Draft Sharks Fantasy Football Podcast

With 3 weeks of NFL preseason games behind us, we've seen all the action that's likely to affect your 2019 fantasy football team (or not). We asked Dwain McFarland to come help us sort it all out, because he has spent those 3 weeks crushing the preseason analysis. What should you make of Arizona's bumpy preseason? Who might be a winner and a loser at wideout? And which TEs should be going higher or lower in fantasy football drafts?Before we get to that, though, we have a big Saturday night AFC South shakeup to deal with.Here's the rundown:Andrew Luck's retirement ... 1:40Lamar Miller's knee blows up ... 11:16Introducing our guest ... 14:40What to watch for in preseason ... 15:48What's in store for the new Arizona Cardinals? ... 19:49Preseason winners ... 29:24Preseason losers ... 51:49Check out Jared's preseason winners and losers. See where injuries and retirements have moved the Texans and Colts players in our fantasy football rankings. And then make sure your MVP Board is ready to help you dominate your draft.

We're finally hitting the peak of draft season, and that means everyone has questions. What do we do with Ezekiel Elliott, Melvin Gordon and their backups? Which draft position is the best? Which rookies look ready to help our teams right now ... and down the road? And which later-round options should you be targeting this weekend?Here's the rundown:What’s your favorite draft position? … 2:06Keenan Allen returns … 5:00Darwin Thompson’s rise … 6:00Tarik Cohen disappearing? … 7:40Where to draft Melvin Gordon and Austin Ekeler … 10:02Ezekiel Elliott’s effect on fantasy drafts and Tony Pollard … 13:42Dalvin Cook or Alexander Mattison at ADP? … 20:12Should you start RB-RB-RB? … 22:17Who are the WR targets at the 2-3 turn? … 23:53Where you need to draft Antonio Brown … 24:33Impact rookies … 25:51How to use Tom Brady in fantasy … 28:09Keeper selections … 29:54Breakout WRs for dynasty … 31:146 players to target this weekend … 35:01Check our up-to-date 2019 fantasy football rankings and get your MVP Board ready to dominate.

The 2nd weekend of preseason games is done, and we have plenty to talk about with the usage and performance of some key players and situations. Before we get to that, though, a big-time talent has returned to 1 of the NFL's perennial top offenses.Here's the rundown:The impact of Josh Gordon … 2:22Derrick Henry returns … 8:09Derrius Guice and the Washington offense … 8:58D.K. Metcalf needs knee surgery … 12:22Jaguars get Marqise Lee back … 13:14Preseason Week 2 Notes:Chris Carson’s the man … 15:43Marlon Mack is, too … 16:52Is Kerryon Johnson? … 18:34Sorting the Ravens backfield … 20:48Mark Andrews missing person report … 23:28Sam Darnold slingin’ … 27:29Cole Beasley in charge? … 30:33Can James Washington climb? … 32:08Jimmy Garoppolo struggles … 33:14Emmanuel Sanders looks good … 34:35Denver’s backfield doesn’t … 35:20Check our constantly updated 2019 fantasy football rankings to see who's moving up or down your MVP Board.

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 ... 0:11Andrew Luck ... 8:13Target Chargers D ... 10:21Other injuries to track ... 11:20Emmanuel Sanders ... 16:22Derrius Guice ... 18:15Another TE for the Patriots ... 19:24Mailbag ... 22:04Check 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 ... 2:11David Montgomery ... 3:40Chris Carson ... 5:45Curtis Samuel and D.J. Moore ... 8:22Jamison Crowder ... 11:05Terry McLaurin ... 12:56Dwayne Haskins ... 15:18Daniel Jones ... 16:35Dontrell Hilliard ... 17:45Preston Williams ... 19:20Falcons backfield ... 20:34Antonio Brown ... 21:59Mitchell Trubisky ... 23:56Dante Pettis and the Niners wideouts ... 27:53Darrell Henderson ... 31:08Parris Campbell ... 32:36Keke Coutee ... 34:26Dallas Goedert ... 36:17Broncos backfield ... 38:06Buccaneers backfield ... 39:17Mark Andrews ... 39:45Check out our full 2019 fantasy football rankings and test out your strategies with our FREE Mock Draft Trainer.

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 ... 1:06How early is too early for Joe Mixon? ... 10:29Where to target QBs in a superflex league ... 12:19Le'Veon Bell or a top WR to open a keeper draft? ... 15:53Keep Aaron Jones or Dalvin Cook? ... 17:17What's wrong with O.J. Howard? ... 18:31Cheap QB targets in an auction ... 21:10Damien Williams ... 23:16When will we see Melvin Gordon? ... 24:53Check 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 ... 5:13Sony Michel ... 7:41Is Lamar Miller finally rising? ... 9:13Kalen Ballage ... 11:44The Bills' top backfield target ... 14:35The #1 Panthers WR? ... 16:17The #2 Steelers WR? ... 17:45The #3 Cardinals WR? ... 19:00The OTHER rookie Ravens WR ... 20:40Young wideouts in New England not named N'Keal Harry ... 22:52Jordan Reed ... 24:29Damien Williams ... 25:58Kenyan Drake ... 27:49Sorting the Niners' backfield ... 30:01The most disappointing Cardinals wideout? ... 32:33The odd man out in Buffalo? ... 33:46Kliff Kingsbury TEs and other things that don't exist ... 35:03Kicker duel in Green Bay ... 36:36Check out our full 2019 fantasy football rankings and test out your strategies with our FREE Mock Draft Trainer.

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.Here's the rundown:Injury updates ... 1:41The A.J. Green Effect ... 9:15T.Y. Hilton's PPR outlook ... 14:35Should you draft Mike Evans and Chris Godwin to the same team? ... 16:58WR-WR start from late Round 1 ... 20:27What to do with #2 pick in dynasty rookie draft? ... 22:04O-line worries and the QBs they hurt ... 23:40What changes when a TD pass is worth 6 points? ... 26:43Josh Allen: top 12 QB? ... 29:12Check our 2019 fantasy football rankings now, along with the ever-growing library of preseason articles.

Injuries have brought about big changes and big values on the RB landscape this week. The Eagles' top 2 RBs are out, and Corey Clement popped up on Friday's injury report. Dalvin Cook's out, leaving Latavius Murray to start. And Joe Mixon's surgery thrusts Gio Bernard into the spotlight. How should you treat all of them on FanDuel this week?Here's the rundown ...Cash-game QBs ... 3:38GPP QBs ... 5:15Cash-game RBs ... 7:44GPP RBs ... 10:22Cash-game WRs ... 12:09GPP WRs ... 15:00Cash-game TEs ... 16:53GPP TEs ... 17:58Flex plays ... 19:37Team defenses ... 20:15And here are our lineups for Round 3 of the SharkDuel, which has seen Jared jump out to a 2-week lead ...Jared (2 wins)KevinMattCheck our weekly rankings to see FanDuel dollars-per-point projections. And read all of Kevin's top Week 3 picks for FanDuel.

No Patriots, Lions, Steelers or Buccaneers on the main slate means no Rob Gronkowski, Chris Hogan, Detroit wideouts, Antonio Brown, Ben Roethlisberger or ... most importantly ... Fitzmagic. So what's left? Plenty, of course.We're looking for the most affordable and/or underused pieces of the Chiefs-49ers matchup, sifting through a bevy of mid-priced RB options and discovering an easy target at TE.Here's the rundown ...QBCash games -- 2:40GPP -- 4:03RBCash games -- 5:17GPP -- 7:31WRCash games -- 9:42GPP -- 11:16TECash games -- 13:16GPP -- 13:42Flex plays -- 14:17Team defenses -- 14:42And here are our Week 3 lineups for the Crown His Ass Challenge, which saw Kevin cruise to victory last Sunday ...Kevin (1 win)Jared (1 win)Matt (clearly faking it)Check our weekly rankings for our favorite PPR options and potential DFS sleepers. And read all of Jared's top picks for Week 3 on DraftKings.

