Establish The Run Fantasy Football Levitan's Solo Pod: Brock Bowers Reignites Elite TE Debate + Your Listener Questions (Episode 930)
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Nov 3, 2025 Brock Bowers' astounding performance reignites the debate on elite tight ends in fantasy football. The host explores the risks of drafting top TEs and advocates for waiting on tight ends in best ball formats. Listeners are treated to insights on adjusting lineup strategies for cash games and tournaments. Personal growth topics emerge, tackling issues like chronic dissatisfaction and how to increase DFS stakes. A cheeky listener question about relationship dynamics adds humor to the mix, keeping the conversation lively.
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Elite TEs Create Massive Value But Carry Cost
- Elite tight ends separate more from peers than other positions, creating outsized value when they break out.
- That value comes with high injury risk and steep opportunity cost because they draft so early.
Stack Middle/Late Tight Ends In Best Ball
- In best ball, avoid drafting an elite tight end early and instead draft multiple mid/late tight ends.
- Let the best-ball optimizer pick weekly starters and reduce zero-week risk by rostering several safe options late.
Elite TE Picks Block Breakout Upside
- Drafting an elite tight end early limits your ability to take mid-round breakout shots at other positions.
- That opportunity cost can exclude hits like late-round breakouts who provide big upside.