Fantasy Football Podcast
Episode Guide To Help You Win Your Fantasy Football League!
10/7/25: Week 6 Waivers & More W5 Game Reviews
You need running backs. We all need running backs. Like a zombie drawn to brains, the fantasy football player always seeks answers at the NFL's scarcest position. So in today's waiver segment, we'll do our best to talk through your potential RB options. We'll also go back through the remainder of the Week 5 game film, including the Jags upsetting the Chiefs on Monday night, and some startling performances from Sunday. Come and get it! Guest: Brandon Funston of The Athletic.
10/6/25: Week 5 Game Film Review
Are the Patriots suddenly for real? Did the Commanders unleash a pure feature back? Are the Ravens utterly cooked? For today's podcast, we watched a whole bunch of games all the through so we could go beyond the box score, and tell you what we think we saw actually happen on the football field in Week 5. We'll hopefully address the burning questions that will most affect your fantasy football squad, plus we'll preview the Monday night game between the Chiefs and Jaguars. Thank you for listening! Guest: Sam Gold of Sam's Film Room (@SamuelRGold).
10/3/25: Five Players To Trade Away, SFvsLAR Review & W5 Injuries
Should you sell high? Should you believe? On today's podcast, we'll look at some good fantasy football performers from the season's first month and decide whether you should consider trading them before the bottom falls out. We've had a look at how the market is valuing players, and we'll tell you what we think you can get in exchange. Plus an insane new mixtape, a look at the Week 5 injury news, and a review of the crazy overtime Niners/Rams game from Thursday night. Guest: Cousin Josh (@DetectiveFisch).
10/2/25: Week 5 Start & Sit Decisions Plus SFvLAR Preview
Crazy injury news highlights this Thursday episode. Trey Benson? Suddenly out with knee surgery. Bucky Irving? Mysterious foot ailment that people keep telling us "isn't season-ending." Cool! We'll discuss how to build your fantasy lineup in Week 5 by looking at these situations, and also several others that may be confounding you. We'll also preview the Thursday night 49ers/Rams game and make some picks for DraftKings DFS! Guests: Jeff Bell of FootballGuys.com (@4whomjbelltolls.bsky.social) and DFS Expert Jake Trowbridge (@jaketrowbridge.bsky.social).
9/30/25: Week 5 Waivers & More W4 Game Film
Tyreek Hill and Malik Nabers are done for the year with serious injuries, and you've gotta find some replacements! We don't have perfect solutions for you among the waiver-wire WRs, but we'll do our best, plus recommend a running back everyone should be adding. Also: we'll review what *else* happened in the Monday night games, and pop in the tape and discuss the remainder of Sunday's Week 4 games as well. Thanks for listening! Guest: Jeff Erickson of Rotowire (@jeff-erickson.bsky.social).
9/29/25: Week 4 Game Reviews
Another Sunday, another wildly addictive day of football, and more information to make your fantasy team better. We had a shootout tie, some blowout victories, some devastating injuries, a popping Chiefs offense once again, and an absolute Ravens disaster. We'll begin metabolizing the Week 4 games by breaking down what we saw on the film, to hopefully give you an advantage going forward. Big fun! Let's get into it! Guest: Jamey Eisenberg from CBS Fantasy (@JameyEisenberg).
9/26/25: Five Players To Trade For
Let's make some fantasy football trades! Three games doesn't seem like a lot, but it's about a quarter of the fantasy season, and in some cases, we just don't have any more time to wait. So let's nominate some players we'd like to trade for, either because we think the market is currently undervaluing them, or because we think they're just dang awesome. We'll also review the exciting Seahawks/Cardinals Thursday night game and talk about how Trey Benson looked, plus we'll review the Week 4 injury news that could shape our lineups. Big fun! Guest: Cousin Josh (@DetectiveFisch).
