Rotowire Fantasy Football Podcast

Football is officially back and the guys usher in the season with a full breakdown of the NFL Week 1 slate through a fantasy lens. The guys fire through each game and identify the best plays from each matchup and players they may be leery of starting.Time Stamps0:00 – Intro1:50 - Baltimore Ravens vs. Kansas City Chiefs5:30 - Philadelphia Eagles vs. Green Bay (Brazil)14:00 - Atlanta Falcons vs. Pittsburgh Steelers17:23 - Buffalo Bills vs. Arizona Cardinals20:30 - Chicago Bears vs. Tennessee Titans26:30 - Cincinnati Bengals vs. New England Patriots28:38 - Indianapolis Colts vs. Houston Texans30:55 - Miami Dolphins vs. Jacksonville Jaguars35:30 - New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers37:30 - New York Giants vs. Minnesota Vikings40:55 – Los Angeles Chargers vs. Las Vegas Raiders42:10 – Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos43:05 – Cleveland Browns vs. Dallas Cowboys44:05 – Tampa Bay vs. Washington Commanders45:08 – Detroit Lions vs. Los Angeles Rams45:55 – San Francisco 49ers vs. New York JetsUnderdogSign up with

Frank Schwab from Yahoo Fantasy Sports and Jeff Erickson discuss Week 1 ranks in fantasy football.---00:00 - Frank Schwab Pod00:40 - Everyone Excited about Week 102:30 - How Do you watch games?05:00 - Quarterbacks06:00 - Kyler Murray @ AZ08:00 - Jared Goff for MVP?10:40 - Too high on Joe Burrow?13:20 - Jayden Daniels at 1615:30 - Favorite Cheap QB19:15 - Running Backs19:30 - Breece Hall - Elite Backs with Tough Matchups21:30 - Kyren Williams at 723:30 - Worry scale on Jahmyr Gibbs?24:30 - Tony Pollard - jump on receiving prop; move up from 27?27:00 - Who is the Bengals RB?32:00 - Wide Receivers32:30 - Ja’Marr Chase practicing?34:15 - Full use of CeeDee Lamb in Week 1?35:30 - Browns discussion38:00 - JSN - Shakir - Worthy42:00 - Packers WRs44:00 - Bills WRs46:00 - Tight Ends46:30 - Solid Top 7-9 ranks48:00 - Some faith in Jake Ferguson48:50 - No Kelce49:30 - Kyle Pitts hamstring issue51:45 - Late TE?54:00 - @YahooSchwab, yahoo.com/football---UnderdogSign up with RWNFL to claim your Free Pick + First Time Depos

Joe Bartel and Jake Letarski discuss their favorite pre-Week 1 pickups including Ray Davis, Jermaine Burton and Noah Fant.UnderdogSign up with RWNFL to claim your Free Pick + First Time Deposit offer up to $1,000 in bonus cash! Visit UnderdogFantasy.com or find them in the app store. (link: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/pc-MyVn4cbt6l)Verse FantasyWhy wait all season to win in Fantasy? With Verse Fantasy, you can cash in every week! Download the Verse app, sync your fantasy league, and start wagering and winning today! Verse Fantasy is the new way to play fantasy. There’s no need to draft a new team or bring your league to a new platform. Simply Sync your current league from ESPN, Sleeper or Yahoo into the Verse Fantasy app and instantly get money lines and spreads for your league’s matchups that week. Enter the Arena this season with Verse Fantasy, and use promo code ROTO to get 100% deposit match up to $50 when you sign up.(link: https://www.versegaming.com/rotowirelanding) FanDuelFanDuel is giving away a

Jeff Erickson regrets not drafting Bijan Robinson and Jayden Reed, and for Nick Whalen it's Garrett Wilson and Derrick Henry. Plus Guillotine Leagues, and Week 1 games we're excited to see!---00:00 - Draft Regrets01:00 - Any FOMO?03:00 - Home League Madness04:30 - Concept05:00 - Bijan Robinson06:05 - Garrett Wilson08:30 - Do Not Fly List?11:30 - Wanted to draft more (Nick): Derrick Henry, Sam LaPorta, Diontae Johnson, Brian Thomas Jr.13:30 - Wanted to draft more (Jeff): Blake Corum, Trevor Lawrence, 21:30 - Patrick Mahomes, premium QBs26:30 - Guillotine Leagues36:15 - Games we’re excited about - Ravens/Chiefs, Eagles/Packers38:00 - Sneaky game: Titans/Bears39:40 - Rams/Lions42:15 - Texans/Colts45:00 - Cowboys/Browns47:30 - Browns backfield50:40 - Broncos backfield53:15 - Kenneth Walker a top-10 RB?---UnderdogSign up with RWNFL to claim your Free Pick + First Time Deposit offer up to $1,000 in bonus cash! Visit UnderdogFantasy.com or find them in the app store. (link: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/pc-MyVn4c

