Fantasy Football Today

Donate to St. Jude as part of our Draft-A-Thon! Bid on pre-draft calls with our experts, a spot in our Podcast League, a guest spot on our show and more! https://ebay.to/3p4Dc3ZWe'll start with key stats (2:40) about the wide receiver position. Most Top 12 WRs are drafted in the first six rounds and the quality of their offense matters! Should you draft a #2 WR on a great offense or a #1 WR on a bad offense? Also, is it safer to draft a running back or a WR in Rounds 2-3 (8:00)? The answer may surprise you! ... We've got preseason takeaways (13:00) and then we compare ADP on FantasyPros to ADP on NFC since August 1st (16:45). There are key differences you need to know about! ... Getting into average draft position for WRs beginning in Round 1 (20:40) as we debate Justin Jefferson vs. Cooper Kupp. In Round 2 and Round 3 (29:50), we have established veterans like Mike Evans, Keenan Allen and Tyreek Hill vs. potential breakouts like D.J. Moore and Michael Pittman. Who do we prefer? As we take you through Rounds 4 (42:40), 5 (46:40) and 6 (52:30), you'll see that ADP doesn't matter so much. Go get your guy! And who do we like in Round 7 and beyond (57:30)? Rashod Bateman, Allen Lazard and Drake London could be great picks ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.comFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtodayGet 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collectionJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletterYou can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast."To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donate to St. Jude as part of our Draft-A-Thon! Bid on pre-draft calls with our experts, a spot in our Podcast League, a guest spot on our show and more! https://ebay.to/3p4Dc3ZLet's take a look at the wide receiver position with some strategies, trends and players we love. Dave, Jamey and Heath give an overall assessment of the 2022 WR class to start the show (2:30) before telling you when in Round 1 to draft Justin Jefferson, Cooper Kupp and Ja'Marr Chase (6:45). Also, they fill in the blank: I would like to draft ____ of my top ____ WRs (7:50) ... How do strategies change in 2-WR leagues vs. 3-WR leagues (16:25)? We also have some running back notes that are potentially important (18:45) and then we cover 15 WRs in five minutes (25:05)! Get some quick thoughts on Davante Adams, Deebo Samuel, A.J. Brown, Tee Higgins, Terry McLaurin and more ... WR strategies (30:30), how that changes in 0.5 PPR vs. full PPR leagues, sleepers/breakouts/busts (38:10) including Michael Pittman as a breakout and Diontae Johnson as a bust, and we finish with our pick-by-pick series (51:45) to see how we built our WR depth from different spots in the draft ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.comFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtodayGet 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collectionJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletterYou can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast."To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donate to St. Jude as part of our Draft-A-Thon! Bid on pre-draft calls with our experts, a spot in our Podcast League, a guest spot on our show and more! https://ebay.to/3p4Dc3ZFrom Jonathan Taylor to Ezekiel Elliott to Khalil Herbert and beyond, we'll tell you about the best and worst values in Fantasy drafts! We start with some Fantasy Fun Facts (0:50) on the 2022 RB class including why age 27 has been unkind to RBs in recent seasons, why Tony Pollard might deserve more carries (5:30) and what Elijah Mitchell did last season that was so unusual (7:45) ... Reviewing our recent pick-by-pick series (11:15), we'll take a look at five different teams in a 12-team league and how they built their RB depth. Dave proves you can love your RBs if you wait until the 3/4 turn to select your first two. Then we get into average draft position beginning with RBs in Round 1 (23:30). Should Christian McCaffrey be first overall? Who is most likely to be a bust? Round 2 (32:30) has some incredible value picks like Alvin Kamara and  Aaron Jones ... Moving on to the Round 3 RBs (41:55), are they too risky to justify as third round picks? Then we move on to Rounds 4-5 (46:40) which is fairly exciting, Round 6 (54:50) which is terrible and a couple more rounds before we focus on the best RBs after pick 100 (1:04:00) including some key rookies (1:09:35) ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.comFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtodayGet 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collectionJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletterYou can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast."To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donate to St. Jude as part of our Draft-A-Thon! Bid on pre-draft calls with our experts, a spot in our Podcast League, a guest spot on our show and more! https://ebay.to/3p4Dc3ZOn the first of two parts in our running backs preview, we look at the broader picture and assess the position while looking at some noteworthy trends. Dave and Heath tell you what they're looking for in a Round One RB (4:26) and what the best RB strategy is (6:55). Is it Zero-RB? Hero-RB? Dave-RB? Within this discussion we talk about how your strategy might change in a 2-WR vs. 3-WR league ... We've got some interesting RB stats for you to consider (18:00)! How many Top 12 RBs are drafted in the first two rounds? How many Top 24 RBs were drafted after Round 7? How should this impact your draft? And we are seeing a decline in RB catches over the last few seasons (22:15) and we'll discuss what this means for 2022 ... We talk about how strategies change in different formats (27:15) like non PPR and 0.5 PPR and different league sizes. Is there more of a premium on RB in deeper leagues? Then let's do some sleepers (40:00), breakouts (43:10) and busts (48:00)! And we finish with 15 RBs in five minutes (56:10) as we give you some quick hits on key RBs like D'Andre Swift, Aaron Jones, Saquon Barkley, Nick Chubb, Antonio Gibson and more... