Fantasy Football Engineering: Recent Episodes
Kevin O'Brien
Applying practical knowledge in order to invent, innovate, design, build, maintain, research, and improve your fantasy football rosters for now and beyond.
This week I welcome Chad Parsons from UTHdynasty.com & FootballGuys.com on the pod to discuss dynasty philosophy, strategy, and his approach to waivers, trades, and more.
Twitter: @ChadParsonsNFL
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This week I welcome Sigmund Bloom from Footballguys.com on the pod to discuss the upcoming drum beat season of training camps, offenses to target, how to approach good players on bad offenses, then get his thoughts on #SFB11.
Twitter: @SigmundBloom
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This week I welcome Ryan McDowell on the pod to discuss Productive Struggle framework, Roster Cloggers, and more.
@RyanMc23 follow his work on dynastyleaguefootball.com
Catch his podcasts; Commish Impossible, DLF flagship pod, and LockedOn Dynasty.
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Solo pod
-About Me
-Philosophy; 401k methodology
-Rough agenda for the offseason
-foster orphans
-web tools
-DLF Articles
-upcoming pods, guest appearances, etc.
Twitter: @kevinobrienFF
Website: theffengineer.com
Lauren Carpenter, writer/contributor to Rotoworld, FantasyPros, and The Footballers joins the podcast to talk about reacting in-season and navigating the ups and downs through the NFL season.
Follow Lauren on Twitter, @stepmomlauren.
Find all her work, StepmomLauren.com
Ryan McDowell from DynastyLeagueFootball.com and co-host of the new LockedOn Dynasty podcast joins the podcast to discuss Productive Struggle strategy and how to manage your roster in-season. We covered types of players to target on waivers, when to pull the trigger on trading away players, and the thin line people tanking and productively struggling in good faith. We wrapped up with some commissioner topics and how to handle these situations.
Ben Baldwin from The Athletic joins the pod to discuss NFL Analytics, @nflfastR, and we go into some specific metrics like Expected Points Added (EPA). We try to answer the question, do running backs matter?
Follow Ben on Twitter, @benbbaldwin
Sam Holt of the Fantasy Debate podcast, part of the @FantasyFocusedd family of podcasts, joins me this week to talk Fantasy Football. We discussed how Sam is handling the unknown of the COVID impacted season and then we went through each position talking through our thoughts on some players.
Follow Sam on Twitter, @SamanthaRHolt
Scott Fish joins the pod to discuss how to handle COVID in your leagues, everything on SafeLeagues formats, scoring, auctions, etc and then I try to get some SFB11 Live spoilers out of him.
Senior Writer and Editor at 4for4.com, Jennifer Eakins joins the pod.
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Host: @the_ff_engineer
Guest: @themondaymommy
Check out my Website: theffengineer.com
This week, Seahawks Insider with NBC West, Joe Fann joins the pod to talk Seahawks.
In the beginning of the episode, before I start the interview, I covered some opinions on rankings, auctions, and stacking in dynasty.
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Host: @the_ff_engineer
Guest: @Joe_Fann
Check out my Website: theffengineer.com
This week, Rich Hribar from Sharp Football joins the pod to talk about approaching Buy, Sell, and Hold decisions in dynasty. We dug into each position to find the edge.
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Host: @the_ff_engineer
Guest: @LordReebs
Check out my Website: theffengineer.com
The G.O.A.T. of all Fantasy Football, Co-Founder of establishtherun.com, Evan Silva joins the podcast this week to discuss his pragmatic approach to all formats of fantasy football, how to use advice responsibly, and the approach to building a roster.
Listen for how to enter to win a spot in the Scott Fish Bowl!!
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Host: @the_ff_engineer
Guest: @evansilva
Check out my Website: theffengineer.com
John Bosch, creator of Fantasy Cares Eliminators, host of Dynasty Wall Street, and Dynasty Game Night podcasts joins the show to talk about interesting dynasty league settings, ways to keep the league interesting and owners engaged the whole year. We cover the Fantasy Cares Eliminator leagues he runs, sign up here: #FCEliminator Sign Up
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Host: @the_ff_engineer
Guest: @JohnBoschFF
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Scott Barrett, Director of Data Analysis for FantasyPoints.com joins me to discuss Dynasty roster building for the long term and his new article Upside Wins Championships.
