7 ‘Washed’ Vets Who’ll Win You Your League in 2025

Last year it was Evans, Henry, and Kittle- don’t miss this year’s overlooked veterans

Author

Joe Orrico
July 02, 2025

‘Washed’ Veterans Always End Up Winning Fantasy Football Leagues

Last Year’s Examples

  • Davante Adams

  • Derrick Henry

  • George Kittle

  • Mike Evans

Draft These 7 Undervalued Vets That Still Got It:

Mike Evans
Undervalued again in 2025

  • 1,000+ receiving yards every year of his career

  • Eleven straight seasons

Fantasy finishes (points per game)

  • 2024: WR9 (with Baker)

  • 2023: WR6 (with Baker)

  • 2022: WR15

  • 2021: WR12

Round 4, WR25 ADP — clear value

Tyreek Hill
Worst year as a Dolphin was still WR18 overall

  • 2023: WR2

  • 2022: WR2

Why the drop in 2024?

  • Torn wrist ligament in all 17 games

  • Tua out for 6

Still top 6 in air yards share and average depth of target
Not washed

Christian McCaffrey
Career finishes

  • 2018: RB2

  • 2019: RB1

  • 2022: RB2

  • 2023: RB1

Injury risk is real, but when healthy he’s the best fantasy RB
Round 2 price is absolutely worth the upside

Davante Adams
Traded mid-season at age 31 usually means decline
Not for Davante

Weeks 9–18 in 2024

  • 20.1 points per game (WR3)

  • 32 percent target share (WR3)

Now with Stafford in LA — in a much better offense
Still elite

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Travis Kelce
Still the cornerstone of the Chiefs offense

Weeks 8–17 in 2024

  • Over 10 targets per game

  • TE1 over that stretch

Nine straight seasons as a top 5 tight end
Drafting him in Round 7 is a winning move

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Calvin Ridley
Last year without a quarterback

  • 1,145 air yards (most in the league)

  • 760 receiving yards (WR8)

  • WR17 overall from Weeks 8–17

In 2025

  • Clear WR1 in Tennessee

  • Cam Ward is an upgrade

Going outside the top 50 WRs — great floor and ceiling

James Conner
2024 was his best season yet

  • Most carries since 2018

  • 18+ opportunities per game

  • Second-best yards per attempt of his career

Trey Benson is legit, but right now Conner is still the lead back in Arizona

That’s all for now—see you tomorrow or inside the Discord server.
– Joe 🫡