FFT Express - Revealing Jamey Eisenberg’s All-Bust Team! Jefferson, Jackson, Jeanty, & More! (1/9 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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Fantasy Football Today Express

Episode: Revealing Jamey Eisenberg’s All-Bust Team! Jefferson, Jackson, Jeanty, & More!

Date: January 9, 2026
Hosts: Adam Aizer, Jamey Eisenberg

Overview

This episode centers on Jamey Eisenberg unveiling his 2025 “All-Bust Team”—a roster made up of fantasy football players who most significantly underperformed versus expectations and draft position. The discussion covers the reasons behind their disappointing seasons, broader team context, and some debate on injury factors. The conversation remains insightful, self-aware, and understanding of the nuances behind fantasy production.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Quarterback Bust: Lamar Jackson

[02:12]

• Selection Justification: Jackson was drafted as the QB2 by ADP, but gave fantasy managers 10 healthy games (not counting Week 18), only producing more than 18.6 points in half.
• Injury Context: Played through injuries, but started most weeks—leaving managers compelled to start him despite lackluster returns.
• Bounce-back Potential: Jamey remains hopeful for a stronger 2026, expecting Jackson to become a draft value since he’s unlikely to be selected as a top-3 QB again.
• Quote:

  "Lamar Jackson gets the top spot at the quarterback position. But I'm hopeful for a bounce back... whoever the new coach is will continue to enhance his skills."
  —Jamey Eisenberg [02:12]

Other QB Candidates

• Jamey considered players like Jayden Daniels but felt Daniels didn't play enough to fairly qualify.

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2. Running Backs: Saquon Barkley & Ashton Jeanty

[03:37] - Saquon Barkley

• Went from 22.2 PPR points per game in 2024 to just 14.5 PPR points in 2025.
• Healthy, but didn’t meet fantasy expectations—possibly due to poor offensive line play and insufficient passing game involvement.
• Quote:

  "Not great for Saquon Barkley... you didn't use him enough in the passing game in any aspect."
  —Jamey Eisenberg [04:55], [05:25]

- Ashton Jeanty

• Overhyped rookie, not the most productive among his class (Kimani Vidal outscored him).
• Blamed for a tough environment more than talent; hopes for organizational improvements in 2026.

Context from Adam

• Noted Giants’ injuries and line struggles; Barkley still flashed elite ability in moments and saw high carry counts late.
• The overall offensive environment made it difficult for Barkley to thrive as expected.

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3. Wide Receivers: Justin Jefferson, Brian Thomas, Ladd McConkey

[07:13]

• Justin Jefferson

  • Only 16.7 PPR points/game in five “good” games with Carson Wentz; just 10.7 without—drastically disappointing.
  • Recent Week 18 performance gives hope for a 2026 resurgence.
  • Quote:

    "What he did with the non Carson Wentz starts—10.7 PPR points per game for the season. Like, awful. Absolutely awful."
    —Jamey Eisenberg [07:40]

• Brian Thomas

  • Dropped from 16.7 PPR as a rookie to 10.1 PPR; hurt by new competition (Jacoby Myers, Travis Hunter), injuries, and form.
  • Labeled as an outright “disaster” by Jamey.

• Ladd McConkey

  • Strong rookie year, but only 11.3 PPR; closed season with 8 straight games of 6 or fewer targets.
  • Increased target competition (Quentin Johnston, Keenan Allen, Arande Gadsden) cited as a key cause.
  • Quote:

    "There was much more target competition than we expected for McConkey, for sure."
    —Adam Aizer [09:06]

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4. Tight End Bust: T.J. Hockenson

[09:43]

• Drafted as TE6, finished as TE26 (7.5 PPR).
• Considered alternatives (Brock Bowers, Sam LaPorta), but injuries marred them more than performance.
• Quote:

  "Just a disaster for him... Hockenson was nowhere close to being the number six tight end."
  —Jamey Eisenberg [09:43]

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5. Flex Bust: Alvin Kamara

[10:40]

• Taken as the 31st overall player, posted a career-low 9.2 PPR.
• Missed final five games (injury), only 12 games played.
• Noted for disappointing playoff output, despite a favorable schedule.
• Uncertainty looms as he turns 31.
• Quote:

  "But the fact that he still played 12 games and delivered that level of... production or lack thereof, was tough."
  —Jamey Eisenberg [10:40]

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Memorable Quotes & Notable Moments