Jim Coventry goes over draft strategy for each position. Jim also analyzes some players who aren't being talked about enough: Caleb Williams, Jared Goff, Kenneth Walker, Javonte Williams, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Dallas Goedert.Verse FantasyWhy wait all season to win in Fantasy? With Verse Fantasy, you can cash in every week! Download the Verse app, sync your fantasy league, and start wagering and winning today! Verse Fantasy is the new way to play fantasy. There’s no need to draft a new team or bring your league to a new platform. Simply Sync your current league from ESPN, Sleeper or Yahoo into the Verse Fantasy app and instantly get money lines and spreads for your league’s matchups that week. Enter the Arena this season with Verse Fantasy, and use promo code ROTO to get 100% deposit match up to $50 when you sign up.FantraxSign up for free at Fantrax dot com slash RotoWire today to enter for your chance to win tickets to any regular season NFL game for you and your entire league! Plus $6,000 in spending cash!

With draft season winding down, John McKechnie and Mario Puig offer their last-minute advice and tips for everyone drafting this weekend. The guys also discuss their most drafted players at each position in best ball for this year to round out the show.0:00 – Intro2:35 – Last-second draft tips11:45 – Draft questions: Christian McCaffrey, Ja'Marr Chase, Brandon Aiyuk, Kyren Williams34:45 – John and Mario's most drafted players in best ballVerse FantasyWhy wait all season to win in Fantasy? With Verse Fantasy, you can cash in every week! Download the Verse app, sync your fantasy league, and start wagering and winning today! Verse Fantasy is the new way to play fantasy. There’s no need to draft a new team or bring your league to a new platform. Simply Sync your current league from ESPN, Sleeper or Yahoo into the Verse Fantasy app and instantly get money lines and spreads for your league’s matchups that week. Enter the Arena this season with Verse Fantasy, and use promo code ROTO to get 100% deposit match up to $

Chris Harris of HarrisFootball.com and the Player Profile Almanac joins Jeff Erickson to discuss his ranking and drafting method, and why players like Joe Mixon and Alvin Kamara benefit from his approach.---00:00 - Chris Harris Pod 8-2801:30 - Insulate Against ADP02:45 - Almanac - Player Profiles04:45 - Methodology - Skills over Roles06:45 - How much film work vs. Advanced Metrics07:15 - Alvin Kamara as an example 09:00 - Metrics are more reflective than predictive10:40 - What do you prioritize in watching for QB?12:25 - What do you prioritize in watching for RB?13:50 - What do you prioritize in watching for WR?15:30 - Calvin Ridley17:45 - Almanac/Website/Podcast19:20 - Players Where you Differ From the Herd (2-3 per the main four positions)19:35 - QB:19:45 - Jalen Hurts23:20 - Anthony Richardson25:15 - Justin Herbert28:30 - Jayden Daniels30:45 - RB:31:00 - Josh Jacobs34:40 - Derrick Henry (slightly below)39:20 - Joe Mixon43:20 - WR:43:45 - Stefon Diggs49:30 - Garrett Wilson52:15 - TE:52:30 - Don’t pick a thi

