Draft Sharks - Fantasy Football Podcast

​​The Arizona Cardinals present a lot of change around QB Kyler Murray. He welcomes college teammate Marquise Brown but must wait out a PED suspension for DeAndre Hopkins. Can Cooper Kupp and the Los Angeles Rams repeat their magic from last year? Is Cam Akers or Darrell Henderson the backfield target? We fully expect the San Francisco 49ers to move on to Trey Lance. What does that mean for the fa...

Adam and Mike talk to Darren Armani aka @fantasymojo of Fantasymojo.com about his recent FFPC Main Event article. The in depth article covers 2021 results and looks forward to 2022 including the $1 million grand prize. The guys also draw the draft slots for the Live Buffalo divisions of the Scott Fish Bowl. See what spots these players get and find out more about the event at Big Ditch Brewery in...

​Jared and Matt took to the best-ball streets Wednesday to draft a couple of entries to Underdog's Best Ball Mania 3 tournament. We got a surprise pick in Round 1, varied early strategies and some stacking decisions. How much attention should you pay to Week 17 matchups? What's the optimal approach by position? Should you take the same player 1st every time? There's plenty to talk about. ​Check ou...

​Best-ball fantasy football drafting -- especially this time of year -- tends to be about spreading your player exposures and building a portfolio. But that doesn't mean that you should strive for equal amounts of every guy. There are players going much later -- or earlier -- than they should. And that creates opportunities for you to attack the market. We're looking through ADPs from the main bes...

It is officially rookie-draft season. So we invited  Derek Brown  of Fantasy Pros and  Ben Gretch ​​ of Stealing Signals to all put our player opinions to work. Those 2 join Matt and Jared in mocking out 2 rounds of a 12-team superflex dynasty rookie draft. You probably won't be surprised that it took a little bit for the 1st QB to go. You might be surprised, though, at which player went first. As...

​We knew this wasn't a great NFL Draft for offensive skill-position talent. The NFL emphasized that with a 1st round that included only 1 QB, no RBs and no TEs. We did, however, get big moves for Jameson Williams and Chris Olave -- plus 4 other wideouts joining them on Thursday night. The biggest moves, however, might have been the trades of A.J. Brown and Marquise Brown. We're breaking down all t...

Greg DePalma and the folks at  Ourlads  have been covering the draft for longer than most people have been playing fantasy football. So we asked Greg to help us dig into teams with the biggest needs at the fantasy-relevant offensive positions and try to find NFL Draft prospects who could fill those needs. We talked not only about a potential sleeper in this year's QB class, but 1 who could be in n...

Last week, we  previewed the RB and QB classes  for the upcoming NFL Draft. This time, we're focused on pass-catchers. And the WR group this year looks like the best of the offensive bunch. Have we settled on a clear top 5? How many others could sneak into Round 1. Walter Cherepinsky has been covering the draft for years on his site,  WalterFootball.com , so we asked him to join us in digging into...

​Are Malik Willis and Breece Hall the clear leaders at their positions for fantasy football drafts out of this NFL rookie class? And even if you're set on "yes" for them, how does the class settle out behind them. We're still waiting on the NFL Draft to answer some final questions, but Jared and Matt have some favorite prospects they'll be tracking ... as well as some seemingly overrated guys to a...

It obviously takes some good luck to win a best-ball fantasy football tournament. But the process is about attacking edges to set yourself up to take advantage of those lucky breaks. That's especially true in a full-season format such as that on Drafters, as opposed to the weekly playoffs that finish some other best-ball tourneys.  Ben Hauver  won the 2021 regular-season tournament, so we invited...

Your 2022 fantasy football rankings are LIVE! Our rankings are never really "finished," of course, until the regular season starts. We'll tweak them constantly: after each move in NFL free agency, after the NFL Draft, sometimes just because we read some news or discovered some indicator that has changed our minds about a player. But having them available at the earliest date ever -- for at least t...

​ Bradley Stalder  and  Billy Muzio  stop by to chat with Matt about how you need to plan before your draft starts, what you need to do throughout the draft if you're hoping to win a big best-ball prize and some players we love -- or hate -- in early drafting. Become a DS Insider  to take advantage of  2022 projections  and sync your Draft War Room. ​   DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE Aw...

