Draft Sharks Fantasy Football Podcast

​We've just completed and posted our highly anticipated annual full suite of Perfect Draft articles. We're starting this show with some takeaways from the process of preparing those. Then we'll run through some of the most important news items affecting fantasy football draft values this week. And then it's mailbag time. Questions hit on keeper decisions, auction strategy, how to spend your 1st-round pick and more. Here's the rundown: Perfect Draft lessons ... 0:11 Andrew Luck ... 8:13 Target Chargers D ... 10:21 Other injuries to track ... 11:20 Emmanuel Sanders ... 16:22 Derrius Guice ... 18:15 Another TE for the Patriots ... 19:24 Mailbag ... 22:04 Check out our full 2019 fantasy football rankings and test out your strategies with our FREE Mock Draft Trainer.​

Do you hate the NFL's preseason games? Well, you're not alone. But these fake contests aren't totally worthless. We can judge performances. We can get a signal of playing-time patterns. And we can just generally get some info that will help us determine how to treat plenty of players in our fantasy football drafts. So did the 1st week of exhibitions teach us anything? Here's the rundown: What to look for in preseason ... 2:11 David Montgomery ... 3:40 Chris Carson ... 5:45 Curtis Samuel and D.J. Moore ... 8:22 Jamison Crowder ... 11:05 Terry McLaurin ... 12:56 Dwayne Haskins ... 15:18 Daniel Jones ... 16:35 Dontrell Hilliard ... 17:45 Preston Williams ... 19:20 Falcons backfield ... 20:34 Antonio Brown ... 21:59 Mitchell Trubisky ... 23:56 Dante Pettis and the Niners wideouts ... 27:53 Darrell Henderson ... 31:08 Parris Campbell ... 32:36 Keke Coutee ... 34:26 Dallas Goedert ... 36:17 Broncos backfield ... 38:06 Buccaneers backfield ... 39:17 Mark Andrews ... 39:45 ​Check out our full 2019 fan

None of us wanted to move Lamar Miller up our rankings, and now we don't have to. The Texans acquired former Browns RB Duke Johnson on Thursday. Let's break down the deal's effect on Johnson, Miller and Nick Chubb -- and perhaps a few others. Then it's time for our 2nd mailbag. We've got questions on keepers, auction strategy and superflex formats. Here's the rundown: The Duke Johnson trade ... 1:06 How early is too early for Joe Mixon? ... 10:29 Where to target QBs in a superflex league ... 12:19 Le'Veon Bell or a top WR to open a keeper draft? ... 15:53 Keep Aaron Jones or Dalvin Cook? ... 17:17 What's wrong with O.J. Howard? ... 18:31 Cheap QB targets in an auction ... 21:10 Damien Williams ... 23:16 When will we see Melvin Gordon? ... 24:53 ​Check our 2019 fantasy football rankings to see where the Browns-Texans trade moved everyone. And try out your altered draft strategy in our FREE Mock Draft Trainer.

​This guy's dominating his position in workouts. Another guys struggling with drops. One starter has been sitting with a bum hamstring. Another injury-prone guy is finally healthy. How is it all affecting our fantasy football draft plans? Today's show hits on the key movers up and down since the start of training camp. Here's a loaded rundown: Eagles backfield ... 5:13 Sony Michel ... 7:41 Is Lamar Miller finally rising? ... 9:13 Kalen Ballage ... 11:44 The Bills' top backfield target ... 14:35 The #1 Panthers WR? ... 16:17 The #2 Steelers WR? ... 17:45 The #3 Cardinals WR? ... 19:00 The OTHER rookie Ravens WR ... 20:40 Young wideouts in New England not named N'Keal Harry ... 22:52 Jordan Reed ... 24:29 Damien Williams ... 25:58 Kenyan Drake ... 27:49 Sorting the Niners' backfield ... 30:01 The most disappointing Cardinals wideout? ... 32:33 The odd man out in Buffalo? ... 33:46 Kliff Kingsbury TEs and other things that don't exist ... 35:03 Kicker duel in Green Bay ... 36:36 ​Chec

Training camp has hit us with some worrisome and impactful injuries already. Let's run through the situations you need to watch as you prepare for fantasy football drafts and the effects of A.J. Green's situation. Then it's time for a podcast mailbag. We'll answer some burning draft-related questions that listeners sent in via Twitter and Facebook.​ Injury updates ... 1:41 The A.J. Green Effect ... 9:15 T.Y. Hilton's PPR outlook ... 14:35 Should you draft Mike Evans and Chris Godwin to the same team? ... 16:58 WR-WR start from late Round 1 ... 20:27 What to do with #2 pick in dynasty rookie draft? ... 22:04 O-line worries and the QBs they hurt ... 23:40 What changes when a TD pass is worth 6 points? ... 26:43 Josh Allen: top 12 QB? ... 29:12 ​Check our 2019 fantasy football rankings now, along with the ever-growing library of preseason articles.

