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David Gautieri & guest Jakob Sanderson discuss their 2026 Dynasty Rookie Draft takes (pre-NFL Draft).

3:00 - Debating WR1

22:45 - Makai Lemon still Tier 1?

26:00 - Level of concern for Kenyon Sadiq

38:30 - Stowers' range of outcomes

57:30 - Oscar Delp is Brenton Strange

1:00:00 - TE Sleepers

1:02:00 - "Maybe he just really loved Catholicism"

1:15:00 - Deep Sleepers

1:19:00 - 90-second Rapid-Fire

David Gautieri & guest Dwain McFarland discuss Dwain's fantasy football projections process & how he applies that information to his rankings.

11:30 - Working back-to-front

21:30 - TreVeyon Henderson vs Omarion Hampton

24:30 - Median projections vs 2nd-half upside

27:30 - RD2-5 RB ALIVE-Zone???

29:30 - Breece Hall: Smash or Pass?

34:45 - Tyler Warren "The Jayden Daniels of TE's" ???

50:30 - Harvey/Achane parallels

54:00 - RB Pass-Blocking Narrative

1:02:15 - Stay Away from Garrett Wilson

David Gautieri & Andrew Cooper team up to discuss their TE processes & evaluate the position for the 2025 fantasy season.

4:30 - "The Process"

17:15 - Blocking is bad

23:30 - Weighting RAS Score

27:15 - College Production Matters

39:45 - AJ Barner a GOOD thing for Elijah Arroyo?

50:00 - Respect PFF !!

55:00 - Bowers in RD2? Yay or Nay?

1:09:00 - Debating Trey McBride

1:15:00 - LaPorta, Hock, Kelce, or Andrews?

1:23:00 - Engram, Kraft, Njoku, Warren, or Loveland?

1:30:00 - Best late-round TE year ever

1:36:00 - Hope for Kincaid?

1:44:00 - THE deep-dart TE?

David Gautieri attempts to break the record for world's spottiest podcast while putting guest Corey Buschlen (aka @FootballStock) through Wi-Fi Hell.

Luckily, after a few thousand edits, we've been able to re-capture a great conversation regarding 2025's best & worst fantasy football picks.

5:15 - Taking stands in the first 2 rounds?

13:00 - Which position in RD3?

20:15 - Onesies Early?

26:00 - 2025 Flag-Plant

33:45 - B-Rob > Monty, you say?

40:00 - 2WR sets don't matter for Jayden Reed?

46:00 - Late-round targets

David Gautieri (@GuruFFWrld) & guest Ryan Heath (@RyanJ_Heath) discuss Ryan's latest article "The Anatomy of a League-Winner."

8:30 Defining a "League-Winner"

11:15 Positional Distribution

13:30 RB/RB/WR/WR vs WR/WR/RB/RB

21:00 League-Winning RB's

23:00 WR Dead-Zone

30:00 "Guaranteeing" a League-Winner

35:00 Late-Round QB still viable

37:45 2025 TE Strategy

42:00 Brock Bowers Rant

50:00 Late-Round Strategy

Doctor of Physical Therapy Jeff Mueller joins David Gautieri to discuss injury topics in the fantasy football space, as well as player-specific injury assessments for 2025.

3:00 - Discussing "injury-proneness"

4:30 - Recurring Injuries

9:30 - Overrated/Underrated Injuries

12:15 - Multi-ligament Tears

22:00 - Is Cooper Kupp washed?

28:00 - BUY Chris Olave?

31:15 - Fat Deebo

36:00 - Nick Chubb rebound?

46:00 - Miles Sanders SZN

53:00 - Wheels up for JJ McCarthy

David Gautieri & guest Kevin Coleman (@Daboys_22) discuss relevant 2025 Draft topics & how they apply to rookie drafts.

3:15 - Matthew Golden a trap?

7:15 - Quinshon Judkins good?

12:30 - Cam Ward worth the 1.03?

