Fantasy Football Today

We're joined by three awesome guests - Yahoo's Liz Loza, NFL Network's Marcas Grant and Rotoballer/Sportsline's Scott Engel - as we take part in a 12-team auction! We've got different bidding strategies (studs and duds vs. a more balanced approach), constant player analysis and much more. Enjoy!Hey! We are giving away a 75 inch and 55 inch TV! The contest is completely free to enter. To win, go to CBSSports.com/giveaway'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts.Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFTodayFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @YardsPerGretch, @BenSchraggWatch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videosJoin 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

We cover most of Round 2 on today's show, making a bust case for each pick. Which second rounder are we most concerned about (1:40)? And who's ready for some DST trivia (4:15)!? Plus news and notes (6:15) as the DEN offensive line takes a hit and Jordan Reed signs with SF ... Bust cases for DeAndre Hopkins (11:40), Nick Chubb (14:45) and Josh Jacobs (20:00). How do we separate the RBs who don't catch a lot of passes? Then it's on to Julio Jones (30:23) and Aaron Jones (35:08). Is Julio slowing down? Are targets an issue? ... What could go wrong for Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes (40:31)? What about Travis Kelce and George Kittle (48:00)? ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com and your Apple Podcast questionsHey! We are giving away a 75 inch and 55 inch TV! The contest is completely free to enter. To win, go to CBSSports.com/giveaway'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts.Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFTodayFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @YardsPerGretch, @BenSchraggWatch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videosJoin 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

We've got so much news to cover today including an exciting quote about Miles Sanders and an exciting report about Josh Jacobs to begin the show. Are these guys set for huge workloads and huge seasons? Then we discuss the LeSean McCoy signing (8:40) and more from around the NFL including the COVID news (16:00) as Matthew Stafford and Gardner Minshew are on the reserve/COVID-19 list ... Everyone is a Bust (22:40)! We tell you what could go wrong for each of the Top 10 players starting with new offenses for Christian McCaffrey and Saquon Barkley, perhaps a decline in touches for Ezekiel Elliott (30:30), and the cases against Alvin Kamara (33:00) and Michael Thomas (37:40). Then we get into Derrick Henry (40:00) and Dalvin Cook (43:10), Davante Adams (47:10) and finally Joe Mixon (49:00) and Tyreek Hill (52:30) ... Jamey and Adam participated in the FLEX draft this past weekend. How did it go (55:00)? Why does everyone seem to hate Adam's team? Jamey's team is awesome! ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts.Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFTodayFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @YardsPerGretch, @BenSchraggWatch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videosJoin 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

Nominate us on PodcastAwards for the Sports category https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup/Former NFL offensive lineman and current NFL analyst and Podcast host Ross Tucker dominates on today's show with his takes on the best and worst offensive lines in the NFL, why this season will be challenging for rookies and what Heath got wrong in his rankings! First he tells how much of a RB's success should be credited to the offensive line (4:40) and why Emmitt Smith was such a great rusher ... Ross gets into Heath's rankings! He thinks Heath is too high on Derrick Henry (10:30), should have Ezekiel Elliott ahead of Saquon Barkley (18:00) and should have Miles Sanders higher (23:03). He shares a few more thoughts on the rankings including Travis Kelce's ranking before discussing what this season will be like for rookies (31:00). Finally, how about some offensive line rankings (35:40) from a former offensive lineman? Ross tells us what Fantasy managers need to know ... We discuss the BUF RB situation and do some Buy or Sell (53:00) ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts.Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFTodayFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @YardsPerGretch, @BenSchraggWatch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videosJoin 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

Nominate us on PodcastAwards for the Sports category https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup/At times it makes more sense to look at points per game rather than total Fantasy points, and that's what we'll do today as we evaluate certain players like Kyler Murray and Joe Mixon. First, we've got COVID news (2:40) as Nate Solder and Devin Funchess opt out and more NFL news to cover (7:30) ... We look at the Top 10 in points per game at each position (15:45) and tell you what stands out. Then let's look at some revealing ppg examples like how similar Murray, Gardner Minshew and Daniel Jones were in 2019 (25:41) ... James Conner was better than Mixon per game (33:45). Also, ppg stats on Marlon Mack (38:40) and several WRs (45:05) including how Stefon Diggs and John Brown averaged the same amount of Fantasy points and why Julian Edelman and Sterling Shepard might be underrated ... Your Apple Podcast questions (54:30) and email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts.Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFTodayFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @YardsPerGretch, @BenSchraggWatch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videosJoin 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

