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Aug 23, 2019 • 1h 15min

08/23: Extended Draft Prep! Thu. Recap, ADP Review and More (Fantasy Football Podcast)

We've got a very thorough episode with fun stats, ADP review, players to pick in deeper leagues and more. Let's start with the potential impact of a Cam Newton injury (1:43), updated Ezekiel Elliott thoughts (6:00) and more news items to start the show before we get into the preseason takeaways (9:30). Derrius Guice is back! Is he better than Miles Sanders now? Sony Michel didn't get the goal line TD. Dede Westbrook scored and Devonta Freeman shared snaps ... Buy or Sell (19:30) with some preseason standouts. We also read five minutes of your tweets (33:00) and do some ADP review (43:10). Heath tells you some players who are being taken too early like Jared Cook and players going too late like John Brown ... How to draft depending on league size (55:15), stats that may or may not matter (1:02:00) and players we don't talk about enough like Carson Wentz, Dak Prescott and Marvin Jones ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com 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
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Aug 22, 2019 • 59min

08/22: Players We Keep Drafting/Avoiding (Fantasy Football Podcast)

It's a smorgasbord of topics on today's show, beginning with big news about Melvin Gordon, Ezekiel Elliott and Tarik Cohen. Then we talk about players we keep finding ourselves drafting (9:30). Dave has a trio of late-round RBs he likes. Heath has a lot of Patrick Mahomes in Round 4. Adam is still hopeful for D.K. Metcalf ... Which players are we avoiding (28:00)? And when should you draft your DST (37:10)? ... Heath's Dynasty risers (42:00), some excellent emails (44:40), Fill in the Blank (52:10) and a look ahead to Preseason Week 3 ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com 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
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Aug 21, 2019 • 1h 9min

08/21: Live Mock Draft! (Fantasy Football Podcast)

Follow along as we do a 12-team, 0.5 PPR mock draft with our listeners! Find out when to take Ezekiel Elliott, when to take Travis Kelce, when this group of listeners decided it was time to get into the second tier of WRs and much more ... Is T.Y. Hilton too risky in Round 3? Amari Cooper went late due to his foot issue. Check out what happened when it felt like we were reaching for WRs in Round 4 ... Why drafting a lot of RBs early can certainly work, why doing the exact opposite can work, why we differ on Ronald Jones and much more from the later rounds ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com 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
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Aug 21, 2019 • 47min

PICK SIX NFL PODCAST TAKEOVER!!!

Will Brinson and Sean Wagner-McGough from the Pick Six NFL podcast share their strongest Fantasy takes with Jamey Eisenberg in this bonus episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast. You'll get a different perspective on important players and some NFL talk as well.The Pick Six pod is your daily source for NFL news and analysis with a focus on gambling and fantasy. Download and subscribe to Pick Six here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pick-six-nfl-podcast/id1263289980 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
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Aug 20, 2019 • 1h 1min

08/20: Draft Day Primer, Listener Tweets, SF-DEN Thoughts (Fantasy Football Podcast)

Let's start with our reactions from a very revealing SF-DEN game. Is Emmanuel Sanders a Top 100 pick now? Adam still believes in Jimmy Garoppolo, but should you (2:42)? Garoppolo or Kyler Murray? And what do we make of the other WRs and the DEN and SF backfields? ... News and notes (14:45) as Corey Clement gets in the mix for PHI, Marquise Brown practices, Mike Evans is dinged up and another JAC WR gets good press. Then we answer a whole bunch of your tweets (23:00) about LeSean McCoy, David Montgomery, Darwin Thompson, Tevin Coleman and many more ... Reviewing the last few weeks of our show, we sum up our strategies for each position (34:35) and we tell you how your draft approach should change in different formats (45:50). Standard scoring, 0.5 PPR, PPR, Superflex, 3WR, it's all covered! ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com 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
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Aug 19, 2019 • 1h

08/19: Sorting out the Rounds 3-4 RBs; Preseason Winners & Losers (Fantasy Football Podcast)

