The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast
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Fantasy football doesn't have to feel so luck-driven. The award-winning Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast is a fantasy football show that helps you win through bite-sized, analytically-driven episodes. Instead of just drafting from a list of players and crossing your fingers with the hopes that those players produce, host JJ Zachariason provides a process to help you find breakout candidates, sleepers, busts and more. The approach is logical. It's strategic. And it wins.
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May 15, 2018 • 15min
129: Insights From Building Projections
After building fantasy football projections for the 2018 season, JJ looks at some low-key insights he discovered through the process. Some topics include A.J. Green's potential to rebound, the Saints pass-to-run tendencies, and a few late-round wide receivers who should have a high floor production-wise.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 11, 2018 • 14min
128: Mailbag 5/11/18
On this week's Late-Round Podcast mailbag episode, JJ looks at Alvin Kamara's outlook given Mark Ingram's injury, analyzes the Indianapolis Colts' backfield, and wonders if there's a Kareem Hunt in this year's draft class. He goes over much more, of course, too.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 8, 2018 • 15min
127: Stop Overreacting to Last Season's Results
When looking at the upcoming fantasy football season, owners tend to overreact to things that happened during the previous season. Episode 127 of The Late-Round Podcast explains why that's a bad idea through the use of recent running back and wide receiver data. The truth is, 2017 was somewhat of an outlier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 4, 2018 • 17min
126: Mailbag 5/4/18
Is Mike Evans going to be overdrafted in fantasy football this year? How should we utilize draft capital when projecting rookies? Which Green Bay rookie wide receiver should fantasy owners be targeting in rookie drafts? Those questions -- and many more -- are answered on this week's mailbag episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 1, 2018 • 21min
125: Utilizing Front Office Decision Making
The NFL Draft is an event where teams show their hand. You're able to see what franchises are attempting to do with their team building, and that can help tremendously when projecting player performance for fantasy football. On Episode 125 of The Late-Round Podcast, JJ examines some NFL Draft takeaways through reading between the lines.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 27, 2018 • 13min
124: Positional Value Is Not a Crock
During the first round of this year's NFL Draft, the Giants selected Saquon Barkley with the second overall selection. The team's general manager, Dave Gettleman, later said that the notion of positional value is a "crock." On Episode 124 of The Late-Round Podcast, JJ explains why that's completely untrue, and he shows how we even see positional value at play in our fantasy football leagues.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 24, 2018 • 19min
123: An Underwhelming Wide Receiver Class
Rotoworld's Evan Silva joins the show to talk about this year's wide receiver class. In the episode, JJ and Evan look at the top players in the class, talk through the value of a slot receiver, examine how teams will handle the position in the first round, and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 19, 2018 • 15min
122: Mailbag 4/19/18
What's the optimal way to select a keeper in fantasy football? Is Doug Baldwin going to have a monster 2018 season? Those questions -- and plenty more -- are answered on this week's Late-Round Podcast mailbag episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 17, 2018 • 34min
121: Evaluating This Year's Running Back Draft Class
There's a lot of hype surrounding this year's running back draft class, but how good is it? Is it better than last year's? On Episode 121 of The Late-Round Podcast, JJ sits down with Eliot Crist to talk about the evaluation of this year's class, what's important at the position in today's NFL, and so much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 13, 2018 • 14min
120: Mailbag 4/13/18
Is Josh Allen an obvious bust? Will Spencer Ware dig into Kareem Hunt's workload next year? Why do fantasy football analysts seem to rank players in an upcoming season based on previous season results? Those questions -- and plenty more -- are answered on this week's mailbag episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
