One MANS Opinion with Jeff Mans

The rampant layoffs occurring in the fantasy sports industry prompted Jeff Mans to devote part of this week's show to the business side of fantasy sports. Mans discusses how the industry has changed from when he first started his website in 2005 through the explosion of DFS and high stakes to the current rise of sports betting. Jeff was one of the first ever to partner with a gaming site, and his...

It’s the annual “most underrated team” episode of One Mans Opinion this week, so buckle in for an extra-long show. Jeff Mans reviews the last six years of his surprise teams and totals all of the results. Although they started out hot, the last two years, the underrated teams have been buns. Jeff walks us through the list of teams to consider and why the Las Vegas Raiders were the best choice for...

Earlier in the week, Jeff Mans took a phone call from “Wayne” on the Elite Sports Show, and that caller’s request became the subject of this week's show. Thus, Mans went back and revisited his 2025 Fantasy Football MANSifesto on Fantasy Guru dot com to see just how well or not well the advice turned out to be. In that article, Jeff drafted two separate teams based on his beliefs back in July of 20...

Jeff Mans is in a World Cup state of mind this week as he wrestles with the idea of watching soccer while also being incredibly bored and distracted at the same time. So, he invented his own game inspired by the World Cup, in which he pits every wide receiver in the NFL against one another in a steel cage-like tournament decided by a simple math formula of his own creation. First, he finds the WRs...

Jeff Mans is shot out of a cannon this week as he first addresses the wild Twitter trolling that suggests he “doesn’t play fantasy football.” In 20+ years in the fantasy industry, this was one of the wildest accusations ever, and Mans discusses the cult-like tribalism that leads to these sorts of wild conversations. For those interested, he does go over a quick recap of his resume, just in case an...

He’s back from a week at the beach, but the sunshine has not softened Jeff Mans one bit as he comes in hot with a ton of takes and analysis. Two blockbuster NFL trades this week have the football world abuzz, and Mans offers his biggest takeaways from both deals. As AJ Brown arrives in “heaven,” the Eagles are left with a pool of wide receivers who will need to step up and become the alpha. Mans m...

Jeff Mans is live on tape from the beach, and even though he is not on the radio this week, he’s still providing that deep diving fantasy football content right here. This week, Jeff is revealing all of the new upgrades he and the team have been working on over at Fantasy Guru dot com in anticipation of the launch of the 2026 Draft Guide. Mans has a strong warning concerning fantasy football conte...

This week’s episode starts with the breaking news that Chiefs WR Rashee Rice is headed to jail for the next 30 days while also rehabbing a surprise knee surgery that we are just learning about now. Jeff Mans breaks down how this impacts Rice’s availability for the Chiefs and his fantasy value in 2026. He also has reactions to NFL OTAs where one quarterback is back in the saddle (Aaron Rodgers) whi...

Another jam-packed episode this week, folks, as Jeff Mans begins by discussing his emotions as he watched his oldest daughter graduate from law school this week. Mans pontificates that while getting older comes with plenty of advantages, he longs to go back and take that ride again. Of course, there is a ton of football talk here as well as Jeff wraps up his first dynasty league rookie draft and r...

With so many dynasty leagues having their rookie drafts immediately after the NFL Draft, Jeff Mans felt it was the right time to reveal his 2026 rookie fantasy football rankings this week. These all can be found on the Fantasy Guru website, of course, but in this episode, Jeff breaks down exactly how to handle a weak class of NFL rookies and which traits to look for when searching for fantasy prod...

The NFL Draft has ended, and Jeff Mans is here to recap all seven rounds and 257 picks. First off, Jeff addresses the silly “consensus draft board” argument plaguing social media the last few days and explains why certain people are so desperate to have their opinions fit in with the mainstream. Also, the idea that this was a “bad draft for fantasy football” is simply impossible because the produc...

It’s NFL Draft week here at One Mans Opinion, and Jeff Mans is getting us ready for the first round and beyond. He begins this week's show with some news across the NFL, including the latest in the soap opera of Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini, a contract extension for Trent Williams, an update on Colts QB Daniel Jones, and the status of Rams WR Puka Nacua. Mans discusses a few of the NFL Draft pro...