9/25/25: Key Week 4 Start-Sit Decisions & Previewing SEAvARI
Wondering what to do with Trey Benson in Thursday night's game? How about Brian Thomas and his disappointing start? Who are you willing to bench Cam Skattebo for? On today's podcast, we'll discuss our most pressing Week 4 start/sit decisions. We'll also preview the Thursday night Seahawks/Cardinals tilt, we'll make our DFS picks for the weekend, read your snarky email, and play a banger of a mixtape. Big fun! Guests: Ben Gretch of Stealing Signals (@bengretch.bsky.social) and DFS Expert Jake Trowbridge (@jaketrowbridge.bsky.social).
9/23/25: Week 4 Waivers & More W3 Game Film
Guess we're not so worried about our Lions anymore! Detroit put up big numbers against a tough Ravens squad on the road, and now we can pretty much feel good about all our Lions fantasy football assets in the Post-Ben-Johnson Era. We'll discuss, and also look back at the rest of the Week 3 game film, including some thrillers and some blowouts...we can always learn something from watching tape! Then it's time to spin it forward and reveal a congested waiver wire for Week 4. Guest: Scott Fish of FantasyCares.org (@scottfish.bsky.social).
9/22/25: Week 3 Game Reviews
Running back carnage! Some important RBs got injured in Week 3...and it's going to shift the fantasy football landscape. On today's show, we'll start processing the Week 3 game tape, including injuries to James Conner, Najee Harris and Tyrone Tracy (to say nothing of CeeDee Lamb!). It's tough to know exactly how workloads will get divvied up in the case of starters who'll miss time, but we can at least evaluate how the *other* guys performed on film! Guest: Patrick Daugherty of Rotoworld (@rotopat.bsky.social).
9/19/25: Five Players Who Are Blowing Our Minds So Far
Just two weeks in, our minds are blown! Every NFL season contains an outrageous number of surprises that shatter our mind palaces, and redefine what we think of myriad players and teams. On today's show, we'll count down the *biggest* surprises fantasy football (and the NFL in general) have presented us with. We'll also review the Bills' Thursday night victory over a surprisingly feisty Dolphins attack, and review the injury names you need to know before making your start/sit decisions before Week 3! Guest: Cousin Josh (@DetectiveFisch).
9/18/25: Hardest To Rank Players For Week 3
If you're putting together a fantasy football lineup in Week 3, we can almost guarantee: you're having wide receiver questions! That's because WR is deep and similar...there just isn't that much difference between WR20 and WR40. So one major focus of today's show is figuring out what to do with some key names you might be considering. Plus we'll preview the Dolphins/Bills Thursday night game, offer up some DFS lineups, and play a couple crazy mixtapes that speak to each other. Guests: Scott Pianowski of Yahoo! Fantasy (@pianow.bsky.social) and DFS Expert Jake Trowbridge (@jaketrowbridge.bsky.social).
9/16/25: Week 3 Waivers & More W2 Game Film
The Justin Herbert Express continued barrelling over the NFL on Monday night, and we're loving it! On today's podcast, we'll discuss how *both* of the Monday night games looked, plus review the remainder of the Week 2 game film. Then it's time to turn the page, and start thinking about roster moves in advance of Week 3. The first step is talking about what waiver-wire adds we're considering, especially in light of the quarterback carnage so far. If you've got Joe Burrow, Jayden Daniels, Justin Fields, Brock Purdy or J.J. McCarthy, you'll wanna listen! Guest: John Daigle of EstablishTheRun.com (@johndaigle.bsky.social).
9/15/25: Week 2 Game Reviews!
Another Sunday, lots more NFL games, and we get just a little bit smarter about which teams are good and bad, and which players can help our fantasy football teams. We'll dig into the games themselves and talk about what we think we saw! Are the Colts good on offense now? Are the Chiefs terrible? Is Kyren Williams's goal-line primacy slipping? Do we have to bench a bunch of rookie running backs? We'll discuss it all by going beyond the box score, directly to the game film! Guest: Matt Harmon of Yahoo! Fantasy and ReceptionPerception.com (@mattharmon.bsky.social).