• “When we drafted him and what we thought he was going to do… not a great season [for Jeanty].” —Jamey Eisenberg [04:13]
• “His last game was terrible. But the three before that, very good for fantasy.” —Adam Aizer, on Barkley [05:35]
• “Brian Thomas… one of the biggest disasters this season.” —Jamey Eisenberg [08:23]
• “This was one that I was very nervous about at the start of the season, and unfortunately, it played itself out that way [for Kamara].” —Jamey Eisenberg [11:14]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [02:12] – Lamar Jackson headlining the All-Bust Team at QB
• [03:37] – Running backs: Saquon Barkley & Ashton Jeanty analysis
• [05:25] – Discussion on Barkley’s usage and context
• [07:13] – Wide receivers: Jefferson, Thomas, McConkey bust seasons
• [09:43] – Tight end bust deliberation, settling on T.J. Hockenson
• [10:40] – Flex position bust: Alvin Kamara

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Conclusion

Jamey’s 2025 All-Bust Team is a cautionary roster built from disappointment, injury, and missed context, but he remains optimistic about bounce-back campaigns for some. The detailed discussion offers savvy analysis and honest accountability, making it relevant for all fantasy players re-calibrating their draft boards for next season.

For Jamie’s full writeup and more positional rankings, visit cbssports.com/fantasy.

Transcript

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[Adam Azer]

The all bus team for 2025 courtesy of Jamie Eisenberg right now on Fantasy Football Today Express. Welcome to the show. I'm Adam Azer with Jamie and we got our all but we got Jamie's all bus team here. Some negative guy, this Jamie Eisenberg. All right, who's the, who's the quarterback of this team?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Unfortunately, it's Lamar Jackson. You know, number two quarterback in ADP. He did play 10 healthy games prior to week 18. So in the fantasy season he did give you 10 games of, of being out there and not full games but at least 10 games of production and 18.6 fantasy points or less five times. And so that's not good for a quarterback that we had high expectations for. So unfortunately, Lamar Jackson gets the the top spot at the quarterback position. But I'm hopeful for a bounce back. I think there's a lot of potential still and you've noted this as recently as this morning we were talking about our top 12 quarterbacks that at the start of the season he was awesome. Hopefully he'll be healthy for the full season. Hopefully whoever the new coach is will continue to enhance his skills. And Lamar Jackson I think will be a better value pick next year because he will not be drafted as a top three quarterback. At least that's the expectation.

[Adam Azer]

Yeah. Now is this a difficult decision for you or. Because I. There are some other candidates. You know, obviously Jaden Daniels, he. He was obviously hurt, but he also wasn't great. At least Jackson gave you some 30 point games in there. He gave you four of them. Jane Daniels didn't give you any.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

He just didn't play enough. Yeah, I tried, I try to, you know, sort of gauge the injuries. Like even last year I didn't put Christian McCaffrey on the list because he only played four games. Like how are we to, you know, fairly assess these guys when they're not healthy?

[Adam Azer]

Fair. Okay.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

And, and listen on the flip side of that, they're playing through injuries because Lamar Jackson I'm sure was not at 100 at times this season. Oh yeah, he still was out there and you were basically forced to start him despite the poor production. Running backs so Saquon Barkley and Ashton Genti are the two running backs that I have in the running back positions. Barkley went from 22.2 PPR points per game in 2024 when he was arguably the best player in fantasy to somebody that we were concerned about coming into the season and it played itself out. Thankfully he did not get hurt. But again, 14.5 PPR points per game in the majority of the fantasy season. Not great for Saquon Barkley and then Ashton Genti's the other one. Huge expectations. Probably overhyped. Was on the all rookie team because in terms of his production as a rookie was solid but where we drafted him and what we thought he was going to do, again byproduct of his environment in my opinion more so than his talent but not a great season. He was actually not even the best rookie running back from a points per game standpoint. Kim Scatterboo was better. So very hopeful for a bounce back season for. For Genti coach, quarterback, hopefully. Offensive line all upgraded in 2026 but Genti was tough to trust in 2025 from where we selected him as Fantasy managers.

[Adam Azer]

It's hard to really say what went wrong for Saquon Barkley. I, you know, I, I kind of felt like it was an offensive line issue. I really felt like they weren't blocking well at the second level. They had a lot of injuries throughout the year on their offensive line. ESPN has them their run block win rate at 16th, which is not bad, but it's much lower than what we thought. You saw flashes though from Barkley of he had this breakaway speed, saw him put great moves on people in the passing game. I still think he, he's a great football player.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

You didn't use him enough in the passing game in any aspect. I mean part of our concern was workload and there were games that they just got away from him.

[Adam Azer]

Yeah, the whole offense was really. Because I thought Jalen Hurts had had a case to be the bust quarterback. He was fine. I think he finished as a QB7 or something like that. You can't really argue that he was a bus, but he, but the points per game was so much lower than what you were expecting. The whole offense was really just not good. Good thing for Barkley. 19 or more carries in four straight games. So they're trying to get him going. His last game was terrible. But the three before that, very good for fantasy. All right, let's take a break. Wide receivers, tight ends and flex at the bust on the all bus team after this.

