Fantasypros - Fantasy Football Podcast

Andy Behrens (@andybehrens) of Yahoo! Sports joins us to look ahead to Week 5 matchups and Andy's rankings compared to the Expert Consensus. We begin by trying to unpack the recent news concerning Odell Beckham Jr's motivation (1:48) and then we move on to quarterbacks and examine some signal callers Andy likes better or worse compared to the expert's consensus (5:20). We continue with running backs and discuss the Miami backfield (11:24), Terrence West (13:51) James White (16:41), Zach Zenner (18:40) and Duke Johnson (19:33). We move on to wide receivers (21:09) and look at how Sammy Coates, Tajae Sharpe, Victor Cruz, Terrelle Pryor, Mike Wallace, and Chris Hogan are ranked by Andy compared to the consensus. We then look at tight ends and why Andy likes Kyle Rudolph and Jason Witten in their Week 5 games (33:02). We take a quick look at some intriguing DST plays (36:05) before finishing up with bold predictions for this week's slate of games (38:21).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2016's most accurate expert, Dan Clasgens of GetSportsInfo.com joins Bobby Sylvester to discuss Week 5's top Waiver Wire options (27:36) including Karlos Williams (26:08), Kenneth Dixon (29:09) and Hunter Henry (36:58). The pair discuss highlights from Week 4 and rest of season outlooks (2:09) including Jimmy Graham (14:35) and Matt Ryan's (3:27). They also spend some time talking about the impact of a few injuries (16:28) ranging from Cam Newton (16:42) to Matt Forte (22:33).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Doug Norrie (@DougNorrie) of Daily Fantasy Sports Rankings joins us to cover Week 4 from a daily fantasy perspective. We being by discussing quarterbacks and decide who is a better expensive cash game play between Cam Newton and Drew Brees (4:28), our top value QBs (7:58), and we give a few contrarian plays that could end up in million dollar winning lineups (12:01). Moving on to running backs, we discuss who could be the top owned player this week and if he's worth fading (15:55), how to treat lower priced backup players with good opportunities (17:16), which obscure player could finish with the highest score (24:29), and we give our predictions on who could finish with the most carries in Week 4 (28:26). We continue with wide receivers beginning with whether we think Antonio Brown is worth his massive price (32:10), cheap players we think could score enough points to be value plays (35:35), our favorite options in PPR formats (39:17), and who between Marvin Jones, Kelvin Benjamin or Stefon Diggs will have t

James Koh (@JamesDKoh) of the NFL Network joins us to discuss Dez Bryant's injury (2:35), Week 4 rankings at quarterback (5:02), running back (10:27) and wide receivers (18:44), and then answer a question from the listener mailbag about sell-high and buy-low players. Then, Greg Smith (@gregsauce) of TwoQBs.com comes on the show (31:13) to answer more listener mailbag questions about Start/Sit, Spencer Ware, Sterling Shepard and more players. We conclude the show by making some bold predictions (47:12) about Zeke Elliott, Kenyan Drake and Tyrell Williams among other players.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jake Ciely (@allinkid) of RotoExperts joins us to break down Week 3 of the NFL season and how fantasy owners should react moving forward. We begin by looking at which 3-0 teams are most surprising to us (2:17) and which teams we think can be Super Bowl contenders in the NFC (5:59) before moving on to injuries and standout performances from Week 3. We start by covering Rashad Jennings and the Giants backfield (12:28), Marvin Jones' hot start (13:42), Jimmy Graham's respectable production (16:08), Russell Wilson's sprained MCL (16:41), Kelvin Benjamin's scoreless week (18:57), Ryan Matthews' injury concerns and how it impacts the Eagles tailbacks (21:06), the mess in the Dolphins backfield (24:00), Christine Michael's performance during Thomas Rawls' absence (24:53), Jeremy Langford's injury and Jordan Howard's value moving forward (29:20) and Terrelle Pryor's presence as a multi-threat player (32:40). We continue by looking at high upside waiver wire pickups and discuss Dwayne Washington (35:52) and DeAndre Wa