It was an eventful and potentially revealing weekend in the NFL and we'll tell you what you need to know as you get set for your drafts. Bold predictions after Preseason Week 2 (1:40) involving Tyler Lockett, T.J. Hockenson, Adam Thielen and more. Plus Buy or Sell (12:00) as we tackle the Josh Gordon and Antonio Brown situations, the KC backfield (17:40), the DET backfield (20:30), the PIT backfield (21:05) and an important handcuff ... More preseason winners (28:24) as Chris Carson continues to impress. Who else stood out? Let's give LeSean McCoy some credit! ... A couple of Podcast League entries (36:45), and then let's really get into the Rounds 3-4 RBs (40:30). It's a tricky group but we'll tell you how we're feeling about Carson, Josh Jacobs, Devonta Freeman, Marlon Mack, Aaron Jones, Mark Ingram, Damien Williams, David Montgomery, Derrick Henry and Tevin Coleman ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com 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
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Aug 16, 2019 • 1h 10min

08/16: Busts! Plus Preseason Thoughts and Regulators (Fantasy Football Podcast)

We've got some seriously hot takes on today's show as different analysts make bust cases (2:15) for Mark Ingram, Melvin Gordon and David Johnson. Should we be freaking out about ARI's offensive ineptitude in the preseason? Then let's do some player comparisons (10:10) for Sam Darnold vs. Kyler Murray, Nick Chubb vs. David Johnson, Miles Sanders vs. Tarik Cohen and more ... News and notes (21:00) as Curtis Samuel and Todd Gurley get more good press and the second tier of WRs takes another hit. Then we read your emails (32:00) about sneaky DSTs to daft, when to draft Tony Pollard, if it's OK to draft three players from the same NFL team and more ... Summing up last night's preseason performances (37:50) and then getting into our 2019 busts (43:30), Fantasy Regulators (54:50) and your Apple Podcast questions (1:02:00) ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com 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
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Aug 15, 2019 • 60min

08/15: Breakouts! And More Injuries (Fantasy Football Podcast)

Jameis Winston, Kenny Golladay, Kerryon Johnson, Dalvin Cook. These are a few of our favorite breakouts! We discuss some of them at the top of the show and contemplate what to do with a late Round 2/early Round 3 pick (6:55). Do you go RB or WR there? ... ADP Alert (13:10)! Todd Gurley is creeping into the first round. Also find out how to get into our Podcast League! And then we'll give you all the big news items you need to know (18:30) including notes on Kenyan Drake, Amari Cooper, Jimmy Garoppolo and Damien Harris ... We debate Fantasy combos (26:00), give our Fantasy Draft walk-up music (30:00), provide tips for how to draft with picks 5-8 (31:40) and give more breakouts as we reveal some of Jamey's breakouts (35:50), some of Heath's breakouts (44:00) and listener breakouts (50:30) ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com  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
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Aug 14, 2019 • 57min

08/14: Sleepers! And Finishing Up Our WR Talk (Fantasy Football Podcast)

Who are our favorite sleepers in 2019? We start the show with a couple of names before talking about Andrew Luck's mysterious injury (5:45). Is he no longer a Top 12 QB? Can you still take him fairly early thanks to the depth at the position? And how does his injury potentially impact his teammates? ... We finish up our WR Preview with our favorite WRs after the Top 40 (22:00). We're looking at rookie WRs, Anthony Miller, Larry Fitzgerald, perhaps a GB WR, Josh Gordon, John Brown, perhaps a MIA WR, Donte Moncrief and more ... Some more news (36:50), and then we get to sleepers! First Dave's sleepers (37:50) including Darwin Thompson and Delanie Walker, then Jamey's sleepers (42:00) including Lamar Jackson, Latavius Murray and Royce Freeman. And we've got some from Heath and our listeners as well (49:10) ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com 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
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Aug 13, 2019 • 59min

08/13: Wide Receivers Preview Part 2 - Where's the Upside? (Fantasy Football Podcast)

It's an ADP review for the Top 40 (or so) WRs, with the rest coming tomorrow. Which group do we love? Which group do we avoid? Where is the upside? We start with a look at the Top 7 WRs (2:00). Should Odell Beckham Jr. be last in this group? Is Tyreek Hill due for regression, and would it even matter? ... Moving along to the Mike Evans/Keenan Allen/T.Y. Hilton/MIN WRs/Julian Edelman/Antonio Brown/Amari Cooper group (16:35) and then into Round 4 (30:00) with the LAR WRs, Kenny Golladay and more. We discuss all of these guys. Is there a big difference between the Round 3 WRs and the Round 4 WRs? ... Round 5 WRs (37:05) including Calvin Ridley, Cooper Kupp, Tyler Lockett and others. Is this the last group that has WR1 upside? After that, we discuss the mid-round picks (45:15) that we like and don't like ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com 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

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