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[Adam Azer]

All right, who do we got? A wide receiver?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yeah, these three were relatively easy. Justin Jefferson, Brian Thomas and Lad McConkey. So Jefferson, again, I don't think you knock him for him. And if you look at what he accomplished in the five starts with Carson Wentz, he averaged 16.7 PPR points per game, which clearly is not the expectation for Justin Jefferson. But you say, okay, if that's what I'm getting from him, cool, I'll take it. No, not a big deal. What he did with the non Carson Wentz starts 10.7 PPR points per game for the season. Like awful. Absolutely awful. So I'm hoping what we saw in week 18, which was a combination of McCarthy and Max Brosmer where he went for over 100 yards receiving and scored 18 PPR points, like, okay, maybe we get that guy still, but he's going to be one of the more fascinating people to break down next year going into 2026. Brian Thomas, I think we all can call him one of the biggest disasters this season. 10.1 ppr points per game through week 8 through week 17 after 16.7 ppr points per game as a rookie. The addition of Jacoby Myers, the addition of Travis Hunter early in the season, his struggles, injuries were a part of this. There's another guy playing through an injury at the start of the season, so wasn't helpful. Just clearly disastrous season for a guy that was a borderline first round pick. And then lad McConkey, another guy that had a big rookie season, 15.1 PR points per game in 2024, finished averaging 11.3 PPR points per game, eight games with 9.8 PPR points or less. So just awful for those three guys. And I think a lot of, you know, for Jefferson and McConaughey at least easy path to success coming back next year. Chargers get a healthy offensive line. Maybe the Vikings bring in a veteran quarterback in case McCarthy gets hurt again all the time. But for Thomas, it just feels like we're not going to get back to that rookie season at least in 2026.

[Adam Azer]

Look, McConkey, man, it's. It's really weird. I mean he finished the season, obviously his playoffs with eight straight games with six or fewer targets. I don't know how to explain that. I mean that's not all offensive line, you know, even the game against Dallas, the one good game for Justin Herbert, he caught a touchdown there, but. But four catches, 43 yards and a touchdown on six targets. Just very strange. Quentin Johnston and Keenan Allen had better years than we ever could have imagined. Arande Gadsden emerged late, so there was much more Target competition than we expected for McConkey for sure. And tight end? Who's the bus to tight end?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I really struggle with this. I went based on ADP and TJ Hawkinson was the number six tight end that we were drafting from our side on CBS Sports. Finished as a number 26 tight end, 7.5 PBR points per game. So just a disaster for him. You can make a case for Brock Bowers. We talked about this, that, you know, the expectations, he'd not meet them. Sam Laporta and what the hope would be for him, you know, missing a lot of time with the back injury. So I sort of negated him from that perspective. So I think there's a few different ways you can go with this one. I just went with ADP and finish, and Hawkinson was nowhere close to being the number six tenant.

[Adam Azer]

Yeah, that's a good call. The case for McBride or. No, the case for Bowers would be you were counting on him to basically help you win your league, and he just certainly did not do that, even though he didn't have a bad year. But, Jamie, you nailed it. Is TJ Hawkinson. Terrible year for him, unfortunately. And how about. Is there a flex?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yeah, another one that I struggle with. Just because there wasn't anybody. I think that was glaring. But I went. Alvin Camara, he was the number 31 player overall on the CBS Sports ADP and he averaged a career low 9.2 PPR points per game. He missed the final five games of the season. So you can say injuries were certainly a factor at the end of the year. But the fact that he still played 12 games and delivered that level of, you know, production or lack thereof, was. Was tough. And then, you know, you saw how the Saints offense picked things up at the end of the season. I know we were, I think, collectively saying that this was a guy you could trade for. When we looked at the schedule and how favorable it was to end the year and he just wasn't there for you. So on top of the fact that he didn't help you in the fancy playoff, second year in a row for him, but this was one that I was very nervous about at the start of the season, and unfortunately, it played itself out that way. So to finish, you know, as poorly as it did for Alvin Khmer, I hope it's not the end of his career. I'd like to see him come back one more time, but 31 years old now. We'll see what the Saints decide to do.

[Adam Azer]

All right, thank you very much to Jamie Eisenberg. Great content on the website cbssports.com fantasy and he's got weekend stuff if you don't need DFS help. Top 12 at each position from all the staff and things like this all bus team. So just check it out and we'll talk to you on Monday on Fantasy Football Today Express.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

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