RotoWire Fantasy Football Podcast

Get the latest intel on job battles in the Chargers and Browns backfields, along with a check-in on the DraftKings Best Ball draft market. How big a season can we project for Omarion Hampton if Najee Harris misses time? And who could pick up the slack in the Browns backfield between Jerome Ford and Dylan Sampson. Rounding it out, the guys take a deep dive into the San Francisco 49ers' outlook. 

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00:00 Intro
00:35 Job Battle...

Tyreek Hill has the potential to make or break your fantasy season. Faraz Siddiqi from Upper Hand Fantasy joins Jeff Erickson to talk about a handful of pivotal players like Hill, and how to value them.

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00:00 Boom or Bust Players

00:20 Welcome to Faraz Siddiqi and UpperHand Fantasy

04:00 “Flip” / Boom or Bust Players

04:20 Inspired by Tyreek Hill

07:20 QB:

08:00 Kyler Murray (and Marvin Harrison jr.)

11:45 Bo Nix

14:00 Ultra GM

15:00 RB:

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Nick Whalen and Jeff Erickson take a deep dive into the running back position for fantasy football in 2025.

00:00 RB Tiers, Targets and Fades
00:20 Welcome!
01:00 Elite Tier - Gibbs, Barkley, and Bijan
08:30 D’Andre Swift
09:45 The Next Tier - CMC, Jeanty, Henry, Achane
12:00 Fantrax
13:10 Derrick Henry
16:30 Christian McCaffrey
18:15 Next Tier - Irving, Taylor, Jacobs, Chase Brown, Kyren Williams
25:30 Breece Hall, James Cook
30:45 DraftKing...

Joe Bartel and Jake Letarski talk about their preferred draft slots for a variety of different fantasy formats including redraft, smaller leagues, bestball and superflex.

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Job battles are set to heat up with NFL training camps around the corner. John McKechnie and Mario Puig dig into the backfield outlooks in Tennessee and Kansas City before taking a closer look at the rest of the Chiefs' offense. Will Kansas City get back to its high-scoring ways with a healthy supporting cast around Patrick Mahomes?

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00:00 Intro/Tampa Bay news: Tristan Wirfs injury – effect on Baker Mayfield, Bucky Irving,...

Jorge Martin from Matthew Berry's Fantasy Life joins Jeff Erickson to talk about melding knowledge of the player pool with mastering the game, with a focus on the Scott Fish Bowl.

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00:00 Jorge Martin Pod

00:20 Welcome to Jorge!

01:00 MB Fantasy Life Staff Editor - Formerly w/ RotoWire, Yahoo, Fantasy Points, Dodgers Pub. Dir

02:30 Guillotine Leagues

06:20 Tristan Wirfs / Baker Mayfield

08:00 Do you downgrade Baker?

09:15 Prefer Mahomes

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Nick Whalen and Jeff Erickson take a deep dive into the QB position.

00:00 Intro
00:30 Welcome
00:45 Intro to QBs
01:10 CIRCA
01:45 QB Drafting Strategy Overall
03:15 Nick Waiting on QB
04:15 Avoiding the Middle
07:00 The First Tier
07:30 The QB Dead Zone
08:00 Patrick Mahomes
09:10 Justin Fields
12:15 C.J. Stroud
16:00 Brock Purdy
17:30 Dak Prescott
19:45 Michael Penix
23:00 Trevor Lawrence
27:10 FanTrax
28:30 Caleb Williams
32:45 Bo Nix
37:15 J.J. M...

Joe Bartel and Jake Letarski talk about RotoWire's new innovative Mock Draft tool with customizable settings and intuitive AI models. They also highlight a handful of players they will fade this system including Marvin Harrison and Travis Hunter.

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Get the latest intel on the fantasy impact from the Jonnu Smith trade to the Steelers and how it impacts his stock as well as Pat Freiermuth's. The guys also look into the tight end situations for the Chargers and Bears before checking in on John's Scott Fish Bowl draft. Rounding it out, John and Mario discuss the fantasy outlook for the Panthers in 2025.

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00:00 Intro
01:15 Steelers-Dolphins trade: Jonnu Smith vs. Pat Freie...

How will the Buccaneers' offense look in 2025 with Liam Coen gone and a crowded group of receivers getting more crowded with Emeka Egbuka joining the fray? John McKechnie and Mario Puig take a deep dive on the Bucs from Bucky Irving to late-round sleepers. The guys also scan around the league and project some of the upcoming wide receiver job battles in New England and Las Vegas.

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00:00 Intro
01:24 Wide Receiver Job Battles...

Nick Whalen and Joe Bartel take a look at some positional ADP battles with a game of Who Would You Rather Draft? The guys talk Bucky Irving, Josh Jacobs, CJ Stroud, Dak Prescott, Davante Adams and DJ Moore, among many others. 

00:00 Intro + Circa, NFFC

02:45 Who would you rather draft?

03:05: Josh Jacobs vs. Bucky Irving

08:15 Chuba Hubbard vs. Alvin Kamara

15:05 JSN vs. Tee Higgins

18:50 Courtland Sutton vs. DK Metcalf

20:50 Davante Adam...

Jim Coventry breaks down fantasy football ADP Battles for players in the first few rounds of 2025 drafts.

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