20:00 - BUY Dak Prescott

21:00 - Tyler Warren talking points

27:30 - Jeanty or Hampton/Hendo + 2026 1?

31:45 - Beware of Kaleb Johnson

38:00 - Favorite Sleepers

54:00 - 90-second Rapid-fire

[EDITOR'S NOTE]

*Statistic referenced at 10:15 should've been "the only other RB's to post 1,500+ rushing yards & 15+ TD's & get drafted RD1-2 are Ryan Williams & Adrian Peterson" not "the only other RB's to post 1,500+ rushing yards & 15+ TD's in the SEC & get drafted RD1-2 are Ryan Williams & Adrian Peterson."

David & guest Jakob Sanderson discuss bestball topics & player-takes.

4:45 - Asymmetrical Upside

12:30 - Approaching Stacks

27:00 - Justin Herbert conundrum

37:30 - QB/RB stacks

39:30 - Adam Thielen debate (seriously)

45:30 - Bowers/Njoku/Ferguson

57:00 - Seeking Leverage

1:09:00 - Drafting "optimally"

David & guest Andrew Cooper (@CoopAFiasco) discuss the 2024 TE landscape.

3:30 - Jake Ferguson Scooby Doo reveal

22:30 - Who's TE1? Top tier worth paying up for?

32:00 - Not the year for punting TE?

36:00 - Kyle Pitts a trap?

45:00 - Kincaid/Knox splits

51:00 - Engram/Kirk splits

55:30 - Njoku/Watson splits

1:04:00 - Arthur Smith (dare we say) a good thing?

1:09:30 - Bowers viable in redraft?

1:12:30 - Late-round favorites

David & Best Ball Mania Champion Liam Murphy discuss 2024 strategy & player-takes.

7:00 - Stacking (1? 2? 3? 4?) pass-catchers

12:00 - How important is "uniqueness" in BBM?

18:00 - Discussing last year's BBM winner

24:45 - WK17 Strategy

30:45 - Targeting low-owned players

45:00 - Flag-plants (& knowing when not to)

1:00:00 - Elite TE's for the Win

David Gautieri & Ryan Heath discuss some advanced statistics & their applications.

2:00 (Un)catchable targets

7:30 Diontae Johnson SZN?

15:30 How to Use 1D/RR

17:00 Jayden Reed CAN, but WILL he?

22:00 “Big Play Merchants”

24:45 Thoughts on Jordan Addison

29:30 Josh Gordon Patriots Trivia

35:00 MTF/touch

39:00 *Whispers* maybe Arthur Smith is a good thing

47:00 Achane/Spears fit YR2 breakout window

50:45 Anthony Richardson’s Lamar-ceiling

58:30 No “bad stats” only bad applications

Host David Gautieri & guest Rich (@DynastyIsland) discuss players with RD7/8/9 startup ADP's.

7:15 - Bryce Young a SELL? Or underrated?

12:30 - BUY Rashee Rice? & Jayden Reed?

17:30 - Zack Moss > D’Andre Swift IN DYNASTY!?!?

28:00 - Drafting a QB3 in dynasty startups

32:00 - Sorting Kittle, Engram, Njoku, Ferguson

39:30 - RB1dre Stevenson

51:45 - Penix’s dynasty outlook

David Gautieri & guest @FFSnoog discuss whether players with ADP's in RD4/5/6 are undervalued or overvalued.

5:00 – Tua overvalued?

9:30 – Kincaid’s ceiling?

22:00 – Opportunity cost of RD2 RB's v Achane

27:00 – Devonta Smith a ___ percentile talent?

30:00 – DJ Moore yum or yuck?

44:00 – Pitts, Andrews, Kelce

47:00 – Fade JJ McCarthy

51:00 – Zay Flowers PPR $$$

55:00 – RD6 too early for RB’s?

1:00:00 – JSN undervalued?

1:03:00 – Xavier Worthy the Hero who lived too long

1:10:00 – Win now AND later

Host David Gautieri & guest Dynasty Dad discuss Top-36 dynasty ADP, whether each player in that range is overvalued/undervalued/properly valued, as well as additional startup strategies.

