Draft Sharks Fantasy Football Podcast

​The 4th night of the Draft Sharks Invitational featured not only a veteran group of fantasy industry pros and some big-money high-stakes winners. It gave us a drafter waiting until Round 11 to take his 1st QB. It gave us several teams passing on stacks that seemed to be served up. And it gave us plenty more to talk about.Here's your draft lineup for League 4:Kimra SchleicherT.J. HernandezLenny PappanoEliot CristMichael FabianoAbib AgbetobaDanny KellyBrian HarwoodGeoffrey SteinBen GretchAlex KaganovskyIan Allen​Check out all the details on the DS Invitational here, and find every episode of our podcast.​

The 3rd draft of the Draft Sharks Invitational again featured a varying set of strategies, including a Mike Beers' "zero RB" approach that he called his "zero-est" to date. We stayed on the stream until he selected his first RB ... in Round 12. You can find all the 25-round roster builds here, and listen as we track the first half of the draft.Here are your competitors for Night 3:Mike PorrecaJason MooreGreg KanterHayden WinksMatt SchaufBob HarrisJustin BooneJules McLeanChad SchroederMike BeersDwain McFarlandSean KoernerCheck out all the details on the DS Invitational here, and find every episode of our podcast.​

The Draft Sharks Invitational saw League #2 make its selections Tuesday night. ​Listen in as we track the first 12 rounds and the varied team builds.Here are your competitors:Pat ThormanAdam KrautwurstRich HribarPeter OverzetNoah RuddellDan WilliamsonMike SchoppPatrick DaughertyMitch CarlMike TagliereJake CielyConnor AllenCheck out all the details on the DS Invitational here, and find every episode of our podcast.​

​League 1 of the 60-player Draft Sharks Invitational has made its picks, and we were there tracking the start. Let's check out the different strategies applied as this group of experienced drafters tries to build a 25-man roster to take the top prize in this superflex, TE-premium contest.Here are your drafters for League 1:Matt ThomsonJohn DaigleGraham BarfieldJared SmolaAustin MartinTod BurrosMike OlivaIan HartitzCurtis PatrickMark GarciaJay Reid and Scott ConnorEvan SilvaCheck out all the details on the DS Invitational here, and ​find every episode of the podcast.

This offseason brought a new coaching staff to the Carolina Panthers, a new star RB to the Atlanta Falcons and some aging QB to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. We're digging into what Tom Brady means for the Bucs, what you should expect from Teddy Bridgewater's Panthers, how the Falcons help Todd Gurley and why it's so pleasant to project Saints and then pick them in your fantasy football draft.Here's the rundown:Atlanta Falcons ... 2:50Carolina Panthers ... 20:19New Orleans Saints ... 35:29Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... 49:23Check out our full 2020 fantasy football rankings, and prepare for your drafts with our Mock Draft Trainer.​

​Is Deshaun Watson about to regress after the Texans traded away 1 of the league's best wideouts? Are the Titans about to regress as a group after their 2nd-half surge in 2019? Are the Colts headed the other way now that they have a new QB? And are the Jaguars ... well, worth paying attention to at all? It's time to mine the AFC South for players to target or avoid in our fantasy football drafts.Here's the rundown:Houston Texans ... 3:22Indianapolis Colts ... 22:35Jacksonville Jaguars ... 44:55Tennessee Titans ... 58:27Check out our full 2020 fantasy football rankings, and prepare for your drafts with our Mock Draft Trainer.​

​​High-stakes fantasy football is the same basic game ... but a whole different animal. You still want to put together the best team and make the best decisions all season. But now there's big money on the line, magnifying every decision. You're drafting against some of the most serious fantasy players in the world. And you're competing with not only your league, but also trying to win a tournament. It's basically a full-season version of a DFS GPP. In this new podcast, Matt Schauf brings in FFPC veteran Adam Krautwurst to share his experience and offer you tips that can help you overcome the toughest of fantasy football challenges.Here's the rundown for our premier episode:What's the difference? ... 1:07Adam's experience ... 8:24Draft Sharks Invitational ... 21:342020 QB shares ... 24:18RB shares ... 31:02WR shares ... 40:49TE shares ... 45:06​Check out our full 2020 fantasy football rankings and practice for the real thing with our Mock Draft Trainer.

​The Bears are about to hit us with a QB battle that doesn't matter ... but a pair of WRs who do. The Lions want to run the ball more, but are also getting Matthew Stafford back after 1 of the most productive stretches of his career. The Packers spent the offseason seeking surprisingly little help for their aging QB. And the Vikings lost their OC but might not look any different. Let's spin around the NFC North to see which players you should target in your fantasy football draft and which situations deserve to be avoided.Here's the rundown:Chicago Bears ... 2:07Detroit Lions ... 18:50Green Bay Packers ... 37:32Minnesota Vikings ... 52:23Check out our full 2020 fantasy football rankings, and prepare for your drafts with our Mock Draft Trainer.​

This division boasts the dominant fantasy QB of 2019 (Lamar Jackson), plus longtime stalwart Ben Roethlisberger and (former?) fantasy darling Baker Mayfield. Yet our favorite value at the position just might be the other guy. There are RB situations and potential 1st-round studs to sort out, rebound candidates at receiver for at least ​3 of the teams and perhaps even a couple of sneaky TEs.Here's the rundown, as we preview the AFC North:Baltimore Ravens ... 1:12Cincinnati Bengals ... 22:18Cleveland Browns ... 38:48Pittsburgh Steelers ... 56:23Check out our full 2020 fantasy football rankings, and prepare for your drafts with our Mock Draft Trainer.​

​​The NFC East promises to look a lot different in 2020. Three of the 4 teams have new coaches, though Dallas retained its breakout young OC from last season. Daniel Jones spent his rookie year building optimism while Dwayne Haskins looked like a bust. Where do their outlooks belong for the coming season? And which of the young stud RBs and WRs should you be targeting in your 2020 fantasy football drafts? Before we dig into those teams, though, we have a big free-agent signing shaking up the division we already previewed.Here's the rundown:Cam Newton to New England ... 00:42Dallas Cowboys ... 4:54New York Giants ... 25:22Philadelphia Eagles ... 41:36Washington ... 1:03:21Check out our full 2020 fantasy football rankings, and prepare for your drafts with our Mock Draft Trainer.​

​We're closing in on the start of training camps, so it's time to preview every team in the league. We're starting this 8-part series with a spin through the AFC East. The Bills acquired a new stud receiver. The Dolphins drafted their QB of the future (and now?). The Jets sport some young talent but might not be able to overcome their poor coaching decision. And the Patriots are about to go without Tom Brady for the first time this millennium. Let's talk about what lies ahead ... Here's the rundown:Buffalo Bills ... 2:34Miami Dolphins ... 20:05New England Patriots ... 41:38New York Jets ... 59:08​Check out our full 2020 fantasy football rankings, as well as our 2019 reliability rankings.

We ​​just finished the DS Invitational superflex dynasty startup draft on MyFFPC.com. On today's show, we talk to all the owners we could corral to learn strategies, in-draft adjustments, reactions to the format and the picks and even how some plan to operate going forward. We hit on a lot of players, every position, some differences between dynasty and redraft and even some waiver strategy. It's a longer pod than you're used to from us, but you'll also find a wide range of perspectives.Here's the rundown:Jared and Matt jump in ... 2:20Tim Olson on his bevy of trades ... 20:47Team SBFFC second-guesses a QB move ... 30:27JC Roderiques misses RB but tries to make up for it ... 41:36Adam Krautwurst gets his guy early. Then what? ... 59:29Brian McFadden chases Kyler Murray ... 1:11:48Jake Valeich scoops up early picks ... 1:23:16Phil Hager waits for his TEs ... 1:36:48Check out our updated dynasty rankings, as well as rookie draft rankings for offense and IDP.

We're a couple of weeks past releasing our 2020 fantasy football projections, and we've had more than a month for the NFL Draft to change plenty in the way we're drafting. So this looks like a good time for an ADP check. How much are RB dominating the the start? Who's going way too early at each position? Which late WRs could win your league? And which TE is just being drafted stupidly?Here's the rundown:Early RB landscape ... 2:21Undervalued RBs ... 7:32Overvalued RBs ... 19:25QB targets ... 23:46Undervalued WRs ... 33:28Overvalued WRs ... 43:41Undervalued TEs ... 51:14Overvalued TEs ... 56:48​Check out our full 2020 fantasy football rankings and practice drafting with our free Mock Draft Trainer.

We have ranked the IDP rookies​​ and broken down the class here on the podcast. On this show, Mike Woellert of 4for4.com joins me to add some context to these rookies. We'll talk about who looks ready to contribute right away and where they fit in the overall dynasty rankings. And we'll look beyond the rookies to pick out some sleepers and sell-high candidates for 2020 and beyond.Here's the rundown:Chase Young vs. everyone ... 1:27The next group ... 5:24Veteran D-linemen to target ... 9:21The top shelf of rookie LBs ... 19:13Buy-low veteran LBs ... 24:29Time to sell high? ... 28:57Strength of the rookie safeties ... 35:13Non-rookie sleepers in the secondary ... 39:43​Check out our full dynasty rankings for both IDP and each offensive position.

​We had our annual projections party Wednesday, which means you can now find our official 2020 fantasy football rankings! But just because we've got 1 set of projections doesn't mean that we agree on every player. On today's show, we're recapping some of our key arguments from the projections party and hitting on some other players where we come out MUCH different than consensus.Let's tackle it by position:QBs ... 1:30RBs ... 10:29WRs ... 28:21TEs ... 53:19​Check out our 2020 fantasy football rankings and start building your own, customized MVP Boards.

​It's fantasy football projections time around here, which has Jared busy ahead of next week's release. So I'm taking this opportunity to talk IDPs, and I'm bringing in one of my favorite people from the industry to do so with me. Footballguys' Sigmund Bloom comes on to talk Chase Young vs. Patrick Queen at the top of the rookie IDP board, Patrick Queen vs. the other LBs, an exciting class of safeties and much more.Here's the rundown:Chase Young up top? ... 9:23K'Lavon Chaisson and the rest of the edge class ... 12:37Sneaky value at DT? ... 18:22Patrick Queen's allure ... 20:54The suddenly exciting Bengals LB corps ... 23:23Draft Jordyn Brooks or no? ... 28:08Let's talk about Zack Baun ... 33:45Who tops this fun class of safeties? ... 37:52Late rookie-draft sleepers ... 45:02​Check our rookie IDP rankings as well as the combined cheat sheet before you jump into your dynasty rookie draft.

​​The NFL Draft is now behind us. You can find our dynasty rookie rankings (plus IDPs) on the site. And we're busy on 2020 fantasy football projections as draft season quickly approaches. Today, we'll look into which rookies we might have higher or lower than other places, and we'll talk about the situations around the league most impacted by NFL Draft picks.Here's the rundown:Rookies we're low on ... 3:05Rookies we're high on ... 10:05Chiefs backfield ... 18:13Ravens backfield ... 21:46Colts backfield ... 24:22Rams backfield ... 27:50Aaron Jones ... 31:38Steelers backfield ... 34:14Devin Singletary ... 37:07Miles Sanders ... 39:33Raiders' frustrating pass offense ... 41:46Colts WRs ... 45:43Jaguars WRs ... 47:56Steelers WRs ... 49:39Jets WRs ... 51:39Patriots offense ... 53:52Drew Lock's smiles ... 58:19Aaron Rodgers' frowns ... 1:00:32​Check out our rookie rankings, along with our overall keeper rankings.

​QBs flew off the board early and to expected destinations in Round 1 of the NFL Draft. Do Joe Burrow and Tua Tagovailoa remain the clear top 2 for fantasy, though?​ We have trouble agreeing on that. There's no disagreement on Clyde Edwards-Helaire's cushy fantasy landing, though. And this vaunted WR class showed out on Thursday night. Who's outlook brightened and whose got murkier?Here's the rundown:Clyde Edwards-Helaire ... 1:26The QBs ... 4:24Wide receivers ... 14:17Tackles to the rescue ... 34:33​Check out Shark Bites for instant reactions to every fantasy-relevant draft pick. And dig into the 39 FREE Dynasty Prospect Scouting Reports.

Let's wrap up our dynasty prospect preview series with the QBs and tight ends. The quarterback class features more fantasy intrigue than the 2019 passers did, including a high-upside option that appears headed for Day 2 of the NFL Draft. The TE class looks about as exciting as a bottle of sleeping pills, but we're pouring out some upside even there. Here's the rundown ... Jared's sleeper receiver ... 1:10The top 2 at QB ... 3:45The ultimate ceiling target ... 10:43The Jordan Love conundrum ... 17:18How to approach the 2020 TE class ... 23:22Our top 5 ... 25:25Others to watch ... 42:22​Check out the WR preview and RB preview episodes as well. Read our entire library of Dynasty Prospect Scouting Reports for FREE.

​Is this a strong RB class or merely a top-heavy group? It's easy to love Jonathan Taylor (unless you're trying too hard to not). D'Andre Swift and J.K. Dobbins should be easy picks in dynasty rookie drafts as well. But is Clyde Edwards-Helaire a shoo-in for fantasy production? Is Cam Akers about to be better off in the pros than he was in college? And who are the upside guys beyond that group? Let's dig in.​Check out our WR preview podcast, along with all of the FREE Dynasty Prospect Scouting Reports.