9 Players We’re Not Drafting This Year

The Ringer Fantasy Football Show

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🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

The guys highlight (lowlight?) the players they’re avoiding at all costs in fantasy drafts this season, and make the case for why you should too. (0:00) Intro (1:44) The fantasy impact of Rashee Rice’s six-game suspension (6:20) The Vikings reunite with Adam Thielen (20:15) Baker Mayfield, Buccaneers QB (23:41) DK Metcalf, Steelers WR (26:46) Kaleb Johnson, Steelers RB (28:52) Terry McLaurin, Commanders WR (35:09) Mark Andrews, Ravens TE (40:32) Kenneth Walker III, Seahawks RB (46:22) David Montgomery, Lions RB (51:53) Joe Mixon, Texans RB (53:03) Chris Olave, Saints WR (56:01) The lefty tangent Check out our 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings here! Email us! [email protected] Getaway sales event. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producers: Carlos Chiriboga, Ronak Nair, and Kai Grady Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ring of Fantasy Football Show.
0:14.9	I'm joined by Danny Kellyan, Craig Horlebeck.
0:17.4	And today we are doing the guys, we will not draft.
0:19.5	What are you laughing at me for?
0:21.2	Honestly, because Austin Gale texted us right as we started saying,
0:24.7	A Clear Cup is a choice.
0:26.5	Dude, all right.
0:27.3	This is an unnamed energy drink you're drinking.
0:30.3	This is an unnamed energy drink, which I was told I'm not allowed to have with the can
0:33.9	because it's like no free ads or whatever.
0:35.7	Looks like you haven't had a glass of water. Looks like a cup of three days.
0:38.3	Well, you know what?
0:38.8	Maybe it's iced tea or something or a beer.
0:40.3	I wish it was that.
0:41.1	But no, this is what an energy drink looks like when you pour it out. And I guess I'm not allowed to have the thing up here. The number one player I do not want to draft is whatever's in there. Yeah, bad teammate. the chart, you're a bad teammate if this is your color.
0:35.4	Yeah, so that's, yeah, congrats to me.
0:37.0	All right, this is an incentive for everyone to watch on YouTube,
0:39.6	Spotify, wherever you want to watch on video.
0:41.4	I'm disgusted.
0:41.9	So, yeah, weats to me. All right. This is an incentive for even to watch
0:54.1	on YouTube,
0:55.1	Spotify,
	...

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