5:00 - Using ADP, KTC, FantasyCalc

9:30 - Stroud overvalued?

15:15 - Building around QB's?

20:00 - Anthony Richardson range of outcomes

25:00 - Fade Justin Herbert at your own risk

29:00 - Kyler v Richardson

30:00 - LaPorta overvalued?

35:00 - Malik Chase

40:00 - Chris Olave = Cilantro

45:00 - Marry Me Trey McBride

47:30 - Latest startup strategies

David & Bestball Expert James Brimacombe discuss 2024 strategy & player-takes.

3:00 - Bestball "Rules"

7:30 - Exposure Limits

12:00 - Closing-line Value

15:00 - Avoiding "Zeros"

22:30 - Best Time to Draft

24:00 - Drafting Rookies

37:00 - 3RB starts

38:45 - Punting TE

45:00 - "Ideal" Roster Construction

49:00 - Same-bye 2QB builds

David & guest Jakob Sanderson discuss 2024 rookie prospects, philosophical strategies, & more.

2:15 – Ranking QB’s in SF

13:00 – Odunze “can’t miss?”

18:30 – Adonai v Ladd

22:00 – Ceiling v Floor philosophy

36:00 – Fading Penix

44:30 – Late-round RB-targets

1:02:30 – Building a team w/ only rookie picks

1:12:30 – Infinite rebuilds

1:18:00 – 90-second rapid-fire

1:19:30 – JSN debate

David & guest Angelo play a game of True or False regarding 2024 rookies.

3:00 - Odunze same tier as MHJ/Nabers?

9:00 - Nabers = CeeDee?

11:00 - BTJ > JSN?

13:45 - Worthy too small for a WR1?

21:30 - Why Javon Baker?

26:30 - Baker > Mitchell?

36:30 - Developmental injuries

41:30 - Ronald Jones comp (oh no)

51:00 - James Robinson comp (oh yea)

57:00 - 90-second rapid-fire

David Gautieri & guest Kevin Coleman discuss the 2024 rookie RB class, some flawed WR prospects, & some deeper sleepers.

3:30 - Devy the next "niche" to go mainstream?

5:00 - Rookie RB1 flag-plant

10:30 - MarShawn Lloyd fan-club

15:00 - Benson's "red flag"

18:30 - Elusiveness Rating

23:30 - Late-round RB-targets

32:30 - Mitchell v Worthy

40:00 - Fade Coleman? Legette?

48:00 - Bucky kinda sucky?

52:00 - Surprising Aiyuk comp

55:00 - TE talk

59:00 - Pre-draft tier-breaks

1:02:00 - 90-second rapid-fire

David & Scott define dynasty "leverage" & discuss various examples.

6:00 - Defining Dynasty "Leverage"

13:45 - Ageism in Dynasty

19:00 - Collecting future 1's

27:00 - Process > Players

39:00 - Trading multiple years out

44:00 - WORP

53:00 - Leveraging the Fantasy Playoffs

57:00 - NO TRADE DEADLINES

David discusses bestball strategies in detail with Bestball Mania 2 Champion Liam Murphy (@ChessLiam).

4:30 - Drafting suspended players

16:00 - 6WR builds

28:30 - "Small" stacks

33:45 - Projected points

36:15 - Same bye builds

42:00 - Biggest edge left

49:30 - Recreating the winning build

David & guest Ron Stewart discuss a few simple bestball strategies & go over player-takes for the most undervalued/overvalued at each position (QB/RB/WR/TE).

2:30 - Bestball tips for Beginners

9:00 - The 2 Justins

16:30 - THE post-hype RB

20:45 - Quentin Johnston in redraft?

26:30 - Kyle Pitts conundrum

38:30 - Sanders a trap?

43:45 - Pickens debate

David Gautieri & guest John Bauer (aka @TheBauerClub) discuss Dynasty Do's & Dont's, & the "perfect" startup strategy.

