Tue Dec 30th 2025

Super Bowl Week Recap

Super Bowl Week Recap

Super Bowl Week Storyline

• The fantasy season has come to an end. I hope you enjoyed the season as much as I did. It was one of my most successful seasons ever. I finished the regular season as the 5th-highest-scoring team in the Scott Fish Bowl and reached the playoffs finals. Sadly, I can’t win it on Monday night, but Puka Nacua could move me into the top ten. I won one of my two redraft leagues. It looks like I will win prize money in six of my ten best-ball leagues, including four first-place prizes. And best of all, I made it to the Super Bowl in five of my nine dynasty leagues. It looks like I am certain to win three of the Super Bowls, and I am certain to lose another. I have a small chance in the other league since I need Puka Nacua and Drake London to score 56 points for me to pull off the win. Still, winning three of my nine leagues is fantastic.  I’ll take it!
• It’s easy to go crazy during the Super Bowl week, but you have to take the good with the bad, though this week there was a lot of bad. A number of players who carried dynasty teams to championships performed far worse than their season average and cost dynasty managers games in the Super Bowl. De’Von Achane and James Cook each had their second-worst games of the season, and Josh Jacobs had his worst. He most certainly cost me a Super Bowl, but I can’t complain, since his consistent performance throughout the season after I traded for him helped propel me there. Javonte Williams was on track for an incredible game against the terrible Washington defense. He had 54 yards and a touchdown before halftime, but then left the game with an injury. It was clear what kind of game he could have had since Malik Davis came in and ran for 103 yards after Williams left. Speaking of the Cowboys, CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens had below-average games even though Dak Prescott threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns, to Jake Ferguson and KaVontae Turpin, helping no one. The Lions looked terrible against the Vikings on Christmas Day, making Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams produce well below their season average while Jahmyr Gibbs had the second-worst game of his season. Courtland Sutton got three consecutive goalline targets, and he dropped two of them. Harold Fannin started off on fire, but left the game after getting injured in the first quarter on his incredible touchdown catch. These are the players who came up lacking this week on my dynasty teams in the Super Bowl and caused me to tilt. Sometimes, the players you rode to get to the Super Bowl have shown up small when you need them the most. At least we play in dynasty leagues and know they’ll be on our teams again next year and have more stud games than dud games, giving us a chance to be back in the Super Bowl again next season.

League Winners

• Very few players had league-winning performances this week, but a few certainly gave dynasty managers a great chance of winning.  Managers lucky enough to have Derrick Henry on their Super Bowl rosters reaped the benefit of his highest scoring game of the season, with a 45-point game. I traded for Henry in two dynasty leagues, giving up a first-round pick in each. In one league, I won the Super Bowl. In the other, I did not make the playoffs, but I will be glad to have him on my team next season. Drake Maye completed 90% of his passes and threw for five touchdowns before getting pulled in the third quarter in their blowout win over the Jets. It was his highest scoring game of the season, too. In his incredible breakout season, he’s scored fewer than 20 fantasy points only once this season and will finish the season as the second or third highest scoring quarterback in the league, depending on how Matthew Stafford plays tonight.  Chase Brown scored the second-most points this season (27) after scoring his season high last week (30). He’s arguably the playoff MVP since he saves his best for last in the semifinals and championship. I regretfully traded one of my Brown shares early in the season, when he was struggling. Since week nine, he’s scored an average of 21 points per game. He was on a lot of Super Bowl rosters in my leagues. I played against him in one and still came away with the win.  He’s only on my roster in another league, and he will help us win tonight if Puka Nacua scores 15 PPR points.  Chris Olave is one of the biggest surprises of the season. He was the 6th highest scoring receiver coming into this week, and he saved his best for last, scoring his most fantasy points of the season in the semifinals last week (36) and his second most in the finals this week (26). He and Tyler Shough have chemistry, and their future together is so bright. My biggest regret of the entire season is trading away one of my shares of Olave. I am loaded at wide receiver in that league and terrible at running back. Early in the season, I traded Olave for Alvin Kamara and Kendre Miller. What a colossal mistake! The only thing that makes me feel better is that he was later traded to another team, which gave up Tyler Warren to get Olave and Jake Ferguson. Clearly, some dynasty managers, like myself, did not see this incredible bounce-back year coming. Finally, what can be said about the way Sunday evening finished with a fantasy bonanza between the 49ers and Bears.  That one game produced four of the top nine scoring players of the week in Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey, Luther Burden, and Caleb Williams. It was the only game in NFL history to start 7-7, 14-14, 21-21, 28-28, and 35-35. What! The teams kept exchanging blows while dynasty managers watched with elation or grief. Sadly for me, it was grief as I saw my lead in the Super Bowl quickly erased by Christian McCaffrey, Caleb Williams, and D’Andre Swift. Those three players combined for 82 points against me on Sunday night. Now I am behind by 56 points with only Drake London and Puka Nacua to save me. It’s a long shot, but if anyone can do it, they can.