Draft Sharks staffers have been taking part in the Pros vs. Joes competition put on by the FFPC and FantasyMojo.com since its inception. ​Jared and Matt each recently completed their drafts for this year's tournament, so now it's recap time. We're contemplating tournament strategy, discussing the differences in the FFPC format and combing pick by pick through our teams to look at exciting selections, disappointments and decision-making along the way. Here's the rundown: Intro to the contest ... 00:29 Strategy ... 2:34 Matching RBs to start ... 7:24 Targeting pass-catchers ... 11:52 Reaches or value in Round 8-9-10? ... 15:59 Tyrell went where?!? ... 24:19 Don't sleep on kickers and defenses ... 27:42 Read Jared's full draft recap here. Customize your own MVP Board here.

​Training camps are opening up around the league, and that means we can finally start getting answers to the questions we've been pondering all offseason. Which situations need sorting? Which players most need to prove something? Today's podcast has the most important fantasy football question for every team in the league. Here's the rundown: AFC East Buffalo Bills ... 2:57 Miami Dolphins ... 3:20 New England Patriots ... 3:39 New York Jets ... 4:12   NFC East Dallas Cowboys ... 5:03 New York Giants ... 5:53 Philadelphia Eagles ... 6:35 Washington ... 7:49   AFC North Baltimore Ravens ... 8:14 Cincinnati Bengals ... 8:56 Cleveland Browns ... 9:27 Pittsburgh Steelers ... 10:06   NFC North ​Chicago Bears ... 11:10 Detroit Lions ... 11:48 Green Bay Packers ... 12:40 Minnesota Vikings ... 13:38   AFC South Houston Texans ... 14:35 Indianapolis Colts ... 15:23 Jacksonville Jaguars ... 16:02 Tennessee Titans ... 16:46   NFC South Atlanta Falcons ... 17:56 Carolina Panthers ... 18:46 New Orleans Saints .

​With NFL training camps opening, we're digging through fantasy football draft data from the past couple of months to see who's going too early, who look like some top sleepers and whose ADP has changed enough to alter our decisions. We see a couple of potential WR3s who are lasting well into WR5 range. There's a certain early round that can yield you an elite talent at RB or wideout. And there are multiple late QBs and TEs that just might alter your approach to drafting their positions. Here's the rundown: Overvalued QBs ... 2:42 Undervalued QBs ... 8:29 ADP Movers at QB ... 11:40 ​Overvalued RBs ... 13:29 Undervalued RBs ... 18:05 ADP Movers at RB ... 25:47 Overvalued WRs ... 30:27 Undervalued WRs ... 34:52 ADP Movers at WR ... 39:58 Overvalued TEs ... 44:14 Undervalued TEs ... 46:41 ADP Movers at TE ... 50:30 ​You can check out full ADP as well as our 2019 fantasy football rankings now. Put those ADPs and projections to work in our FREE Mock Draft Trainer.

​The Bengals finally have a new head coach for the 1st time in 17 years. The Browns kept the guy who helped pump up the offense in Hue Jackson's wake. The Ravens have a new OC to try to solve the Lamar Jackson puzzle. And the Steelers have traded away the best WR in the league. The AFC North presents a lot of change, some key injury returns and some 2018 breakouts that we need to project forward. Let's dig in to it all and reveal whom we're targeting and whom we'd rather avoid. Here's the rundown: Baltimore Ravens ... 2:21 Cincinnati Bengals ... 20:46 Cleveland Browns ... 36:15 Pittsburgh Steelers ... 53:36 Check out every episode of the projections series and hit DraftSharks.com for our full 2019 fantasy football rankings.​

