OUTCOME Hampton did receive bell-cow usage when healthy — averaging 17.3 touches per game (tied top-12) and 17.5 PPG in his four best games — which partially validated the 'upside' call. However, a fractured ankle limited him to just 9 of 17 regular-season games, and he finished as only RB16 in PPG with 545 rushing yards, 192 receiving yards, and 5 TDs total, falling well short of a consistent Top 12 RB outcome. The prediction's core thesis had merit but was undermined by a significant injury that prevented Hampton from fully materializing as a reliable fantasy RB1 in 2025.

OUTCOME Ertz was drafted at ADP 141.5 (a very late-round pick, not rounds 1-3), which makes the formal bust-call criteria technically inapplicable — he was never a top-36 pick. Within the spirit of the call, however, Ertz largely defied the bearish prediction: he finished as the TE19 overall in PPR leagues with 50 catches for 504 yards and 4 TDs across 13 games before suffering a season-ending ACL tear in Week 14. While he fell short of elite TE1 production, he was a functional, roster-worthy fantasy contributor for most of the season — not the bust Dynasty Dad implied.

OUTCOME Jeanty finished the 2025 season with 975 rushing yards and ~266 receiving yards for approximately 1,241 total yards from scrimmage — roughly 460 yards short of the 1,700-yard projection. The Raiders' historically bad offensive line and constant lineup instability severely limited his production, and the prediction clearly did not pan out.

OUTCOME The three-player group had wildly divergent outcomes. Tyler Warren was the clear win, finishing as TE5/TE6 with 76 catches for 817 yards and 4 TDs (TE6 in half-PPR), validating the target-volume-with-young-QB thesis. Evan Engram badly missed, finishing as the TE29 with just 50 catches for 461 yards and 1 TD in Denver — the 'joker' role never materialized and he played under 50% of offensive snaps in most games. David Njoku was a bust too, ceding targets to rookie Harold Fannin Jr. and finishing with only 33 catches for 293 yards and 4 TDs in 12 games before a season-ending knee injury — far from 'Kittle lite' production. One out of three produced as advertised, making this take largely a miss as a cohesive round-8 TE strategy.