2:30 - Knowing Your League Settings

6:45 - Just Hit Decline

8:00 - Building Relationships

11:30 - Leveraging Others' Needs

17:00 - Going "All-In"

20:45 - Trading With a Purpose

25:30 - Worst Mistake You Can Make

28:00 - The "Perfect" Startup

35:00 - 90-Second Rapid-Fire

David & guest Andrew Cooper discuss their TE processes & player-takes.

3:30 - Defining a TE Process

21:00 - Kyle Pitts in redraft?

30:00 - Yin & Yang Strategy

36:45 - Hock a SELL?

50:00 - Kittle debate

57:30 - Rookie TE's

1:09:00 - Dulcich v Chig

David & Josh play true or false & discuss player-takes for the 2023 season.

2:30 - Chig a top-8 TE?

7:45 - Perine outscores Javonte?

10:45 - Pitts a better pick than London?

17:30 - Deshaun Watson bounces back?

22:30 - Charb a threat to Walker's starting role?

27:45 - Most likely top-12 finish with an ADP outside the top-24

34:45 - Best bestball pick with an ADP 200+

46:00 - 90-second rapid-fire

David Gautieri & guest Dynasty Zoltan discuss 5 trades Zoltan has made & why, as well as numerous dynasty trade strategies.

(1:30) Avoiding the Treadmill of Mediocrity

(7:30-14:45) Christian Watson Debate

(16:00) Capitalizing on micro-windows

(23:00) Rostering 3 Elite QB's

(26:00) Crafting multi-player deals

(31:00) 90-second Rapid-fire

David Gautieri & guest Angelo (of Angelo Analysis) discuss 2023 rookies & how they should be valued vs their veteran counterparts.

3:45 - Why Anthony Richardson?

8:00 - v Kyler, Dak, Deshaun

15:00 - Why Jahmyr Gibbs

23:00 - Who's the 2023 RB3?

28:00 - Rhamondre hot takes

33:00 - Thoughts on Rachaad White

35:00 - QJ v Burks

46:00 - Zay Flowers WR1 upside?

David Gautieri & guest Ian Miller discuss the ins & outs of building a process.

2:30 - The most important input

5:20 - How each position differs

10:30 - Early-declare significance

12:45 - Does TE college production matter?

14:45 - Does WR athleticism matter?

16:15 - How to adjust for teammate strength

20:00 - Why JSN?

26:00 - Fade Mingo

31:30 - Player v Pick Rapid-fire

4:15 - What to do with Zach Evans?

10:15 - Evans v Achane, Kendre, Bigsby

13:15 - Boutte? Booty? or no?

18:30 - Hooker an NFL QB?

22:00 - Kraft > Washington a hot take?

27:45 - Rakim Jarrett's profile

33:45 - Stop me from falling in love with Deuce Vaughn (if you can)

40:00 - Player v Pick Rapid-Fire

David & guest Nelly discuss Rookie tiers & overvalued/undervalued rookies.

(2:45-5:30) Bijan in a tier of his own?
(8:00-9:45) CJ Stroud capable as a rusher?
(18:00-20:00) Johnston in JSN's or Addison's tier?
(24:00-25:00) Kendre at the top of the 2nd round tier of RB's?
(30:00-32:00) Musgrave v LaPorta
(33:00-34:00) Mayer v Hock/Muth
(34:00-38:00) Beware Darnell Washington
(40:00-42:00) Deuce Vaughn debate
(43:00-46:00) Don't sleep on Rakim Jarrett
(46:00-54:00) Pick v Player rapid-fire

David Gautieri & guest Jakob Sanderson discuss the Dynasty RB landscape.

(1:45-15:45) ETN a SELL?
(15:45-19:15) ETN or Saquon?
(16:30-19:15) ETN or Jacobs?
(20:00-29:45) D’Andre Swift Debate
(29:45-33:45) Rhamondre v Swift
(34:00-39:00) Javonte a SELL?
(39:00-47:00) Tony Pollard the Best RB in the World?
(47:00-60:00) General Market Strategy

Quick rundown of David's thoughts on some buys & sells as we head into the 2023 offseason.

