

The Ringer Fantasy Football Show
The Ringer
Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck help you through the 2025 fantasy football season with who to draft, who to avoid, and how to win a championship—or at least how to not get last place. We hit everything you need to win: Which old guys aren’t washed yet? Which coaches will ruin your life? Which players would be drafted higher if they had cooler names? Why do I keep doing this to myself every year?We post episodes every week throughout the spring and summer and even MORE during the NFL season with four shows a week: Sunday recaps, Monday waiver wire targets, Wednesday power rankings, and Friday weekly previews.
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May 4, 2021 • 1h 3min
Rookie Rankings and Post-Draft Winners and Losers
With the NFL draft in the books, we rank the rookies based on their outlooks for the 2021 fantasy season. Then we look around the league at the biggest fantasy winners and losers after the NFL draft.Rookie RB rankings (3:18)Post-draft RB winners/losers (17:50)Rookie WR rankings (21:58)Post draft WR winners/losers (31:57)Rookie TE rankings (38:19)Post-draft TE winners/losers (39:26)Rookie QB rankings (43:38)Fun fact (53:56)Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.comHosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 28, 2021 • 1h 3min
Kyle Pitts Secret Clues, Roger Goodell Daps, and NFL Draft Best Bets
After months of drap prep and analysis, we put our money where our mouth is and break down our favorite bets of the NFL draft. We run through the most intriguing bets, including what will happen at the fourth pick, which order the receivers will be drafted in, when Kyle Pitts will be taken, whether a team will trade up for Justin Fields, who Trevor Lawrence will thank first, and more.Bets:No. 3 overall pick (4:23)Trey Lance draft position (10:41)Justin Fields draft position (17:14)Kyle Pitts draft position (24:17)DeVonta Smith draft position (26:56)Jaylen Waddle draft position (28:38)First four WRs drafted in order (29:17)Total WRs taken in Round 1 (33:47)Penei Sewell draft position (34:48)Total OLs drafted in Round 1 (38:03)First three RBs drafted in order (39:44)Last player left in greenroom (43:12)How players will greet the commissioner (46:30)First person Trevor Lawrence thanks (50:41)Who goes first: Kellen Mond or Kyle Trask (52:22)How many Alabama players will go in Round 1 (54:46)Kentucky Derby Odds (57:30)Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.comHosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 21, 2021 • 1h 11min
The Take Purge: NFL Draft
Welcome to the first annual Take Purge. All NFL draft–related takes, including things you don’t actually believe, will be legal for 60 continuous minutes. All rational thought, logic, and professional credibility will be suspended. Email us the takes you must purge! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.comHosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 14, 2021 • 55min
NFL Draft RB Best and Worst-Case Scenarios and the Worst QB Career You’d Take No. 1 Overall
We provide the worst- and best-case scenario for running backs in the NFL draft by assigning them stylistic player comps and creating a scale of potential outcomes. Then we open up the mailbag and revisit the question of which worst current quarterback would you select as the first overall pick in the NFL draft.RB Najee Harris, Alabama (6:00)RB Travis Etienne, Clemson (12:38)RB Javonte Williams, North Carolina (24:10)RB Michael Carter, North Carolina (29:20)RB Trey Sermon, Ohio State (35:07)RB Kenneth Gainwell, Memphis (37:53)RB Rhamondre Stevenson, Oklahoma (40:42)Mailbag Questions What defines a blockbuster trade? (44:00)Who is the worst current NFL QB you would take no. 1 overall? (46:35)Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.comHosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 7, 2021 • 1h 22min
Jets Therapy With Sean Fennessey and NFL Draft WR Best/Worst-Case Scenario
Lifelong Jets fan Sean Fennessey steps into our office to talk about Sam Darnold and the Jets in a session of Fantasy Therapy. Then we provide the worst- and best-case scenario for wide receivers and tight ends in the NFL draft by comparing them to current NFL players and predicting whose careers they could potentially replicate.Jets Therapy (1:30)WR Ja’Marr Chase, LSU (37:31)TE Kyle Pitts, Florida (45:47)WR Devonta Smith, Alabama (58:35)WR Jaylen Waddle, Alabama (66:36)Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.comHosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckGuest: Sean Fennessey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 31, 2021 • 1h 8min
Are the 49ers Really Drafting Mac Jones?
A week after the 49ers traded up for the third overall pick in the NFL draft, rumors are circulating that San Francisco wants to draft Alabama quarterback Mac Jones. We ask ourselves three burning questions to learn why the 49ers may do this.What does Shanahan see in Mac Jones? (0:54)Is a quarterback's landing spot more important than his talent? (27:02)Is a rookie QB ever worth drafting in fantasy? (45:22)Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.comHosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 24, 2021 • 1h 5min
The Free Agency Hangover
Last week we played the Adam Schefter free agency drinking game, this week we have the free agency hangover. Now that it’s the morning after, we are checking back in on teams to help them piece together what they did last night and whether they have any regrets.Giants (2:44)Steelers (12:56)Seahawks (19:12)Raiders (24:16)Patriots (30:19)Dolphins (33:52)Rams (37:04)Washington (40:42)Cardinals (45:08)Ravens (49:02)Lions (50:09)Titans (52:31)Colts (56:49)Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.comHosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 18, 2021 • 1h 28min
The Adam Schefter Free-Agency Drinking Game
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and the first day of NFL free agency, we made a drinking game and created rules based on Adam Schefter’s tweets this week. We scroll back through his timeline to Sunday and read chronologically through today (Wednesday), and give our thoughts on all the deals that have been signed so far.RULES:-Drink every time the Patriots sign someone-Drink every time Schefter mentions Drew Rosenhaus.-Drink every time one of us has not heard of the player who signed a deal.-Drink every time Schefter has a weirdly worded tweet.-Drink for every voidable year on the contract.Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.comHosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 10, 2021 • 1h 6min
Swiping Left and Right on the NFL’s Top Free Agents
We discuss Dak Prescott’s new contract, the end of the career-ending injury era, and his value next season. Then we debut our free-agency dating game in which we swipe left or right on all the notable 2021 free agents and franchised tagged players.Dak Prescott (7:24)Allen Robinson (12:47)Kenny Golladay (16:28)Aaron Jones (24:23)Juju Smith-Schuster (30:16)Will Fuller (34:55)Todd Gurley (43:54)Chris Carson (50:48)Leonard Fournette (53:26)Hunter Henry (57:15)Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.comHosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 3, 2021 • 1h 7min
Seahawks Therapy. Plus, the Combine Is Canceled, Do We Care?
Danny Kelly steps into our office to vent about the recent Russell Wilson trade rumors and his tenured experience as a Seahawks fan. Then, we talk about the NFL combine, its cancelation in 2021, whether it even really matters, and the stats that actually do matter. Then we debate which Hogwarts house Russell Wilson is in, discuss Jared Goff’s 'Madden' skills, and DK calls Joe Burrow a bust.Seahawks Therapy (2:17)Canceled Combine (22:37)Stats That Matter (38:23)Which Hogwarts House is Russell Wilson In? (50:44)Are We Sure Joe Burrow Is Good? (58:18)Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.comHosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