This is a jam-packed episode this week, full of NFL Draft prospect breakdowns and potential landing spots. Jeff Mans reveals his final NFL Draft prospect rankings here and gives deep dives on each and every player, including the best and worst potential landing spots. He discusses what goes into these evaluations and what likely leads to different grades compared to other draft analysts. If the na...

We are just three weeks away from the 2026 NFL Draft, and Jeff Mans has the eye of the tiger for improving our fantasy football process heading into this signature event. In this week's episode, Mans breaks down what fantasy players should be looking for out of the QB, RB, WR, and TE prospects and what each position group brings to the table in terms of fantasy football expectations. Then it is ti...

The big news in the fantasy and sports data space this week was the sale of Pro Football Focus to Teamworks, which led to over half of the PFF staff being immediately laid off. Jeff Mans discusses the details of this business deal and why it will have a significant impact on the basic fantasy consumer moving forward. Mans speculates on all of the entities that will rush out to replace the PFF data...

The sports world and specifically the NFL Draft community were set ablaze this week as ESPN launched a full-on media blitz praising Alabama QB Ty Simpson. Jeff Mans took offense to this and breaks down why Simpson is not in the class of Fernando Mendoza, including a direct comparison between Simpson and an NFL QB he should most resemble. He also has another QB prospect that should be getting a lot...

In one of the most emotional episodes yet on One Mans Opinion, Jeff Mans dives deep into his “secret life” of being a father. His two oldest daughters are moving out of the house and into their own, which has Jeff reflecting on raising two exceptional, high-achieving young ladies. Nobody ever talks about the emotional roller coaster of raising kids into adults who eventually leave the nest, so Man...

Jeff Mans returns for the season seven premiere episode this week, and he has stories to tell.  First, he recaps his week away, discussing what he found in his research for fantasy baseball and the NCAA Tournament. After going 20-5 on NBA betting during his vacation and a 9-5 start to this week, he discusses how he was able to “solve” the NBA betting market and outlines the three easy steps everyb...

In the season six finale, Jeff Mans takes us on a journey through 291 previous episodes and discusses all that he, and hopefully you, have learned along with this show’s journey. Mans discusses how the marketplace has changed during that time, as well as his 20+ year fantasy sports career. He also gets into the specifics of how and why fantasy baseball has declined so rapidly over the years and po...

Super Bowl 60 is in the books, and the Seattle Seahawks are the world champions. Jeff Mans recaps everything from his notepad from this year’s biggest game, including the matchups that Seattle exploited and everything that the Patriots were not prepared to do on Sunday. Mans reviews how all of his bets, pools, and contests went and wonders aloud how he gets so lucky in Super Bowl squares. He also...

It’s Super Bowl Week, and Jeff Mans is celebrating everything that is Super Bowl 60 related. He begins this week's show with a full reveal of his NFL betting record this season and a recap of every year he’s had betting on the NFL since 2018. He discusses the journey that the Patriots and Seahawks each took to make it this far and how these teams match up against each other. Jeff gives out a few “...

Since there is technically no real NFL game this week, Jeff Mans is thinking ahead to the 2026 NFL season. He reveals some of the teams and situations to watch out for and breaks down his first wave of fantasy football positional rankings for next season. There are quite a few surprises in there, including one running back who wasn’t in the top 100 of players in 2025, who Jeff says “could be his n...

Jeff Mans is recapping a wild Divisional week of the NFL Playoffs, including his thoughts on the controversial calls in the Bills/Broncos game and an almost magical ending of the Bears/Rams contest. The ending of the Chicago Bears' season has Mans feeling nostalgic about his hometown and wondering aloud why sports fans are so different in Chicago. He also gives a preview of the AFC and NFC Champio...

One year ago this week, Jeff Mans' life changed forever. On this week’s episode, he thanks everybody for putting up with him while he grieved this year, and he talks about how he is moving on from it and into a better place. Of course, there is a ton of football talk here too, as Mans reacts to all nine of the head coaching vacancies across the NFL, including both Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh mov...

It’s a new year, but the same ole Jeff Mans as he is fired up about the end of the 2025 NFL regular season and the NFL playoffs starting this week. Mans recaps a wild few days of NFL coaching firings, including a big surprise in Baltimore as John Harbaugh was let go after 18 years of leading the Ravens. He ranks all seven available jobs and gives some of his favorite candidates to land those gigs...