Fantasy Football Today

Some RB stats (2:15) to put the 2018 RB season in perspective. How much does the quality of the offense matter when evaluating a RB? And we've got an email about Baker Mayfield's upside (6:24) ... Heath's busts beginning with Drew Brees (14:50). Don't make him one of the first 8 QBs off the board. We also discuss two RBs who could be great but are hardly involved in the passing game (21:00) and three WRs (28:50) who have been elite WRs recently but face uncertainty this season ... Jamey tells us about two recent PPR drafts in which he has the 8th overall pick (41:00). We compare his two squads and wonder if selecting Travis Kelce and Zach Ertz in Rounds 2 and 3 is a good strategy ... 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

We know who the top 4 picks are, but who is #5? After we start the show with some fun Fantasy stats, we get into the discussion about the #5 pick (5:25) before moving on to Heath's breakouts! Which QB is ready for his best season yet (10:30)? ... Heath discusses two RBs (14:00) with breakout potential. One could be a Top 40 pick and the other you can wait for. We also debate Chris Godwin vs. Sammy Watkins (20:15) and we get into Evan Engram's potential outcomes this season (26:55). Does his QB matter? ... Minicamp developments (37:40) including RB notes for GB, CHI, PHI, PIT and JAC. How many catches for Leonard Fournette? Who should be the second rookie RB off the board in Fantasy drafts? We've also got WR notes (46:24) including a name to know in PIT ... 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

You need a TE, but there is a WR on the board who will almost certainly put up better overall numbers than the TE. Who do you take? How do you decide? We open the show discussing this scenario ... The debut of the Floor-O-Meter (12:00)! We go through the Top 24 picks and discuss the Fantasy floor of each player. Then Dave recaps his conversation with Todd Gurley's trainer (20:00) and we've got news and notes (25:10) as Adam declares who the new Villain of the NFL will be ... Heath's sleepers! Two QBs (30:00), two RBs (40:00) and a couple of pass-catchers at the end of the show. Does Dak Prescott have big upside? Can Peyton Barber succeed in a new system? Should Keelan Cole be drafted? ... 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

Starting the show with an impromptu Kyler Murray discussion, which leads us to our QB strategy. In a standard, 1-QB league, can you spend two late-round picks on QBs with upside? Or do they need to have a certain level of safety? ... Answering your questions (12:45) about Ezekiel Elliott's workload, Carson Wentz, Robby Anderson, a fun league format and the potential secret to winning your league (20:51)! ... A quick round of news and notes (26:00) before we tell you about our 12-team, PPR SuperFlex draft (31:00). In this league, QBs can be used at the SuperFlex position, meaning it's basically a 2-QB league. We compare teams that invested heavily in QB to teams that waited a long time to draft that position. Also, do you need to roster three QBs? How much do tiers matter in this format? ... 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

Resuming where we left off last week, we dig deep on the Top 4 RBs (4:00) with the cases for and against each (McCaffrey, Kamara, Zeke, Barkley). We mostly talk PPR but also discuss non-PPR. Will Zeke be a force in the passing game again? Will Kamara get more goal line carries? Will McCaffrey get fewer goal line carries? And will Barkley be a victim of a bad offense? ... News and notes (26:20) as we discuss what kind of suspension we expect for Tyreek Hill and if he should go ahead of Sammy Watkins in drafts. Plus a note on GB WRs ... Our Ben Gretch joins us to tell us what he would change in the Top 150 rankings (33:00). He's very high on Kyler Murray and not so high on Derrick Henry. He also discusses young WRs and plenty more ... 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

Our final episode of "Top 150 Week" brings us to the Top 30 players in our consensus PPR rankings. Spoiler Alert: While we do reveal the entire Top 30, we ran out of time to have the necessary conversation about the Top 4 overall players, but that will happen next week. Today, we've got three TEs and the rest are RBs and WRs. Odell Beckham or Mike Evans? Nick Chubb or Todd Gurley? Can Travis Kelce and Zach Ertz get 150 targets again? Thanks for listening to us all week and enjoy the show! 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

Our Top 4 QBs are all ranked between 55-60 overall, so we start the show debating Aaron Rodgers vs. Patrick Mahomes vs. Andrew Luck vs. Deshaun Watson. All three of our analysts have a different #1 QB. There's only one TE in the #60-31 range and it's Evan Engram, but there are obviously plenty of RBs and WRs. We discuss the upside and downside of 30 players who could make or break your teams. 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

Now we're cooking! As we get into the Top 90 in our overall PPR rankings, we're looking at a lot of guys who could be league winners for you. We've got proven players like Jarvis Landry, Marvin Jones and LeSean McCoy. We've got unproven players with upside like Derrius Guice, Mike Williams and Miles Sanders. Also, the TE debates are great in this episode, and we seem to have trouble figuring out which Giants WR is the best and if we actually want one of them on our team. Enjoy! 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

The countdown of our Top 150 PPR players continues! A lot of WR talk as we rank guys like DeSean Jackson, Anthony Miller, Kenny Stills, a couple of rookies and three different Broncos. We're also getting into the back half of the Top 10 QBs with the AFC South well-represented. And we're discussing RBs who are #2 on their team depth charts. plus late-round TEs.  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

This week on Fantasy Football Today, we'll give you our takes on each player in our Top 150 consensus rankings, counting down from #150 to #1. Today, we tackle the first 30 players on the list. We've got QB debates (Roethlisberger vs. Wilson vs. Murray), TE debates (Herndon vs. McDonald vs. Burton), rookie WR debates (Samuel vs. Metcalf), pass-catching RBs, forgotten AFC East WRs and plenty more.  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