​The Vikings and Lions sport new offenses. The Packers got a new head coach for the first time in 14 years. And the Bears are merely coming off their best regular-season record since 2006. We're predicting some big drops in passing volume for at least a couple of NFC North offenses, but the division could be ripe with RB value for 2019 fantasy football drafts. Plus, there might even be some sneaky TE upside. Here's the rundown: Chicago Bears ... 1:53 Detroit Lions ... 24:45 Green Bay Packers ... 39:57 Minnesota Vikings ... 55:43 Check out every episode of the projections series and hit DraftSharks.com for our full 2019 fantasy football rankings.​

Andrew Luck made a big rebound from his year lost to shoulder surgery. Deshaun Watson made a big rebound from his rookie-season ACL tear. Can either of the division's other 2 teams rebound from tough 2018s? We disagree on 1 of Deshaun Watson's favorite targets, we're both hating on 1 of fantasy's most popular Colts in early drafting, and we're trying not to waste too much time on the Jaguars or Titans. Here's the AFC South rundown ...  Houston Texans ... 1:17 Indianapolis Colts ... 24:46 Jacksonville Jaguars ... 44:58 Tennessee Titans ... 54:32​ Check out every episode of the projections series and hit DraftSharks.com for our full 2019 fantasy football rankings.​

​Bruce Arians' arrival in Tampa Bay excited many fantasy football fans, but have we all overrated his background? And which Bucs player has us disagreeing on his draft price? The Falcons welcomed back OC Dirk Koetter after the Bucs dumped him. How does his return impact the numbers we're expecting from players such as Matt Ryan and Austin Hooper? We're all waiting to see how Cam Newton's repaired shoulder holds up. Is that situation making him a risk or a value in fantasy football drafts, though? And the Saints have showed us they're a run-first team now. What does that mean for Latavius Murray and all the WRs? Here's the rundown ...  Atlanta Falcons ... 1:53 Carolina Panthers ... 21:36 New Orleans Saints ... 36:23 Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... 53:49 ​Check out every episode of the projections series and hit DraftSharks.com for our full 2019 fantasy football rankings.​

The Chiefs were the 2018 story of the AFC West. But now the status of WR Tyreek Hill remains up in the air, while QB Patrick Mahomes looks poised for some regression whether Hill plays or not. The Raiders spent another offseason making big changes, including a renovated set of skill-position players. Which new guy is a screaming value in early fantasy football drafts? The Broncos have moved on to yet another QB ... but they still don't seem to be doing it right. And the Chargers look poised to just keep being the Chargers. Are they being valued appropriately by early ADP? Here's the rundown: Denver Broncos ... 1:37 Kansas City Chiefs ... 17:40 Los Angeles Chargers ... 35:59 Oakland Raiders ... 46:53 Check out every episode of the projections series and hit DraftSharks.com for our full 2019 fantasy football rankings.​

​Is Todd Gurley a scary pick even when he makes it into Round 3? Or is he about to turn into a screaming value for those taking the plunge? His up-in-the-air status is affecting more than just Gurley's draft stock, and we're looking at the entire Rams offense on this week's show. They'll have to wait, however, until we're done talking about the new-look Cardinals and their high fantasy ceiling. Oh yeah, and the division also finds the 49ers getting Jimmy Garoppolo back from an ACL tear and the Seahawks taking the air out of the ball -- and keeping it that way. Here's the NFC West rundown: Arizona Cardinals ... 1:47 Los Angeles Rams ... 23:23 San Francisco 49ers ... 41:36 Seattle Seahawks ... 57:15 ​​Check out every episode of the projections series and hit DraftSharks.com for our full 2019 fantasy football rankings.

​The Eagles returned to the playoffs a year after winning the Super Bowl, despite losing Carson Wentz early for the 2nd straight year. Should we trust Wentz as our fantasy starter in 2019? And what does Philly's investment into Miles Sanders say about his immediate outlook? What will a full season of Amari Cooper mean in Dallas? What might booting Odell Beckham mean for the rest of the Giants' pass-catchers? And might Washington deliver us some intriguing fantasy sleepers? We're digging into the NFC East on this 2nd episode of the projections series. Here's the rundown: Dallas Cowboys ... 1:35 ​New York Giants ... 22:42 Philadelphia Eagles ... 35:33 Washington ... 53:24 ​​Check out our full 2019 fantasy football rankings. And find every episode of the projections series here.