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.comFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtodayGet 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collectionJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletterYou can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast."To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donate to St. Jude as part of our Draft-A-Thon! Bid on pre-draft calls with our experts, a spot in our Podcast League, a guest spot on our show and more! https://ebay.to/3p4Dc3ZWe start the show with a discussion about the preseason. How much does it matter? What are we looking for that could actually make an impact on our rankings? Then Heath and tell you who is on the rise! Heath has Christian McCaffrey #1 ahead of Jonathan Taylor in PPR (6:15)! We talk about how many games we need from CMC for this to be justified. Dave, meanwhile, is moving Michael Thomas up (12:30)! Is he a Top 12 WR now? ... Big news (15:35) as Kareem Hunt has requested a trade and Matthew Stafford had an encouraging practice. Then we give more rankings risers (22:55) like Breece Hall, Dameon Pierce and Chase Edmonds. We also touch on trendy players Isiah Pacheco and Romeo Doubs (32:35) ... Who is falling in the rankings (39:45)? Dave tells you why he's lower on Jahan Dotson. And then we go through more camp standouts (45:30) like Saquon Barkley, Elijah Mitchell and James Proche. Plus Adam tries to figure out if there is a bigger gap between RB12 and RB18 or WR12 and WR18 (51:00) ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.comFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtodayGet 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collectionJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletterYou can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast."To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let's see what Christian Kirk can do as the top receiver in Jacksonville! Jacob Gibbs gets into the advanced stats and gives you a scouting report on Kirk. You can also follow the full-length Fantasy Football Today podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-podcast/id261735167Get 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collectionFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, You can listen to Fantasy Football Today in 5 on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today in 5 podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today in 5 podcast."Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtodayJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletterTo hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rondale Moore failed to reach 450 receiving yards as a rookie, but Jacob Gibbs likes some of the advanced metrics. What can we expect from Moore in 2022? You can also follow the full-length Fantasy Football Today podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-podcast/id261735167Get 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collectionFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, You can listen to Fantasy Football Today in 5 on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today in 5 podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today in 5 podcast."Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtodayJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletterTo hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donate to St. Jude as part of our Draft-A-Thon! Bid on pre-draft calls with our experts, a spot in our Podcast League, a guest spot on our show and more! https://ebay.to/3p4Dc3ZThe Fantasy Cops are coming back! But first, Dan and Adam give you a number of players they have been drafting a lot in the early portion of draft season. Courtland Sutton, Trey Lance, Tom Brady and Darrell Henderson are on the list ... News and notes (15:00) on the Bucs wide receivers, training camp risers like James Cook, Romeo Doubs and Isiah Pacheco plus a lot more. Then we've got the Fantasy Cops to settle your league disputes (23:50)! No, you cannot draft your girlfriend's team if you're in the same league ... We read your Apple Podcast questions (34:30)! Dynasty, keeper, salary cap and more ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com (40:40) and your YouTube questions (52:00)Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtodayGet 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collectionJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletterYou can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast."To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donate to St. Jude as part of our Draft-A-Thon! Bid on pre-draft calls with our experts, a spot in our Podcast League, a guest spot on our show and more! https://ebay.to/3p4Dc3ZShould you just avoid the tight end headache and draft Mark Andrews or Travis Kelce? That's one way to go about it, but we'll present you with a number of tight end strategies on today's show. We start with some basic questions including when Kelce should be selected before we go rapid fire and talk about 15 tight ends to give you an overview of the position (3:10). What do you need to know about guys like Dalton Schultz, Zach Ertz and Cole Kmet? ... A quick recap of the Hall of Fame game (13:55) and then some key tight end stats (17:25). We'll tell you why TEs need to be first or second on their team in targets and why waiting at the position can still get you a Top 5 TE. Then we've got overall strategies (28:15), how we feel about the Pitts/Waller/Kittle group (34:10) and sleepers/breakouts/busts (38:30) ... A complete average draft position review (44:15)! We debate Andrews vs. Kelce, spend a lot of time on Pitts (54:25) and Kittle (1:02:10) and much more ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.comFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtodayGet 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collectionJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletterYou can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast."To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donate to St. Jude as part of our Draft-A-Thon! Bid on pre-draft calls with our experts, a spot in our Podcast League, a guest spot on our show and more! https://ebay.to/3p4Dc3ZIf young quarterbacks like Justin Fields, Trey Lance, Tua Tagovailoa and Trevor Lawrence make big leaps in 2022, this could be the deepest QB season we've had in a while. But even if they don't, you'll have plenty of great options at the position. We start with an overview of the position and then some fun stats (4:26) about recent QB history and where the Top 2 finishers at the position are usually drafted. Then we get into your news and notes (7:30) with an update on Deshaun Watson and Matthew Stafford ... Let's talk strategy (14:00)! The guys give their basic strategies and tell us which tier they usually draft from. We also cover how strategies change in different formats (25:30) including Superflex (33:00). Then it's time for sleepers (36:10), breakouts (41:00) and busts (44:00). We love Lance this year. Don't overlook Jameis Winston in deeper leagues. Beware of Joe Burrow at his average draft position ... Running through ADP and discussing all of the relevant QBs (51:00). We debate Jalen Hurts vs. Kyler Murray. We wonder why people are concerned about Tom Brady. We discuss the upside for Tua and Lawrence. And we end the show talking about Mac Jones and Davis Mills! They were better in 2021 than people realize ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.comFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtodayGet 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collectionJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletterYou can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast."To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices