Draft Sharks Fantasy Football Podcast

Melvin Gordon is back! And yet, it somehow doesn't matter at all for fantasy football in Week 4. What does suddenly matter is Daniel Jones, Kyle Allen, Wayne Gallman and Deon Cain. We'll talk about what the Dolphins mean for Chargers offensive options, how to treat the Patriots backfield and maybe even a couple of "sell" candidates.Here's the rundown ...Carolina Panthers at Houston Texans ... 1:12Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens ... 7:05Kansas City Chiefs at Detroit Lions ... 10:10Oakland Raiders at Indianapolis Colts ... 15:35Los Angeles Chargers at Miami Dolphins ... 18:50Washington at New York Giants ... 21:55Tennessee Titans at Atlanta Falcons ... 28:53New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills ... 31:00Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals ... 35:23Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Los Angeles Rams ... 41:08Jacksonville Jaguars at Denver Broncos ... 43:31Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears ... 46:55Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints ... 52:51Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers ... 55:55Check out our full Week 4 rankings now. Download the Draft Sharks app from the App Store or Google Play.

Week 3 blasted fantasy football owners with a Saquon Barkley injury and introduced us to some new QBs. Some of those intros went well. Others delivered some bad news for offenses. We're sorting through those situations and lots of backfield questions before we head to the Week 4 waiver wire.Here's the rundown:Saquon Barkley's ankle sprain ... 00:31Julian Edelman's chest injury ... 4:27T.Y. Hilton's quad injury ... 6:09Vance McDonald's shoulder injury ... 8:51Panthers' developing QB picture ... 9:27The beginning of the Daniel Jones era ... 11:52Teddy Bridgewater wins, but do fantasy owners? ... 13:46Mason Rudolph has some growing to do ... 15:50What the Luke Falk ... 18:19Kyler Murray's non-breakout ... 18:59About Kerryon Johnson's usage ... 20:38What to do with Sony Michel ... 22:39Devonta Freeman's rebound ... 24:15Are Alexander Mattison or Tony Pollard a problem? ... 25:30Jeff Wilson and the 49ers' backfield crowd ... 28:36Sorting the Chiefs backfield ... 30:13Ronald Jones pulls even again ... 32:10Chris Car--whoops, turnover ... 33:16Streaming defenses for Week 4 and Week 5 ... 35:18Check out our Week 4 Free Agent Focus for bid recommendations on all of this week's waiver targets. And take a look at our updated Rest of the Way rankings.

Jared's determined not to miss out again on a RB he should have played in Week 2. Matt thinks Vegas is wrong about what's going to happen in the Detroit-Philly game. And just how low can you go to find a cash QB this week?Here's the rundown:QB ... 2:18RB ... 8:48WR ... 13:18TE ... 17:49Flex ... 20:36Defense ... 22:58And here are our lineups for Round 3 of the Crown His Ass Challenge ...Matt (1 win)Jared (1 win)Check out all of Jared's top picks for playing on DK this weekend, plus our DFS Lineup Builder and our full Week 3 PPR rankings.

There's a lot to like at QB this week, expensive talent at TE, some $7000 receivers to sort through and a pair of well-priced, dependable RBs grabbing our focus.Let's get to the picks:QB ... 2:06RB ... 4:59WR ... 7:58TE ... 11:47Flex ... 14:55Defense ... 16:12And here are our lineups for Round 3 of the SharkDuel ... Jared (1 win)Matt (1 win)Check out plus our DFS Lineup Builder, as well as our full Week 3 rankings with FanDuel dollars per point projections. Read all of Kevin's Week 3 picks for playing on FanDuel.

Do you know who's starting at QB for your favorite team this week? A bunch of them will be inserting new guys either because it's past time (Giants) or because the real starter's limping around (Panthers). All of those changes will affect the skill-position players around them and the fantasy defenses going against them. We're touching on all those situations, as well as looking into the backfields where the touches have been difficult to predict.Let's get to the rundown:Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills ... 1:31Miami Dolphins at Dallas Cowboys ... 8:50Denver Broncos at Green Bay Packers ... 10:56Atlanta Falcons at Indianapolis Colts ... 15:59Baltimore Ravens at Kansas City Chiefs ... 21:25Oakland Raiders at Minnesota Vikings ... 25:25New York Jets at New England Patriots ... 29:37Detroit Lions at Philadelphia Eagles ... 33:55Carolina Panthers at Arizona Cardinals ... 40:18New York Giants at Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... 44:50Houston Texans at Los Angeles Chargers ... 51:44New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks ... 57:24Pittsburgh Steelers at San Francisco 49ers ... 1:04:05Los Angeles Rams at Cleveland Browns ... 1:10:19Chicago Bears at Washington ... 1:13:38Check out our full Week 3 rankings now. And check out our 1st Buy/Sell/Hold Report of the season.

Ben Roethlisberger is done for the season (maybe forever?), and Drew Brees is down for a while. What does that mean for the fantasy factors remaining in their offenses? Plus, who should you be targeting on waivers this week after the RB injuries and another week of impressive rookie wideouts?Here's the rundown:Ben Roethlisberger out, Mason Rudolph in ... 1:04Drew Brees opens door for Teddy Bridgewater ... 8:00Other injuries to monitor ... 12:39Sorting the backfields ... 18:45Re-visiting the Week 1 WR breakouts ... 30:37Streaming D picks ... 40:53Check out our Week 3 Free Agent Focus for bid recommendations on all of this week's waiver targets. And take a look at our updated Rest of the Way rankings.

Who's the Week 2 version of Sammy Watkins? And how many expensive RBs can you fit into your GPP lineup?Let's get to the picks:QB ... 2:54RB ... 7:49WR ... 12:35TE ... 17:49Flex ... 20:50Defense ... 21:58And here are our lineups for Round 2 of the SharkDuel ... Matt (1 win)JaredCheck out plus our DFS Lineup Builder, as well as our full Week 2 rankings with FanDuel dollars per point projections. Read all of Kevin's Week 2 picks for playing on FanDuel here.

DraftKings salaries come out on Monday, meaning Oakland's surprising Week 1 performance didn't raise the cost of Derek Carr, Tyrell Williams, Josh Jacobs or Darren Waller. That means we need to talk about how to treat them in Week 2. We're also looking hard at the Saints-Rams matchup and digging some mid-priced RBs.Here's the rundown:QB ... 1:50RB ... 5:17WR ... 10:04TE ... 14:16Flex ... 17:58Defense ... 19:09And here are our lineups for Round 2 of the Crown His Ass Challenge ... Jared (1 win)MattCheck out all of Jared's top picks for playing on DK this weekend, plus our DFS Lineup Builder and our full Week 2 PPR rankings.

Which Week 1 performances will prove to be mirages? Which started 2019 trends? We're sorting through the big-number wideouts to pick our Week 2 starters, wondering how low to drop Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees and trying to figure out these young RBs.Here's the rundown:Arizona Cardinals at Baltimore Ravens ... 1:01San Francisco 49ers at Cincinnati Bengals ... 7:33L.A. Chargers at Detroit Lions ... 12:09Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers ... 15:28Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans ... 22:33New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins ... 28:42Buffalo Bills at N.Y. Giants ... 30:08Seattle Seahawks at Pittsburgh Steelers ... 34:09Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans ... 38:08Dallas Cowboys at Washington ... 43:33Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders ... 48:15Chicago Bears at Denver Broncos ... 51:41New Orleans Saints at L.A. Rams ... 53:49Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons ... 58:53Cleveland Browns at N.Y. Jets ... 1:03:53Check out our full Week 2 rankings now. Download the Draft Sharks app from the App Store or Google Play.

