Draft Sharks Fantasy Football Podcast

Mike Schopp and Adam Krautwurst debut their new player-focused fantasy football podcast by interviewing Todd Kovler. He brought home more than $150K in best-ball and survivor-pool winnings last year. Here, Todd opens up about some of the key players to his 2020 run (6:03), how he handles roster construction (11:27) and his primary key to success (19:34). Then Mike and Adam jump into some risers, fallers and targets for dynasty and best ball.

If you follow Ryan McDowell on Twitter, then you know there might not be anyone keeping closer track of rookie-draft values and player dynasty trends in general. So Matt invited him onto the pod for a temperature check on this year's incoming class of prospects. We also talked about dynasty mistakes, what dynasty owners might do better than NFL decision makers, why Tim Couch still hurts and more.Here's the rundown: Rookie and startup mock draft trends ... 2:00Rise of superflex and the rookie QBs ... 7:56Ranking Kyle Pitts and the rest of the class ... 12:01What dynasty players do better than the NFL ... 20:41Drafting mistakes ... 21:56Sleepers ... 24:21Non-rookies to buy or sell ... 26:46Check out our entire series of Dynasty Prospect Scouting Reports and our up-to-date dynasty rankings.

Jared's been away for a couple of weeks wrapping up his 1st run at 2021 fantasy football rankings. Those are now LIVE -- along with the MVP Board -- earlier than we've ever had that before. That's because the proliferation of best-ball drafting has more people filling fantasy football rosters much earlier than we all used to. Much will change as we move through NFL free agency and the NFL Draft. But we're ready to look at which QBs landed surprisingly high, which RBs might make you queasy with their rankings, who the late-round values are at WR and where the upside begins at TE.Here's the rundown:QB ... 2:36RB ... 11:43WR ... 27:30TE ... 40:20Check out every episode of the podcast and subscribe via Apple podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or Stitcher.

Tod Burros of the Run to Daylight podcast and OneWeekSeason.com has been a high-volume best-ball fantasy football drafter for years. He joins Matt this week on the podcast to talk about what he's been doing wrong in recent seasons, how to construct the proper roster and when we should be wary of groupthink -- plus much more.Here's the rundown:Best-ball philosophy ... 5:46QB strategy ... 25:29RB strategy ... 32:25TE strategy ... 35:28WR strategy ... 43:53Rookies ... 48:01DFS carryover ... 51:11Check out every episode of the podcast and subscribe via Apple podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or Stitcher.

Best-ball fantasy football drafts have already been going for a month, and Darren Armani of FantasyMojo.com tracks the results as closely as anyone. That's why we invited him on this week to discuss roster construction, win rates and some early 2021 drafting trends and tips.Here's the rundown:Intro to FantasyMojo.com ... 4:59Pros vs. Joes history ... 6:48Optimal best-ball roster construction ... 9:57Player win rates ... 15:082021 drafting trends and tips ... 23:27Become a DS Insider today so that you can take advantage when our 2021 projections and MVP Board go live earlier than they ever have before!

Mike Schopp and Adam Krautwurst join Jared and Matt to recap an FFPC best-ball draft they all started back before the Super Bowl. There's a pack of Round 2 RBs to discuss, a couple of WR-heavy starts among our 4 drafters, lots of rookie questions to try to start answering and late-round targets to highlight.Check out Matt's review of 2020 QB scoring and our "What I Got Wrong" podcast series.

Was drafting Steelers RB James Conner bad process or just bad coaching by his team? Was Raiders WR Henry Ruggs the kind of draft mistake that's OK to make? How did so many of us miss out on Aaron Rodgers? And were Chris Herndon drafters wrong, or did they just get Gase'd. Ian Hartitz of Pro Football Focus joins us for the final episode in our "What I Got Wrong" series to recap some of his key misses in 2020 fantasy football drafts.Listen to our previous chats with JJ Zachariason, Mike Clay, Mike Tagliere, Mike Wright and Hayden Winks.

Hayden Winks of NBC Sports Edge joins us for Episode 5 of the "What I Got Wrong" series. We're looking at the changing landscape of QB drafting -- which might have seen a significant shift in 2020. We're also taking another look at Chiefs RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Rams TE Tyler Higbee, as well as discussing the challenges of regular season's quick information churn. Stick around to the end and you'll even hear an analytics guy talk ponder whether we're worrying too much about regression to the mean.Listen to our previous chats with JJ Zachariason, Mike Clay, Mike Tagliere and Mike Wright.

Did you fall for D.J. Chark too early in your 2020 fantasy football drafts? Well so did Mike Wright (@FFHitman) of The Fantasy Footballers. He's joining us today to talk about where he went wrong there and what the 2020 experience with Clyde Edwards-Helaire means for 1st-round picks and drafting the Chiefs backfield going forward. Oh yeah, and we're hitting on Stefon Diggs 1 more time.Listen to our chats with JJ Zachariason, Mike Clay, and Mike Tagliere.

We're talking about Bills WR Stefon Diggs once again on Episode 3 in our "What I Got Wrong" series. This time Mike Tagliere of Fantasy Pros joins us to try to talk about betting on talent. We're also taking another shot at the season perhaps we should have foreseen for Chargers WR Keenan Allen. But before we get to those guys, Mike leads us into tackling the Bengals' passing game. Was A.J. Green the kind of "miss" that we shouldn't regret in our fantasy football drafts?Check out Episode 1 with JJ Zachariason and Episode 2 with Mike Clay.

We've been interacting with Mike Clay for years, and he's long ranking among the most respectable fantasy football prognosticators. So he was a natural fit for our "What I Got Wrong" series. We're looking at Stefon Diggs and Josh Allen, the resurgence of Aaron Rodgers and whether it was actually wrong to like Kenyan Drake. We'll also discuss D.K. Metcalf, Will Fuller, T.Y. Hilton, Tyler Higbee and Chris Herndon ... as well as some general fantasy football draft strategy along the way.Check out Episode 1 in the series, our chat with JJ Zachariason.

One thing we know as we put together our projections each year is that we'll get some things wrong. Some of those missed calls can teach us lessons that will help us draft better in 2021 and beyond. So we're inviting some top-shelf guests to run through some of this season's biggest misses and see what we can learn. In this 1st episode, JJ Zachariason -- editor-in-chief at FanDuel and numberFire and host of The Late-Round Podcast -- joins us to talk Stefon Diggs, Keenan Allen and, of course, QBs.

There's not much fantasy football to play with just a single game left in this NFL season. But we -- and Vegas -- are still projecting all the key guys. Whose numbers stand out for the final game?Check out our Super Bowl projections, or look ahead with our dynasty rankings. Before your next best-ball draft, check out this FREE article on last year's top values vs. ADP.

Matt Schauf, Mike Schopp and Adam Krautwurst preview the Bills-Chiefs and Buccaneers-Packers matchups, with an eye toward game flow and fantasy sleepers. But we're also getting set for 2021 fantasy football drafts, because best-ball season has already begun. How does the offseason news to date impact early player valuations and how might you start out your draft?Check our Championship Week fantasy football projections and up-to-date Dynasty Rankings.

You're not going to surprise anyone with lineups featuring Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and/or Tyreek Hill this week. Even Baker Mayfield and Jarvis Landry might prove chalky on the other side of this week's highest over/under. But we might still be able to unearth some more-hidden gems from that matchup. There's another game we're all mostly fading this week ... plus a couple more that might be difficult to read (or agree on).Let's get to the picks:QB ... 6:02RB ... 10:17WR ... 18:41TE ... 26:38Defense ... 30:15Check out our full rankings for the Wild Card round. And check out the Lineup Generator to start building your own entries.