2026 Fantasy Values For This Season’s League Winners | Which Players Were on The Most Championship Rosters? (Ep. 1931)

January 13, 2026

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

The Format: Casual chat among hosts breaking down the 2025 fantasy football season in a post-mortem style, blending NFL playoff reactions with draft strategy debates for 2026.
The Key Players:
- Hosts: Joey P (Joey P Zapia) leads with data-driven questions; Pat Fitzmorris (Packers fan behind "enemy lines" in Chicago) brings salty banter; Jake Seely (The Athletic) offers balanced, projection-based insights.
- Chemistry: High-energy ribbing, especially Pat's Packers mourning mocked by Joey's cheese grater prop—playful rivalry fuels laughs.
The Vibe: Fun and educational, with intense strategy debates lightened by NFL trash-talk and self-deprecating humor.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Jake Seely & Pat Fitzmorris**
2 (04:52) **Hero RB Strategy Post-Mortem**
3 (11:39) **Christian McCaffrey Workload Risks**
4 (20:05) **Championship WR Surprises**
5 (26:35) **Late-Round QB Success**
6 (32:41) **Ashton Jeanty Rookie Outlook**
7 (37:28) **Tight End Landscape**

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Show Notes

Join Joe Pisapia, Pat Fitzmaurice, and Jake Ciely as they begin their breakdown of the 2025 fantasy football season with key observations and questions they came away with at the end of the campaign!

Timestamps: (May be off due to ads)

Intro - 0:00:00

Is the “Hero RB” Strategy officially back? - 0:04:22

Are CMC and Derrick Henry going to be the consensus RB2 and RB3 next season? - 0:10:12

Hard Rock Bet - 0:16:30

Are Puka and JSN locked-in as Top 3 WRs? Will Chris Olave and George Pickens be inside the Top 12? - 0:18:15

Is late-round QB the only way to go? - 0:24:45

BettingPros Premium - 0:30:23

Where are we ranking Ashton Jeanty in 2026? - 0:30:53

Is the “Elite TE” dead unless you get them at a discount? - 0:35:38

Which major injuries shaped the season? - 0:44:01

Was 2025 a good waiver wire year? - 0:47:52

Trophy Smack Giveaway - 0:54:29

How important were defenses and kickers? - 0:55:07

Will your 2026 draft strategy change at all based on this data? - 0:58:47

Outro - 1:03:07

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