Sports Injury Central Podcast featuring Pro Football Doc Pro Football Doc & Evan Silva Preview the 2025 NFL Season with Fantasy Football Injury Insights
Aug 25, 2025
Evan Silva, a fantasy football analyst from Establish the Run, joins the discussion to unpack the intricacies of the upcoming NFL season. They dive deep into injury implications for star players like Christian McCaffrey and Terry McLaurin, highlighting fantasy strategies around their health management. The conversation also covers the challenges facing aging athletes, the uncertainty surrounding quarterback recovery, and innovative tools like a fantasy injury calculator that could revolutionize roster decisions. Tune in for valuable insights!
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Longstanding Podcast Relationships
- David Chao recounts long-term friendship and podcast history with Evan Silva and Warren Sharp.
- He frames this episode as an important preseason timing for fantasy drafts before Labor Day.
Workload And O-Line Drive Barkley Risk
- Saquon Barkley faces real durability risk from last season's 482 touches and an O-line with lingering issues.
- Teams chasing a championship may still manage his workload to preserve him for playoffs.
Baseball Trip Used To Explain Workload Risk
- David Chao shares a baseball trip anecdote and ties it to workload analogies for pitchers and running backs.
- He uses the Cubs game story as a lead-in to discuss workload correlation to injury risk.