Fantasy Football Today

Welcome to Projections Week! Heath and Ben have projected every team and today we'll look at the East divisions. First, let's run through some news and notes (2:55) as we talk about the coronavirus, Damien Williams, David Njoku, Antonio Brown and the Scott Fish Bowl ... AFC East projections for NE (12:30), BUF (26:00), NYJ (36:21) and MIA (46:13). How fast-paced will the NE offense be and what wil...

Fantasy analysts have to make bold calls, like fading Derrick Henry or buying into an aging RB. But if those bold calls go wrong it could be really bad for our Fantasy teams! So we present the Top 5 players we're worried about being wrong about. First, let's talk about a shortened preseason and which teams might be most affected (2:55) ... We kick off our discussion with Chris Carson and Le'Veon B...

TRAP backs, TD regression candidates, injury risks and more! Who are we avoiding in drafts? Aaron Jones (2:15) is being drafted too early. When will we be willing to take Derrick Henry (13:15)? What is it that we have against these two players who finished as Top 5 RBs in 2019? ... Much of the show is about RBs including Leonard Fournette (22:00), Chris Carson (26:55) and two players with very dif...

Looking for this year's Courtland Sutton, Michael Gallup or John Brown? We've got a list of nearly 20 names as each analyst gives a Top 5 (and then some) of the WRs they love after Round 10. We start with a favorite (1:50) from Jamey, Ben and Heath. Keep an eye on Laviska Shenault this year! ... Quick news items (9:03) on Teddy Bridgewater and Cam Newton. Then we look at Heath's Top 5 which includ...

The rookie RB class has given us a lot of intriguing backfield battles. Today we'll put the spotlight on five of them as we see which way our listeners are leaning and which way our analysts are leaning in each backfield, starting with KC (4:26). Does Damien Williams have better value than Clyde Edwards-Helaire? ... We move on to the Rams (16:00) and Bucs (23:30) backfields. Are we going with the...

The most charitable man in the industry joins us today! Scott Fish is here to talk about his Fantasy charity, the Scott Fish Bowl and a 0.5 PPR mock draft. Oh, and he weighs in on Cam Newton (6:55) as Heath also tells us where he has Cam in his rankings ... We discuss the most interesting picks of a 0.5 PPR mock draft we completed recently. Josh Jacobs and Derrick Henry were the 7th and 8th picks,...

We're back with a BONUS Pod to talk about the Patriots signing Cam Newton. Where is Cam in the rankings? Is he ahead of Aaron Rodgers? Jared Goff? Does he still have Top 5 upside? What does the fact that it took this long for Cam to sign a 1-year deal say about his health and what the NFL thinks about him? We also talk about the impact that this signing could have on N'Keal Harry, the Patriots RBs...

It's Top Five Friday! We'll give you our list of the best one-hour TV dramas of all-time, but mostly we're talking Fantasy Football with news (2:55) on the Hall of Fame Game and Odell Beckham. Then we'll read a few emails about Todd Gurley (10:30), WR tiers and projections (14:00) and Kenyan Drake (17:44). Is the Fantasy community too low on Drake? ... Taking a detour from Fantasy Football, is Bre...

Let's see what ADP is telling us about the Top 5 TEs. You can guess who the first two are, but how much better are Travis Kelce and George Kittle than the rest of the pack? And the guys debate Mark Andrews vs. Zach Ertz (6:15) ... TE Fill in the Blank! The Top 5 TE (other than Kelce) with the most upside (14:30) and most downside. The Top 5 TE we just won't draft (18:23). The Top 5 TE with the lea...

Michael Thomas has earned his spot as WR1 in PPR, but what about in non-PPR? And who is our #2 WR behind Thomas? We start the show with an ADP review, Heath's reasoning for having Davante Adams and Julio Jones as #2 and #3 respectively, and our collective reasoning for being a little low on DeAndre Hopkins ... News and notes (6:36)! Is Antonio Brown coming back? Then we've got WR Fill in the Blank...

We know Christian McCaffrey is the top RB in Fantasy, but who is next? Is it Ezekiel Elliott and his 300+ carries? Is it Alvin Kamara and his 80+ catches? Saquon Barkley? Dalvin Cook? Let's see what ADP has to say right now (1:50) as we begin our discussion of these stud RBs ... Fill in the Blank! Most upside other than McCaffrey (9:05)? Least upside (14:45)? Highest and lowest floor (15:15) ... W...

It's a big rankings week here on Fantasy Football Today as we look at the Top 5 at each position. With QB, you really have to discuss the Top 6. Let's take a look at early ADP (2:33) and see how far ahead of the pack Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are before we take a quick detour with some news and notes (8:00). Can Curtis Samuel be a sleeper this season? ... Jackson or Mahomes (12:00)? Let's...