Joe Bartel and Jake Letarski analyze every team's win totals entering the new season, identifying a few best bets like the Buccaneers and Bills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code YOUTUBE15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nick Whalen's most drafted player is Seattle WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba. He and Jeff Erickson preview the NFC West.---00:00 - NFC West00:50 - Arizona Cardinals01:10 - Projected to be last02:00 - Marvin Harrison excitement06:15 - Remainder of WR corps06:45 - Trey McBride08:00 - Kyler Murray10:45 - James Conner / Trey Benson14:20 - O/U 6.5 or 7.5 wins18:00 - LA Rams18:20 - Not super deep, but the top level is still great19:20 - Battling injuries right now on the lines20:30 - Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua26:00 - Kyren Williams and Blake Corum28:40 - Matthew Stafford29:30 - O/U 8.5 or 9.5 games30:30 - San Francisco 49ers31:30 - Super Bowl Hangover?32:15 - Last year - best case health scenario32:30 - Health concerns this year already34:15 - Christian McCaffrey35:50 - Brandon Aiyuk holdout37:30 - Deebo Samuel39:15 - George Kittle40:45 - Brock Purdy44:50 - O/U 11.5 games48:30 - Seattle Seahawks48:50 - Same core players, but new coaching staff49:45 - Jaxon Smith-Njigba51:00 - Lamb signs53:00 - DK Metcalf55:45 - Kenneth Walke

Nick Whalen and Jeff Erickson preview the NFC South.---00:00 - NFC South02:00 - Atlanta Falcons02:15 - Better Last Year?03:30 - Win Now Moves - Kirk Cousins, Justin Simmons, Matthew Judon04:20 - Drake London too early?08:40 - Buying the Kool-Aid on the team09:10 - Bijan vs. Breece10:30 - Back in on Kyle Pitts13:45 - O/U 9.5 wins14:05 - Carolina Panthers14:15 - Steps forward for Bryce Young?16:00 - Improved WR corps16:45 - When do we see Xavier Legette?18:20 - Does Jonathan Brooks begin on the PUP List?19:30 - Adding Chuba Hubbard20:30 - Any TE of note?21:15 - O/U 5.5 wins22:40 - New Orleans Saints25:00 - Not much change aside from OC25:15 - Derek Carr still Captain Checkdown?25:30 - Alvin Kamara still the same?26:20 - Kendre Miller sidelined with hamstring injury30:00 - Taysom Hill31:30 - Chris Olave34:20 - O/U 7.5 wins36:30 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers37:00 - Comes down to Baker Mayfield38:20 - Mike Evans41:00 - Rachaad White efficiency45:20 - Schedule47:30 - O/U 7.5 or 8.5 wins48:15 - Chris Godwin---Verse Fantasy

Nick Whalen and Jim Coventry preview the tight end position for 2024 fantasy football drafts.0:00: Intro2:00: Travis Kelce3:45: Overall depth of the TE position5:30: Jake Ferguson7:50: Trey McBride9:00: Mark Andrews11:40: Kyle Pitts14:40: Evan Engram17:10: Engram vs. Kittle19:20: David Njoku21:15: Brock Bowers24:20: TJ Hockenson, Pat Freiermuth26:40: Late-round TE targetsVerse FantasyWhy wait all season to win in Fantasy? With Verse Fantasy, you can cash in every week! Download the Verse app, sync your fantasy league, and start wagering and winning today! Verse Fantasy is the new way to play fantasy. There’s no need to draft a new team or bring your league to a new platform. Simply Sync your current league from ESPN, Sleeper or Yahoo into the Verse Fantasy app and instantly get money lines and spreads for your league’s matchups that week. Enter the Arena this season with Verse Fantasy, and use promo code ROTO to get 100% deposit match up to $50 when you sign up.FantraxSign up for free at Fantrax dot com slash

Jeff Erickson and Joe Bartel livestream Jeff's "Beat Jeff Erickson" draft for the NFFC's RotoWire Online Championship.---Verse FantasyWhy wait all season to win in Fantasy? With Verse Fantasy, you can cash in every week! Download the Verse app, sync your fantasy league, and start wagering and winning today! Verse Fantasy is the new way to play fantasy. There’s no need to draft a new team or bring your league to a new platform. Simply Sync your current league from ESPN, Sleeper or Yahoo into the Verse Fantasy app and instantly get money lines and spreads for your league’s matchups that week. Enter the Arena this season with Verse Fantasy, and use promo code ROTO to get 100% deposit match up to $50 when you sign up.FantraxSign up for free at Fantrax dot com slash RotoWire today to enter for your chance to win tickets to any regular season NFL game for you and your entire league! Plus $6,000 in spending cash! That’s right, tickets for your entire league! Simply create a new league or bring over your existing lea

