Draft Sharks Fantasy Football Podcast

​It's Cowboys-Seahawks week. So Dak Prescott, Russell Wilson and all of their WRs will factor heavily into what we're doing on FanDuel this week. But the value options at RB make for some interesting decisions that could separate your lineup. We're looking at a few proven fantasy studs with single-digit ownership projections in particular. Also ... is it breakout week for DeSean Jackson?Here's the rundown:QB ... 2:39RB ... 7:42WR ... 12:27TE ... 16:57Flex ... 23:11Defense ... 26:06Check out Kevin's favorite picks for cash games and Tyler's top plays for GPPs. And build your own money-making lineups in the Lineup Generator.​

​​Cowboys-Seahawks looks like the center of the Week 3 main slate, and we'll be talking about plenty of DFS lineup options from that contest. But we're also looking at several other high-priced QBs -- along with some at lower costs, if you're seeking a different build. We've got groups of underpriced RBs to go with them and some low-salary WR targets.Here's the rundown:QB ... 3:49RB ... 11:27WR ... 19:46TE ... 25:37Flex ... 30:29Defense ... 32:39Check out all of Jared's cash-game picks and Tyler's tourney favorites. And build your own money-making rosters with the Lineup Generator.​

Injuries were the story for Week 2. Now the stories are the replacements for the guys we lost. That includes this week's waiver pickups ... or maybe players who were already on your bench. Let's go through the NFL Week 3 slate game by game and talk who to start, who to sit ... and who to keep your distance from.Check our full Week 3 rankings, and stay up to date on injuries and news via Shark Bites.

​Saquon Barkley's done for the year. Christian McCaffrey will be out a while. So we'll all be bidding on their replacements. Which targets will offer you the most help this week? Which could prove to be land mines? And who could you stash to get ahead of future waiver wire runs? Let's break it down.​Check out our full Week 3 Free Agent Focus as well as our Week 3 fantasy football rankings.

​Dak Prescott and the Cowboys look tough to avoid in the main slate on DK this week. An abundance of affordable options at WR and RB can help you pay up more than you might usually at QB. That includes several attractive plays in the $5K range at RB. And, just how low can we go at TE to find playable options for Week 2?Here's the rundown:QB ... 5:06RB ... 10:41WR ... 19:03TE ... 24:53Flex ... 28:57Defense ... 30:07Check out all of Jared's cash-game picks and Tyler's tourney favorites. And build your own money-making rosters with the Lineup Generator.​

You'll find plenty of value options at RB and WR this week -- even TE. So paying up a little at QB makes sense, especially for this week's marquee fantasy matchup. You just might be able to fit an expensive QB ​and 3 upper-level RBs into your lineup. We've got some tips on how to do so.Here's the rundown:QB ... 4:43RB ... 10:32WR ... 15:38TE ... 20:15Flex ... 24:59Defense ... 25:33Check out Kevin's favorite picks for cash games and Tyler's top plays for GPPs. And build your own money-making lineups in the Lineup Generator.​

​No Jared today but Matt's pressing on to preview Week 2. We'll run through some key injury situations, including Chris Godwin, Michael Thomas, George Kittle, Kenny Golladay and several other WR corps. We'll also try to sort out some confounding backfields, look at some potential TE fill-ins and answer some start-sit questions.Here's the rundown:Injuries to watch ... 1:20Backfield sorting ... 15:14WR matchups ... 24:37TE targets ... 28:16Lineup questions ... 32:24​Check out our Week 2 rankings and track all the news in Shark Bites.

Malcolm Brown turned heads. Benny Snell took advantage of his opportunity. Russell Gage grabbed fantasy attention. And Michael Thomas' injury was just 1 of several that brought waiver-wire options to light. The Week 1 games perennially give us a host of top performers who could break out and win you a championship or fizzle and just break your free-agent budget. Let's try to sort out this week's targets ... Here's the rundown:Post-Week 1 buys from 2019 ... 3:302020 Week 2 RBs ... 14:57WRs ... 35:34TEs ... 52:41Check out our Week 2 Free Agent Focus and our Week 2 fantasy football rankings.

