Fantasy Football Landmines: Josh Jacobs, Bucky Irving, Aaron Jones (2025)

Navigating your fantasy football draft can be tricky, especially when certain players come with more risk than reward. To help you dodge potential pitfalls, we’ve gathered insights from our collection of Featured Pros to highlight the biggest 2025 draft landmines to avoid. These are the players our fantasy football experts believe are overvalued, injury risks or simply unlikely to live up to their average draft position (ADP) this season. Before you make a costly mistake on draft day, check out who the pros are steering clear of-and why.

Fantasy Football Draft Landmines to Avoid

What one RB inside the top 50 in our consensus ADP do you plan on avoiding in all or most of your drafts relative to their price and why?

Josh Jacobs (RB – GB)

“I’m just not drafting Josh Jacobs this year. I get it. Jacobs is going to find the end zone plenty, and his team is going to move the ball. He was the pinnacle of health last year and, should that repeat itself, he’ll once again put up RB1 numbers. The problem is that Jacobs is 27 years old with 327 touches just a year ago, the second-most of his career. Green Bay also drafted two new offensive weapons and should have a healthier (maybe) MarShawn Lloyd to keep Jacobs fresh. He volumed his way to a PPR RB6 finish in 2024, but I’d much rather have Brock Bowers, Drake London or Chase Brown this season. His mid-second-round price tag is just too steep.”
– Jeremy Shulman (Fantasy Football Universe)

Bucky Irving (RB – TB)

“Bucky Irving was a league winner in 2024, seizing the opportunity late in the year. But his usage spiked only after Rachaad White got injured, and White is healthy coming into the 2025 season. Irving earned a significant role in 2025. But White is the better pass-catcher, pushing Irving into what could be an early-down and goal-line role. Those players are reliant on big plays and touchdowns, making it very hard to justify spending a second-round pick on him.”
– Dave Kluge (Footballguys)

“Bucky Irving is a top-50 running back I’m avoiding in most drafts relative to his ADP. He’s currently going off the board as the RB9 (18th overall), but Tampa Bay’s early-season schedule is a gauntlet: Falcons, Texans, Jets, Eagles, 49ers, Seahawks and Lions in the first seven weeks. I love Irving as a talent; he’s explosive, efficient and a legit PPR asset, but this fade is strictly schedule-based. Even with Rachaad White no longer a factor, I’m not eager to invest a second-round pick in a player who could struggle to find the end zone early. Unless he slips past the second round, I’m letting someone else take on the volatility.”
– Lawrence Iacona (Gridiron Experts)

Aaron Jones (RB – MIN)

“Aaron Jones. The Vikings have been looking to add a running back and turn the backfield into a committee situation for a while. With Jordan Mason in the mix, he will take a good amount of touches away from Jones.”
– Alejandro Orellana (Estadio Fantasy)