Our Biggest Hits and Misses From 2025: What We Learned, Part 1 (Episode 960 with Evan Silva and Adam Levitan)

Adam Levitan and Evan Silva take a look back at their preseason rankings and deconstruct their fantasy hits and misses, assessing what made their hits become hits and what lessons we can learn from the misses.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

2:10 - Jonathan Taylor

5:21 - Brian Thomas Jr. 

9:43 - De’Von Achane

12:17 - Christian McCaffrey

16:25 - Chase Brown

20:23 - Trey McBride

21:56 - Lamar Jackson

23:48 - Jaxon Smith-Njigba

27:17 - Xavier Worthy

30:01 - George Pickens

31:13 - Marvin Harrison Jr. 

34:31 - TreVeyon Henderson

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