The Saints aren't spreading the ball around the way we've gotten used to. Carson Wentz is back, setting up a marquee QB clash in which we might not want to play either guy. And 49ers-Chiefs appears set to battle Patriots-Lions and Steelers-Buccaneers for top fantasy-bonanza status in Week 3. Let's run through all the games to analyze the matchups and figure out some start/sit conundrums.New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons -- 2:23Denver Broncos at Baltimore Ravens -- 6:43Cincinnati Bengals at Carolina Panthers -- 11:43New York Giants at Houston Texans -- 15:05Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars -- 17:30San Francisco 49ers at Kansas City Chiefs -- 22:29Oakland Raiders at Miami Dolphins -- 26:22Buffalo Bills at Minnesota Vikings -- 30:30Indianapolis Colts at Philadelphia Eagles -- 31:53Green Bay Packers at Washington -- 37:49Los Angeles Chargers at Los Angeles Rams -- 41:26Chicago Bears at Arizona Cardinals -- 44:36Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks -- 46:11New England Patriots at Detroit Lions -- 48:49Pittsburgh Steelers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- 54:02Check our Week 3 rankings before you set your lineups. And take a look at the 1st Buy/Sell/Hold Report of the season.

Josh Gordon's going to New England. Should we buy him or sell him? And what shall we do with David Johnson, Alex Collins and all the later-round RBs off to huge starts?With 2 weeks of games behind us but most of the season yet to come, let's sort through some of the most surprising early results and how to help our fantasy football rosters.Check out our Week 3 rankings and our Rest of the Way rankings.

If you didn't have James Conner in your Week 1 lineups, then you probably didn't finish near the top in any DFS tournament. But his price has jumped way up for Week 2. Does that put him out of play in our cash-game or GPP lineups on FanDuel? Let's discuss that and more. Here's the rundown ...A soul-crushing loss in Week 1 of the SharkDuel ... 00:53Cash-game QBs ... 2:45Tournament QBs ... 4:51Cash-game RBs ... 7:32Tournament RBs ... 10:15Cash-game WRs ... 10:59Tournament WRs ... 12:21Cash-game TEs ... 14:09Tournament TEs ... 16:04Flex plays ... 16:54D/ST picks ... 18:16And here are the Week 2 lineups for the SharkDuel ... which Jared took last week by 6 hundredths of a point ...Jared (1 win)MattKevinCheck our weekly rankings to see FanDuel dollars-per-point projections. And read all of Kevin's top Week 2 picks for FanDuel.

Jared tapped into the RB scoring onslaught better than the rest of us in Week 1 and dominated the 1st round of this year's Crown His Ass Challenge. But we can't possibly expect so many points from the position again in Week 2, right?We like some bounce-back candidates at QB, some some pricey backs, an array of affordable receivers and a particular group of TEs. Here's the rundown ...What you shoulda done in Week 1 ... 00:57Cash-game QBs ... 3:16Tournament QBs ... 5:42Cash-game RBs ... 8:03Tournament RBs ... 9:21Cash-game WRs ... 12:39Tournament WRs ... 14:30Cash-game TEs ... 16:35Tournament TEs ... 17:56Flex plays ... 20:28D/ST ... 22:04And here are the lineups we're playing against each other in Round 2 of the Crown His Ass Challenge, which Jared dominated in Week 1 ...Jared (1 win)KevinMattCheck our weekly rankings for our favorite PPR options and potential DFS sleepers. And read all of Jared's top picks for Week 2 on DraftKings.

Week 1 is all about the excitement of a new season finally getting underway. Week 2? It's all about overreactions.The things that surprised us last week -- Ryan Fitzpatrick, Phillip Lindsay, the Jets -- now enter our lineup decisions. Should we trust what we saw? Should we keep believing in what we expected? The answer, of course, will be some mix of both. So let's run through the entire Week 2 slate and sort out the biggest lineup questions and decisions. Here's the order ...Panthers at FalconsChargers at BillsVikings at PackersBrowns at SaintsDolphins at JetsChiefs at SteelersEagles at BuccaneersTexans at TitansColts at WashingtonCardinals at RamsLions at 49ersRaiders at BroncosPatriots at JaguarsGiants at CowboysSeahawks at BearsCheck our full Week 2 rankings here.