(1:30-10:15) BAL Offense
(10:30-16:30) AZ Offense
(17:00-21:30) Watson, Fields
(22:00-25:00) Rhamondre v ETN
(25:00-28:00) Swift
(28:00-33:00) Burks
(33:30- 37:00) Jones, Kamara, Sanders
(37:00-45:00) TE’s

How to start the offseason when you have extra rookie picks & want to buy players.

When making contending dynasty trades there's one thing you MUST KNOW - the extra benefit of trading healthy players for injured players in a rebuild (scoring less points, & getting a better draft pick.) This episode covers HOW to use that to your advantage.

David & special guest Scott Connor discuss ARSB v Breece Hall & who should be ranked higher in dynasty (as well as ARSB v Higgins, Waddle, Diggs, & Kupp).

2:30 - What the Market wants

4:30 - Wins Over Replacement (WOPR)

9:15 - Rebuild v Contender?

15:40 - RB Market v WR Market

19:00 - ARSB v Tee Higgins

20:15 - ARSB v Waddle

22:45 - ARSB v Kupp & Diggs

Quick rundown for the final draft weekend for 2022.

5 stats to know & what to do with them.

2:30 - McLaurin, ARSB, Elijah Moore breakouts?

6:00 - Etienne & Breece Hall

10:30 - Trey Lance to the Moon

18:00 - Marquise Brown an Alpha?

25:30 - The risk with aging RB's

3:50 - Why Rookies in early-2022 bestball?
21:00 - Tony Pollard, Dynasty RB__?
35:20 - Albert O Pissing Contest
46:45 - 3.01 OR? 2.01 OR? 1.01 OR? Rapid-fire
54:00 - Jalen Hurts' future?

Akash aka @YZR_Fantasy joins me to talk one of the hotter topics in the fantasy football space: Target Share.

Why is it important? How should we be using it? & which players are under/overvalued relative to their supporting profiles & target shares?

11:30 - Mooney an elite target-earner?
13:30 - Claypool v Mooney?
23:00 - Buy MT?
28:45 - Gabe Davis overvalued?
35:30 - CeeDee v DJM?
39:00 - 3.01 or? 2.01 or? 1.01 or? Rapid-fire

(Apologies for mic quality during the first 6 minutes. Was able to cut it & fix the issue for the remainder of the episode).

Kevin is an expert DEVY writer for FantasyPros & the Co-Host of the Devy Royale. He joined me to answer questions about the his 2022 Rankings, the class tiers, comparisons to & valuations vs the 2023 class, & pick values in trades for established NFL players. There are a ton of good nuggets throughout the show & we close with a 3.01 or? 2.01 or? 1.01 or? rapid-fire at the 33:00 mark that you don't want to miss.

3:45 – Spiller/Hall/Walker, same tier?
7:00 – Kyren hype warranted?
9:30 – Burks in a tier of his own? Or not even WR1?
12:25 – Jameson vs London vs Pickens
20:00 – 2022 vs 2023
22:00 – Coming around on Malik Willis?
33:00 – Jalen Hurts > 1.01 (1.01 OR? Rapid-fire)

It worked

The first step to digging yourself out of a hole in dynasty fantasy football is to trade your veterans for youth + rookie picks. But how do you take that a step further? & what can you do with those rookie picks when they're on the clock to create compounded value?

People are getting fed up with Saquon Barkley, the injuries, & the underperformance.

The once-crowned-jewel has fallen from being valued as a high-end RB1 & top-12 startup pick, to not even being valued as top-12 RB & just barely staying inside the top-50 overall.

The narratives surrounding Saquon Barkley are strong - but they're also strikingly similar to the narratives which made Joe Mixon, Deebo Samuel, James Conner, & even Leonard Fournette league-winners this past year. How do they compare? & can Saquon be the next one to "bounce-back?"