With Deebo Samuel out 3-4 months, does Brandon Aiyuk become the best rookie WR? Does George Kittle move ahead of Travis Kelce? We discuss all angles of this including the possibility that Samuel misses hardly any time. Then Dave and Ben give you their biggest bust candidates for the 2020 season. Are Raheem Mostert (8:40) and Will Fuller (12:00) busts or breakouts? ... Some NFL news (19:00) and a q...

On today's show, we reminisce about the Butt Fumble for some reason (1:30), find out if Ben Schragger knows who Pauly Shore is and discuss our 2020 breakouts! Ben, Dave and Jamey give their favorite breakouts to kick things off (2:40). Calvin Ridley, Marquise Brown and D.K. Metcalf are discussed ... Ben Schragger's pop culture knowledge is briefly put to the test (11:15), we've got news and notes...

It's time for an early look at 2020 sleepers! Heath, Ben and Jamey give you their favorites at the top of the show. We like Anthony Miller in the late rounds and Josh Reynolds in deeper leagues ... What can Ben Roethlisberger do without Antonio Brown? We look at Big Ben and Gardner Minshew as QB sleepers (9:23). Matt Breida and Ronald Jones are among the RBs we're looking at today (19:05). Do we l...

Christian McCaffrey is #1! Yeah, that's the easy part, but who is next? We are counting down our Top 30 PPR players based on our consensus rankings. First, #30-21 (3:36) in the rankings. We debate Tyler Lockett vs. Juju Smith-Schuster vs. Adam Thielen, and Kenny Golladay vs. Calvin Ridley. Aaron Jones was a Top 3 RB in 2019 but he barely cracks the overall Top 30 in 2020. What's up with that? ......

Dave is going to try to start the BEST FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE EVER this season! Get the details and see if you like it (2:30)! And there's never a bad time to have some rankings disputes. We're debating: Tom Brady and Drew Brees vs. some of the younger QBs (10:00), James White as a #3 RB in PPR (13:40), Adam Thielen's chance to be elite (18:50) and what we'll see from Evan Engram this season (22:...

Well, a stud RB is threatening to hold out. Must be football season! Let's talk about Dalvin Cook (1:50) to start the show and more notes (9:15) on DeSean Jackson, Hayden Hurst and more ... We've got data on where WRs line up on the field (12:30). Which WRs avoid the slot? Which ones play there the most? What about RBs and TEs? And why does this matter? Does it help some WRs avoid the top cornerba...

A look at early ADP has some head-scratching stuff! We'll tell you our favorite values after we look at a few somewhat surprising ADPs (3:25) like Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs as RB5 and RB6, respectively. Plus you might be surprised by who the second WR off the board is and where Rob Gronkowski is being drafted. Also, we have a very interesting FAAB question to debate (15:00) ... A look at our f...

Bold predictions week comes to a close as Heath Cummings makes his bold calls for 2020. Before Heath's picks, we dissect a prediction that David Johnson will be a top 12 RB (1:00). ... News and notes (5:48) include Derrick Henry's workload, Buccaneers personnel, and NFL players and coaches returning to facilities. ... Heath's bold predictions (27:44) begin with Deshaun Watson finishing as a top 2...

Bold prediction week continues as Dave Richard makes his bold takes and we're joined by Jake Ciely of The Athletic. Before the 2020 predictions, we recap the latest news and notes (4:36) about the Colts RBs and Henry Ruggs. ... Dave's bold predictions begin with a hot take about Josh Allen's passing game (12:08) and Odell Beckham Jr.'s role in Cleveland (16:57). Dave likes Ceedee Lamb over Michael...

We kick off Bold Predictions week with 5 bold predictions from Jamey Eisenberg. But first, Dave and Heath give a sneak preview of their bold predictions (1:06), including a nugget about Odell Beckham Jr. ... Before Jamey's bold calls, we break down how Fantasy leagues should be set up amid the coronavirus pandemic in case a player tests positive for COVID-19 symptoms (3:53) ... Jamey's first bold...

We've got an hour of redraft and dynasty questions for you, but first we have a surprisingly spirited discussion about Diontae Johnson (2:24)! Is the hype legit? And what are the latest rumors about the Eagles backfield (10:25)? ... Starting with your redraft questions (14:55), we touch on Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Kenyan Drake, Christian McCaffrey's workload (16:50), the Giants WRs (22:40), keepers,...

Need to get up to speed on air yards, yards per route run, aDOT or the other fancy stats that are becoming more relevant these days? We've got a Fantasy Football Advanced Statistics primer for you. We'll tell you our favorite stats to use and briefly talk QB strategy (8:00) before we get into the nitty gritty ... Let's start with some RB stats (10:43) as Ben tells you about High Value Touches (HVT...

Big news (kinda?) as Carlos Hyde signs with Seattle. How will this affect Chris Carson (2:42)? Is there any reason to believe Carson won't get his typical 300 or so carries? ... We talk Tight End regression (13:40) with Jared Cook and his crazy 2019 stats leading the way. His yards per target, yards per catch and TD rate were too high, but can he still be a Fantasy starter even with regression? Th...