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Host: @the_ff_engineer
Guest: @ScottBarrettDFB
Check out my Website: theffengineer.com
On this week's episode I welcomed Pat Kerrane from establishtherun.com to discuss his Dynasty philosophy and then we compare some Rookies vs the Sophomore ADP counterparts. While we covered specific players, we share our thought process when evaluating these types of players.
- Playing for the short term or long?
- How does format influence value?
- Rookie vs Sophomore discussion:
- Burrow vs Danny Dimes
- Tua vs Darnold
- Herbert vs Lock
- Josh Jacobs vs Jonathan Taylor
- Miles Sanders vs JK Dobbins
- AJ Dillon vs Ronald Jones
- CeeDee Lamb vs DK Metcalf
- Marquise Brown vs Laviska Shenault
- Harry, Hardman, Campbell vs Aiyuk, Pittman, Mims
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Host: @the_ff_engineer
Guest: @PatKerrane
Check out my Website: theffengineer.com
After a long hiatus, the podcast is back!
In this episode I go solo and give my thoughts on a bunch of topics at a higher level.
-Adjusting strategy
-ADP, what is it good for?
-ADP vs Rankings vs Tiers
-Superflex benefits I didn’t expect
-Auction: A new found appreciation
Twitter: @the_ff_engineer
Website: theffengineer.com
Dr. Jene Bramel, writer and injury extraordinaire with footballguys.com joins the show to discuss injuries, how to parse the information, and more.
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Russell Clay from fantasyguru.com joins the pod to discuss the former blue chip prospects getting cut and whether now might be the time to get some of them on the cheap.
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Adam Levitan from Fantasy Labs joins the podcast to discuss his preseason usage notes and how to hit the ground running as we head into the regular season.
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Nathan Powell of the Dynasty Tradecast podcast and fellow DLF writer joins the podcast to take a deep dive into Dynasty Trading.
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Chad Parsons, founder and CEO of UTH Dynasty joins me on the pod to take a deep dive into our dynasty philosophy.
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And check out the home of season long fantasy leagues, myffpc.com.
Looking for Trophies, rings, or champion belts for your league?
Check out MyFantasyChamps, use my code 'engineer' for 10% off. A piece of every dollar goes to support the podcast!
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Mike Wright (@FFHitman) of The Fantasy Footballers joins the podcast to talk about his approach to Fantasy Football, and then we discuss how players will perform under new offensive schemes, and so much more.
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Spend less time guessing, more time winning, join 4for4.com today using my listeners only 25% discount code 'ENGINEERPOD'
And check out the home of season long fantasy leagues, myffpc.com.
Looking for Trophies, rings, or champion belts for your league?
Check out MyFantasyChamps, use my code 'engineer' for 10% off. A piece of every dollar goes to support the podcast!
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TJ Hernandez from 4for4.com joins the podcast to discuss bankroll management for all formats and we discuss his series on the most predictable stats.
Visit the sponsors of the podcast!
Spend less time guessing, more time winning, join 4for4.com today using my listeners only 25% discount code 'ENGINEERPOD'
And check out the home of season long fantasy leagues, myffpc.com.
Looking for Trophies, rings, or champion belts for your league?
Check out MyFantasyChamps, use my code 'engineer' for 10% off. A piece of every dollar goes to support the podcast!
https://www.fantasychamps.com/champs/theffengineer/
Graham Barfield from FantasyGuru.com joins the podcast to discuss his fantasy football philosophy, his series Franchise Focus, and then we go deep into some positional discussions on some players to target.
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Spend less time guessing, more time winning, join 4for4.com today using my listeners only 25% discount code 'ENGINEERPOD'
And check out the home of season long fantasy leagues, myffpc.com.
Looking for Trophies, rings, or champion belts for your league?
Check out MyFantasyChamps, use my code 'engineer' for 10% off. A piece of every dollar goes to support the podcast!
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Chris Raybon from Action Network joins the pod to discuss his philosophy and we talk about how to leverage DFS for dynasty. We get into some positional discussions on Jimmy G, Mahomes, Luck, and much more!
