

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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Aug 19, 2020 • 43min
The Secret to Winning Your ESPN and Yahoo Drafts
We dive deep into the ESPN and Yahoo draft experience and outline ways to gain an advantage on both platforms, including general strategies to follow and specific players to target.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

Aug 17, 2020 • 60min
Tricks to Win Your Draft and Hard Knocks Episode 1
We recap our favorite moments from the first episode of 'Hard Knocks' (00:00) before we break down snake, auction, and dynasty drafts and offer up our tips and tricks to come out on top. 'Hard Knocks' (1:24)Snake drafts (13:52)Auction drafts (30:14)Dynasty drafts (45:12)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

Aug 12, 2020 • 48min
Players to Avoid in 2020
We break down the players we don’t like at their current draft value in 2020.RB Leonard Fournette, Jaguars (5:12)QBs Lamar Jackson, Ravens/Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs (8:22)WR DeAndre Hopkins, Cardinals (11:27)RB Sony Michel, Patriots (14:03)RB Le’Veon Bell, Jets (16:52)RB Derrick Henry, Titans (19:10)WR Cooper Kupp, Rams (22:53)WR Deebo Samuel, 49ers (26:59)WR Courtland Sutton, Broncos (29:02)WR Stefon Diggs, Bills (34:26)WR T.Y. Hilton, Colts (35:46)WR Brandin Cooks, Texans (38:25)TE Zach Ertz, Eagles (39:52)TE Jared Cook, Saints (41:11)RB Antonio Gibson, Washington (43:14)Check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Guide for our updated rankings, tiers, mock drafts, and more.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 10, 2020 • 1h 2min
QB/TE Tiers
We talk through our quarterback and tight end tiers and point out the players we like the most, and the players who should be relegated to the tier below.QB TiersTier 1 (5:31)Tier 2 (6:45)Tier 3 (13:11)Tier 4 (17:30)Tier 5 (23:55)Tight End TiersTier 1 (32:32)Tier 2 (33:08)Tier 3 (35:07)Tier 4 (41:21)Tier 5 (49:47)Check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Guide for a closer look at our tiers, rankings, and more.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 5, 2020 • 55min
Wide Receiver Tiers
We talk through our wide receiver tiers and point out the players we like the most and the ones who should be relegated to the tier below.Tier 1 (6:24)Tier 2 (7:32)Tier 3 (8:55)Tier 4 (17:01)Tier 5 (25:01)Tier 6 (30:18)Tier 7 (37:07)Tier 8 (43:31)Tier 9 (48:27)Check out The Ringer's Fantasy Football Guide for a closer look at our tiers, rankings, and more.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 3, 2020 • 57min
Running Back Tiers
We talk through our running back tiers and point out the players we like the most, and the ones who should be relegated to the tier below.Tier 1 (8:30)Tier 2 (9:37)Tier 3 (12:51)Tier 4 (15:04)Tier 5 (27:11)Tier 6 (32:58)Tier 7 (38:03)Tier 8 (44:49)Tier 9 (47:11)Check out the Ringer Fantasy Football Guide for a closer look at our tiers, rankings, and more.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 29, 2020 • 46min
Bouncebacks and Busts
We nominate the players who are set up for a bounceback or a bust season and tell you which side of the coin we land on.WR JuJu Smith-Schuster and RB James Conner, Steelers (3:16)WR Odell Beckham, Browns and QB Baker Mayfield, Browns (9:16)QB Jared Goff, Rams (15:26)QB Matt Ryan, Falcons (18:16)RB David Johnson, Texans (20:42)RB Le’Veon Bell, Jets (24:55)QB Aaron Rodgers, Packers (30:44)QB Phillip Rivers and WR T.Y. Hilton, Colts (35:13)RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Chiefs (38:49)WR Adam Thielen, Vikings (43:11)For more fantasy rankings, sleepers, and draft info, check out the Ringer Fantasy Football Draft Guide.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 27, 2020 • 43min
2020 Sleepers
We break down their top sleepers for the 2020 fantasy season.WR Steven Sims, Washington (4:14)TE Chris Herndon, Jets (7:43)TE Jace Sternberger, Packers (13:31)TE Gerald Everett, Rams (15:51)RB Tarik Cohen, Bears (18:04)WR Preston Williams, Dolphins (22:22)RB Nyheim Hines, Colts (25:37)WR Golden Tate, Giants (28:50)WR Jalen Hurd, 49ers (32:38)WR James Washington and Diontae Johnson, Steelers (35:20)RB Damien Harris, Patriots (40:50)For more fantasy rankings, sleepers, and mock drafts, check out the Ringer Fantasy Football Draft Guide.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 22, 2020 • 40min
Our Top Targets for 2020
The Ringer’s Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck welcome you back to ‘The Ringer Fantasy Football Show’ to break down their top draft targets for the 2020 season. Don’t forget to check out The Ringer Fantasy Football Draft Guide for top 150 rankings, expert mock drafts, auction values, top targets, and much more.-Allen Robinson (3:21)-Kenyan Drake (6:46)-Robert Woods (10:10)-Damien Williams (12:17)-Adam Thielen (17:36)-Tyler Lockett (19:14)-James Conner (21:23)-Mark Andrews (24:13)-Hayden Hurst (25:47)-Calvin Ridley (27:47)-A.J. Brown (28:40)-Josh Allen (31:21)-Matt Stafford (33:31)-George Kittle (35:23)Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 20, 2020 • 1h 3min
Players on New Teams and Where to Draft Them
The Ringer’s Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck debut ‘The Ringer Fantasy Football Show’ with a refresher on some of the players on new teams in 2020 and how we expect them to perform this year.-Tom Brady (10:13)-Rob Gronkowski (15:08)-Cam Newton (21:00)-Todd Gurley (28:01)-DeAndre Hopkins (36:25)-Kenyan Drake (42:20)-David Johnson (45:35)-Melvin Gordon (51:35)-Stefon Diggs (53:32)-Hayden Hurst (57:58)-Austin Hooper (60:27)Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


