Harris Fantasy Football Podcast

It's finally Week 1! It's the time when the NFL-prognosticating world is at its absolute most stubborn: by golly, we *know* what these teams are, we *know* exactly what these players are gonna be...and then next week that will all be changed. Anyway, ahead of that on today's show, we'll look back at the stories we predicted would matter most in August and see how they worked out, and we'll review our fantasy teams and find the players we selected most. And then it's time to tweak those rosters with a Week 1 waiver wire! Here we go! Guest: Brandon Funston of The Athletic.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.MoshLife.com/harris for 20% off delicious protein bars that promote brain health and donate to Alzheimer's charity Sponsor - www.leesa.com code HARRIS for 20% off and an extra $50 discount on a great mattress Sponsor - www.DraftKings.com code HARRIS for a free contest with your initial deposit to play our favorite DFS games, including our weekly listener contest Follow our show on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/harr

As you draft your fantasy football squad this weekend, we want you to relax, have fun, and realize that all the touts who seem so *certain* about everything will be proven wrong in under a week. Draft players you like, the ones you think are good -- you will make mistakes because we all do, but then we'll spend the entire season reviewing tape and fixing them. For today, we'll talk about roster construction early in drafts by rating each player in the ADP top 36 from 1-to-10: how *risky* are they? Plus a heavily revised Joe Mixon profile from the August 29 Almanac Update. Phew! Guest: Jeff Bell from FootballGuys.com.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.HungryRoot.com/harris for 40% off your first delivery (and free veggies for life) of healthy groceries and recipes that fit your family's lifestyle Sponsor - www.shopify.com/harris for an e-commerce platform that'll make your small business feel like it's selling like a Fortune 500 company Sponsor - www.fantrax.com/harris for the most customizable, yet simplest fantasy spor

We've bloviated about the 2025 fantasy football season enough! It's time to turn the show over to you! On today's episode, we'll spend most of the time tackling your questions, some football, some non-football. Do we mind doubling up superstars on the same fantasy team? Are there early-round RBs that could tempt an inveterate Zero RB drafter? Can Kyle Williams overcome the curse of the Patriots? What are our current fave bands and Coen Brothers movies? Thank you for being the best audience around! Let's answer your questions! Guest: Denny Carter of Rotoworld.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.LeagueLegacy.io to import your league's history into a deep, fun, permanent record to claim all-time bragging rights Sponsor - www.StitchFix.com/harris for $20 off your order of clothes selected for you by one of StitchFix's personal stylists Sponsor - www.RocketMoney.com/harris for a service that helps you maintain and cancel unwanted subscriptions Follow Denny Carter - https://bsky.app/profile/dennycarter.bsky.social Follow our s

NFL Cutdown Day happened on Tuesday, and...it was a little underwhelming? At least in terms of big names changing teams, Cutdown Day didn't really deliver. But we *did* get some pretty big roster news elsewhere, with players who did and didn't wind up going on PUP lists and IR lists. We'll handle that material, we'll read Brian Robinson's *new* Almanac profile, and then we'll have a look at the handicapping market for the NFL in 2025. What team win totals do we like and not like, who do we like to lead the major stat categories, are there player props we like, etc. Fun show! Guest: Chris Raybon from The Action Network.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.Vuori.com/harris for 20% off incredibly comfortable activewear made with recyclable material Sponsor - www.DraftKings.com code HARRIS for a free contest with your initial deposit to play our favorite DFS games, including our weekly listener contest Sponsor - www.fantrax.com/harris for the most customizable, yet simplest fantasy sports platform around Follow Chris Raybon -

Let's not be touts! We can't see the future, and predicting sports is hard. It's important to acknowledge the assumptions that get baked into our fantasy football draft ranks and our assessments of NFL players and offenses. So that's what we'll do today: we'll sift through our 2025 ranks and come up with five players we absolutely could wind up being wrong about. Plus: Terry McLaurin signs, Joe Mixon will miss a month, Amari Cooper is a Raiders again, and a great snarkbag. Guest: Ben Gretch of the Stealing Signals Newsletter.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.OpenPhone.com/harrisfootball for 20% off a service that lets your employees share one number and optimize workflow Sponsor - www.ZBiotics.com/harris and use code HARRIS for 15% off a probiotic that makes you feel better the morning after having a few drinks Sponsor - www.DraftKings.com code HARRIS for a free contest with your initial deposit to play our favorite DFS games, including our weekly listener contest Follow Ben Gretch - https://bsky.app/profile/bengretch.

