That’s it, folks. The 2025 NFL season is in the books after the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday night. Sam Darnold won a championship; you did not hallucinate that.
If you’ve been following this series during the playoffs, thank you for reading. I’ll have more dynasty content coming during the offseason. For now, check out the final installment of the Dynasty Fallout series below.
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Dynasty Fantasy Football Risers
RB Kenneth Walker, Seahawks
I have to imagine that Kenneth Walker and his agent are on the phone right now like the Tony Montana-Alex Sosa Scarface meme, laughing about how much money they’re about to make this offseason.
That’s because Walker went scorched Earth in the playoffs, averaging 139 total yards while scoring four TDs. He averaged 24.9 fantasy PPG, a number that would’ve put him at RB1 for the season ahead of Christian McCaffrey. It’s a small sample size, and he did so without Zach Charbonnet on the field, but producing like that against playoff competition is mightily impressive.
Now, the toothpaste is out of the tube. You can’t put it back. Walker showed out on the biggest stage in all three playoff games, culminating in a 161-yard Super Bowl performance against the Patriots that won him MVP honors. He became the first RB since Terrell Davis in 1998 to take home the award. Under the brightest lights, Walker looked every bit the part of an elite back, making New England defenders miss in the hole and out-racing them to the edge for large chunks all night long.
Kenneth Walker‘s 2025 EPX
Zooming out a bit, you now have a 25-year-old back in his prime, who’s about to hit free agency after winning Super Bowl MVP honors and totaling over 100 yards in five of his last six games.
Hard not to ask for a better negotiation position than that if you’re in Walker’s shoes. We’ll see if he even makes it to the open market. With Charbonnet all but guaranteed to miss at least a portion of 2026 as he recovers from an ACL tear, the Seahawks may just throw a bag at Walker to keep him in Seattle for the long haul. But if they don’t, there will be numerous teams lining up to potentially sign him, knowing he could be the spark that ignites their run game.
If Walker stays put, he’ll have low-end RB1 upside as long as he gets the majority of the workload. But if he signs somewhere spicy — say, Kansas City with Patrick Mahomes or Washington with Jayden Daniels — it’ll be unbridled excitement from his dynasty managers all offseason long.
No matter where he ends up, it was awesome to see Walker remind everyone of what the fantasy community has known for a while now: dude is an absolute stud.
TE AJ Barner, Seahawks
It took until the fourth quarter, but the world finally saw a TD in the Super Bowl when AJ Barner caught a corner route off a play-action fake from Sam Darnold to give Seattle a 19-0 lead. For Barner, the score made up for a quiet first two playoff games, as he saved his best for last: reeling in four balls for 54 yards and the lone offensive touchdown of the night for Seattle in the victory.
Barner flew under the radar somewhat in a breakout sophomore campaign. He increased his catches from 30 to 52, more than doubled his yardage from 245 to 519, and bumped his TD total from four to six. He’s still a classic boom-or-bust option at the position, though — you’re happy when he scores; you question why you even roster him when he doesn’t.
AJ Barner‘s 2025 efficiency metrics
With Klint Kubiak’s departure, it’ll be interesting to see Barner’s role next season. Will he take another leap and jump into the TE1 conversation? Or continue to be a matchup-based option you plug in and hope for paydirt?
Either way, at TE17 prices on KeepTradeCut, Barner is an interesting player I wouldn’t mind buying in Tight End Premium formats. Outside of that, I just don’t think the production is worth chasing. His upside seems capped, as he’s unlikely to ever command serious volume. He’s young and relatively affordable, however, so I wouldn’t mind paying market value to see if he continues this progression.
Dynasty Fantasy Football Fallers
QB Drake Maye, Patriots
Maybe we should pump the brakes on Drake Maye being the 1.01 in dynasty startups, don’t you think? Look, I think he’s obviously extremely talented. You don’t finish within one vote of winning the NFL MVP if you’re “just a guy.”
