Tired of making the same draft-day mistakes in your fantasy football leagues? Our team of Featured Pros is here to help you avoid that trap in 2025. In this expert-driven article, our collection of top-ranked analysts has come together to highlight the players they’re completely out on for the upcoming fantasy football season. Whether it’s due to injury concerns, age, declining performance or inflated average draft positions (ADPs), these are the players our experts will never draft again, starting in 2025. Before you build your big board, make sure you know which names to cross off your list for good.
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Players Experts Will Never Draft Again
Wide Receivers
Which one WR burned you so badly that you can’t fathom taking him at or near his half-PPR ADP?
Marvin Harrison Jr. (WR – ARI)
“Marvin Harrison Jr. I loved him as a prospect and still think he has a chance to become a top-drawer receiver, but his rookie-year usage was maddening. Harrison was badly miscast as a vertical receiver, with a 13.4-yard average depth of target (aDOT) in 2024. For the sake of comparison, Ja’Marr Chase had an aDOT of 8.7 yards last season, and Justin Jefferson‘s was 10.9 yards. Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray hasn’t been effective throwing to the middle of the field, possibly because he stands 5-foot-10. Harrison ran three-quarters of his routes on the perimeter despite high success rates on routes over the middle. I’m not confident enough that Harrison’s usage will improve to draft him anywhere near his WR18 ADP.”
– Pat Fitzmaurice (FantasyPros)
A.J. Brown (WR – PHI)
“A.J. Brown is a popular WR1 for many teams. I have drafted him for years because of his natural talent, connection with Hurts and ability to run over defensive players due to his massive body. But… last year, he was the fantasy WR18, finishing with only six games as a WR1. As a player being drafted last year in the late first/early second round, he left a giant hole in lineups with weeks of WR60, WR35, WR38 and WR46, leading teams into the playoffs with a single WR1 performance from Weeks 9-14. Those stat lines burned teams trying to make playoff runs, and they are likely to continue this year with Saquon Barkley still being the centerpiece of the Eagles’ offense. With all those factors, Brown is a player I am avoiding as I prepare for 2025.”
– Adam Dove (The Fantasy Couriers)
“The answer for me is simply A.J. Brown. The case I make isn’t one of him being a bust or even underproducing; it’s one of letting me down when I need him the most. Throughout my fantasy lifetime, any week in which I faced a must-win, Brown was either out with an injury or put up a total dud to sink me. He may put up 25-point boom weeks on a semi-regular basis, but when I need him, I know he will let me down. So I won’t have him on my roster again unless it’s at a massive discount, which he never is.”
– Aaron St Denis (Fantasy Sports Advice Network)
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