

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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Sep 18, 2020 • 43min
Week 2 Bold Predictions and our Million-Dollar Lineup
We look back on our Week 1 predictions and offer up our gut calls and bold predictions for Week 2 before building our million-dollar daily fantasy lineup.Parris Campbell, Colts (11:13)Josh Allen, Bills (14:22)Dak Prescott and Michael Gallup, Cowboys (17:11)Diontae Johnson, Steelers (20:01)Ronald Jones, Buccaneers (22:07)Tom Brady, Buccaneers (24:16)Scotty Miller, Buccaneers (26:04)Josh Jacobs, Raiders (28:31)Saints Offense (31:21)Million-Dollar Lineup (36:44)Million-Dollar Lineup (36:44)Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 16, 2020 • 49min
Bouncebacks and Drop-offs After Week 1
We break down the sudden trade rumors surrounding Allen Robinson, Odell Beckham Jr., and Zach Ertz before discussing the biggest bounceback and drop-off candidates by drafting our favorite and least favorite players at each position. We finish the show with some Week 1 bad beats.Trade Rumors (2:53)Bounceback Draft (5:57)Drop-off Draft (30:44)Bad Beats (46:37)Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 14, 2020 • 1h 4min
Week 1 Standouts and Waiver Wire Adds
Football is finally back, and we break down the headlines from the weekend, including Cam Newton’s promising fantasy start, the Bucs' disappointment, and how the lack of preseason affected fantasy scores. Then, we get into the top scorers of the week, discuss rookie running backs, and recommend our top waiver wire adds heading into Week 2.Headlines (6:43)Top Scorers (20:00)Waiver Wire Adds (49:30)Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 10, 2020 • 52min
Nine Gut Predictions for Week 1
We preview the Chiefs-Texans game, give our Super Bowl and MVP picks, and offer up our gut fantasy predictions for Week 1 before closing the show with a listener-submitted question.Keenan Allen (12:20)Aaron Rodgers (14:30)Kyler Murray (18:40)Jared Goff (24:54)Rookie RBs (27:31)Jaguars defense (29:40)Zach Ertz (34:09)Travis Kelce and George Kittle (37:08)Zane Gonzalez (38:28)Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 8, 2020 • 53min
Last-Second Risers, Injury Updates, and Tricky First-Round Picks
We talk about Alvin Kamara's and Dalvin Cook’s contract situations, brief you on COVID-19's impact on NFL rules and fantasy football team management, break down roster cut downs, discuss injury updates, answer listener questions, and more.Alvin Kamara and Dalvin Cook (4:53)COVID-19 rules update (9:36)Roster updates (15:57)For last-second draft advice, check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Draft Guide!Host: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 4, 2020 • 51min
The Players No One Is Talking About Before Your Draft
We discuss Leonard Fournette signing with the Buccaneers and give a quick training camp injury update before highlighting some of the underdiscussed players from the preseason and giving our thoughts as we head into the last few days of draft season.QB Carson Wentz, Eagles (17:43)QB Drew Brees, Saints (19:57)QB Russell Wilson, Seahawks (23:53)TE Noah Fant, Broncos (26:51)TE Eric Ebron, Steelers (29:17)TE Zach Ertz, Eagles (32:17)RB Nick Chubb, Browns (36:11)RB Josh Jacobs, Raiders (38:40)WR Henry Ruggs III, Raiders (40:05)WR DJ Moore, Panthers (42:31)WR AJ Green, Bengals (45:07)WR AJ Brown, Titans (46:25)As you head into draft weekend, make sure to use the Draft Tracker feature on The Ringer Fantasy Football Draft Guide.Host: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 2, 2020 • 1h 8min
Leonard Fournette News, Alvin Kamara Trade Rumors, and Our Favorite Targets in Each Round
We discuss Leonard Fournette getting cut from the Jaguars, the recent rumor of Alvin Kamara on the Saints' trading block, and highlight our favorite players from each round of a 12-team draft before answering our first listener question!Round 1 (19:31)Round 2 (23:39)Round 3 (27:43)Round 4 (29:59)Round 5 (33:18)Round 6 (40:17)Round 7 (44:14)Round 8 (46:14) Round 9 (48:39)Round 10 (50:33)Round 11 (51:47)Round 12 (54:28)Round 13 (58:57)Listener Question (61:48)It’s draft season, so check out The Ringer’s Fantasy Football Draft Guide and use our Draft Tracker to keep track of your players as you draft.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 31, 2020 • 1h 2min
15 Bold Predictions for 2020 + ‘Hard Knocks’ Episode 3
15 Bold Predictions for 2020 + ‘Hard Knocks’ Episode 3We recap Episode 3 of ‘Hard Knocks’ and catch up on the latest news from training camp before offering up each of our five boldest predictions for the 2020 fantasy football season.‘Hard Knocks’ (3:49)Training Camp Update (8:03)Bold Predictions: Tom Brady (13:09)Davante Adams (18:25)Mike Evans (20:27)Aaron Jones (23:33)Cam Akers (25:23)Christian McCaffrey (28:30)Austin Ekeler (33:10)DeAndre Hopkins (36:09Raheem Mostert (39:21)David Johnson (41:39)Top 10 Tight Ends (42:53)Evan Engram (44:48)Joe Burrow (46:53)Damien Harris (51:27)Le’Veon Bell (53:06)It’s draft season, so check out The Ringer’s Fantasy Football Draft Guide and use our Draft Tracker to keep track of your players as you draft.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 26, 2020 • 58min
Biggest Risers in Our Top 150
We discuss the latest news from training camps before breaking down the players who have risen in our top 150 rankings the most in the past month. Check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Guide for more player rankings, tiers, and mock drafts.RB Clyde-Edwards Helaire, Chiefs (18:06)RB James Conner, Steelers (20:05)WR Marquise Brown, Ravens (21:53)WR Will Fuller, Texans (25:16)WR Michael Gallup, Cowboys (32:02)WR Jalen Reagor, Eagles (35:37)WR Calvin Ridley, Falcons (38:11)WR Tyler Lockett, Seahawks (41:55)WR Robert Woods, Rams (44:48)WR Scotty Miller, Buccaneers (45:45)RB Damien Harris, Patriots (49:33)TE Chris Herndon, Jets (50:37)WR Preston Williams, Dolphins (51:34)Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 24, 2020 • 1h 6min
Training Camp Updates, New Sleepers, Anti-Lytics, and ‘Hard Knocks’ Ep2
We break down our favorite moments from Episode 2 of ‘Hard Knocks’, provide fantasy player updates from around the league now that training camp is officially underway, highlight some new sleepers who are gaining steam, and introduce a new segment about all of the football-adjacent news around the league called “Anti-Lytics”.Hard Knocks (1:19)Training Camp News (12:05)New Sleepers (43:27)Anti-Lytics (49:47)Check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Guide for our updated top 150, positional tiers, expert mock drafts, and more.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


