If You’re Not Having Fun, You’re Doing It Wrong: My Favorite and Least Favorite Player in Every Round of 2025 Fantasy Drafts

Kevin Szafraniec
September 1, 2025

Kevin Szafraniec combs through 2025 ADP and highlights his favorite and least favorite picks in every round of drafts.

When we play fantasy football, we should be having fun, plain and simple. However, sometimes this idea can be lost (I’m talking to myself here) as we search for edges in the darkest pockets of analytics and fantasy football analysis. But at the end of the day, we should feel happy when we click on players in drafts. If not, then what are we doing?

With this in mind, I have decided to go through FFPC Redraft ADP and pick out the players in each round who have me fist-pumping with excitement as I add them to teams. On the opposite end of the spectrum, there are also players in drafts who lead to me curling up in the fetal position when they inexplicably land on my rosters.

Obviously, emotions play a part in each of my selections for this article, but I’d also like to believe that these feelings are firmly grounded in good process. So get ready to go on this emotional roller coaster with me as I work through my favorite and least favorite picks of every round in 2025 fantasy drafts.

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Kevin Szafraniec

Full-time Cat Dad, Sneakerhead, Record Collector, LOTR Fanboy, and Jeopardy Enthusiast. Fantasy football writer and beatmaker in my free time. Follow me on X and Bluesky @thecatdadff

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