to finish among the top five at their position.

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busy fantasy football season this year. Now, our first league winner this year is Brian Thomas,

Jr., a wide receiver of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Thomas gained at least 13 ppr points in each of

his final seven games last season,

averaging 21.5 points during that stretch, which was third best among wide receivers, only behind

Jamar Chase and Puka Nicua. He played at least 84% of his snaps over that stretch outside of one

game, so he was very consistently on the field, the Che Guevore's clear top

wide receiver over the season. And he most notably stood out in his play in the slot, where he

averaged 3.12 yards per route run, which was the best for all wide receivers with at least

100 snaps out of the slot. So it was a very good season, not just out wide where we expected Thomas to do well,

but also in the slot. And the big reason for optimism this year and why we can expect him to

take an even bigger jump is because Liam Cohen is his new head coach. And Cohen has had a lot

of success with slot receivers in his time in the NFL. Going back to 2022, Cooper Cup,

who only played nine games that season, averaged 22.4 fantasy points per game, which was the

best among wide receivers that year. So Cup was their top slot receiver playing over 50%

of his snaps in the slot. And then similarly, in 2024, it was Chris Godwin, who was their slot receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, only played seven games that season.

But he averaged 19.7 PPR points per game out of the slot, playing over 60% of his snaps there.

And Thomas, there's already been quotes out of Cohen where he's going to play more in the

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