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Today's early Monday edition of the FFR Podcast looks over the Risers including key players from Oregon, Fallers, and updates my 2-RD SF Mock Draft. Next episode out Wednesday recapping every '26 mock. TIMELINE || Intro & Show Notes -- 0:00 || Risers -- 3:30 || Riser of the Week: Dante Moore -- 3:45 || L.J. Martin -- 15:15 || Kenyon Sadiq -- 20:30 || Faller of the Week: Jonah Coleman -- 29:00 || F...

Today's FFR podcast covers some brief NFL Leaderboards for statistics like Yards per Route Run and Missed Tackles Forced, looks at Week 13 in CFB, and covers the CFB Postseason for Fantasy. TIMELINE || NFL Notes -- 1:30 || WRs -- 2:30 || RBs -- 9:00 || NFL Notes PSA -- 13:00 || Postseason Overview -- 16:30 || Teams -- 17:30 || Conferences -- 39:30 || Seeds -- 49:00 || Week 13 Preview -- 55:30 || F...

Back to the standard Risers & Fallers format as this week discusses Week 12 Riser Of the Week, K.C. Concepcion, as well as discusses the fallout from Alabama's loss to Oklahoma. + a 2-Round 1QB Mock. TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || Riser of the Week -- 1:45 || QB Risers -- 11:00 || Faller of the Week -- 19:00 || WR Faller -- 36:15 || Future Risers of the Week -- 43:15 || Oregon Notes -- 55:15 || Sell...

Today's show discussed Dane Brugler's Big Board, NFL Stock Exchange's recent Mock, and previews the upcoming Week 12 in College Football TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || Stock Exchange + Big Board -- 1:55 || Friday Night Lights -- 20:00 || Big Games -- 28:00 || Other Games -- 41:15 || Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Today's show takes on a bit of a different order as I begin by breaking down the 3 major QB games this weekend between Ty Simpson, Fernando Mendoza, and Dante Moore. + Risers, Fallers, and a 2-Rd Mock. TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || Injuries Week 11 -- 3:30 || QB Breakdowns: Ty Simpson -- 12:45 || QB Breakdowns: Fernando Mendoza -- 30:15 || QB Breakdowns: Dante Moore -- 39:00 || 2026 Risers -- 47:30...

Today’s episode of the podcast covers some NFL Leaderboards, dives into a discussion about Early Declare and Super Senior statuses, and then finishes with the Week 11 Discussion. As usual, I did not write up the NFL Notes, but I do have at least some brief observations about Early Declare and Super Senior status by position group. This is not meant to be a definitive study, more an observation abo...

Today's FFR covers the Risers, Fallers, and 2-Round 1QB Weekly Mock Draft after Weeks 9 & 10 of the CFB Season. Last week had the 2026 Big Board and 2027 First Pass, but now the Risers return. TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || Risers Begin -- 2:10 || QB Risers of the Week -- 2:45 || WR Riser of the Week -- 10:15 || TE Riser of the Week -- 13:45 || QB Faller of the Week -- 15:15 || RB Faller of the Week...

Today's show features a look even further into the future than normal, focusing in on the sophomores / 2nd year players around College Football. + as always the Weekly College Football preview. TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || 2026 First Pass Review -- 2:45 || Raw #s 2026 versus 2027 -- 9:15 || Brief Positional Overviews (2027) -- 16:00 || QB Player Notes -- 22:15 || RB Player Notes -- 37:30 || WR Pla...

It is Big Board Week! 12 QBs, 19 RBs, 24 WRs, and 9 TEs discussed/ranked. Not only do I have my 2026 Big Board today, but I am in the process of preparing my 2027 First Pass for Thursday. TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || Big Board Open -- 1:20 || 2026 QB Overview -- 2:30 || 2026 RB Overview -- 5:30 || 2026 WR Overview -- 7:45 || 2026 TE Overview -- 12:45 || Big Board Begins / TIER 1 -- 14:45 || TIER 2...

Packed episode of the show today as on top of my NFL Notes and Week 9 CFB Preview, today's show will break down Drew Allar for the first "Deeper Dive" of the 2026 Class + a 2025 Big Board Review TIMELINE || NFL Notes (QB) -- 2:30 || NFL Notes (RB) -- 7:15 || NFL Notes (WR) -- 12:00 || NFL Notes (TE) -- 17:30 || Deeper Dives Preview -- 25:00 || Drew Allar Deeper Dive -- 30:30 || Review of 2025 Big...

New Risers, Fallers, and Weekly Mock Draft after Week 8, covering the ND RB Room, Carnell Tate, another poor week for Sellers, as well as diving into future notes and doing a 2026 2-RD SF Rookie Mock. TIMELINE || Risers Intro -- 2:00 || RB Risers -- 6:00 || WR Risers -- 14:15 || Fallers QB -- 20:30 || Fallers RB -- 33:00 || Future Risers -- 40:30 || Weekly Notes || Friday Night Reactions -- 49:30...

Today's Thursday show features the standard NFL Notes as well as a preview of a deep roster of games for this upcoming week in College Football. Additionally, I take a look at QB Breakouts this decade. TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || NFL QB Notes -- 2:30 || NFL Buy/Sell -- 7:45 || Breakout QBs in the 2020s -- 13:40 || WEEKLY PREVIEWS || Friday Night Lights -- 37:50 || Game of the Week -- 47:15 || Nex...

An epic Week 7 didn't quite go as planned for some of the biggest names in the 2026 NFL Draft, but that just makes this week's Risers even more important. My voice is a bit off in this one (Go IU). I was initially unsure if I would be able to do the show or a full length show, but as I started getting going it wasn't quite as bad as I was expecting. TIMELINE || Week 7 Risers -- 1:30 || QBs -- 2:30...

