Here are some players that I don’t like in 2025. Some could be busts, while others seem overvalued with their current price tag (consensus ranking being too high).

Joe Burrow
Joe Cool recovered from surgery and the results were impressive. He and Ja’Marr Chase are one of the most lethal combinations in the league. The only concern is the amount of hits he takes. He’s really taken a beating year in and year out. If he can stay healthy, he’ll do well. He’s so talented and his poise under pressure is incredible. Unfortunately he’s pretty expensive now with a current consensus ranking at QB 5. So for that reason, I’ll probably pass on him unless he slips a little in my draft.

Baker Mayfield
(7/10) UPDATE Tampa’s best offensive lineman, Tristan Wirfs, is going to miss the start of the season. He injured his MCL (knee) last season and it had more damage than the Bucs’ brass originally thought. Wirfs will now undergo surgery. That’s not good news for the Buccaneers’ offense. I’m moving everyone (Baker, Bucky, Evans, etc.) down a few pegs without the all-pro anchoring the line.

What a comeback Baker has had in Tampa. It’s even better than when Cosmo Kramer returned as a baker to H & H bagels. Unfortunately, he’s ranked much higher now, and that’s a little too high, especially given a tougher schedule, for the fantasy football analyst whose bad advice & terrible jokes give the most bagels, Mark Ringo.

Just like with Cal Naughton Jr., Ringo thinks Shake and Bake is dead. Baker is getting a new nickname in 2025…..”The Magic Man”. Now you see him performing as a Top 10 fantasy QB. Now you don’t, haha!

Bo Nix
Bo knows baseball. Bo knows football. Bo knows basketball too. Bo knows tennis? Bo knows running. Bo knows weights. Bo knows fantasy football’s top 10 best QBs in 2025? No.

Nix is a good player, but inside the top 10 QBs is way too rich for Mark Ringo. Even with offensive guru, Sean Payton, calling the plays, I’m going to pass on Bo and let someone else pay that expensive price tag. I guess you could say Ringo is nixing that idea. If only Bo’s last name was kibosh, haha!

When it comes to telling funny jokes/puns…….Ringo, you don’t know diddly!

Just do it!

Brock Purdy
The 49’ers had a chance to address the offensive line in the first round but instead chose to address another need on the defensive line. Their offensive line is becoming an issue and if anything happens to Trent Williams, things will get shakier than the earthquake in 1989. In addition, Brandon Aiyuk is trying to come back from a torn ACL and Deebo Samuel was traded to Washington. The deck seems stacked against Purdy, who seems more like a game manager than a gunslinger imo, but San Fran ponied up big money to keep him- five years $265 million! Purdy’s consensus ranking isn’t on sale either- at QB 14. For those reasons, I’m out of Brock unless he slips in drafts.

Anyway, after San Francisco owner Jed York found some $ in a lost briefcase, here’s a snapshot of how things went down. Haha!

Jordan Love
Jordan Love has shown flashes, but I’m still not ready to rank him as a top ten fantasy QB. Even with the Pack drafting Matthew Golden in the first round, I want to see Jordan do it before I rank him high. Anyway, this is how it went down when I heard another fantasy analyst singing about Love’s 2024 fantasy outlook at a toga party this summer, haha! (see video below)

C.J. Stroud
C.J. is a tough one to get a read on. He had a really good rookie year, but regressed in 2024. Usually it’s the other way around. Houston added rookie WRs Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel in the draft. They also traded for veteran Christian Kirk. That should help offset the losses of Stefon Diggs in free agency and Tank Dell who is recovering from a gruesome knee injury suffered last season. However, the loss of all-pro LT Laremy Tunsil looms large, imo. Stroud was under constant duress last season, and that was with Tunsil. Without him, he might be in the hospital ward in a month. It’s hard, for me at least, to envision Stroud and the Texans’ offense thriving unless their offensive line improves, and I don’t see that happening this year. For those reasons, I’m out on most of the Texans’ offense unless they slide a lot in drafts, which I doubt will happen.

Sam Darnold
The good news is if you want Yosemite Sam, you can get him pretty cheap. His current consensus ranking is QB 27. That hardly qualifies as a bust. I listed him here because if he does poorly it will not only affect him, but the entire Seahawks’ offense. The Sam Darnold, I know and love, finally showed up last year and saw ghosts in the playoffs, when the Vikings got smoked by the Rams in Arizona, even with a partisan Vikings' crowd cheering them on. Seattle coughed up a lot of gold for Yosemite Sam ($100 million), which is a huge gamble considering how bad he looked in the playoffs. Without the stout Vikings' defense, offensive line, Justin Jefferson, and weather controlled climate to support him, I think Darnold will find the going to be a lot tougher in Seattle. Don’t forget about rookie QB Jalen Milroe. I wouldn’t be surprised if Seattle drew up some wildcat plays in the red zone for Milroe, which would further hurt Darnold’s fantasy outlook. So, when I say whoa, I mean whoa ya lily livered, no good, free-loading fantasy varmits!

Tyler Shough
Tyler Shough isn’t ranked high enough to be a bust. This bit is just for entertainment purposes, although Shough has had a difficult time staying healthy in college. Shough has a live arm and an exciting young coach in Kellen Moore. The Saints also drafted much needed help for their depleted offensive line with 1st round pick LT Kelvin Banks. However, after Tyler moved next door to me and called me a lame ass fantasy football writer, it was go time. This is how it went down. Haha!!!