Fantasy For Real

No NFL Coverage today as I'm focusing on my 2025 Big Board, which ranks my top 9 QBs, 17 RBs, 18 WRs, and 4 TEs eligible for the 2025 NFL Draft. Timeline will group together every few players, but the Big Board itself can be found in the Substack post. TIMELINE || Tetairoa McMillan -- 3:20 || Ashton Jeanty -- 4:55 || Luther Burden III -- 7:30 || Travis Hunter -- 10:50 || Emeka Egbuka -- 14:05 || N...

Today's FFR keeps it simple: we look over the NFL schedule, the CFB schedule, and go through a new 2-Round Superflex Rookie Mock Draft. TIMELINE || NFL Schedule -- 3:30 || Thursday -- 3:30 || 1 PM Games -- 5:35 || 4 PM Games -- 19:00 || Primetime Games -- 26:00 || 2-Round SF Mock Draft -- 28:20 || 2nd Round Begins -- 40:20 || Leftover Notes from Tues. -- 54:00 || 2024 Early Big Board Review -- 57:...

Apologies as it got a bit long this week. Hopefully the subjects and length are worth it. Timeline below if you want to sort it out a bit more quickly. TIMELINE || NFL -- 2:30 || Injury News (Aiyuk, Watson, Shaheed) -- 3:25 || How Far is Too Far? (Walker III, Njoku, Tracy) -- 12:00 || Rookie/Sophomore Heroes (BTJ, Bigsby, Coleman, Franklin, JT Sanders, Kraft) -- 31:45 || Rookie/Sophomore Zeroes (R...

2027 > 2026? On today's Fantasy For Real, have we officially lost our minds? We discuss the class quality of 2027 v 2026, 2025 QBs, NFL RBs, & more TIMELINE || Always Remember: This Show is Delayed and Injuries are Behind. Feel free to ignore any commentary about Rashid Shaheed. NFL SCHEDULE || Early Primetime -- 2:30 || 1 PM -- 4:45 || 4:PM -- 18:35 || Late Primetime -- 21:35 || NFL RB Pass Catch...

Today's episode covers NFL RB Pass Catching Stats, Rookie QB Performances, College Eligibility, and CFB Week 7 Risers & Fallers. TIMELINE NFL Notes -- 1:45 || Kenneth Walker III -- 2:15 || Tyrone Tracy Jr. -- 5:30 || Sean Tucker -- 8:15 || James Cook / Kyren Williams -- 12:15 || Chuba Hubbard -- 17:15 || D'Andre Swift -- 19:30 || Bengals RBs -- 20:35 || Rookie QBs (Caleb Williams & Jayden Daniels)...

On today's packed Preview Show, NFL Week 6 Preview, NFL Buys/Sells/Values, 2026 QB Overview, 2025 SF Rookie Mock Draft, and CFB Week 7 Preview. TIMELINE NFL 49ers/Seahawks TNF -- 2:30 || Jags/Bears (London) + Tank Bigsby -- 3:15 || Sunday Early Games -- 8:30 || Sunday Afternoon Games -- 18:30 || Bengals/Giants SNF -- 22:20 || Bills/Jets MNF -- 23:05 || Derek Carr Injury Update -- 24:20 || QB Over/...

Today's Big Review covers explosive RBs like Tank Bigsby & Tyrone Tracy, once again tries to make sense of the TE position around the NFL, and discusses the biggest Risers and Fallers of Weeks 5 & 6. | NFL | QB Positives (Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Bo Nix, Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence + Brian Thomas Jr.) -- 3:15 || RB Positives (Kenneth Walker III, Tank Bigsby, Tyrone Tracy Jr.) -- 11:25 || WR...

The long discussion on 2025 Rookies finally concludes. Which WRs are we focused on the most in the 2025 Rookie Class? NFL Notes -- 1:50 2025 WR Rankings -- 14:00 || Tetairoa McMillan -- 18:45 || Luther Burden -- 22:00 || Travis Hunter -- 25:30 || Emeka Egbuka -- 28:20 || Isaiah Bond -- 33:00 || Evan Stewart -- 35:55 || Antonio Williams -- 42:00 || Elic Ayomanor -- 44:30 || Tre Harris -- 50:00 || X...

It's rankings day! Apologies for the length, but we're going to go player-by-player through our top 10 QBs, top 20 RBs, and top 5 TEs so far in the 2025 Class, as well as cover NFL Week 4. FULL SHOW TIMELINE NFL Notes Week 4 -- 4:20 || QBs -- 4:30 (Deshaun Watson, Daniel Jones, Sam Darnold, Jacoby Brissett, Jalen Hurts) || WRs (Positive) -- 11:00 (Olamide Zaccheaus, Nico Collins, Jayden Reed, Tutu...

On 2025 Rankings Eve, I take a look back at my early October rookie rankings for the last two rookie classes. Additionally, which TEs are the most and least concerning. CFB Preview to end. Intro/Schedule -- 0:00 NFL || Cowboys/Giants -- 3:25 || Broncos/Jets -- 4:15 || Vikings/Packers -- 5:20 || Saints/Falcons -- 6:45 || Eagles/Buccaneers -- 8:05 || Bengals/Panthers -- 9:20 || Jaguars/Texans -- 10:...

Today's show starts with Buys/Sells and NFL QB Reviews for Week 3, before going into a 2025 Rookie Mock Draft (One Round). Afterward, it's Week 4 CFB Risers. INTRO -- 0:00 NFL || Jayden Reed -- 2:00 || Roschon Johnson -- 10:00 || Sam Darnold -- 13:00 || Deshaun Watson -- 17:00 || Quentin Johnston -- 20:00 || Justin Jefferson -- 22:30 || Chris Godwin -- 23:20 || Saints WRs -- 24:50 || Tyler Lockett...

With a lot to look forward to this weekend, today's FFR looks at the NFL, key CFB Games, and discusses big picture ideas at TE, QB, and RB. Today's Timeline: Intro -- 0:00 NFL PREVIEWS || Patriots/Jets -- 2:10 || Bears/Colts -- 3:30 || Chargers/Steelers + Justin Fields -- 4:00 || Texans/Vikings -- 7:30 || Eagles/Saints -- 9:15 || Broncos/Buccaneers -- 10:55 || Packers/Titans -- 13:15 || Giants/Bro...

Today's packed FFR features discussions on Nico Collins, Quentin Johnston, and Tony Pollard as well as prospect discussion involving Arch Manning, Rocket Sanders, Cam Ward, and so much more. FULL TIMELINE: Intro / Tua -- 0:00 PODCAST RECORDED BEFORE BRYCE YOUNG NEWS NFL: Nico Collins -- 3:45 || Quentin Johnston -- 8:15 || Young Players (Harrison, Nabers, Bowers, Allen, Smith-Njigba, Flowers, James...

(Reminder that this show is recorded earlier and injury news is not always current). On the second full preview episode from FFR, we look briefly through each NFL game this weekend, discuss important College Football match-ups, and discuss the Week 1 performances of Darnold & Daniels TIMELINE NFL: Bills & Dolphins (2:25) || Raiders & Ravens (4:15) || Browns & Jaguars (5:20) || Jets & Titans (7:25)...

In the first of many big weekly reaction shows, I go through every game (except MNF) of the NFL schedule as well as my biggest risers from Week 2 of College Football for the Future of Dynasty FF. Timeline: Opening (1:45) || Pre-Show Notes (7:40) NFL Timeline: Ravens @ Chiefs (11:45) || Packers @ Eagles (15:15) || Titans @ Bears (19:45) || Cardinals @ Bills (24:00) || Patriots @ Bengals (27:20) ||...

On today's packed FFR, I discuss one question for each team in the NFL I hope to get answered in Week 1 & go over the Week 2 match-ups in College Football. Full TIMELINE |||| NFL Rapid Fire -- 1:15 | Weekday Games -- 2:15 | 1 PM Games -- 4:05 | Afternoon Games -- 12:10 | Primetime Games -- 16:30 |||| Drew Allar Mini-Rant -- 19:45 |||| Game Previews -- 27:35 | Texas @ Michigan -- 28:05 | Tennessee...