Even without Mike Evans, there should be plenty of fantasy intrigue to the Buccaneers-Saints opener. The matchup between the renovated Panthers and the Raiders looks like a potentially sneaky source of offense. And our new DFS guru Tyler Siracuse sees plenty of value in the Falcons-Seahawks matchup. We'll dig into those and other options for your Week 1 FanDuel lineups.Here's the rundown:Key differences between FanDuel and DraftKings ... 1:20QB ... 5:15RB ... 9:47WR ... 15:21TE ... 19:24Flex ... 22:58Defense ... 26:27And here's who we're playing in Round 1 of the SharkDuel.​Check out Kevin's favorite picks for cash games and Tyler's top plays for GPPs. And build your own money-making lineups in the Lineup Generator.

We're kicking off the DK podcast for 2020, and we've got a new voice! Tyler Siracuse is a big-money player and proven winner in the DFS space. You can find his GPP picks on the site all year, and he'll join Jared and Matt for the weekly podcast. The opening week finds fantasy values in Cincinnati, Carolina, Jacksonville and a few other places ...Here's the rundown:Tyler's background ... 1:27Overall strategy tips ... 2:58QB ... 11:46RB ... 16:06WR ... 21:49TE ... 27:01Flex ... 30:47Defense ... 33:40And here's who we're playing against each other in the 1st round of the Crown His Ass Challenge.​Check out all of Jared's cash-game picks and Tyler's tourney favorites. And build your own money-making rosters with the Lineup Generator.

Injury questions face Mike Evans and Kenny Golladay. RB questions emanate from the Jacksonville and Washington offenses. Do we fear the 2019 home-road splits for Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper? Do we roll with Aaron Rodgers out of the gate in a place that has been unkind? And where might you find sneaky offensive upside in Week 1? We've got real games for the first time in months, so let's break 'em down.​Check out our full Week 1 rankings and answer any lingering questions with the Who Should I Start tool.

​Adam is picking 6th in this FFPC main-event draft, and we're riding shotgun for all the picks, snipes and strategy. How does he react to RBs getting pushed up the board? When is the time to target TEs in this TE-premium format? When should we attack QB -- and what's the plan for drafting a 2nd? We're going through all 20 rounds in search of both production, value and upside.Here's the full draft board.​Check out DraftSharks.com for up-to-date rankings as well as Week 1 projections and tools.

​How does the Alvin Kamara news affect your Round 1 decisions? Where should you target Tampa Bay or Jacksonville RBs after ​the Leonard Fournette move? And what's the plan at each position? We're addressing each of those areas and much more to get you ready for a big draft weekend.Here's the rundown:Alvin Kamara and the middle of Round 1 ... 2:04Buccaneers RBs ... 6:24Jaguars RBs ... 12:04Washington RBs ... 14:39Patriots RBs ... 21:15QB plan ... 25:03RB plan ... 32:37WR plan ... 39:46TE plan ... 43:57Viewer questions ... 56:51​Check out our up-to-date fantasy football rankings and 9 Players Who Could Win You a Championship.

​A fantasy football auction adds layers of strategy on top of your average draft. We already posted our annual Auction Strategy Guide. For this show, though, we imported a couple of auction veterans as guests. Drew Davenport provides auction content for Footballguys and his YouTube channel, The Auction Brief. Dr. Jeff Budoff contributes injury analysis at Rotoviz and also did a 2-part auction-strategy podcast last August. They joined Jared and Matt for a discussion on all aspects of fantasy auctions, including specific players to target this year.​Check out our 2020 fantasy football rankings, and build your own custom MVP Draft Board.

​We might not get any preseason games, but we're getting plenty of reports out of camp. Injuries, comebacks and rookie buzz are altering ADPs as we enter the thick of fantasy football draft season. We're looking into pertinent reports on Dalvin Cook and Todd Gurley; injuries for David Montgomery, Brandon Aiyuk and Kenyan Drake; and where to draft some of the summer's hottest players.Here's the rundown:Dalvin Cook ... 1:17Todd Gurley ... 5:30Injuries ... 7:21Patriots backfield ... 15:37Ronald Jones ... 18:54Jalen Reagor ... 21:37Brandon Aiyuk ... 24:40Ben Roethlisberger ... 27:27Chris Herndon ... 29:58Tyler Eifert ... 31:42Logan Thomas ... 32:45A.J. Green ... 34:44Mike Williams ... 36:51Tyrell Williams ... 39:36Justin Jefferson ... 42:22Rams RBs ... 45:15​Check out our up-to-date 2020 fantasy football rankings, and create your own MVP Draft Board.