However, this postseason exposed some legitimate flaws in his game — and in the Patriots’ offense in general — that we need to take into account. If we’re being honest, Maye benefited from a cupcake regular-season schedule that made him look better than he currently is. Then, a historically tough playoff schedule brought him back down to Earth. In reality, Maye’s true talents and abilities lie somewhere between what we saw in 2025.
The second-year signal-caller looked phenomenal in the regular season, completing 72% of his passes and throwing for 4,394 yards and 31 TDs against eight interceptions. He also chipped in 450 yards and four scores on the ground as well. Numbers that made him fantasy’s QB3 on a points-per-game basis (21.3).
Drake Maye‘s Advanced Metrics
But in the playoffs, it was a different story. In the four-game postseason stretch, Maye completed just 58.3% of his throws for 828 yards and six TDs. He also turned the ball over far too often, tossing four picks and fumbling the ball an absurd seven(!) times. With another 17 fumbles in 30 career regular-season contests, the number of times he puts the ball on the ground is starting to become cause for concern.
The turnovers didn’t stop with everything on the line in Super Bowl LV. Maye had three, all in the second half, which killed any chance of coming back against the Seahawks. Overall, he was 27-of-43 for 295 yards, but nearly all of that yardage (235) came in the fourth quarter when the Patriots were down 19-0. He tossed two garbage-time scores, but he just couldn’t get into a rhythm and took a beating behind subpar offensive line play all night long. Rookie left tackle Will Campbell struggled in particular. Campbell allowed 14 quarterback pressures in the Super Bowl, the most by any player in a game this season, per Next-Gen Stats.
Look Before You Leap
All of this came just three nights after Maye was nearly crowned league MVP. Talk about flipping the script.
None of this is to say the future isn’t bright for the 2024 third-overall selection. It is. Maye is only 23 years old and clearly a cornerstone dynasty asset. With that in mind, I just don’t see how you can rank or take him above a proven beast in Josh Allen, who’s finished as QB1 or QB2 in fantasy scoring for six straight seasons.
I understand the age argument, but we need to stop anointing these young quarterbacks after one strong season. We’ve seen this movie before. It happened with C.J. Stroud. It happened with Jayden Daniels. Now it’s happening with Maye. Whether it was poor play or injuries, it didn’t work out well for either of them after being hurried into that elite tier so quickly.
Let’s temper expectations a bit, is all I’m saying. This postseason showed Maye’s not ready to take his place at the top of the mountain. Not yet.
RB TreVeyon Henderson, Patriots
I wrote about TreVeyon Henderson and his slipping value in the previous installment of this series, so I won’t rehash everything here. But after a month-long slump, Henderson had one last chance to showcase his skills on the biggest stage of them all. Instead, the offensive coaching staff did him no favors, and he fell flat yet again.
On a night when the Patriots’ offense desperately needed a spark, their explosive rookie had just six carries for 19 yards. Henderson added three catches for 26 yards, 24 of which came on the final play as the clock expired. He ended the postseason with some very meager stats: 30 carries for 76 yards (2.5 YPC) and six receptions for 33 yards in four games. He scored the same number of touchdowns as you and me: zero.
TreVeyon Henderson‘s Advanced Metrics
Henderson’s dynasty value will be a fascinating offseason storyline to monitor. He left a bad taste in many managers’ mouths after this lackluster playoff run. But we saw him pop in several games during the regular season; we know the talent is there. That said, Rhamondre Stevenson seems entrenched as the lead back. He’s going to get his fair share of early-down work, and the coaching staff clearly trusts him more in two-minute situations thanks to his pass-blocking ability.
If you want Henderson, your buying window is wide open. Start low with your offers; you never know what another manager will accept. Just know, his outlook is far murkier now than it was even a month ago.
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Wolf Trelles-Heard is a fantasy football contributor for PlayerProfiler. Find him on X at @DynastyFFWolf.