​You might have noticed we took the past couple of weeks off from the podcast. We were busy finalizing our 2019 projections and getting the MVP Board ready to go -- a month earlier than last year. Now that those are live, we thought it might be interesting to dig into what got us to that end point. We're talking run-pass splits for every team, coaching trends and changes, plus hundreds of player tidbits that we learned on the way to projecting everyone -- many of which are helping to shape those projections. We'll go division by division over the next 8 weeks, starting with the AFC East. Here's the rundown ... Buffalo Bills ... 2:52 Miami Dolphins ... 21:15 New England Patriots ... 35:42  New York Jets ... 50:46 ​Check out our full 2019 fantasy football rankings and build your own MVP Board now.

The Cardinals opened the 2019 NFL Draft with Kyler Murray. They closed it with Caleb Wilson. And garnered plenty more interest with their 9 selections in between. Arizona should be in for significant change after this draft. Many picks also shuffled our dynasty rookie rankings, though. Today we're talking about the biggest movers -- up or down -- vs. our pre-draft rankings, pumping up some rookie-draft sleepers and seeking out potential sneaky redraft options for 2019. Here's the rundown ... Are Kyler Murray and his new teammates ready to help you? ... 1:13 Mecole Hardman and the biggest rookie risers at wide receiver ... 6:55 Hakeem Butler and the draft tumblers ... 14:14 Sleeper dynasty wideouts ... 19:14 Sneaky 2019 rookie ... 22:59 Josh Jacobs' good fortune ... 25:57 Biggest jumps up the RB board ... 27:00 Falling backs ... 31:56 Rookie-draft RB sleepers ... 33:36 Anyone sneaky for 2019 redraft? ... 36:05 Any big changes to the rookie TE ranks? ... 40:33 Favorite rookie-draft sleepers ... 44:4

Round 1 of the 2019 NFL Draft has passed without a lot of offensive skill players moving. But we did have Kyler Murray and 2 other dudes who play QB leave the board. We saw Josh Jacobs go to the team many expected to choose him. And we watched a mere 2 wideouts go late in the round. How did the landing spots treat those guys, and which Iowa TE are we more excited about for 2019 redraft leagues? Unfortunately, before we get to the draft, we have to address the fallout in Kansas City. Here's rundown: Tyreek Hill impact on Chiefs opportunity ... 1:41 Kyler Murray's outlook ... 7:21 Let's not talk about Daniel Jones too long ... 10:00 Does Detroit help or hurt T.J. Hockenson? ... 12:06 Dwayne Haskins a better fantasy prospect than Daniel Jones? ... 16:09 Did Noah Fant come out ahead of Hockenson? ... 18:52 Josh Jacobs lands comfortably ... 22:40 Does Baltimore help or hurt Marquise Brown? ... 26:32 Patriots reward N'Keal Harry fans ... 29:28 Which team had a sneaky-good fantasy 1st round? ... 31:0

There's not a lot to like at QB this year, but there's a lot to like about the top guy for fantasy owners. TE, on the other hand, sports a bevy of interesting options for this year's NFL Draft. We'll run through our pre-draft thoughts on all of that and talk some sleepers. Here's the rundown: Intro to Kyler Murray ... er, QBs ... 00:40 Where does Murray fit on the big board? ... 5:39 What's next at QB? ... 9:31 Any QB sleepers? ... 14:59 Intro to TEs ... 17:10 Recent rookie upside ... 19:05 Top 5 TEs ... 20:21 TE sleepers ... 33:09 ​Check out our full slate of FREE Dynasty Prospect Profiles.

If you're looking for the next Saquon Barkley, Christian McCaffrey or Ezekiel Elliott in this year's crop of rookie RBs, you're going to be disappointed. But you just mind find some RB2-level production for 2019 and beyond. We're digging into Josh Jacobs and the rest of the college runners he's dragging with him to Nashville. We'll talk about our favorite situations around the league for immediate fantasy football opportunity. We'll reveal our early Top 10s at the position. And we'll get to some potential sleepers in this 2nd episode of the prospect preview series. Here's the rundown ... Introducing the RB class ... 2:23 The best situations for immediate opportunity ... 6:29 Early Top 10 ... 12:28 Potential sleepers ... 42:03 Overrated prospects ... 47:30 ​Check out our WR preview episode, as well as the entire series of FREE Dynasty Prospect Profiles.