​It's been a while since Matt and Jared did the pod thing together, so this reunion show ran a little long. It's for good reason, though, as there's a lot to talk about on the dynasty frontier. We're starting by revealing some key enhancements to our dynasty tools (1:02), then assessing the Russell Wilson- and Deshaun Watson-led offseason QB market (5:32), looking at what to do with Elijah Mitchel...

​What does it really mean for a player to be "better in best ball"? Underdog's Hayden Winks has been answering that question for a couple of years now, and his findings can help you draft better teams. We'll talk about how many QBs you should be drafting -- both in common formats and superflex -- as well as how to treat the other positions. And then we'll dig into some rookie talk. What matters fo...

How should you be building our your best-ball tournament rosters? How should you be assessing your player portfolio? Should you even be jumping into these drafts at all? Justin Herzig took down the $200K top prize in Underdog's 1st Best Ball Mania 2 years ago, and he's here to share his best-ball expertise with us in this episode. Become a DS Insider  to take advantage of  2022 projections  and sy...

If you're drafting best-ball teams right now, then you've probably seen Eaglezzz in your room at some point. That's James Brimacombe, and he's joining us on this episode to talk about his best-ball experience. We'll look at what's changed since best-ball arrived, how to approach certain tournaments and who we're targeting or avoiding at each position. And if you stick around to the end, you'll hea...

​Ben Standig covers the Washington football beat for The Athletic, and in a past life he used to work in the fantasy football industry. So Matt invited him on the day after the Commanders acquired QB Carson Wentz from the Colts. We're not stopping at addressing that situation, though. We're tapping Ben for insights on Curtis Samuel's outlook, the J.D. McKissic plan and why you should remember the...

It's March and we're already entering the 3rd month of 2022 fantasy football best-ball drafts. Adam and Mike are looking to Underdog ADP to pick out some early sleepers and some guys getting more attention than they deserve -- as well as looking at early draft trends. Check out our initial  2022 fantasy football rankings .  Subscribe to the YouTube channel  to catch every episode of The Deep End....

​ Are you already drafting for 2022 fantasy football? Are you not there yet but thinking about jumping in? Maybe you're not even playing best ball and just looking to bone up on your strategy for next season and beyond. Whatever your situation, you'll be able to find helpful nuggets from the insights guest Josh Larky brings to this episode. We're focusing specifically on Underdog best-ball tournam...

​Jared joins Tod Burros ( @BestballNFL ) to close out this 8-part series with a dig into the NFC West. There are, of course, questions about whether Cooper Kupp can repeat, whether Cam Akers can rebound and whether Odell Beckham Jr. will return. There are questions regarding who will surround Kyler Murray in Arizona ... and whether the QB himself will stick around. We're all wondering what the Tre...

The AFC West gave us a pair of playoff teams in the 2021 NFL season, plus another that just missed. But what lies ahead for a Justin Herbert and a Chargers offense that might be hitting reset at WR and TE? Should you draft the Broncos right now as though they're getting Aaron Rodgers? Is Javonte Williams going too early? Are the Chiefs already showing signs of decline? and do the Raiders present t...

Jared joins Tod Burros ( @BestballNFL ) for the 6th episode in this series. But just how much is there to dig into in the NFC South? Tom Brady's retirement means 3 of 4 teams face bit QB questions. And the other might rather have a question to answer there instead of Matt Ryan's huge contract. But we can't ignore these situations, because they'll impact the outlooks -- and early ADPs -- of wide re...

It's been a little while, so Mike Schopp and Adam Krautwurst are excited to get back to it. Best-ball drafting for the 2022 fantasy football season is already underway, and that means we already have usable ADP numbers. The Deep End boys are reviewing some of their early drafting to talk through some picks and strategies. Is Jonathan Taylor really the clear-cut #1, or is a big name being overlooke...

​It's already been an interesting offseason for the AFC South, which has replaced half of its head coaches​. Derrick Henry remains in the middle of Round 1 in current best ball drafts. But does he belong there? Do we know who will play QB for the Colts in 2022 -- or WR or TE, for that matter? Doug Pederson's Jaguars and ... Lovie Smith's (???) Texans might have more questions to answer than we hav...

​Is Cincinnati's big finish to the year making Bengals too expensive in early drafting? Matt and Tod Burros ( @BestballNFL )​ dig into that along with other AFC North questions in this 4th episode of the Best-Ball Study Hall series. How should we treat the post-Ben Roethlisberger Steelers? What should we expect from the Ravens offense with RBs coming back? Is there anything to like in Cleveland? C...