

The Ringer NFL Draft Show
The Ringer
Nominated for Best Sports Podcast of 2026. Three friends—Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck—talk all things football, from NFL Draft, free agency, trades, fantasy, and everything else NFL. (This feed is named “The Ringer Fantasy Football Show” from May to January, and named “The Ringer NFL Draft Show” from February through April.)
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Nov 11, 2022 • 1h 8min
Week 10 Matchups, Must-Starts, and Must-Benches
We kick off our NFL Week 10 preview by discussing why Josh Allen’s elbow and Justin Herbert’s matchup give us the Sunday scaries, figuring out who the Colts are as an offense, whether Najee Harris can be trusted, which offenses have shootout potential, and finally, list our George Costanza picks of the week for the fantasy players we want to start despite what our instincts are telling us.Check out our Week 10 Fantasy Football Rankings for this week's positional rankings and more!Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 9, 2022 • 38min
Power-Ranking the Best Trade Candidates for the Rest of the Season
We power-rank our 11 favorite fantasy players to trade for heading into the final stretch of the fantasy season. We finish the show by holding Fantasy Court.(2:12) - Lamar Jackson, Ravens(4:12) - Amon-Ra St. Brown, Lions(6:18) - Chris Godwin, Buccaneers(8:57) - Amari Cooper, Browns(10:48) - Tony Pollard, Cowboys(13:01) - Pat Freiermuth, Diontae Johnson, George Pickens, Steelers(17:45) - Garrett Wilson, Jets(19:54) - James Conner, Cardinals(21:57) - T.J. Hockenson, Vikings(27:02) - Fantasy CourtCheck out our Weekly Fantasy Football Rankings for positional rankings and more!Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck and Kai Grady Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 8, 2022 • 53min
Waiver Wire Targets for Week 10
We run through the injuries from Week 9 and offer up our must-add players for Week 10 with our favorite format, Showdown Time.(14:23) - RB Targets(21:41) - WR Targets(30:50) - TE Targets(38:45) - QB & DEF StreamersCheck out our Weekly Fantasy Football Rankings for positional rankings and more!Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 7, 2022 • 1h 14min
Week 9 Winners, Losers, and Justin’s Field Day
We recap Week 9 by giving out awards for the biggest winners and losers of the weekend. We break down Joe Mixon’s historic day, Justin Fields’s rapid ascension as an elite fantasy football quarterback, and the mess that is the Packers offense. Then, we highlight how many tight ends outscored Kyle Pitts, lament the most disappointing QBs in the league, and induct our next player into the 2022 Fantasy Burn Book.Check out our Weekly Fantasy Football Rankings for positional rankings and more!Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 4, 2022 • 1h 2min
Week 9 Matchups, Must-Starts, and Must-Benches
We kick off our NFL Week 9 preview by discussing why the Colts and Jets give us the Sunday scaries, the games that offer secret shootout potential, the players we need to retire in fantasy, what to do with Isaiah Likely this week, crunch time for the Packers offense, and more.Check out our Week 9 Fantasy Football Rankings for this week's positional rankings and more!Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 2, 2022 • 59min
The Adam Schefter Trade Deadline Drinking Game
Years ago we invented a drinking game and created rules centered around Adam Schefter’s tweets during NFL free agency, and this year we decided to run it back for the NFL trade deadline. We scroll back through Adam Schefter’s timeline and use his tweets from today to comment on the biggest trades from around the league and of course, drink.RULES-Drink every time Schefter mentions an agent-Drink twice if that agent is Drew Rosenhaus-Drink if there are any typos-Finish your drink if he edited the tweet and there’s still a typo-Drink for inexplicable comma usage-Drink if Schefter’s writing is so bad that we have to read the tweet multiple times-Drink if Schefter’s tweet is obviously copied and pasted from someone-Drink if Schefter tweets a weird Photoshop-Drink if any of us have not heard of the player- Drink if Schefter tweets a signing while we are recordingCheck out our Weekly Fantasy Football Rankings for positional rankings and more!Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck and Kai Grady Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 1, 2022 • 56min
Waiver Wire Targets for Week 9
We run through the injuries from Week 8 and offer up our must-add players for Week 9 with our favorite format: Showdown Time.(02:16) - RB Targets(15:02) - WR Targets(29:44) - TE Targets(36:58) - QB and DEF StreamersCheck out our Weekly Fantasy Football Rankings for positional rankings and more!Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 31, 2022 • 56min
Week 8 Winners and Losers, and CMC Goes Nuclear
We recap Week 8 by giving out awards for the biggest winners and losers of the weekend. We break down Christian McCaffrey’s breakout week and the rest of the RB explosion across the league. Then, we discuss Miami’s ceiling as a fantasy team, re-rank the 2021 QB draft class, and more, before inducting our next player into the 2022 Fantasy Burn Book.Check out our Weekly Fantasy Football Rankings for positional rankings and more!Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 28, 2022 • 1h 1min
Week 8 Matchups, Must-Starts, Must-Benches, and Kadarius to the Chiefs
We kick off our NFL Week 8 preview by discussing the report that Giants WR Kadarius Toney has been traded to the Chiefs, and which games have the biggest fantasy shootout potential. Then, we bemoan the Broncos offense with Russell Wilson, offer up the RBs who could shine this week, waffle over the Rams-49ers matchup, and more.Check out our Week 8 Fantasy Football Rankings for this week's positional rankings and more!Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 26, 2022 • 60min
Power Ranking the Top 12 QBs for the Rest of the Season
We each power rank our top fantasy quarterbacks for the rest of the season and debate who should make the final 12. We finish the show by chatting with author Tyler Dunne about his new book ‘The Blood and Guts: How Tight Ends Save Football’ and its roundabout connection to our podcast.Check out our Weekly Fantasy Football Rankings for positional rankings and more!Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com.Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducer: Craig HorlbeckAdditional Production: Kai Grady Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