Justin Elick of DailyFantasyCafe joins host, Bobby Sylvester to break down the top plays for Week 3's DFS contests. The duo begins by discussing the obvious and contrarian stacks (1:08) then moves over to quarterbacks where they agree on some of the top plays (4:09). In the running back segment (13:24), they agree on DeAngelo Williams and Melvin Gordon then each toss out some bolder plays. Justin tells us in the wide receiver segment (24:07) why Stefon Diggs is a must-play, while Bobby is bullish on a few other players. Both Justin and Bobby are high on Delanie Walker as this week's top tight end (33:12). They close out the show by discussing Defenses to target including the Dolphins and Bucs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Ratcliffe of ProFootballFocus joins host, Bobby Sylvester to discuss big NFL news (1:07), Jeff's week 3 rankings compared to the Expert Consensus (9:40), questions from our listener mailbag (37:39), start/sit (49:22) and top predicted performers of the week (53:03). Player mentions: Adrian Peterson, Jerick McKinnon and Matt Asiata (1:07), Ameer Abdullah and Dwayne Washington (3:20), Donte Moncrief, Phillip Dorsett (5:33), Ezekiel Elliott and Alfred Morris (7:00), Doug Martin (7:25), Jay Cutler (7:30), Josh Gordon (7:45), Ryan Tannehill (10:08), Dak Prescott (12:19), Carson Wentz (12:44), Russell Wilson (13:49), Ben Roethlisberger (15:32), Cam Newton (16:22), Justin Forsett and Kenneth Dixon (18:05), Jeremy Hill (19:24), Shane Vareen and Rashad Jennings (21:09), Thomas Rawls, Christine Michael and C.J. Prosise (22:26), Devante Parker (26:00), Michael Thomas, Willie Snead and Brandin Cooks (28:07), Le'Veon Bell (31:44), Mike Wallace and Breshard Perriman (33:01), Julian Edleman (34:55), Will Fuller and Ste

John Halpin (@jhalpin37) of Fox Sports joins us to run through waiver wire targets and recap all of the action in the NFL. We begin with the slough of injuries and discuss Adrian Peterson (2:09), Arian Foster (4:53), Doug Martin (6:05), Jonathan Stewart (8:18), Rashad Jennings (11:20), Thomas Rawls (13:23), Ameer Abdullah (16:02), Danny Woodhead (17:37), Jamaal Charles, and Rob Gronkowski (19:44). We look ahead to some backup quarterbacks like Jacoby Brissett (20:59) and Cody Kessler (23:02) who could impact their team's offense and defensive matchups while the starters are out. We get some breaking news about Adrian Peterson's injury and offer analysis on what we think about him and the Vikings running backs going forward (27:50). Moving on, John gives us his top running backs (30:52) and wide receivers (32:00) on the waiver wire worth picking up this week, and then we look at tight ends (38:08) and quarterbacks (38:55) worth streaming in Week 3. We finish by discussing players whose stock has risen or falle

We're talking daily fantasy for Week 2 and we have Josh Shepardson (@BChad50) aboard to preview the weekend for DFS. We begin by discussing players that could falter despite being over-hyped by the fantasy community (2:47) before moving on to whether you should pay up for top quarterbacks like Cam Newton and Drew Brees (5:53), if Eli Manning or Matthew Stafford is the best middle-tier play at their position (9:40), and which of the low priced signal callers are most intriguing (12:00). We move on to examine running backs, beginning with players we think could finish with the most points at their position (13:06), our favorite value plays at running back (15:24), which running backs are worth a look in games with PPR scoring (17:23), and tailbacks we think can make for a sneaky under-owned play (21:32). We begin our wide receiver discussion by pondering if it's better to pay up for the top receivers this week or spend money elsewhere (25:15), and continue with who we like if you decide to save some money at th

Matt Lutovsky (@MLutovsky) of The Sporting News joins us to discuss weekly rankings, answer some mailbag and Start/Sit questions, and give bold predictions for Week 2. We begin with the Seahawks backfield and speculate how the Christine Michael/Thomas Rawls dynamic will play out going forward (0:45), which quarterbacks we have ranked higher (2:49) and lower (7:23) than the Expert Consensus, and running backs we like better (12:15) or worse (15:50) than the consensus. Bobby and Matt have a quick discussion about whether to start Sammy Watkins and Travis Benjamin (18:13), before moving on to receivers they are high (21:18) and low (26:18) on for Week 2. On to the listener mailbag where we answer questions about whether you should trade Tom Brady for Blake Bortles (28:30), who between Sammy Watkins and Josh Gordon will play more games this season (29:52), if you should be concerned with Coby Fleener's Week 1 usage (31:54), if you should buy low on Todd Gurly (33:59), who to drop between Charles Simms, Jerick McK

