December 23, 2025 • 7 mins
Dan Clasgens joined us to talk fantasy football for the final time in 2025.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
All right, nineteen away from five o'clock. This is ESPN
fifteen to thirty. We are broadcasting from Oakley Greens because
that's where we broadcast from every single Tuesday now. Typically
on Thursdays, we talk fantasy football with our friend Dan Klaskins,
host of Fantastics, Insider Football and Serious Exempt Fantasy. Thursday
is Christmas, and as much as Dan loves fantasy football,
(00:23):
he didn't want me to call him on Christmas to
talk fantasy football also, but we have a Best of
show running on Christmas, and so I won't be here.
But because it's championship weekend in fantasy football and we
had to put a bow on our season together, Dan
is with us. Now follow him on x at Dan Klaskins.
How you doing, sir?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Mo? What is up? What is up? My friend? And
I'm trying to pair out how they just jam a
best of show in just three hours with the Baggers
show out man.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Usually when they say yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
That's it. Usually when they say hey we have a
best of show, I ask like how long is it
going to be? Can we get an hour? And this
year they're like, no, we three three hours. We need
three hours. The Best of I don't know if I
would call it a best of as much as I
would just call it a rerun.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Oh man, Well, happy holidays seeing my friend. Thanks again
a great season. It's championship week in fantasy and hope
any of our listeners are still alive.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Yes I am not, but every fantasy football season provides lessons,
and I think regardless of whether you have a team
playing this weekend or if you're like me and you
were eliminated weeks ago, there are some things we can
learn about fantasy football that we can apply to next
year based on things on how things unfolded this year.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
No tout about it. I mean, I'm an old dude
and I've been playing it for a long time. Every
year new lessons, and I'll pay the biggest lessons this
year not placing valuable draft picks on injured players. I mean,
whether it was Brandon Au Joe Mixon. I mean, these
guys are going in the seventh, tenth round. They never
even played all season, and with all the injuries we
have going on single week, you can't afford to start
(02:01):
with the dude that's already hurt. Rookie running backs they
sell them deliver on that early round hype either whether
it was Ash and Gentsy is a top ten pick
of Maryon Hampton, trade On Henderson, RJ. Hardy. None of
those dudes delivered. And if you wait, you got to
be patient. Mo. I'm still waiting on quarterbacks next year too.
I mean Drake, Nate, Matthew, Stafford, Trevor Lawrence, Justin Hurt
Kle but Jan Darnold, all these guys outside the top
(02:22):
twelve and drafts all given q QB one production and
you got to get a running back in the first
thirty picks. I tried to get cute in a few leagues.
It was a disaster. Running Backs are hard to come by.
You can't scrape their waiver wire. You need a RB one.
And finally, if you're playing a lot of leagues, you know,
mix it up a little bit. Don't do the same
strategy in every league like I did it like a
bonehead of many of my big leagues this year, going
(02:44):
premium tight ends and George kylelebrock Bowers. They got hurt
and I didn't have guys in other positions. So MO,
just a few of the lessons I learned. I'm sure
others heads on the heads of the list.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Uh yeah, don't auto draft if you're if you're if
you're busy, right, if you're like you got to do
bedtime for the kid and you're doing an online draft,
don't think you know what, I'll let the computer handle
two or three of these picks. Don't do that. I
will never do that again. My kid will stay up
past the draft and be cranky at school the next day.
If we have to do that. Auto draft killed me
(03:16):
this year in the rounds that I had.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
To use it. There you go, And why do you
care at the kid cranky at school next day? You
don't be at school. You won't have to deal with.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
It's a very very good point. It's a very very
good point, one that I will apply to the Fantasy
football draft next year. All right, let's take a look
at some injuries going into Week seventeen.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, let's start a quarterback. I mean Lamar Jackson, as
you saw out Sunday night with that back issue. I
don't know, we'll have to see. I'd be surprised if
he plays the Ravens season online, though he may puff
it out Tyler Henley if he does. In Jordan Love,
He's in concussion protocol. Mack Malik Willis got a little
banged up in that Saturday night affair, so we'll hope
love can get back to Packers a big contest they
(03:58):
play on Saturday versus those same rate JJ McCarthy. He's
out though, is Max Brosmer for the Vikings. Marcus Mario
Mariota trending out for that Christmas matchup for the Commanders.
