The Ringer Fantasy Football Show

We have updated our top-150 rankings, which you can find here, so we are going to run through the players we’ve dropped and are down on as we enter peak draft season.RB Derrick Henry, Titans (2:19)RB Jonathan Taylor, Colts (7:56)WR Kenny Golladay, Giants (11:03)WR Mike Evans, Bucs (20:21)WRs A.J. Brown, Titans, and D.K. Metcalf, Seahawks (25:48)WR Curtis Samuel, Washington (30:12)WR Rashod Bateman, Ravens (33:37)TE Dallas Goedert, Eagles (35:18)WR Jalen Reagor, Eagles (38:03)Denzel Mims ate bad salmon (40:22)Listener emails (45:12)Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here.Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We go over everything we learned from Week 1 of preseason and determine how it’s changing our thinking, including the rookie QB debuts, the RBs and WRs who stood out, injury updates, and dynasty players to trade for or trade away. Finally, we read a particularly regretful listener email about Santa Claus.QB watch (5:09)Preseason winners (35:40)Injury updates (50:40)Dynasty trade targets (52:37)We ruined Santa Claus for a kid (65:08)Check out our UPDATED rankings on The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here.Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As draft season approaches, we open up the mailbag to answer questions on bye weeks in Week 14, college allegiances, when to take QBs in two-QB leagues, best late-round QBs to draft, the most fun yet least helpful player to have vs. the least fun yet most helpful player to have, James Conner’s sneaky value, auction draft strategies, when tell your kids about Santa Claus, how to use ADP to your advantage, and moreCheck out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here.Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We determine if we are buying or selling the most popular training camp narratives through quotes from the movie ‘Anchorman.’Texans (2:38)Bengals (3:58)Colts (10:33)QB Tua Tagovailoa, Dolphins (14:51)Cowboys (20:10)Jaguars (23:03)49ers (27:57)QB Jalen Hurts, Eagles (35:33)HC Dan Campbell, Lions (40:06)Saquon Barkley, Giants (42:45)Falcons (48:55)Rams (55:46)Saints (65:22)Patriots (67:32)Broncos (69:23)Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here!Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We begin with some injury news from the weekend, including Dak Prescott’s shoulder, Amari Cooper’s foot, Justin Jefferson’s shoulder, and more. Then we talk about the running back dead zone, and why a specific crop of running backs should be avoided each season.News:QB Dak Prescott, Cowboys (4:16)WR Amari Cooper, Cowboys (7:35)WR Justin Jefferson, Vikings (9:23)RB Saquon Barkley, Giants (21:56)RB Najee Harris, Steelers (26:38)TE Hunter Henry, Patriots (28:38)WR Will Fuller, Dolphins (31:55)WR Curtis Samuel, Washington (34:17)The RB Dead Zone (41:51)Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here.Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We start with news of Joe Burrow’s not fully recovered knee and the Kenny Golladay hamstring situation in New York. Note: We recorded this before the report that Saquon Barkley might miss the first two weeks of the season. Then we introduce a segment called “Name Brand Off Brand.” You know how sometimes the off-brand product is just as good as the name brand for half the price? We look at the players who offer the same upside as more highly priced players but whom you can draft at a discount.News:QB Joe Burrow, Bengals (1:55)WR Kenny Golladay, Giants (7:46)WR Laviska Shenault, Jaguars (14:07)WR D.J. Chark, Jaguars (16:13)WR Marvin Jones, Jaguars (20:16)RB Travis Etienne, Jaguars (22:25)WR Robby Anderson, Panthers (26:57)RB Myles Gaskin, Dolphins (32:35)RB Zack Moss, Bills (37:35)TE Adam Trautman, Saints (43:02)Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here.Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We run through the biggest risers and fallers of training camp as explained by quotes from the movie ‘Happy Gilmore.'RB Jonathan Taylor, Colts (2:53)RB Antonio Gibson, Washington (6:41)HC Dan Campbell, Lions (10:13)RB D’Andre Swift, Lions (15:44)WR CeeDee Lamb, Cowboys (18:20)WR Randall Cobb, Packers (24:14)RB Sony Michel, Patriots (30:17)QB Tua Tagovailoa, Dolphins (32:54)WR Will Fuller, Dolphins (34:07)WR Sammy Watkins, Ravens (39:17)QB Jimmy Garoppolo, 49ers (44:45)WR Brandon Aiyuk, 49ers (52:09)Quick Hitters (53:43)Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here.Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With training camp underway, we kick off the week by running through all of the major injuries so far, including Carson Wentz requiring surgery on his foot, DeVonta Smith missing multiple weeks with a knee sprain, and Dak Prescott’s sore shoulder. Then we run through the players getting the most training camp hype and decide if we are buying it or not. Finally, Craig’s brother, Scott, drops by to embarrass him on his birthday.Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here.Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckGuest: Scott HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We run through our favorite late-round sleepers of the 2021 season.WR Rondale Moore, Cardinals (2:29)WR Darnell Mooney, Bears (9:05)RB Devontae Booker, Giants (12:36)RB Darrynton Evans, Titans (15:03)RB Giovani Bernard, Bucs (18:08)WR Randall Cobb, Packers (25:21)WR Mecole Hardman, Chiefs (28:48)WR Elijah Moore, Jets (32:51)QB Zach Wilson, Jets (35:34)WR Gabriel Davis, Bills (42:28)WR Marquez Callaway, Saints (47:33)RB J.D. McKissic, Washington (50:43)RB Jamaal Williams, Lions (52:09)TE Zach Ertz, Eagles (52:42)RB Rashaad Penny, Seahawks (54:22)Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here.Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We continue our discussion of the main characters of the 2021 fantasy football season—this time explained by quotes from the movie ‘Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby’QB Aaron Rodgers, Packers (1:52)WR Davante Adams, Packers (14:19)RB Saquon Barkley, Giants (16:49)RB Derrick Henry, Titans (20:40)RB Najee Harris, Steelers (25:49)The Old QBs (34:16)Kyler Murray, Cardinals (39:36)Our Favorite Quotes (48:37)Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide hereEmail us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices