Aug 30, 2026 · 1h 16m
Fantasy’s safest bets face another Burn Book reckoning
The Players Most Likely to Burn Us This Year
The episode tests whether familiar fantasy football assumptions about stars, teams, and rebound seasons deserve another draft-day investment.
- 1Seattle, Denver, the Chargers, and San Francisco emerge as potential traps for managers trusting reputation over changing circumstances.
- 2The hosts revisit recurring disappointments involving Mike Evans, DJ Moore, Devonta Smith, and Rashee Rice.
- 3Audience questions widen the conversation from draft strategy to painful losses, NFL hypotheticals, AI videos, and live-show absurdity.
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The hosts stage a Cleveland-or-Siberia photo quiz, and the crowd partially vindicates the claim that Cleveland weather is worse.
The brief
Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck bring their annual Burn Book to a Los Angeles live show, pairing fantasy skepticism with beach ham, crowd games, and listener questions.
The football argument centers on players and teams that look safe but could disappoint: a post-Super Bowl Seattle, Jalen Waddle in Denver, and the Chargers’ familiar promise of collapse.
Mike Evans, DJ Moore, Devonta Smith, and Rashee Rice extend the case against easy optimism, with age, injuries, team changes, and uncertainty complicating each draft profile.
The standout detour is a Cleveland-or-Siberia audience game, where photos and Craig’s weather theory turn regional misery into a partial courtroom victory.
Audience mail shifts from running-back strategy and championship-week pain to coach games, AI sports videos, cloud weight, QR codes, and the ideal temperature for pizza.
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