​Dr. Jesse Morse works with injured athletes all the team, so he can give us valuable insight into things such as how Saquon Barkley's high-ankle sprain affected him even after he returned last season. Or why we shouldn't worry about Ben Roethlisberger's throwing elbow. We sat down with Dr. Morse -- who will also deliver insight throughout the season on this podcast and on Sports Injury Predictor -- to dig into 12 fantasy-relevant players with big injury questions. And he just happened to teach us a few other valuable items along the way. You'll want to hear this before your next fantasy football draft.Here's the rundown:Tua Tagovailoa ... 4:32Ben Roethlisberger ... 8:53Chris Carson ... 12:45Sony Michel ... 17:12Deebo Samuel ... 20:05Odell Beckham ... 22:44Jarvis Landry ... 24:54A.J. Green ... 27:13The Lisfranc club ... 30:06T.J. Hockenson ... 39:20​Check out Dr. Jesse's 7 Guys Returning from Injury to Monitor. And see how early injury news has already impacted our 2020 fantasy footbal

If you paid any attention to the recent Draft Sharks Invitational drafts, then you saw 60 sharp, experienced fantasy football players battle for a $2,000 top prize. The superflex, TE-premium, best-ball format -- on top of the tournament aspect -- left lots of room for varying strategies. And we saw competitors take very different approaches. We checked in afterward with several drafters who differed most in their approaches. These interviews include a large-tourney champ, a psychology grad who tries to get in your head during a draft, an extreme "zero-RB" approach and a game-theory instructor. It's an interesting group.Here's the rundown:Will Mike Beers ever take a RB? ... 1:23Mike Oliva knows what you're thinking before you do ... 15:08Footballguys champ Abib Agbetoba gets QBs early ... 32:59Mark Garcia would rather wait for his QBs ... 56:07Full draft boards:Draft 1​Draft 2​Draft 3​Draft 4​Draft 5​Check out our 2020 fantasy football rankings, and set up your own MVP Board.

​You're not drafting Tyler Lockett early enough. ​You're probably not paying enough attention to some young 49ers wideouts. And you just might be overvaluing some big-name Cardinals. The final division in our previous series hits on all that plus much more ... including the Rams' post-Todd Gurley, post-Brandin Cooks offense.Here's the rundown:Arizona Cardinals ... 1:34Los Angeles Rams ... 19:26San Francisco 49ers ... 35:00Seattle Seahawks ... 48:55Check out our full 2020 fantasy football rankings​, and build your own MVP draft board.

​The ​Broncos got a new OC, paid up for a new RB starter and renovated their WR corps. The Chiefs snagged the NFL Draft's 1st RB at the end of Round 1. The Raiders were probably better in 2019 than you realize. And the Chargers let Melvin Gordon and Philip Rivers leave town. Which players from each AFC West team are set to help you win a fantasy title, and which exciting young talent is a must-avoid at his ADP?Here's your rundown:Denver Broncos ... 1:15Kansas City Chiefs ... 21:55Las Vegas Raiders ... 42:03Los Angeles Chargers ... 1:00:29Check out our full 2020 fantasy football rankings, and find all the QB schedules for 2020 in our QB strength-of-schedule article.​

​Who are the real pros when you fill a fantasy football draft room with people who get paid to give fantasy advice and others who have piled up a bunch of money by winning large contests? That's what we're trying to sort out with this Draft Sharks Invitational. Friday night brought the 5th and final draft of the 60-player, best-ball, superflex tournament. And just like the previous 4, it featured varied approaches to achieving a common goal.Here are your drafters:Ryan McDowellJ.J. ZachariasonSigmund BloomJack MillerJohn PaulsenNick BakayMike RandleRon MeyerDarren ArmaniNelson SousaKevin EnglishAndrew GellerCheck out all the details on the DS Invitational here, and find every episode of our podcast.​​