That would be Josh Johnson. So I think I read
today twelve backup quarterbacks starting this week, So I mean
it's during week seventeen fantasy games. That is a challenge.
(04:19):
Travon Henderson, he's a concussion protocol. I don't think he's
going to play it. They'll meet him against the Jets,
so you might have to deal without him. Rookie running
back qush On Junkins, he's out for the season five
months to six months with a broken leg. What he
Mark Smiths last week with an ankle. See if the
Texans can get him back. I don't think you can
trust him in line as we've got DK Metcalf obviously
suspended two games appealing. It may get dropped though game
(04:41):
We may find that out today, but either way likely
not to be available for the championship game, and Devonte Adams, Rossi,
Rice rome O'disney, Luther Burton all players that miss last week.
That status is very much still in doubt. Here for Week.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Seventeen, Dan Klaskins is with his fantastics Insider Football on
Sirius XAM Fantasy one one more time for twenty twenty five.
Give me your weekly studs, duds and sleepers.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Yeah, let's start with Dak Press. Got a little Christmas
stud for you on Christmas Day and twenty five plus
fantasy points at four of his last five match. First
the Commanders, He's broken twenty and five of his last
six overall. I think he easily gets to that on Thursday.
Chris Olave my other stud at receiver. Here at Tennessee.
The Titans are seeding the ninth most fantasy points the
(05:28):
wide out in the season. I really like the way
a Lave and Tyler Schuck are connected. Sixteen catches, twenty
five party, tw hundred and thirty three yards, three scores
over the last three weeks. He is on fire. And
then Dudge Jerreed Goff no team giving up fewer fantasy
points to the Vikings and you look at golf five
career starts at Minnesota's this one game where he's managed
one or more touchdown passes. Minnesota's only allowed one quarterback
(05:48):
to get above that this season at home games where
you go daddles on my bench list that dud. He
has it found the end zone. In the last five games.
He hasn't broken fifty eight yards on the ground at
sixth straight he's split in time with two. But I've
already got to play the sea as none of that's
good me. And finally a couple of sleepers. We got
to go against the Banngals defense. We've been doing it
all season, agains what it's been working. So Michael Carter
(06:09):
inside my top twenty running back. The usually wasn't great
last week, but clearly Arizona's leadback. Cincinnati a defense allowing
the most fantasy points to running back twenty three running
backs if they double did at PPR points against the Bengals,
fourteen of that for fourteen plus. That's where I got
Carter this week. And finally Troy Franklin, my sleeper wide
out Pat Bryant went down. I think he's going to
(06:29):
get back to those eight to nine targets that made
him a big play in October. He's picking up steam
of late fifteen point seven PPR points average over his
last two mark again, I think he'll get to on
Sunday against the Chiefs.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
I love having it every g that's right, Yeah, I
love having you every single week. I'm just going to
go ahead and get this out of the way. And
you know, usually early August, late July, I sheepishly send
you an email. Hey, you ready to do another year
of fantasy football? Can I just like book it now
so I don't have to send that email.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Bucket now, let's boocket. Brother. Always appreciate it. Definitely fun
to do and like helping people. But so remember if
you're playing this week, just we have a wide slate
of games here. They're gonna have to be dialed in
for a few days. Pay attention to the weather and
stick to the process. Don't overthink it. Bring on those titles. No,
only one person win the league. So there's eleven losers
in every league. You got to keep that in mind.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Yes, yes, yes, and it's been I've been reminded in
one league I've never won. In the other league, I
haven't made a serious run since twenty eighteen, so I
have the next nine months to do some serious serious
self examination. Dan, we'll talk not something man. Thank you
as always.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
All right, looking forward to it. Enjoy your holiday though,
and thanks a lot, buddy.