With Week 1 in the books, we chat with Nick Raducanu (@projectroto) from ProjectRoto to discuss all the happenings from the NFL's first weekend. We begin by discussing injuries to Keenan Allen (1:21), Russell Wilson (5:01), Rob Gronkowski (6:48), Sammy Watkins (10:37), Jamaal Charles (12:58), and Robert Griffin III (15:28). Before we move on to the wavier wire, we give some players worth buying low in trades after a middling first week (17:58). On to the waiver wire, where we give our top adds at running back (21:52), wide receiver (25:02), and tight end (29:57). We finish with a Week 1 review where we assess the stocks of some players at each position, starting with quarterbacks (32:39), running backs (35:37), and wide receivers (40:56).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the first week of the NFL season upon us, we're covering the DFS slate for Week 1 of with Doug Norrie (@DougNorrie) of Daily Fantasy Sports Rankings. We begin with general strategy, and Doug gives us some common mistakes made by novice daily fantasy players (1:39), if taking players in later games is a viable strategy (3:26), the difference between the scoring systems on FanDuel and DraftKings and how you should approach building a lineup on each site (7:00), the difference between "cash" and "GPP" style games (9:57), the concept of "stacking" when building a lineup (12:42), and if you should feel comfortable leaving money on the table after you've built your roster (15:12). Moving on, Bobby and Doug discuss quarterbacks beginning with Dak Prescott and Carson Wentz, both of whom have been priced very low for Week 1 (18:36), which quarterback will finish with the most points at his position (22:52) and a mid-range play at quarterback that could surprise with strong first week's performance (24:09). The co

Raymond Summerlin (@RMSummerlin) of Rotoworld joins the pod to discuss his Week 1 rankings versus the expert consensus. We begin with quarterbacks Raymond has ranked lower (2:44) and higher (6:39) than the consensus. Moving on, Raymond and Bobby discuss running backs they have ranked lower (10:35) and higher (14:40) compared to the ECR. Bobby and Raymond discuss Derek Henry's value heading into this season (19:32) before moving on to wide receivers they have lower (21:36) and higher (23:30) than the ECR. We answer some listener mailbag questions that involve Week 1 Star/Sit conundrums like whether you should start Mattthew Stafford or Tyrod Taylor (26:37), who is the best flex option between James White, Arian Foster and Michael Thomas (29:02), if fantasy owners should adjust their rosters based on weather (31:13), waiver wire tight ends worth adding (32:13), how to manage your last bench spot (35:03), and if Bobby's "double streaming defense" strategy is viable this season (38:25). Moving on, we have a new s

We welcome Justin Boone (@justinboone) of theScore.com to discuss Week 1 of the NFL season. We start with the Vikings trade for Sam Bradford and how that impacts Week 1 along with the team's fantasy value moving forward (2:13). We also take a look at how the Eagles offense changes after the trade (6:42). Moving on, Bobby and Justin examine running back committee battles for the Chiefs (10:02), Ravens (12:38), Seahawks (14:16) and Redskins (18:14). With Week 1 upon us, we delve into the weekly rankings and discuss over and undervalued quarterbacks (23:35), running backs (28:06) and wide receivers (34:13). Game scripts are a topic of our Week 1 discussion, and Bobby asks Justin which players will benefit the most from their team's initial matchup (39:31), and who will suffer from their team's matchup in Week 1 (46:14). We finish by asking Justin the one matchup he's targeting for immense fantasy production in the first week of the season (49:54).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Tagliere (@MikeTagliere_NFL) from Pro Football Focus joins the pod to discuss the news of the week, predictions for the upcoming NFL season and deliver some hot takes. We begin with Teddy Bridgewater's injury and how it impacts this year and the future for the Minnesota Vikings (1:06), and we also discuss Bruce Ellington's injury and how the 49ers will compensate for his absence (7:55). Moving on, Mike and Bobby discuss which running backs can rush for over 1000 yards this year (11:12), if the Steelers passing game can continue to put up gaudy numbers (15:38), which quarterbacks could throw 40+ touchdowns this year (18:19), and how many receivers will haul in over 100 receptions in 2016 (21:58). We move on to hot takes and make predictions for Alshon Jeffrey (25:56), Coby Fleener (27:09), Tyrod Taylor (27:57), podcast favorite Donte Moncrief (28:44), Sam Bradford (30:41), and Carlos Hyde (33:23). We finish with who we think will finish as the fantasy MVP this season (34:33), and which players have a chan