Jeff Erickson and Joe Bartel break down the best WR draft plan with player analysis.---00:00 - WR Conversation00:30 - General strategy: Does where you’re drafting in the first round dictate how many WRs you want to acquire in the first three rounds?07:30 - Ceedee Lamb, Ja’Marr Chase and Tyreek Hill all complicating things among that top group10:00 - What’s your ranking for the three, mixing in what we know about the RBs too?15:30 - https://www.rotowire.com/football/adp.php16:00 - Second Tier - Two WR’s (A.J. Brown, Garrett Wilson) or Five? (Including Nacua, Harrison, London)20:30 - Marvin Harison, Drake London, Chris Olave, Davante Adams? How do you rank?22:00 - Jeff has Nico Collins and Mike Evans ahead of Harrison and London.27:00 - Joe is falling more in love with the WR range of Malik Nabers, Cooper Kupp, Metcalf and Pittman (including also Stefon Diggs, Jaylen Waddle, DJ Moore)28:00 - Can you really go “wrong” with anyone from this group and it’s such a comfortable WR234:15 - Joe wasn’t really in on Metc

Jeff Erickson and Jim Coventry break down the best QB draft plan with player analysis.---00:00 - QB Show00:30 - General Approach - Single QB02:00 - General Approach - Superflex04:00 - What if it’s a six-point per passing TD league?04:40 - Top Tier05:05 - Josh Allen06:00 - Chiefs personnel for Mahomes07:45 - Jalen Hurts10:00 - Pros & Cons of Top Tier12:00 - Second tier - Jackson, Stroud, Richardson12:15 - Lamar Jackson14:00 - C.J. Stroud16:00 - Third Tier - Burrow, Love, Dak, Kyler Murray16:15 - Kyler Murray18:00 - Joe Burrow21:00 - Dak Prescott23:00 - Jordan Love25:15 - Next Tier - Daniels, Purdy, Caleb Williams, Tua25:30 - Jayden Williams27:00 - Brock Purdy28:30 - Jahan Dotson trade31:15 - Caleb Williams32:40 - Tua Tagovailoa34:00 - Jared Goff37:00 - SuperFlex or Backup Tier37:15 - Trevor Lawrence38:00 - Matthew Stafford39:00 - Kirk Cousins40:30 - Justin Herbert41:40 - Deshaun Watson43:00 - Lottery Tickets---Verse FantasyWhy wait all season to win in Fantasy? With Verse Fantasy, you can cash in every wee

Nick Whalen and Joe Bartel take a deep dive into the running back position, breaking down their favorite targets, fades, values and late-round targets.Verse FantasyWhy wait all season to win in Fantasy? With Verse Fantasy, you can cash in every week! Download the Verse app, sync your fantasy league, and start wagering and winning today! Verse Fantasy is the new way to play fantasy. There’s no need to draft a new team or bring your league to a new platform. Simply Sync your current league from ESPN, Sleeper or Yahoo into the Verse Fantasy app and instantly get money lines and spreads for your league’s matchups that week. Enter the Arena this season with Verse Fantasy, and use promo code ROTO to get 100% deposit match up to $50 when you sign up.FantraxSign up for free at Fantrax dot com slash RotoWire today to enter for your chance to win tickets to any regular season NFL game for you and your entire league! Plus $6,000 in spending cash! That’s right, tickets for your entire league! Simply create a new league o

With Week 1 just two weeks away, John McKechnie and Mario Puig discuss some players they've cooled on or warmed up to over the course of draft season.0:00 – Intro1:35 – Fantasy fallers: TE Pat Freiermuth6:30 – WR Keenan Allen8:25 – WR Ladd McConkey11:45 – WR Chris Olave15:40 – RB Saquon Barkley18:20 – WR Devontez Walker25:00 – Fantasy risers: WR Marvin Harrison29:30 – RB Travis Etienne33:50 – RB De'Von Achane37:30 – WR Jalen Tolbert40:50 – TE Kylen GransonCircaCirca Million VI and Survivor are back and bigger than ever with $16 Million in total prizes.Enter in Nevada. Play from anywhere. Entries are open until September 7 at 2PM! Sign up at Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas!Visit Circa Sports to learn more! FantraxSign up for free at Fantrax dot com slash RotoWire today to enter for your chance to win tickets to any regular season NFL game for you and your entire league! Plus $6,000 in spending cash! That’s right, tickets for your entire league! Simply create a new league or bring over your existing leag

