Fantasy Football Podcast
Episode Guide To Help You Win Your Fantasy Football League!
5/7/20: 2020 Ranks Revealed - QB & WR
We continue our look at Harris's initial 2020 Fantasy Football Ranks with a survey of the quarterbacks and wide receivers. How many trustable players at each position are there? What's the right fantasy draft day strategy if scarcity isn't a factor and in fact there's a huge amount of sameness? We'll weigh in on who the best draft picks are, and also the best places to potentially wait for a later round. Guest: Cousin Josh (@DetectiveFisch).
4/30/20: 2020 Ranks Revealed - RB & TE
Fantasy football ranks for 2020 begin today! Now that the NFL Draft is over and we know where the rookies and free agents have all landed, it's time to start thinking about how to rank all these players for fantasy football in 2020. That's what we'll start doing today, discussing the running backs and tight ends. Where should Derrick Henry rank? How early should you consider taking a tight end? We've got tons of first-blush strategy talk on today's show, aimed toward a summer of ranks debate! Guest: Cousin Josh (@DetectiveFisch).
4/23/20: 2020 NFL Draft Sleepers
The 2020 NFL Draft is almost here! We've talked about *most* of the names you need to know, and most of the names who'll be picked in the very early rounds. But who are the sleepers? What skill-position players do we think might slip between the cracks and provide some amazing fantasy football value in the later rounds? We'll answer that question today with a look at some deeper running backs and wide receivers! Guest: Brett Kollmann of the Film Room (@BrettKollmann).
4/16/20: 2020 QB & TE Draft Prospects
The NFL Draft is only a week away! It's getting exciting! Joe Burrow is probably going #1 overall, but which quarterbacks will go after him? We'll survey the entire QB class today, discussing their pro prospects, their dynasty values and whether we think they're truly good fantasy football players of the future, or whether they're victims of over-hype! Plus we'll talk tight ends and running backs a little bit, too! Guest: Paul Perdichizzi of Saturday2Sunday (@paulie23ny).
4/9/20: 2020 WR Draft Prospects & Telethon Aftermath
Our NFL Draft and Dynasty Preview continues this week with a look at the wideouts in what could be a historic class. We'll talk about the guys at the top, including CeeDee Lamb, Jerry Jeudy and Henry Ruggs, but we'll also talk about a ton of potentially very productive big and fast guys who will likely be drafted early. And finally we'll also do a quick look back at our YouTube telethon that so far has raised over $15,000 for Feeding America. Guests: Matt Waldman of the Rookie Scouting Portfolio (@MattWaldman) and Dave Pyper and Dave Huet from HarrisFootball.
4/2/20: 2020 RB Draft Prospects
The scarcest position in fantasy football is about to get some new blood, and there could be as many as three first-round running backs in the NFL Draft. We'll talk our way through the RB Class of 2020, with thoughts about Jonathan Taylor, D'Andre Swift, J.K. Dobbins, Clyde Edwards-Helaire and a bunch more intriguing prospects. Get your fantasy and dynasty ears ready! Guest: Nick Whalen of NickWhalen.org (@_NickWhalen).
3/26/20: Gurley A Falcon, Melvin A Bronco & More Free Agency
Todd Gurley and Melvin Gordon are both gone from Los Angeles! We'll discuss the second week of NFL roster churn by analyzing those two players and their new homes with the Falcons and Broncos, and tackle the rest of the free agent moves so far, plus we'll revisit the madness of last week with a bit more Tom Brady and DeAndre Hopkins talk. Guest: Jeff Erickson of Rotowire (@Jeff_Erickson).
3/19/20: 2020 NFL Free Agent Frenzy!
Tom Brady changed teams! DeAndre Hopkins got traded for David Johnson! No, they aren't drunken fantasy football roster moves...it's real life! We'll talk about all the major transactions made in the NFL's early days of 2020 free agency, and try and figure out what they all mean from a fantasy football perspective. The Patriots, Colts, Cardinals, Texans...they all look a lot different today than they did last week! Guest: Scott Pianowski of Yahoo! Fantasy (@scott_pianowski).
3/12/20: Our Favorite Fantasy Seasons Plus Assessing Alvin Kamara
Who were your favorite players to own for as long as you been playing fantasy football? We have our lists! From the recent (Michael Thomas!) to the distant (Arian Foster!) we'll run down the guys who gave us the biggest kick in their biggest seasons. We'll also break down the NFL game film on Alvin Kamara and determine what really happened last year, and where you can draft him in 2020. Guest: Jim McCormick of ESPN (@_JimmyMcCormick).
3/5/20: Which Rookies Won The NFL Combine? (And Should You Care?)
The NFL Draft is one step closer to actually happening, because now we don't have to watch the rookies run around in their underwear anymore! On today's podcast, we'll continue our winter-long evaluation of the kids who'll be setting fantasy football dynasty leagues on fire this spring: we discuss the names who popped in Indy and the names who flopped, and see if we share the market's current valuation of them. Guest: J. Moyer of the HarrisFootball YouTube channel (@JMoyerFB).