Stock Up

• Tyler Shough
  • Shough has earned the right to start for the Saints next season, and he’s played too well in their four-game winning streak for the Saints to be in a position to draft a quarterback.  He’s earned the praise and trust of his coaches and pass catchers, too. Chris Olave was stumping for him as the rookie of the year after Sunday’s game.  Dynasty managers who drafted him in the second or third round of superflex leagues stole a starting quarterback. I took a chance on him in a rookie auction with a rebuilding team and paid $301 for him after paying $550 for Jaxson Dart. I’m loaded up on draft picks for the next two years, so it’s nice to know I won’t absolutely have to pay up for a quarterback but can spend my rookie auction money elsewhere if neede
• Malik Willis
• • Willis looked incredible Saturday night. He finished the week as the third-highest scoring quarterback. He’s earned an opportunity to compete for a starting role next season. He’s a free agent after this year, and a lot of teams need help at quarterback. Each of the last two seasons, there has been a successful reclamation project at quarterback. Two years ago, it was Sam Darnold. This year, it was Daniel Jones.  Willis could be next. I picked him up off waivers in a one-quarterback league that is moving to superflex in 2027. I may have landed a future starter off waivers at the end of the season off waivers. In leagues transitioning to superflex, dynasty managers would be wise to add Willis, Mac Jones, and Marcus Mariota, as each may have a chance to win a starting job or serve as a bridge to the 2027 quarterback class, which is much stronger than this year’s.
• Zach Charbonnet
• • Charbonnet proved it again this week. He is a better running back than Kenneth Walker. The Seahawks finally did what I’ve been calling for all season. They gave Charbonnet more carries than Walker, and he capitalized on it with 110 rushing yards and two touchdowns.  He averaged 6.1 yards per carry, which is a result of hitting the holes and getting what’s blocked for him, whereas Walker’s 3.4 yards per carry is a result of him bouncing things outside and always trying to make a big play. Charbonnet will make fewer big plays than Walker, but he’s better at the little things and keeping the offense on track by not having negative plays. I’m excited to see what he can do in the NFL playoffs to prove to Seattle that he deserves the leading role next year, and they can let Walker sign with another team.
• Christian Watson
• • Watson is the alpha wide receiver for the Packers. It took him a few years and some time to recover from injury to get there, but he’s become the leading man. He’s also the best playmaker on the team. He’s averaged more than 20 yards per catch in six of the ten games he’s played since he got back. Beyond the big plays, he’s also now become their top target. Even with all the competition they’ve added around him since he was drafted, he has surpassed them all. I’ll be excited to see Watson and Tucker Kraft as the focal point of the Packers’ passing game next year. They’ll be even better together.
• Parker Washington
• • What a huge rise in the dynasty rankings for Washington this year, as he and Jacobi Meyers have surpassed Brian Thomas as the leading receivers for the Jaguars. The Jag’s offense has steadily improved this season, and Meyers and Washington have become Trevor Lawrence’s favorite targets. Washington had his second straight 100-yard receiving game on Sunday and is now a viable starter in dynasty lineups for the first time in his career. I hope he can improve during the NFL playoffs and leave his dynasty managers excited for next year when he can contribute to their teams.
• Colston Loveland
• • Loveland finally had his breakout game with ten targets, six catches, and a touchdown. I had him ranked as the top tight end in this class. Tyler Warren was clearly better to start the season, but has faded as the season progressed. Now, Loveland looks like he could pass him by in my rankings. Harold Fannin was the biggest surprise of this class, and he’s outscored Loveland and Warren this season. Fannin has scored 154 fantasy points, Warren 145, and Loveland came on late to score 119. What a great class of rookies they’ve become. I updated my dynasty rankings two weeks ago, ranking Warren 4th, Loveland 9th, and Fannin 10th.  I think I need to move Wareen back and Loveland and Fannin up. Either way, having three rookies this quickly among the top twelve tight ends is a treat. Their dynasty managers have a lot to hope for.

Stock Down

• Bucky Irving and Emeka Egbula
• • Two of the presumed future stars on the Buccaneers are now unable to hold onto their leading roles. Bucky continues to split time with Rachaad White and loses all goal-line carries to Sean Tucker. Since returning from his injury, Bucky has played just over 50% of the snaps. Egbuka has been passed by last year’s rookie standout, Jalen McMillan, who was the team’s most productive wide receiver this week. I benched Egbuka in one of my Super Bowls because I can no longer trust him. In the other, I reluctantly started him over Romeo Doubs, who outperformed him again this week. Irving was on fire at the end of his rookie season and was presumed to be the future lead back for the Buccaneers. Egbuka was on fire to start this season and was presumed to be their top receiver in the future.  After a terrible end to this season, the future of both is far more uncertain.
• Ladd McConkey
• • McConkey has failed ot develop into Justin Herbert’s top target.  He was outplayed and outperformed by Quentin Johnston again this week.  McConkey only earned two targets on Saturday.  A 6% target share from Herbert is terrible. Oronde Gadsden and Tre Harris have seen their targets increase as the season has progressed, too, even though Harris was only targeted once on Saturday. The Chargers do not have an alpha dog among their pass catchers. I don’t think it will ever be McConkey. He’s had a few games where he looked like the Chargers’ clear WR-1 over the last two years, but the consistency is not there.

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