Joe Bartel and Jake Letarski discuss the new players in new places and highlight a couple of great values like Josh Jacobs and D'Andre Swift.CircaCirca Million VI and Survivor are back and bigger than ever with $16 Million in total prizes.Enter in Nevada. Play from anywhere. Entries are open until September 7 at 2PM! Sign up at Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas!Visit Circa Sports to learn more! FantraxSign up for free at Fantrax dot com slash RotoWire today to enter for your chance to win tickets to any regular season NFL game for you and your entire league! Plus $6,000 in spending cash! That’s right, tickets for your entire league! Simply create a new league or bring over your existing leagues for more chances to win!Go to Fantrax.com/RotoWire and sign up today.Fantasy Sports KnockoutFantasy Sports Knockout, where a fantasy league meets a knockout pool. An innovative take on fantasy football. The concept is simple: choose a new fantasy lineup each week and score points the same way you would in any fant

Should Justin Jefferson drop due to J.J. McCarthy's season-ending injury? How do we sort out the multiplicity of target options in Green Bay? Does Jameson Williams finally take the leap in Detroit? Can Keenan Allen stay healthy for a full season in Chicago? Nick Whalen and Jeff Erickson target these issues and more in their NFC North preview.---00:00 - NFC North Preview00:45 - Chicago Bears01:30 - Caleb Williams optimism05:30 - Williams vs. Jayden Daniels07:10 - DJ Moore WR 1908:55 - Keenan Allen and Rome Odunze11:15 - Cole Kmet playing time concerns13:45 - O/U 9.5 wins17:00 - Detroit Lions17:15 - Hangover from missing the Super Bowl?18:40 - Second receiver position21:35 - RB Combo between Montgomery and Gibbs24:30 - Is Jared Goff underrated?26:20 - O/U 10.5 wins28:50 - Green Bay Packers29:05 - Extreme Optimism29:20 - Jordan Love signs long-term32:35 - How do the Packers WRs rank?35:00 - Christian Watson is the skeleton key37:00 - Romeo Doubs = Tyler Boyd37:50 - Josh Jacobs40:30 - Musgrave vs. Kraft42:30 - O/

Jeff Erickson and Nick Whalen help you find overvalued and undervalued players from the NFC North. ---00:00 - NFC East Preview00:45 - New York Giants01:30 - Malik Nabers04:30 - Daniel Jones05:30 - Other WRs08:00 - Devin Singletary11:00 - O/U 6.5 wins13:25 - Dallas Cowboys14:20 - Contract issues18:00 - Zeke Elliott / Rico Dowdle leading RBs20:00 - Dak as QB1022:20 - OL changes24:00 - O/U 9.5 wins27:50 - Philadelphia Eagles28:20 - Regular season / Playoffs collapse30:30 - Saquon Barkley signs33:15 - Will Shipley backing up Barkley34:30 - Pass Catchers easily defined37:30 - Dallas Goedert - last of the starting TE’s39:00 - Defensive changes41:45 - Washington Commanders42:10 - Comfortable using Jayden Daniels as a fantasy starter?45:45 - Terry McLaurin46:15 - Jahan Dotson47:45 - Brian Robinson vs. Austin Ekeler50:40 - Zach Ertz vs. Ben Sinnott52:50 - O/U 6.5 wins54:00 - Eagles over O/U 10.5 wins---CircaCirca Million VI and Survivor are back and bigger than ever with $16 Million in total prizes.Enter in Nevada. Pl

Jim Coventry and Anthony Cervino discuss the pros and cons of players selected at similar ADPs.CircaCirca Million VI and Survivor are back and bigger than ever with $16 Million in total prizes.Enter in Nevada. Play from anywhere. Entries are open until September 7 at 2PM! Sign up at Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas!Visit Circa Sports to learn more! FantraxSign up for free at Fantrax dot com slash RotoWire today to enter for your chance to win tickets to any regular season NFL game for you and your entire league! Plus $6,000 in spending cash! That’s right, tickets for your entire league! Simply create a new league or bring over your existing leagues for more chances to win!Go to Fantrax.com/RotoWire and sign up today.Fantasy Sports KnockoutFantasy Sports Knockout, where a fantasy league meets a knockout pool. An innovative take on fantasy football. The concept is simple: choose a new fantasy lineup each week and score points the same way you would in any fantasy league. But you must choose your players w