

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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Dec 18, 2020 • 49min
DFS Qualifiers, Weekly Contest Selection and Matching Lineups to Contests
With Mike playing in this weekend's Fantasy Football World Championship, Pat asks him about playing qualifiers, strategies for mixing up weekly contest selection, modifying your bankroll and matching lineups to the contest type.Pat's TwitterMike's TwitterMike's ETR ContentPat's ETR Content

Dec 10, 2020 • 54min
Best Ball Strategy Review and Rookie Rants
Pat and Mike discuss their thoughts on best ball strategy, including a look back at the hyperfragile draft strategy and methods for making sure your player exposures are what you want them to be.Mike also rants on reactions to Justin Jefferson's historic season and the episode closes with a discussion of what we can expect going forward from the rookie RB class.

Dec 3, 2020 • 55min
DEEP DIVE: Diversification Strategy for DFS, Redraft and Dynasty
Mike and Pat talk though diversification strategies in DFS, redraft and dynasty. Including ways to diversify on player selection even when going all in on a macro strategy in a given week / season makes sense. They also talk through times it makes sense to spread out your exposure to players and strategies, and tactics to making that easier to execute.Pat's TwitterMike's TwitterMike's ETR ContentPat's ETR Content

Nov 20, 2020 • 59min
DEEP DIVE: Handling Uncertainty in Season Long and Daily Fantasy
Pat and Mike discuss how uncertainty factors into redraft and DFS. Topics includeDrafting for breakout players instead of assembling a starting lineup.Betting against the market when it is certain about uncertain situations.Handcuffing vs. multiple late round RBs from the same backfield.Waiver wire strategy.How to handle emerging trends in redraft vs. DFSHow to handle dart throws and unprojectable situations in DFS.Mike also invents a new buzzword, "input volatility" and breaks the news to Pat that Taysom Hill has TE eligibility on FanDuel this week.

Nov 12, 2020 • 49min
High Stakes Playoff Strategy and Draft Strategy Retrospective
Mike and Pat discuss tactics for readying FFPC and NFFC high stakes teams for the playoff run--including QB and TE stashes, calibrating FAAB bids, backup kickers and defenses and schedule considerations.They also look back at draft season to discuss stacking, Zero RB, QB value and more.

Nov 8, 2020 • 41min
DEEP DIVE: Correlation in DFS Lineups
Pat interviews Mike on all there is to know about correlation in GPP lineup construction. Covering stacking, bring backs, RB/DST, RB/RB, TE correlation, mini correlations and adjusting correlation for field size and salary.This is an evergreen episode that covers broader strategy, not player specific strategy.

Oct 30, 2020 • 1h 27min
Listener Mailbag: Dynasty Trades
Pat and Mike break down listener submitted dynasty trade questions. Includes discussion of D'Andre Swift, Antonio Gibson, Jonathan Taylor, James Conner, Chris Carson, David Montgomery, Ronald Jones (of course), Keenan Allen, Julio Jones, Devante Parker, Jalen Reagor, TJ Hockenson, Dallas Goedert, and more.Pat's TwitterMike's TwitterMike's ETR ContentPat's ETR Content

Oct 22, 2020 • 1h 6min
Polarizing Dynasty Players, Ambiguous RB Situations and Avoiding the Next JJAW
Pat and Mike discuss Juju Smith-Schuster, DJ Moore and other polarizing dynasty players. They also note some red flags on rookies like Brandon Aiyuk and Gabriel Davis. And discuss difficult RB evaluations like Jonathan Taylor and Cam Akers. Finally, Mike adds James Conner to the show sheet in a successful attempt at lowering Pat's asking price in a dynasty league they're in together. Pat's TwitterMike's TwitterMike's ETR ContentPat's ETR Content

Oct 16, 2020 • 1h 20min
CEH and Dak Fallout + Superflex Discussion and a TPPR Tight End Review
Mike and Pat give their thoughts on Le'Veon Bell signing with the Chiefs and on Andy Dalton's value in Dallas. Mike shares a Superflex dynasty trade for Dalton and Pat throws out some hypothetical packages to get back for Dak. The episode closes with a discussion of Tight Ends who are standing out in targets per route run so far in 2020. (With a chart made by Sam Hoppen (@Sam Hoppen) that Pat will share on twitter for reference).Pat's TwitterMike's TwitterMike's ETR ContentPat's ETR Content

Oct 9, 2020 • 47min
Re-Drafting the 2020 Rookie Class w/ Evan Silva
Pat and Mike are joined by Establish The Run co-founder Evan Silva for a 3 man draft of the 2020 rookie class. The draft was originally supposed to be just the 1st round... but this class is too loaded to stop there. Pat's TwitterMike's TwitterMike's ETR ContentPat's ETR Content