9/12/25: Players We've Already Changed Our Minds On & Thursday Night Injuries!
Let's stage a little Overreaction Theater! We've only got one full week in the books, but our opinions on some players *have* actually changed quite a bit, and we'll count down the guys on whom we've wavered *most* after Week 1. Also: let's review what happened in the Packers' convincing victory over the Commanders, which includes discussing severe injuries to Austin Ekeler and Jayden Reed. And we'll also talk through the injuries that could wind up affecting your Week 2 fantasy football lineups! Guest: Cousin Josh (@DetectiveFisch).
9/11/25: Biggest Week 2 Lineup Quandaries & WASvGB Preview
Putting together Week 2 lineups for a fantasy football team is one of the season's most difficult challenges. How much should we react to Week 1? How much should we stay the course? There's no one-size-fits-all rule...which is why we talk about individual players. That's what we'll do on today's show! Plus we'll preview Commanders/Packers, talk through the many 49ers injuries affecting our lineups, and make some DFS picks on DraftKings! Guests: Dave Kluge of FootballGuys.com (@davekluge.bsky.social) and DFS Expert Jake Trowbridge (@jaketrowbridge.bsky.social).
9/9/25: Week 2 Waivers & More W1 Film Review
Another national TV game, another insane comeback, another head-scratcher of a fantasy football result. We'll dig into the Monday night game, where the Vikings somehow overcame *all that* to win, and Caleb Williams didn't look particularly fixed. In addition, we'll review all the rest of the Week 1 game film that we didn't get to on Monday's show, plus we'll spin it forward and start thinking about Week 2 with a very important waiver wire! Guest: Jake Ciely of The Athletic (@allinkid.bsky.social).
9/8/25: Week 1 Film Review - What Really Happened?
Football is back! We have actual games to talk about! The endless speculation is over, and now the teams are telling us their plans by *executing* their plans, giving us tons of information that can help make our fantasy teams better. Rather than listen to folks who only look at highlights and box scores, listen to us! We watch *all* the games! We'll tackle the first part of Week 1's results and describe what we think we saw, to help your fantasy team! Guest: Sam Gold of Sam's Film Room.
9/5/25: Things That Are Freaking Us Out For Week 1 & DALvPHI Review
You've done all you can do! The NFL season's gonna be what it's gonna be! But you're not made of stone, and neither are we. That's why for one final pre-Week-1 episode, we're going to channel in our inner-Cousin-Josh and worry a little bit. Let's talk about what's freaking us out about the forthcoming NFL season! Plus: a deep dive into what happened in Thursday night's Cowboys/Eagles game and a discussion of Week 1's injury news, including a tiny-boned running back making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Guest: Jeff Erickson of Rotowire (@jeff-erickson.bsky.social).
9/4/25: Preseason Huggy Awards & Previewing DALvPHI
It's time to wrap up the preseason with our *other* awards -- these are the Huggies! We'll talk about the players we're most looking forward to watching and the ones we don't want to talk about for a little while, plus predict 2025's Fantasy MVP. We'll also preview the season opener: Cowboys at Eagles, play an incredible listener mixtape, and make our picks for Week 1 in DraftKings DFS! Guest: DFS Expert Jake Trowbridge (@jaketrowbridge.bsky.social).
9/3/25: Week 1 Ranks & Snarkbag
Let's put together some Week 1 fantasy lineups! In general, we don't want to deviate from season-long ranks too much, because we're constantly surprised about which matchups are difficult and which are easy. But we've found some players you might be considering who deserve some ranks changes sight unseen. We'll also do a snarkbag, and a little bit of Paywall Andy grab-ass on the free side. Guest: Andy Behrens of TheDeepShot.com (@andybehrens.bsky.social).
9/2/25: My Most Drafted Players & Week 1 Waivers
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.