You've probably been told OFTEN that you shouldn't overreact to Week 1 of the fantasy football season. But what ... exactly ... is an overreaction? And what is merely an appropriate reaction to the 1st set of real NFL games for the year? That's what we're trying to sort out on today's show. We have WR tiers for the waiver wire. We have defenses to target over the next 2 weeks. And we have some reasons you shouldn't panic yet if you own Todd Gurley, Kerryon Johnson or Adam Thielen.Here's the rundown:Sorting through the Ravens explosion ... 3:18Darren Waller's breakout? ... 8:31Indy just might be OK ... or better? ... 9:41 D.K. Metcalf ready ... 12:48Terry McLaurin's shooting star ... 14:22John Ross changing minds ... 16:36LeSean McCoy still good ... or at least in the right spot to be not as good ... 17:40Is it too early to worry about Devonta Freeman? ... 18:59Kerryon Johnson stuck in a committee? ... 20:25Time to sell your Vikings passing-game shares? ... 22:36R.I.P. Browns? ... 25:57Tyler Lockett's big, quiet start ... 28:04Falcons and Steelers set to fail or bounce back? ... 29:15Let's worry about Kenyan Drake ... 31:07Don't run away from Todd Gurley ... 32:16Please ... don't let the Bell ring ... 35:30Sorting out the waiver-wire wideouts ... 37:03Streaming defenses for Week 2 and Week 3 ... 41:45Check out the Free Agent Focus article and updated Rest of the Way rankings.

The Week 1 pricing offers attractive tiers of players at QB, RB and WR. We've got multiple stacking options for the top dollars-per-point QBs in our Week 1 rankings. And you can find some high-upside plays for your flex spot.Let's get to the picks:QB ... 3:32RB ... 6:26WR ... 11:38TE ... 15:16Flex ... 18:21Defense ... 19:14And here are our lineups for Round 1 of the SharkDuel ...JaredMattCheck out plus our DFS Lineup Builder, as well as our full Week 1 rankings with FanDuel dollars per point projections.

The Week 1 pricing on DraftKings has us making eyes at several guys from the NFC North, a tier of attractive RBs and a certain QB from a heavy home favorite.Here's the rundown:QB ... 4:42RB ... 7:53WR ... 14:14TE ... 17:36Flex ... 20:20Defense ... 22:26And here are our lineups for Round 1 of the Crown His Ass Challenge ... MattJaredCheck out all of Jared's top picks for playing on DK this weekend, plus our DFS Lineup Builder and our full Week 1 PPR rankings.

The regular season is finally upon us, and we have our 1st full slate of real games to preview ... even if it won't include Antonio Brown. Which big-name QBs should you sit? Which backfields should you try to avoid? And which wideouts face the best matchups?Here's the rundown:Antonio Brown news ... 2:29Washington at Philadelphia Eagles ... 4:03Buffalo Bills at New York Jets ... 9:44Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings ... 14:18Baltimore Ravens at Miami Dolphins ... 19:06Kansas City Chiefs at Jacksonville Jaguars ... 21:41Tennessee Titans at Cleveland Browns ... 27:11Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers ... 30:05Cincinnati Bengals at Seattle Seahawks ... 33:36Indianapolis Colts at Los Angeles Chargers ... 36:56San Francisco 49ers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... 42:35New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys ... 45:51Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals ... 48:45Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots ... 53:21Houston Texans at New Orleans Saints ... 56:46Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders ... 59:45Check out our full Week 1 rankings now. Download the Draft Sharks app from the App Store or Google Play.

Ezekiel Elliott and Melvin Gordon STILL haven't joined their teams, and we're just days away from the start of the regular season. Both guys have dropped down our RB rankings, but does that mean you should change your draft plan? We'll sort out both situations, and then we'll hit on what the Patriots revealed by starting their veteran receivers in Thursday's final preseason contest.Here's the rundown:Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard ... 00:34Melvin Gordon and the Chargers backfield ... 8:11Demaryius Thomas worth a look? ... 13:00Check our full fantasy football rankings now and make sure your customized MVP Board is ready to go.

We're on the cusp of the final big fantasy football draft weekend of the year. That means it's time to hit on any last-minute questions. If you're a DS Insider, then you know we never stop giving you answers. Today we're hitting the latest round of mailbag entries, covering keeper selection, a big-name trade and what to do with this crop of rookie RBs. We've also got some last-minute draft tips of our own and a sneak peak and whose early schedule adds fantasy value.Here's the rundown:Late QBs and defenses to target ... 4:18Picking an auction keeper ... 10:22Rookie backs climbing too high? ... 12:54T.Y. Hilton vs. Robby Anderson ... 16:00Is Sammy Watkins a value or fool's gold? ... 18:08Aaron Rodgers vs. Deshaun Watson ... 19:48Last-minute draft tips ... 22:33Check our full fantasy football rankings now and make sure your customized MVP Board is ready to go.