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Senior DLF Writer and Player Rater podcast host George Kritikos joins the pod to discuss dynasty strategy, and how to leverage player values to get the best out of your trades.
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Fellow DLF Writer and podcast host of the Dynasty Life podcast, Travis May joins the show to discuss his Dynasty Life and philosophy. Got him to talk a bit about Devy strategy, then we hit some positional topics.
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Fantasypros.com's Mike Tagliere joins the podcast to discuss over-reaction Twitter and his Dynasty Value Chart. We talk about how best to use it and then go into some players at key positions with similar value.
I also announced three listeners to join the Podcast League hosted by myfantasyleague.com!
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Senior Editor from Rotoworld, Evan Silva (@evansilva) joins the show to discuss how to approach all formats from a broader perspective and we discuss some late late round QBs, and much more!
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Matt Harmon, creator of Reception Perception joins the podcast to discuss the 2015 and 2016 Rookie WR classes and more!
Find Harmon's work in the Fantasy Footballers Ultimate Draft Kit on sale now!
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Cynthia Frelund (@cfrelund) from the NFL Network joins the show to discuss her work in analytics, approach to evaluating the NFl, and then we discussed what to expect from Watson, Wentz, and Cousins with some RB-WR talk.
Also, pleased to announce FFPC as the new sponsor of the podcast! Visit myffpc.com for a wide ranging number of formats including large tournaments.
Brandon Marianne Lee, joins the show to talk about her pragmatic style to fantasy football and how we can apply it to all formats. We discuss bad QBs being good fantasy QBs, mid tier WRs, and more!
Also, I announced the start of the Fantasy Football Engineering podcast league!
Find Brandon:
Radio Host on SiruisXMFantasy
Videos for Fantasy Alarm
Co-creator of herfantasyfootball.com
Josh Hornsby (@FantasyADHD) joins the show to discuss his approach to fantasy football. We discussed how to target QBs in Bestball and Dynasty, the return of RBs, aging WRs, and whether Gronk can be a league winner.
Find Josh's work @RotoGrinders and FantasyADHD.com.
JJ Zachiriason, Editor-in-Chief at numberFire.com, joins the podcast to discuss his takes on seasonal and dynasty. We get into some of his outlooks for the rookies and some highlights from his recent projections work.
Adam Levitan joins the show to discuss some player trends and fantasy football philosophy.
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Pat Fitzmaurice with thefootballgirl.com joins the show to talk rankings and how to view some of the struggling players so far this season. Pat is currently #3 overall on FantasyPros for expert rankings!
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This episode was sponsored in part by TickPick.com
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Russell Clay joins the show to give us an overview of the 2018 class and we talk some dynasty buy/sell.
Also, I announced a new contest for a FREE DLF Subscription!
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Giana Pacinelli joins the podcast to talk about her series, Women in Fantasy Sports. We also discussed her new weekly series on Rotoviz on QB streaming.
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Nathan Powell, DLF Writer and Co-host of the DynastyTradecast joins the show to discuss dynasty strategy, knowing when you're a contender or a pretender.
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Karl Safchick of the Dynasty One Podcast joins the show to discuss reaction/overreaction to the preseason and early season player performance.
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Jacob Rickrode joins the show to discuss rookie draft picks and dynasty philosophy
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TJ Hernandez, Associate Editor at 4for4, and co-host of the DFS MVP pod joins the show to discuss Coefficient of Variation, Regression, and more.
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke joins the pod to talk about some key PFF stats for QB/RB/WR/TE.
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Peter Jennings (@CSURAM88) joins the pod to discuss DFS and we discuss common ground for DFS and Dynasty.
Ryan McDowell, Senior Writer with dynastyleaguefootball.com joins the show to talk about podcasting, Productive Struggle, and then we discuss some overvalued and undervalued players in dynasty.
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NFL.com writer and creator of Reception Perception, Matt Harmon joins the show to talk about his approach to WRs and then we go through the top 48 WRs in redraft, with thoughts on dynasty mixed in.