2/27/20: NFL Combine Preview 2020
NFL rookies are descending upon Indy for the Underwear Olympics...and we will *not* be joining them! Because the NFL Combine is pretty overrated! However, there are some things that wind up being quite interesting, scattered among the platitudes and meaningless drivel, and today's podcast is devoted to trying to unearth the college prospects for whom some of the performances actually might matter as we slowly approach the NFL Draft. It's a fun convo! Guest: Liz Loza of Yahoo! Fantasy (@LizLoza_FF).
2/20/20: Free Agency - WRs & TEs!
Our NFL free agency attention turns to the pass catchers this week: let's discuss wide receivers and tight ends who might be on the move, and whether we think their free agency will wind up being a big deal from a fantasy football perspective. We're talking about Amari Cooper, Hunter Henry, A.J. Green, Greg Olsen and many more names. Plus some thoughts about the NFL's Collective Bargaining Agreement. Guest: Patrick Daugherty of Rotoworld (@RotoPat).
2/13/20: Free Agency Preview - The Running Backs!
Derrick Henry, Melvin Gordon and Kareem Hunt have strong chances to change teams this winter. What will that mean for fantasy football? Are they products of their former situations, or are they truly good? We'll discuss those stud running backs and plenty more, plus some conversation about Tom Brady's impending decision, and whether he has anything left. Guest: Jake Ciely of The Athletic (@allinkid) with Music by Pinegrove.
2/6/20: Five Level-Jumpers For 2020
The Super Bowl was exciting, it's over, and now we're fully done with the 2019 NFL season. We'll give our reaction to Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs winning the title, but then it's time to look ahead. The 2020 NFL analysis begins now! We'll spend most of today's episode nominating players who we think have the talent to jump a level beyond where they performed last season, and could become unexpected fantasy football assets! Guest: Matt Harmon from Yahoo! Fantasy (@MattHarmon_BYB).
1/30/20: Chiefs v 49ers Super Bowl Extravaganza!
Our annual Super Bowl preview digs into how we think Chiefs/49ers is going to go. Will Patrick Mahomes continue to bend the NFL to his will? Or is this vaunted 49ers defense finally the one challenge he won't be able to improvise his way out of? We'll look at this game from a personnel and strategic perspective, and then also handicap who'll cover the spread, how many points we think will be scored, and all sorts of props. Plus cool insight to how Super Bowls work behind the scenes with a pro bookmaker. Guests: Brent from BetDSI and Jim McCormick of ESPN (@_JimmyMcCormick).
1/29/20: Top 10 Movies Of 2019
We have an annual tradition of catching up with all the movies we missed during the football season (and before), and recording a podcast about which ones we like best. We also have sub-traditions in which Harris goes artsy and Josh goes populist. Will that continue for the movies of 2019? You'll have to listen to this super-sized podcast to find out! Guest: Cousin Josh (@DetectiveFisch).
1/23/20: Listener Request Episode!
What topics do *you* want us to talk about on today's super-sized podcast? That's what we do every time this year: turn an entire show over to your questions. We've got stuff about Aaron Rodgers, Derrick Henry, A.J. Green, Tom Brady, Sammy Watkins, Brandin Cooks and so much more, plus a whole lot of non-football stuff about movies, TV, books and goofy things from our own dumb lives. Thanks for being an amazing audience! Guest: Cousin Josh (@DetectiveFisch).
1/16/20: DJ Chark Film Futures, NFL News & Championship Sunday Preview
Is D.J. Chark headed for greatness in 2020? Can we even predict that for *any* wide receiver? We'll go back and look at Chark's '19 film and say what we see, and evaluate Gardner Minshew a bit while we're at it. We'll also discuss the mayhem of the Divisional Round, the latest NFL coach hirings, play a great listener mixtape and pick Sunday's Conference Championship games against the spread. Guest: Jim McCormick from ESPN (@_JimmyMcCormick).
1/9/20: Salary Cap Casualties For 2020, New NFL Coaches & Divisional Round Preview
NFL rosters are about to be in major flux, and a big part of that will be which players will find themselves on the wrong side of the salary cap ledger. Today we'll count down 10 skill-position players with the potential to be salary-cap casualties, potentially giving them a big change in scenery and opening up spots for new fantasy producers in 2020. We'll also recap the Wild Card games, talk about new NFL head coaches, and preview the Divisional Round. Guests: Zack Moore of OverTheCap.com (@ZackMooreNFL) and Jim McCormick of ESPN (@_JimmyMcCormick).
1/2/20: Making Sense Of Fantasy Outliers & Wild Card Weekend
It's 2020, your fantasy football season has ended...but there's always cool NFL stuff to think about. This week, we'll posit theories about what ails the New England Patriots, we'll wonder aloud about whether '19 surprises like Ryan Tannehill, Derrick Henry, Kenyan Drake and DeVante Parker deserve to be ranked next year like they finished this year, and then we'll spend time thinking about the NFL playoffs from a handicapping perspective. Happy New Year! Guests: Jim McCormick from ESPN (@_JimmyMcCormick) and Brent from BetDSI.