By now, we've done a heck of a lot of drafts, mock and otherwise. So we have some personal anecdotes about the players *we* have tended to draft in the later rounds. That'll be today's discussion: where we think the soft spots are in the double-digit rounds of fantasy football drafts in 2025. We'll list QBs, RBs and WRs we love taking late. Also: fallout from the Brian Robinson trade, the Dolphins mess at running back, and what we're doing with the holdout guys. Guest: J.J. Zachariason of LateRound.com.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.WildGrain.com/harris for $30 off your subscription of artisanal bread, pasta and pastries Sponsor - www.chubbiesshorts.com/harris for $10 off some amazing swim trucks and other NFL-licensed gear Sponsor - www.leesa.com code HARRIS for 30% off and an extra $50 discount on a great mattress Follow JJ Zachariason - https://bsky.app/profile/lateroundqb.bsky.social Follow our show on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/harrisfootball.com Follow on Twitter - @HarrisFootball Become a patron - www

The Super-Deep list continues today! Five more players we're not drafting, but we'll keep an eye on as the season progresses. Also: it's premature, but because of Cousin Josh's impending vacation, you're getting the Preseason Baggy Awards a week early. Get ready for Josh's biggest trash bags of 2025, and also just simply get ready to laugh. The big shows keep on coming! Thank you for listening! Guest: Cousin Josh.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.Vuori.com/harris for 20% off incredibly comfortable activewear made with recyclable material Sponsor - www.LeagueLegacy.io to import your league's history into a deep, fun, permanent record to claim all-time bragging rights Sponsor - www.DrinkTrade.com/harris for your first bag free on a subscription of amazing coffee from a collection of independent roasters Follow Cousin Josh - www.instagram.com/DetectiveFisch Follow our show on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/harrisfootball.com Follow on Twitter - @HarrisFootball Become a patron - www.patreon.com/harrisfootball Become a

Don't Draft These Players! Okay, well, if you're in a very deep league, or you're thinking about dynasty, maybe you can draft these players. But the Super-Deep Sleeper list isn't typically meant for standard rosters, or 12-team leagues. Instead, our annual list of deep names is intended to read tea leaves: where might these younger players fit as the NFL season progresses? We'll do our best to come up with a fun list of kids you can track and potentially add for fantasy football in 2025. Also: updated ranks on Terry McLaurin, Brian Robinson, Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Najee Harris & more! Guest: Jake Ciely of The Athletic.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.leesa.com code HARRIS for 30% off and an extra $50 discount on a great mattress Sponsor - www.ZBiotics.com/harris and use code HARRIS for 15% off a probiotic that makes you feel better the morning after having a few drinks Sponsor - www.DraftKings.com code HARRIS to play in the $15 million DraftKings Best Ball contest Follow Jake Ciely - https://bsky.app/profile/alli

Sometimes unsexy is good! On today's podcast, we'll discuss the merits of drafting *safe* players. If your draft strategies sometimes involve selecting risky players in early rounds -- and they should! -- it can make sense to find some high-floor players in the early/middle rounds who can present a smoother ride. We'll select one safe player per round, and discuss! Also: Anthony Richardson gets benched and embarrasses his *2024* ranks, Brian Robinson will no longer be a Commander, and we'll read a DeVonta Smith Almanac profile. Guest: Scott Pianowski of Yahoo! Fantasy.   NOTES: Sponsor - Fitbod.me/harris for 25% off your membership for a better kind of personalized fitness training app Sponsor - www.fantrax.com/harris for the most customizable, yet simplest fantasy sports platform around Sponsor - www.TrustAndWill.com/harris for 20% off estate planning to give your family peace of mind Follow Scott Pianowski - https://bsky.app/profile/pianow.bsky.social Follow our show on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/ha

Rookies usually get drafted too high for fantasy football. But there are absolutely exceptions to this rule. *A few* 2025 rookies will probably make a big splash and potential swing leagues. Can we identify them? Well, maybe *we* can't, but often Matt Waldman can. We'll dig into the big rookie names who are getting drafted to be fantasy starters, and the potential values among rookies who are going in later rounds. Plus we'll do a snarkbag, a great listener mixtape, and update Terry McLaurin and Brian Robinson. Guest: Matt Waldman of FootballGuys.com and the Rookie Scouting Portfolio.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.Blueland.com/harris for 15% off your first order of endlessly refillable cleaning essentials that are better for you and the planet Sponsor - www.chubbiesshorts.com/harris for $10 off some amazing swim trucks and other NFL-licensed gear Sponsor - www.BetterHelp.com/harris for 10% off your first month of online therapy where you're matched with a psychotherapist who can help Follow Matt Waldman - https://bs