Visit ReceptionPerception.com for more about the 2017 Reception Perception Project and how to purchase the Fantasy Footballers Ultimate Draft Guide now with Matt Harmon's data on 50 WRs!
Check out the new documentary, Spiders Will Eat Your Face, now available on Amazon.com, Amazon Prime, and Instant Watch.
This documentary is about the history of pet tarantulas in America.
https://www.amazon.com/Spiders-Will-Eat-Your-Face/dp/B071X5J5N2
Rotoworld's Rich Hribar joins the show to talk strategy and dissimilar players. Rich describes his approach to winning championships by winning weekly.
Check out the new documentary, Spiders Will Eat Your Face, now available on Amazon.com, Amazon Prime, and Instant Watch.
This documentary is about the history of pet tarantulas in America.
https://www.amazon.com/Spiders-Will-Eat-Your-Face/dp/B071X5J5N2
DynastyLeagueFootball.com's Eric Dickens (@DLFootball) joins the podcast to talk about becoming a writer, engaging in a community, and announced some big time news for the podcast!
We also answered a few questions, covering Hunt vs Ware, Allen Robinson, and the 2nd tier of rookie RBs.
Check out the new documentary, Spiders Will Eat Your Face, now available on Amazon.com, Amazon Prime, and Instant Watch.
This documentary is about the history of pet tarantulas in America.
https://www.amazon.com/Spiders-Will-Eat-Your-Face/dp/B071X5J5N2
Mike Tagliere from @FantasyPros joins me to talk redraft and dynasty. We talked about the Chargers, couple of articles he recently published, and wide receiver age curves!
Check out the new documentary, Spiders Will Eat Your Face, now available on Amazon.com, Amazon Prime, and Instant Watch. This documentary is about the history of pet tarantulas in America.
https://www.amazon.com/Spiders-Will-Eat-Your-Face/dp/B071X5J5N2
New York Daily News reporter, Manish Mehta (@MMehtaNYDN) joins the show to talk Jets, fantasy football, and the AFC East.
Scott Fish, creator of The Scott Fish Bowl and fantasycares.net joins the show to discuss #SFB7 and we discuss dynasty formats. Find Scott on Twitter, @scottfish24.
We also announced the winner of the 4for4.com Classic subscription!
On this week's episode, The Football Guys' Sigmund Bloom joins the show to talk a bit about how he joined Football Guys, redraft & dynasty strategy, and his recent article Quarterback Brain Dump.
On this week's episode, Rotoworld's Evan Silva joins the show to talk about his potential breakout candidates.
Jam packed in this episode is a lot of strategy, what to make of offseason buzz, and much more!
On this week's episode, TheMMQB's Andrew Brandt joins the show to talk about his time as an agent and time with the Green Bay Packers. We discussed Lacy's weight clause and much more!
Check out his podcast, The Business of Sports.
On this week's episode, the man behind the handle @myfantasyleague joins the show to update us on the latest ongoings at myfantasyleague.com.
We discussed MFL10's, the past, the present, some future and the state regulations they are faced with. We also covered the in-season league custimization, settings, and more!
On this week's episode, Senior Editor for 4for4.com, John Paulsen (@4for4_John) joins the show to discuss his projection work and approach to the upcoming season. John provides some great insights on landing spots.
On this week's episode, DLF Writer Jeremy Funk (@DLF_Deuce) joins me to talk about his injury distribution work.
On this week's episode, the author and creator of The ORANGE Report, @TheFFGhost joins the show to talk about his report. We discuss this year's rookie class and their landing spots.
JJ Zachariason (@LateRoundQB) Editor-in-Chief at numberFire joins the show to talk about their Expected Points metric and how we can use it to gain a next level advantage.
We covered regression, late round QB, superflex, RBs return to prominance?, WR efficiency, and more!
Justin Higdon (@afc2nfc) of the DraftBreakdown podcast joins the show to talk about the 2017 NFL Draft including some tips on how to use draftbreakdown video clips in our evaluations.
Joe Marino (@TheJoeMarino) of NDTScouting.com joins the show to talk about the 2017 NFL Draft.
Welcome to the first Fantasy Football Engineering episode!
To get started, a little about me, DLF ADP, News/Notes, and some strategy.