Scott Pianowski (@scott_pianowski) of Yahoo Sports joint us to cover news of the week and players he likes better and worse than the Expert Consensus. We begin with Tony Romo's injury and Dak Prescott's value in drafts (1:10), whether you should take Prescott or Robert Griffin III (2:11), if Josh Gordon is worth a reach (3:22), Ezekiel Elliot's off-field concerns and if that will impact his production (4:51), A.J. Green's injury scare (6:04), and if Jimmy Graham is still a viable tight end (7:48). Moving on, we discuss players Scott is higher and lower on compared to the Expert Consensus Rankings. Players include Andrew Luck (8:51), Doug Baldwin (13:05), Ameer Abdullah (17:05), Zach Zenner (18:45), Rashad Jennings (19:22), Dez Bryant (21:24), Kevin White (23:17), Brandin Cooks (25:01) and Vincent Jackson (25:53). We finish by asking Scott for a player outside the top 100 that has a chance to finish in the top 20 at the end of the season (26:53).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Greg Smith (@gregsauce), founder of TwoQBs.com, to complete a mock draft using our Draft Simulator. We begin by discussing two quarterback leagues and why they can be so much fun before diving into our mock draft (1:53). We set our mock drafts up to pick from the eighth slot in a 12-team league with rosters that include two quarterbacks, two running backs, three wide receivers, one tight end, one RB/WR/TE flex position and four bench slots (4:41). Our first round discussion involves passing on a quarterback to take a player like Julio Jones (5:47) or if Drew Brees at eighth overall is a worthy pick (7:40). The second round features players Lamar Miller (8:27) and LeVeon Bell (9:03). Greg mulls over his third round quarterback choices before he decides to take another running back in Mark Ingram (9:55). We agree on Demaryius Thomas' value in the fourth round (11:05) before moving on to the fifth round where we discuss players like Kirk Cousins (12:02), Thomas Rawls (12:23), Jonathan Stewart (12

JJ Zachariason (@LateRoundQB) joins the pod to talk fantasy football sleepers heading into drafts. We begin with a player JJ thinks could possibly be a late round steal like David Johnson was in 2015 (1:41). We continue by looking at rookie wide receivers who have a chance to break out (4:19) and backup running backs who could finish the season as an RB1 if there is an injury ahead of them on the depth chart (6:24). JJ gives us sleepers at each position, starting with quarterbacks Matthew Stafford (10:14) and Jameis Winston (11:29). Bobby and JJ discuss Tyrod Taylor (12:36) and Robert Griffin III (14:19) before moving onto sleeper running backs outside the top 40 ADP. Players include Bilal Powell (15:55), James White (17:06), free agent Karlos Williams (18:20) and Zach Zenner (19:11). Moving onto wide receivers outside the top 40 ADP we discuss Phillip Dorsett (20:27), Mohamed Sanu (21:24), Jermaine Kearse (23:04), Steve Smith (23:40) and Bruce Ellington (24:41). We talk about Charles Clay being a possible de

Christopher Harris (@HarrisFootball) joins us to talk about the players he likes better and worse than the Expert Consensus. We begin with quarterbacks Tom Brady (3:14) and Kirk Cousins (5:31) before moving on to running backs David Johnson (7:52), Jamaal Charles (10:45), Jonathan Stewart (12:59), Demarco Murray (18:54) and Duke Johnson (20:18). We finish by discussing wide receivers Larry Fitzgerald (22:47), Marvin Jones (26:23), FantasyPros podcast favorite Donte Moncrief (27:15), and Kevin White (27:48).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Tagliere (@MikeTagliereNFL) of Pro Football Focus joins us to talk about the latest NFL news and players to target or avoid in your fantasy drafts. We begin our discussion with a quick chat about Bears wide receivers (4:49) before we get to news of the week where we discuss Dez Brant (9:00) and Duke Johnson (12:50), both of whom have had concussion scares. Injury news continues with our thoughts on Matt Jones (15:50), and Dion Lewis (17:53). Moving on to draft strategy, we talk about players we think are over-hyped. The list includes Tyler Lockett (21:38), Julian Edelman (22:46), Latavius Murray (25:18), and Greg Olsen (27:39). It wouldn't be a FantasyPros podcast if we didn't talk about our love for Donte Moncrief (28:51) before moving on to why Mike is low on Jordan Reed (32:05). We discuss why Mike is high on Coby Fleener (35:54) and talk about whether Odell Beckham Jr. is a definite top 5 pick (37:53). Mike gives us his final over-hyped player, Ben Roethlisberger (43:39), before telling us why he lik