Today's FFR briefly dives into my NFL Notes for the week, and then discusses all of the upcoming action in a loaded Week 7 for College Football, including massive match-ups at the QB position. TIMELINE || NFL Notes QB -- 2:00 || RB -- 11:45 || WR -- 21:00 || TE -- 27:30 || Game Previews -- 29:55 || Friday Night Lights -- 30:00 || Big QB Match-Ups -- 33:45 || Big Games -- 44:15 || Red River + Other...

Back to Risers, Fallers, and a 1QB Mock Draft. This show covers the previous two weeks of CFB with the biggest QB/WR Risers, updates with brief notes on the 2027 Class, and of course the weekly Mock. TIMELINE || Risers -- 1:40 || Riser of the Week -- 2:30 || QB Risers -- 9:00 || WR Risers -- 22:30 || Fallers -- 38:45 || Future Risers -- 48:00 || Notes + Additional Risers -- 58:45 || 2027 Class Upd...

Today's episode of the Fantasy for Real podcast features the standard Weekly Game Previews for the upcoming week in College Football, and also dives into the remaining schedules for prominent 2026 QBs TIMELINE || Brief NFL Notes -- 3:10 || 2026 QB ROS Outlook -- 17:50 || Week 6 CFB Schedule -- 38:45 || Tier 2 Games -- 46:00 || Other Games -- 55:00 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.subs...

It is time to update some Rankings! This is really the first time sitting down with the 2026 Class exclusively since Early May, so it is time to see what all has changed in that time period. TIMELINE || QBs -- 2:10 || Tier 1 -- 10:00 || Tier 2 -- 38:30 || Tier 3 -- 43:30 || Honorable Mentions -- 51:15 || RBs -- 53:45 || Tier 1 / Love -- 55:00 || Tier 2 -- 58:45 || Tier 3 -- 70:30 || Honorable Ment...

Today's show dives into my post-Week 5 Rankings from the previous two seasons prior to the same rankings release on Tuesday. Very long show today including my NFL Notes and Big Game Previews. TIMELINE || Mateer -- 2:05 || NFL Notes -- 9:40 || QBs -- 10:30 || RBs -- 21:30 || WRs -- 32:45 || TEs -- 44:00 || Rankings Review -- 47:15 || 2024 QBs -- 48:15 || 2024 RBs -- 53:45 || 2024 WRs -- 59:00 || 20...

Today's Risers, Fallers, and Weekly Mock Draft will take a step back and look not only at Week 4, but at the biggest Risers so far in 2025. Plus, for the 1st time, the Weekly Mock Draft goes 2 Rounds. TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || Risers -- 2:35 || QB Riser of the Year -- 3:00 || RB Riser of the Year -- 19:00 || WR Riser of the Year -- 26:30 || Additional Week 4 Risers -- 37:00 || Future Risers --...

On today's episode of the FFR podcast, I touch on my news and notes across the NFL after Week 2. Additionally, the show highlights the games to look forward to in the upcoming week of College Football. TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || Intro Ends -- 1:25 || QBs (Maye, Darnold, Williams, Young, McCarthy) -- 2:00 || RBs (Cook + Rookie RBs) -- 22:40 || WRs (Odunze, TMac, Franklin, Ayomanor) -- 36:50 || TE...

This Tuesday's FFR highlights rising WRs and falling QBs for the 2026 NFL Draft. Aside from covering the most important Week 3 performances, today's show also features the 2nd SF Rookie Mock this year. TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || Risers Begins -- 2:10 || 2026 WR Risers -- 4:45 || Future Risers -- 20:15 || 2026 Fallers -- 36:45 || Injuries -- 47:00 || 2026 QB Notes -- 53:30 || Other Notes -- 66:45...

There is finally NFL football to talk about! Today's show features a full rundown of my reactions to Week 1 of the NFL Season + highlights the Key Players to watch in Week 3 of the CFB Season TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || 5 Takes Looking Good -- 2:15 || 5 Takes Looking Bad -- 15:30 || AFC North Notes -- 24:00 || AFC South Notes -- 29:10 || AFC East Notes -- 35:00 || AFC West Notes -- 44:20 || NFC N...

On today's show, I discuss the fallout from Week 2 in CFB including the big game between Michigan and Oklahoma. Plus, it's time for another weekly mock draft with my first 1QB Mock of the season TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || Risers (2026) -- 2:15 || Future Risers -- 23:45 || Fallers -- 37:05 || Weekly Notes -- 55:45 || Mock Draft -- 67:40 || Endnotes + Thursday CFB Preview -- 79:45 Get full access...

With no NFL News or Games to cover as of yet, today's edition of the Fantasy for Real features primarily the weekly preview for Week 2 of the CFB season, which most prominently features Mich @ Okla TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || Week 2 Preview: Michigan @ Oklahoma -- 2:00 || Next Two Games -- 16:15 || Other Games -- 23:00 || EndNotes -- 37:15 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.co...

Football is BACK! Reactions to the 1st Week of the CFB Season including a disappointing performance by Arch Manning + the first 2026 Rookie Mock Draft of the Season. TIMELINE || Intro -- 0:00 || Risers/Fallers -- 3:00 || 2026 WR/RB/TE Risers -- 5:15 || Future (2027+) Risers -- 28:55 || Week 1 Fallers -- 50:15 || SF Mock Draft 1.0 -- 68:45 || Endnotes -- 89:00 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at...