12 Risky Players To Avoid | Think Twice About These Potential Fantasy Football Landmines (Ep. 2073)
July 1, 2026
AI Summary
5 min readThe FantasyPros crew—Joe Pia, Scott Bogman, and Pat Fitzmaurice—spend this episode walking through a dozen players they consider fantasy football landmines for the 2026 season. The throughline is not simply that these players are bad; it is that their current ADP (average draft position) or ECR (expert consensus ranking) prices in an optimistic outcome that the panel believes is unlikely. The conversation is organized around specific risks: injury history, role uncertainty, team context, and the gap between a player's reputation and his recent production. The goal is to help listeners distinguish between calculated risks and traps that can sink a draft.
The Chiefs Backfield: Kenneth Walker and Rashee Rice
The episode opens with the Kansas City Chiefs, a team whose offensive outlook is clouded by Patrick Mahomes' recovery from a torn ACL. Scott Bogman is skeptical that Mahomes will be fully effective even if he plays Week 1, and that uncertainty drags down the value of both Kenneth Walker and Rashee Rice.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:35) **Show Introduction & Topic Framing** - Joe Pia, Scott Bogman, and Pat Fitzmorris introduce the episode's theme: identifying risky players who could derail a fantasy season.
- 2 (01:24) **Chiefs Backfield Concerns: Kenneth Walker & Rashee Rice** - Bogman explains why both Chiefs players carry significant risk.
- 3 (06:40) **Fitzmorris on Rice & Walker** - Fitzmorris agrees Rice is overpriced; is more willing to embrace Walker's risk due to expected high volume.
- 4 (08:10) **Wide Receiver Risks: Nico Collins & Malik Nabers** - Fitzmorris outlines three reasons Nico Collins is risky; panel discusses Nabers' injury recovery.
- 5 (14:08) **Ad Break: Dash Dog Food** - Sponsored segment.
- 6 (15:28) **Rookie RB Risk: Jeremiah Love** - Bogman analyzes historical rookie RB production to argue Love's ADP is too high.
- 7 (19:30) **Breece Hall: Talent vs. Team Context** - Fitzmorris explains why he's out on Hall despite the talent.
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Show Notes
Drafts are won in the middle rounds, but they’re often lost on risky players that look like league-winners! Join Joe Pisapia, Pat Fitzmaurice and Scott Bogman for their most controversial fantasy football landmines.
Are Kansas City Chiefs RB Kenneth Walker III's injury concerns worth the roll of the dice? What are the expectations for New York Giants WR Malik Nabers due to offensive inconsistency? Plus, should managers avoid targeting Denver Broncos RB RJ Harvey?
The Pros disclose the players and traps to avoid!
Timestamps: (May be off due to ads)
Introduction - 0:00:00
Rashee Rice & Kenneth Walker III - 0:00:52
Malik Nabers & Nico Collins - 0:07:36
Dash Dog Food - 0:13:28
Jeremiyah Love - 0:15:01
Breece Hall - 0:18:55
DJ Moore - 0:23:17
Alec Pierce - 0:28:13
RJ Harvey - 0:32:24
Michael Wilson - 0:37:00
Hard Rock Bet - 0:42:09
Jake Ferguson - 0:43:50
Zach Charbonnet - 0:45:52
Outro - 0:48:48
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