Nominate us on PodcastAwards for the Sports category https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup/Where did Jamey and Ben put Clyde Edwards-Helaire in their rankings after Damien Williams elected to sit out the season? Is he RB6!? Is he ahead of Michael Thomas? Dalvin Cook? Are there are any other KC RBs to draft? Find out on this bonus episode!'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts.Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFTodayFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @YardsPerGretch, @BenSchraggWatch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videosJoin 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

Nominate us on PodcastAwards for the Sports category https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup/We've got several players who may have been exposed to the virus and even more players opting out. We'll start the show with this big news before getting into our key stats ... From Ronald Jones' big plays to how the targets were distributed in DAL to Darrell Henderson's disappointing carries, we've got so many stats to go over and we tell you which ones matter ... We also touch on Matt Ryan's TD rate, Jarvis Landry's red zone presence, the MIA WRs and more ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts.Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFTodayFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @YardsPerGretch, @BenSchraggWatch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videosJoin 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

Nominate us on PodcastAwards for the Sports category https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup/We know about the rookie RBs, but there are so many other training camp battles worth watching. We start with some quick questions (3:00) about whose ADP will rise the most in camp and whose will fall the most. And the guys give an underrated position battle to watch (8:00) before we answer a question about handcuffing strategies in the COVID age (14:45) ... QB position battles (18:00): MIA, CHI and LAC. Which one of these battles will have the biggest impact on the WRs? Then it's on to RB position battles (25:00)! Projected splits for Melvin Gordon and Phillip Lindsay, debating whether or not the MIA RBs are worth rostering and more ... Finally, we discuss the WRs (39:00). Are we sure Diontae Johnson is the WR2 for PIT? Who do we like in KC? PHI? NYJ? And there are many more to discuss ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com 'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts.Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFTodayFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @YardsPerGretch, @BenSchraggWatch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videosJoin 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

Nominate us on PodcastAwards for the Sports category https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup/We start with the latest NFL news! Ronald Jones is expected to be the TB starting RB, so should you draft him ahead of Devin Singletary, Le'Veon Bell, David Johnson and the rest of that group (2:48)? We also give you the latest COVID news (8:00) and more ... Beginning our rankings disputes with Kenyan Drake vs. Travis Kelce (14:55). Do you go with the safety of Kelce or the upside or Drake? Then we debate Mike Evans vs. Allen Robinson (21:21) and Ben Roethlisberger vs. Jared Goff (24:55). Are we too high on Roethlisberger considering we don't know how he'll do without Antonio Brown? ... Two more debates including Chris Carson vs. the elite QBs (32:30) and Tarik Cohen vs. David Montgomery in PPR (37:50). And we conclude our show with some finality on our "sitting your DST on Monday night" debate from Friday (44:40). Find out what our listeners think ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts.Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFTodayFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @YardsPerGretch, @BenSchraggWatch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videosJoin 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

Nominate us on PodcastAwards for the Sports category https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup/We welcome Jacob Gibbs from Sportsline (use the promo code HUDDLE on Sportsline.com!) to the show. Jacob had the 7th-most accurate Fantasy rankings last year, so he'll share some insights with us. He talks about Kenyan Drake (3:05), Robert Woods (8:25) and Amari Cooper (13:13) and why he's high on them ... Want to know who the two most elusive RBs were in 2019? We'll tell ya (18:18)! The answer may surprise you. We also discuss the Washington Football Team (25:23), why Ben Roethlisberger and Drew Brees could be a good QB pairing (27:40) and whether you should be able to bench a player on Monday night to avoid getting negative Fantasy points and losing a week (35:40) ... Handcuffs (39:40)! First of all, do we like to draft handcuffs? And who are the best ones and who are the underrated ones? ... Your Apple Podcast questions (53:40) and emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts.Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFTodayFollow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @YardsPerGretch, @BenSchraggWatch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videosJoin 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