All right, nineteen away from five o'clock. This is ESPN
fifteen to thirty. We are broadcasting from Oakley Greens because
that's where we broadcast from every single Tuesday now. Typically
on Thursdays, we talk fantasy football with our friend Dan Klaskins,
host of Fantastics, Insider Football and Serious Exempt Fantasy. Thursday
is Christmas, and as much as Dan loves fantasy football,
(00:23):
he didn't want me to call him on Christmas to
talk fantasy football also, but we have a Best of
show running on Christmas, and so I won't be here.
But because it's championship weekend in fantasy football and we
had to put a bow on our season together, Dan
is with us. Now follow him on x at Dan Klaskins.
How you doing, sir?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Mo? What is up? What is up? My friend? And
I'm trying to pair out how they just jam a
best of show in just three hours with the Baggers
show out man.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Usually when they say yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
That's it. Usually when they say hey we have a
best of show, I ask like how long is it
going to be? Can we get an hour? And this
year they're like, no, we three three hours. We need
three hours. The Best of I don't know if I
would call it a best of as much as I
would just call it a rerun.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Oh man, Well, happy holidays seeing my friend. Thanks again
a great season. It's championship week in fantasy and hope
any of our listeners are still alive.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Yes I am not, but every fantasy football season provides lessons,
and I think regardless of whether you have a team
playing this weekend or if you're like me and you
were eliminated weeks ago, there are some things we can
learn about fantasy football that we can apply to next
year based on things on how things unfolded this year.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
No tout about it. I mean, I'm an old dude
and I've been playing it for a long time. Every
year new lessons, and I'll pay the biggest lessons this
year not placing valuable draft picks on injured players. I mean,
whether it was Brandon Au Joe Mixon. I mean, these
guys are going in the seventh, tenth round. They never
even played all season, and with all the injuries we
have going on single week, you can't afford to start
(02:01):
with the dude that's already hurt. Rookie running backs they
sell them deliver on that early round hype either whether
it was Ash and Gentsy is a top ten pick
of Maryon Hampton, trade On Henderson, RJ. Hardy. None of
those dudes delivered. And if you wait, you got to
be patient. Mo. I'm still waiting on quarterbacks next year too.
I mean Drake, Nate, Matthew, Stafford, Trevor Lawrence, Justin Hurt
Kle but Jan Darnold, all these guys outside the top
(02:22):
twelve and drafts all given q QB one production and
you got to get a running back in the first
thirty picks. I tried to get cute in a few leagues.
It was a disaster. Running Backs are hard to come by.
You can't scrape their waiver wire. You need a RB one.
And finally, if you're playing a lot of leagues, you know,
mix it up a little bit. Don't do the same
strategy in every league like I did it like a
bonehead of many of my big leagues this year, going
(02:44):
premium tight ends and George kylelebrock Bowers. They got hurt
and I didn't have guys in other positions. So MO,
just a few of the lessons I learned. I'm sure
others heads on the heads of the list.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Uh yeah, don't auto draft if you're if you're if
you're busy, right, if you're like you got to do
bedtime for the kid and you're doing an online draft,
don't think you know what, I'll let the computer handle
two or three of these picks. Don't do that. I
will never do that again. My kid will stay up
past the draft and be cranky at school the next day.
If we have to do that. Auto draft killed me
(03:16):
this year in the rounds that I had.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
To use it. There you go, And why do you
care at the kid cranky at school next day? You
don't be at school. You won't have to deal with.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
It's a very very good point. It's a very very
good point, one that I will apply to the Fantasy
football draft next year. All right, let's take a look
at some injuries going into Week seventeen.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, let's start a quarterback. I mean Lamar Jackson, as
you saw out Sunday night with that back issue. I
don't know, we'll have to see. I'd be surprised if
he plays the Ravens season online, though he may puff
it out Tyler Henley if he does. In Jordan Love,
He's in concussion protocol. Mack Malik Willis got a little
banged up in that Saturday night affair, so we'll hope
love can get back to Packers a big contest they
(03:58):
play on Saturday versus those same rate JJ McCarthy. He's
out though, is Max Brosmer for the Vikings. Marcus Mario
Mariota trending out for that Christmas matchup for the Commanders.
That would be Josh Johnson. So I think I read
today twelve backup quarterbacks starting this week, So I mean
it's during week seventeen fantasy games. That is a challenge.
(04:19):
Travon Henderson, he's a concussion protocol. I don't think he's
going to play it. They'll meet him against the Jets,
so you might have to deal without him. Rookie running
back qush On Junkins, he's out for the season five
months to six months with a broken leg. What he
Mark Smiths last week with an ankle. See if the
Texans can get him back. I don't think you can
trust him in line as we've got DK Metcalf obviously
suspended two games appealing. It may get dropped though game
(04:41):
We may find that out today, but either way likely
not to be available for the championship game, and Devonte Adams, Rossi,
Rice rome O'disney, Luther Burton all players that miss last week.
That status is very much still in doubt. Here for Week.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Seventeen, Dan Klaskins is with his fantastics Insider Football on
Sirius XAM Fantasy one one more time for twenty twenty five.
Give me your weekly studs, duds and sleepers.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Yeah, let's start with Dak Press. Got a little Christmas
stud for you on Christmas Day and twenty five plus
fantasy points at four of his last five match. First
the Commanders, He's broken twenty and five of his last
six overall. I think he easily gets to that on Thursday.
Chris Olave my other stud at receiver. Here at Tennessee.
The Titans are seeding the ninth most fantasy points the
(05:28):
wide out in the season. I really like the way
a Lave and Tyler Schuck are connected. Sixteen catches, twenty
five party, tw hundred and thirty three yards, three scores
over the last three weeks. He is on fire. And
then Dudge Jerreed Goff no team giving up fewer fantasy
points to the Vikings and you look at golf five
career starts at Minnesota's this one game where he's managed
one or more touchdown passes. Minnesota's only allowed one quarterback
(05:48):
to get above that this season at home games where
you go daddles on my bench list that dud. He
has it found the end zone. In the last five games.
He hasn't broken fifty eight yards on the ground at
sixth straight he's split in time with two. But I've
already got to play the sea as none of that's
good me. And finally a couple of sleepers. We got
to go against the Banngals defense. We've been doing it
all season, agains what it's been working. So Michael Carter
(06:09):
inside my top twenty running back. The usually wasn't great
last week, but clearly Arizona's leadback. Cincinnati a defense allowing
the most fantasy points to running back twenty three running
backs if they double did at PPR points against the Bengals,
fourteen of that for fourteen plus. That's where I got
Carter this week. And finally Troy Franklin, my sleeper wide
out Pat Bryant went down. I think he's going to
(06:29):
get back to those eight to nine targets that made
him a big play in October. He's picking up steam
of late fifteen point seven PPR points average over his
last two mark again, I think he'll get to on
Sunday against the Chiefs.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
I love having it every g that's right, Yeah, I
love having you every single week. I'm just going to
go ahead and get this out of the way. And
you know, usually early August, late July, I sheepishly send
you an email. Hey, you ready to do another year
of fantasy football? Can I just like book it now
so I don't have to send that email.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Bucket now, let's boocket. Brother. Always appreciate it. Definitely fun
to do and like helping people. But so remember if
you're playing this week, just we have a wide slate
of games here. They're gonna have to be dialed in
for a few days. Pay attention to the weather and
stick to the process. Don't overthink it. Bring on those titles. No,
only one person win the league. So there's eleven losers
in every league. You got to keep that in mind.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Yes, yes, yes, and it's been I've been reminded in
one league I've never won. In the other league, I
haven't made a serious run since twenty eighteen, so I
have the next nine months to do some serious serious
self examination. Dan, we'll talk not something man. Thank you
as always.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
All right, looking forward to it. Enjoy your holiday though,
and thanks a lot, buddy.
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