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Dynasty Nerds Podcast | Dynasty Fantasy Football

Dynasty Risers and Fallers Week 15: McCarthy, Pitts, Burrow! Dynasty Fantasy Football Podcast - EP. 764

Dynasty Nerds Podcast | Dynasty Fantasy Football

Rich Dotson

Sports, Football, Fantasy Sports

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Dynasty Risers and Fallers: JJ McCarthy, Kyle Pitts, and Joe Burrow Rich Dotson, Garret Price, and Jagger May broke down the week's biggest dynasty risers and fallers on the latest podcast. JJ McCarthy topped the risers after back-to-back solid performances, while Kyle Pitts exploded for 45.6 PPR points. On the flip side, Joe Burrow continues to struggle, raising concerns about his long-term future in Cincinnati. Listen to This Episode: 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎙️ Spotify ▶️ YouTube Rich emphasized that McCarthy remains obtainable despite his recent success, projecting he could be acquired for a first-round pick plus. The young quarterback is completing over 73% of his passes with six touchdowns across two games in Kevin O'Connell's system. Garret threw cold water on the hype, noting McCarthy faced the third and first-worst defenses against fantasy quarterbacks, but all three hosts agreed the positional value makes him worth the gamble. Luther Burden also earned riser status after leading the Bears in targets since Week 10, though Rich cautioned his value is situational with Rome Odunze returning soon. Pitts' massive game sparked debate about whether this is his second coming or just a contract-year fluke, with the Patriots and Commanders emerging as potential landing spots. The fallers list featured Sam Darnold cooling off after a hot start, Stefon Diggs entering his Keenan Allen phase, and Burrow raising Andrew Luck retirement comparisons. Jagger highlighted the Bengals' organizational cheapness as a major concern for Burrow's health and happiness moving forward. 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! 00:00 Start 01:14 Injuries 03:02 Dynasty Risers 03:53 Riser: JJ McCarthy 15:21 Riser: Luther Burden 23:10 Riser: Kyle Pitts 30:31 Dynasty Fallers 31:03 Faller: Sam Darnold 38:01 Faller: Stefon Diggs 42:25 Faller: Joe Burrow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ready, set.

0:01.5

Hot, hood.

0:02.2

Welcome to the Dynasty Nerds Fantasy Football Podcast, where we discuss Dynasty Strategy,

0:09.0

rankings, and all things NFL.

0:11.6

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

0:16.7

And welcome to the Dinosaurge Fantasy Football Podcast Rizers, Wallers edition, where we instantly react to this past Sunday's news.

0:28.4

I'm Rich Dodson. He's Garrett Price.

0:31.5

How's it going?

0:32.5

He's Jagger May. Howdy.

0:34.6

And we are talking the great week one of the planet fantasy football season is underway.

0:41.3

We had some great performances.

0:42.9

We had some great duds.

0:44.4

We had some horrific injuries.

0:46.9

And so goes to playoffs.

0:48.5

And it goes to show you how important it is to get that version around by.

0:52.2

We were talking pre-show.

0:53.5

You just run into buzz saws

0:55.5

like Kyle Pitts Trevor Lawrence Travis ETN that not a buzz saw because he's been a stud

1:02.4

all year tray McBride you know guys I just want to come in and cry to chop you in the throat

1:06.5

when you're trying to give a speech at your wedding it's just not good good news out there. So, you know, this week we had some pretty devastating injuries that are definitely

1:15.3

have some playoff implications.

1:17.6

Pat Mahomes coming off a great season, one of his better seasons.

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