On today’s FFR, we finally have some real football to react to. While we do not want to overreact, it is never too early to take stock of major players and see who may be rising and who may be falling. || Timeline || Risers Preview – 9:00 || Cameron Ward – 14:00 || Nicholas Singleton – 18:00 || Antonio Williams – 20:30 || Colston Loveland – 22:30 || Jeremiyah Love – 24:15 || Tetairoa McMillan – 25...

On today's episode of FFR, I run down the biggest games on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday of this week in College Football. Mostly a CFB show today, but I do discuss strategies for 8 & 14-TM leagues. Timeline || 8-Team Leagues v 14-Team Leagues -- 1:30 || Clemson / Georgia -- 15:45 || Penn St. / W. Virginia -- 26:15 || Miami (FL) / Florida -- 31:00 || Notre Dame / Texas A&M -- 35:25 || USC / LSU --...

On today's FFR, I dig into my final minor notes about the NFL pre-season before getting into some non-exhibition football recapping Week 0 and previewing Week 1 in College Football. Timeline || Preseason Notes -- 8:25 || Week 0 Recap -- 26:45 || Week 1 Preview (Thur & Fri) -- 38:30 || UNC @ Minn -- 39:30 || NDSU @ COL -- 45:30 || TCU @ Stanford -- 50:45 || Ending -- 54:25 Get full access to C.J.’s...

Today's episode of FFR covers our first real football action with the FSU/GT game in Dublin this weekend. Additionally, I wrap up my pre-season coverage with RBs and WRs in redraft leagues. || TIMELINE || Show Starts: 1:15 || Florida State v Georgia Tech: 4:30 || SMU (Preston Stone): 19:15 || Redraft RBs: 21:50 || Redraft WRs: 33:20 || The End: 49:00 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.s...

On today's FFR, we continue both the discussion about the pre-season and specifically redraft leagues that began on the previous episode. This time, I'll be focusing in on the QB and TE positions. Show Timeline: PRESEASON NEWS -- Minshew 1:30 / 46:45 || McCarthy 3:15 / 48:30 || PRESEASON WEEK 2 -- Caleb Williams 7:55 || Drake Maye 9:00 || Ray Davis 10:00 || Sione Vaki 12:45 || Jahwar Jordan 14:00...

On today's episode of FFR, I get away from Prospects and Dynasty and focus on a few key statistics and ideas that go into both general redraft leagues as well as strategy for auction leagues. || FULL TIMELINE || Pre-Season Notes -- 1:30 || Redraft Rules (How much does passing volume matter?) -- 8:00 || Auction Strategies -- 20:00 || Overrated/Underrated (Redraft Pt. 1) -- 34:15 || End Notes (Passi...

A list of the all-undervalued team made up of the best values on market aggregates like KeepTradeCut and FantasyCalc. Players Discussed: Kyler Murray = 4:40 || Nico Collins = 9:20 || Brandon Aiyuk = 22:25 || A.J. Brown = 23:45 || DK Metcalf = 25:50 || Tee Higgins = 27:00 || Kenneth Walker III = 30:50 || (TEs = 35:15) || T.J. Hockenson = 36:30 || Mark Andrews = 38:45 || Trey Benson = 40:25 || Matth...

The final pre-season futures content from the FFR Podcast, I finish my breakdown of my top 3 tiers of College Futures looking over the ACC and Big 12 Conferences. Detailed timeline is in the spreadsheet linked below. Tier 1 = 5:00 || Tier 2 = 10:00 || Tier 3 = 38:00 || Honorable Mentions: Around 1 Hour 8 Minutes https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zYzqxONrZ8hdG7qEAJOPe5_Xm7jrj36wvdMhNn8k7dk/ed...

The second part of a three-part series, I go into my top 3 Tiers of prospects for the Big Ten Conference. This includes players eligible for 2025, 2026, and 2027 as early declares. Specific time keys can be found in the Google Sheets link attached here. Tier 1: 6:25 || Tier 2: 24:45 || Tier 3: 34:15 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19oJCb6MPRfmq3eJ2UzkNE5XwZaqJolGt0AAEw6tvNus/edit?usp=sharin...