

Establish the Edge Fantasy Football
Fantasy Football
Looking to step out and compete beyond your home fantasy football league? Mike Leone and guests cover a wide range of topics for serious players, including strategies for Best Ball, high-stakes formats like FFPC, NFFC, Dynasty Leagues, and more. This podcast is for players looking to go deeper -- and find their edge.
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May 26, 2022 • 20min
FFPC TriFlex Dynasty Strategy
Mike Leone discusses why there is a unique opportunity in the FFPC TriFlex Dynasty leagues to try out a Zero RB strategy in your startup draft. The market doesn't quite fully value the benefits of being deep at WR and acquiring extra players in the first 10 rounds, especially in best ball.Use promo code ETR to sign up for Underdog Fantasy: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-establish-the-run. First time depositors will received a deposit bonus up to $100.

May 19, 2022 • 36min
Best Ball Mistakes You’re Probably Making (w/Jack Miller)
Jack Miller of Establish The Run joins Mike Leone to discuss how the different best ball tournament structures on Underdog, FFPC, and Drafters work and how to tweak your draft strategies accordingly.Use promo code ETR to sign up for Underdog Fantasy: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-establish-the-run. First time depositors will received a deposit bonus up to $100.

May 10, 2022 • 35min
$10 MILLION in a Fantasy Tournament??! Strategy & Picks (w/Justin Herzig)
Underdog Fantasy has announced that their big summer best ball tournament, Best Ball Mania 3, will have a $10 million prize pool, including individual prizes of $2 million, $1 million, and $1 million. The winner of the original Best Ball Mania, Justin Herzig, joins Mike Leone of Establish The Run to break down the macro strategy of how to best attack this tournament to maximize your odds of taking home a big prize and get a lot of entertainment along the way.Use promo code ETR to sign up for Underdog Fantasy: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-establish-the-run. First time depositors will received a deposit bonus up to $100.

May 9, 2022 • 36min
Win Your Rookie Draft
Mike Leone of Establish The Run takes you through his rookie draft rankings and tiers, telling you which players to draft, when you should target them, and what trades you could make based on your league rules and team's positioning:-Breece Hall the 1.01-Pounding WR between 1.02 and 1.07-How to approach the overvalued Kenneth Walker-David Bell a priority target at current ADP-How to take advantage of these market mistakes: overconfidence, short term thinking, and overreactions to positional scarcityUse promo code ETR to sign up for Underdog Fantasy: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-establish-the-run

May 2, 2022 • 1h 3min
Underdog Best Ball Mania 3 Rookie Rankings
Jack Miller and Mark Dankenbring of Establish The Run join Mike Leone to recap the NFL draft and figure out where to rank all of the incoming rookies while implementing a sound Underdog tournament strategy:-Are any QBs worth drafting outside of Kenny Pickett?-Breece Hall is the clear rookie RB1. Who is RB2?-Treylon Burks a surprise WR1 over Drake London among rookies on Underdog-Impact of the AJ Brown and Marquise Brown trades-And way more!

May 1, 2022 • 30min
Dynasty Rookie SuperFlex Mock Draft with Evan Silva and Anthony Amico
Evan Silva and Anthony Amico of Establish The Run join Mike Leone for a 2-round mock draft with a SuperFlex TE Premium format. Tune in to find out how a wild NFL Draft will impact your Dynasty Rookie drafts.-Why Drake London is the 1.01-How fall does Kenneth Walker fall?-Where do we start taking the QBs?-How to handle unexpected draft capital for athletic WRs like Christian WatsonPlease check out the Establish the Run Youtube page to see the full video: https://www.youtube.com/c/EstablishTheRun

Apr 22, 2022 • 41min
Dynasty Podcast: QB and TE Prospects with Anthony Amico
Anthony Amico and Mike Leone of Establish The Run take a look at how to evaluate QB and TE prospects in general, how that fits into Dynasty Rookie drafts, and how the 2022 class shakes out:-Malik Willis is in a tier of his own-Kenny Pickett's high floor but low ceiling-Draft Capital will be important for Sam Howell and Desmond Ridder-Trey McBride is the firm TE1 in this class-Jelani Woods has a profile to bet on at the end of the 2nd Round in TE premium rookie drafts

Apr 4, 2022 • 49min
True Dynasty Virgins: The Best Dynasty League Format
Kyle Daily joins Mike Leone of Establish the Run to talk through the best ways to structure your dynasty leagues to maximize entertainment and competitiveness.-Managed versus Best Ball-SuperFlex/Tight End Premium-The Importance of Slow Drafts-Snake or Auction Startup-The Best Rookie Draft Structure

Mar 29, 2022 • 1h 10min
Best Ball: Recapping the crazy NFL Offseason with Mark Dankenbring and Jack Miller
Mark Dankenbring and Jack Miller of Establish the Run recap the crazy NFL offseason and give you their takes on who has gained and lost the most value and what opportunities exist at current ADPs on Underdog and FFPC.-Russell Wilson to Denver-Deshaun Watson and Amari Cooper to Cleveland-Tyreek Hill to the Miami-Davante Adams to the Las Vegas-Brady unretiring and getting the gang back together in Tampa Bayand much more!

Mar 25, 2022 • 59min
Dynasty Podcast: RB Prospects with JJ Zachariason
JJ Zachariason of lateround.com joins Mike Leone to talk about evaluating RB prospects, both in general and specific to the 2022 draft class. Specifically, the duo discuss:-What matters when evaluating RB prospects-Why draft capital is important-How to use speed score in RB evaluations-College receiving share as an important indicator of versatility and talent (and a potential warning sign for Kenneth Walker)-Breece Hall as the Top RB in the class-Why both JJ and Anthony Amico are higher than the market on Rachaad White