We always say we'll draft any player...at the right price. But there are some players whose prices seem so "off" to us, there's no way we'll get them. That's how busts are born! On today's show, we'll count down the players we *won't* be drafting for fantasy football in 2025: QBs, RBs, WRs and TEs who simply won't wind up on any of our teams. Plus we'll review the Joe Mixon "flag" call in light of new leaks about his injury, and we'll discuss other fantasy-relevant news from the weekend! Guest: Patrick Daugherty from Rotoworld.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.HungryRoot.com/harris for 40% off your first delivery (and free veggies for life) of healthy groceries and recipes that fit your family's lifestyle Sponsor - www.AuraFrames.com code HARRIS for $35 off Aura's best-selling Carver Mat digital picture frames. Sponsor - www.drinkAG1.com/harris for a daily nutritional supplement that promotes better nutrition and gut health Follow Patrick Daugherty - https://bsky.app/profile/rotopat.bsky.social Follow our show on Blues

Let's keep counting down the Flag Players until we get to #1! These are 10 players we love drafting in fantasy football leagues in 2025! Who will make the list? Today we'll also discuss some NFL news that has resulted in ranks changes, we'll draft another best-ball squad, and we'll get the inverse of the Flag List as the Prince of Darkness joins to present his 2025 Frag List: players you should definitely stay away from. Big fun! Guest: Cousin Josh.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.shopify.com/harris for an e-commerce platform that'll make your small business feel like it's selling like a Fortune 500 company Sponsor - www.chubbiesshorts.com/harris for $10 off some amazing swim trucks and other NFL-licensed gear Sponsor - www.WildGrain.com/harris for $30 off your subscription of artisanal bread, pasta and pastries Follow Cousin Josh - www.instagram.com/DetectiveFisch Follow our show on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/harrisfootball.com Follow on Twitter - @HarrisFootball Become a patron - www.patreon.com/harrisfootba

It's Flag Day! Today we start picking players we definitively want in fantasy football drafts for 2025. We'll plant some flags on some players' draft stock, where we think the dude is sufficiently good, and the round is sufficiently cheap. Who will wind up among the 10 flag players? Listen and find out! Also: we'll question some of the offensive situation assumptions underpinning several important fantasy ranks. Big show! Thanks for listening! Guest: Sigmund Bloom of FootballGuys.com.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.MoshLife.com/harris for 20% off delicious protein bars that promote brain health and donate to Alzheimer's charity Sponsor - www.StitchFix.com/harris for $20 off your order of clothes selected for you by one of StitchFix's personal stylists Sponsor - www.FantasyCares.org to make a contribution to a great charity, and get entered into a contest to win awesome football stuff! Follow Sigmund Bloom - @SigmundBloom Follow our show on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/harrisfootball.com Follow on Twitter - @Har

It's time to start looking at where these fantasy football dudes are getting drafted! We've held off to this point, so that our opinions can remain our own, but beginning with today's show, we'll start digging into ADP. To kick that off, we'll count down the biggest surprises we experienced upon first looking at Average Draft Position for 2025. Plus: Brock Bowers's Almanac Profile, and a review of the day's biggest NFL news, including James Cook getting a brand new contract. Guest: Dave Kluge from FootballGuys.com.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.fantrax.com/harris for the most customizable, yet simplest fantasy sports platform around Sponsor - www.DraftKings.com code HARRIS to get a Draft One Get One entry into their $15 million Best Ball contest Sponsor - www.FantasyCares.org to make a contribution to a great charity, and get entered into a contest to win awesome football stuff! Follow Dave Kluge - https://bsky.app/profile/davekluge.bsky.social Follow our show on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/harrisfootball.com

You like sleepers! Who doesn't like sleepers? On today's podcast, we'll tackle a particular kind of fantasy football sleeper for 2025: the Post-Hype variety. These guys have been drafted higher in the past (sometimes much higher) than they're going this summer, and we think they have a chance to live up to prior lofty expectations. Let's count down the Post-Hypes! In addition, we'll talk about a few ranks changes we've made based on beat reports, plus we'll play a hilarious listener mixtape. Guest: Jamey Eisenberg of CBS Fantasy.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.HungryRoot.com/harris for 40% off your first delivery (and free veggies for life) of healthy groceries and recipes that fit your family's lifestyle Sponsor - www.Vuori.com/harris for 20% off incredibly comfortable activewear made with recyclable material Sponsor - www.ZBiotics.com/harris and use code HARRIS for 15% off a probiotic that makes you feel better the morning after having a few drinks Follow Jamey Eisenberg - @JameyEisenberg Follow our show on Bluesky

Sometimes knowing which players *aren't* good is half the battle. On today's podcast, we'll count down our Film Room Zeroes for 2025: NFL players who simply didn't lay down very good film in '24. We'll draft *anyone* at the right price, but we're casting the side-eye at these particular players for fantasy football this year. We'll also read Davante Adams's Almanac profile and get invited to more zany stuff. Guest: Jim McCormick.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.GetSoul.com code HARRIS for 30% off hemp-drived THC and CBD beverages and gummies to help you unwind hangover-free Sponsor - www.leesa.com code HARRIS for 25% off and an extra $50 discount on a great mattress Sponsor - www.Harrys.com/harris for a $6 trial kit that gets you razor, handle, gel and travel cover Follow our show on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/harrisfootball.com Follow on Twitter - @HarrisFootball Become a patron - www.patreon.com/harrisfootball Become a Person of the Book - https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Harris/e/B007V3P4KK \Watch the You

Just because drafting a player in fantasy football is stressful, doesn't mean we won't do it. But it's good to know what you're getting into! On today's show, the Prince of Darkness returns, and we count down our Acid Reflux All-Stars: players who might return great value or might tank our teams, but either way, we fear they'll give us the stress farts. Plus we'll talk about the latest NFL joint practices and some ranks adjustments we made overnight. Guest: Cousin Josh.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.Vuori.com/harris for 20% off incredibly comfortable activewear made with recyclable material Sponsor - www.drinkAG1.com/harris for a daily nutritional supplement that promotes better nutrition and gut health Sponsor - www.DrinkTrade.com/harris for your first bag free on a subscription of amazing coffee from a collection of independent roasters Follow Cousin Josh - www.instagram.com/DetectiveFisch Follow our show on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/harrisfootball.com Follow on Twitter - @HarrisFootball Become a patron -

Sometimes you just wanna sit back and watch the players play. There are some insane athletes in the NFL, and some of them just have that little extra something that makes them glorious to behold. That's who we're honoring on today's podcast: the Film Room Heroes. They aren't necessarily perfect fantasy options, they might not even be draftable in some cases, but we've enjoyed watching them so much. Also: we'll read Chuba Hubbard's Almanac profile and review the news from the first round of NFL joint practices. Guest: Brandon Funston of The Athletic.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.fantrax.com/harris for the most customizable, yet simplest fantasy sports platform around Sponsor - www.ethos.com/harris for a free quote to get comprehensive life insurance without the hassle or wait Sponsor - www.FantasyCares.org to make a contribution to a great charity, and get entered into a contest to win awesome football stuff! Follow our show on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/harrisfootball.com Follow on Twitter - @HarrisFootb

High-variance players are tough! On the one hand, you understand how they can be important starters on your fantasy football team. On the other hand, it's terrifying to trust them! That's the conundrum we have when we think about Swing Players: players who have so much upside and so much downside that they can swing the results of your league all by themselves. That's our list today: Swing Players for 2025. Plus we'll review the news about Keenan Allen and some injured backup running backs, and get more invites to things! Guest: Jeff Erickson of Rotowire.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.BuyRaycon.com/harris to get 15% off some inexpensive wireless earbuds that deliver great sound quality and excellent battery life Sponsor - www.BetterHelp.com/harris for 10% off your first month of online therapy where you're matched with a psychotherapist who can help Sponsor - www.DraftKings.com code HARRIS to get a bonus entry with your $20 entry into the Millionaire Maker Best Ball Contest Follow Jeff Erickson - https://bsky.app/pr

Offensive lines matter! Of course they do, they're the bedrock of NFL offenses, and the skill players we draft in fantasy football rely on their o-lines to produce big numbers. Unfortunately, we're not always great a *predicting* which o-lines will be great or disastrous. Then again, we didn't play o-line in the NFL! But today's guest did, and he'll list a few lines he's excited about and a few that give him pause. In addition, we'll talk through the latest NFL news, and also refer to some of the highest and lowest Almanac grades we gave this year. Guest: Ross Tucker of the Ross Tucker Football Podcast.   NOTES: Sponsor - www.TrustAndWill.com/harris for 20% off estate planning to give your family peace of mind Sponsor - www.leesa.com code HARRIS for 25% off and an extra $50 discount on a great mattress Sponsor - www.ZBiotics.com/harris and use code HARRIS for 15% off a probiotic that makes you feel better the morning after having a few drinks Follow Ross Tucker - https://bsky.app/profile/rosstuckerpod.bsky.so