Draft Sharks - Fantasy Football Podcast

Can you trust Braelon Allen, Will Shipley, or Ollie Gordon in your Week 5 fantasy football lineup? Injuries have created new opportunities at running back, but which of these guys can actually deliver?

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the toughest Week 5 start-sit decisions, identify sneaky starters, and reveal their bold predictions. Plus, we're targeting Matthew Golden in fantasy trades and debating whether Bhayshul Tuten is worth buying.

Get the fantasy football advice you need to win Week 5 and beyond at DraftSharks.com.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:31 Start or sit Drake Maye

3:40 Start or sit Jayden Daniels

6:22 Start or sit Braelon Allen

8:59 Start or sit Will Shipley

13:13 Start or sit Ollie Gordon

15:41 Start or sit Josh Downs

18:08 Start or sit Jacoby Brissett

20:52 Start or sit RJ Harvey

23:15 Start or sit Mike Gesicki

25:02 Week 5 flag plants

28:49 Week 5 trade targets

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 5 rankings
• Fantasy football start sit
• Trade targets
• Week 5 Matchups That Matter
• Don’t Trust the Boxscore
• Week 4 usage takeaways
• Fantasy news
• Your team-management hub

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Week 5 waivers bring opportunity, injury uncertainty, and the first round of NFL byes.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down their top waiver wire targets for Week 5, led by Will Shipley after Saquon Barkley’s hamstring injury. They also dig into Keaton Mitchell’s growing role, Michael Mayer’s encouraging usage, and opportunities for Keon Coleman and Antonio Williams.

Plus: a bonus QB streamer, Tyreek Hill talk, and streaming defenses for the next two weeks.

Check your Free Agent Finder at DraftSharks.com to see exactly who’s available in your league and get customized add/drop recommendations for your roster.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:33 Will Shipley

7:34 Keaton Mitchell

10:08 Michael Mayer

12:09 Keon Coleman

14:21 Antonio Williams

16:48 Jacoby Brissett

19:35 Tyreek Hill

22:56 Week 5 streaming defense

24:40 Week 6 streaming defense
 

EPISODE LINKS:

• Free Agent Finder
• Streaming defense
• Fantasy football strength of schedule

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Week 4 brings some tricky lineup calls, including Drake Maye, David Montgomery, Braelon Allen, Jameson Williams, and Marcus Mariota.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down those start-sit decisions before digging into their favorite sneaky starters for Week 4.

Then it’s time to check the Panic Meter. How worried should fantasy managers be about Kyler Murray and Malik Nabers? And is Jadarian Price still worth holding with Zach Charbonnet nearing a return?

We’ll also plant our Week 4 flags and hit the trade market, where Matt explains why he’s looking to sell Deebo Samuel and Jared makes the case for buying Chase Brown.

Get customized start-sit advice, waiver recommendations, trade analysis, and more at DraftSharks.com.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:26 Start or sit Drake Maye

4:11 Start or sit Marcus Mariota

6:32 Start or sit David Montgomery

9:54 Start or sit Braelon Allen

11:15 Start or sit Kalif Raymond

15:42 Start or sit Jameson Williams

19:45 Start or sit C.J. Stroud

21:20 Start or sit Alvin Kamara

23:05 Start or sit Stefon Diggs

24:55 Start or sit Brenton Strange

27:25 Panic Meter: Kyler Murray

33:14 Panic Meter: Malik Nabers

36:49 Panic Meter: Jadarian Price

39:37 Week 3 flag plant review

41:10 Week 4 flag plants

44:15 Week 4 trade targets
 

EPISODE LINKS

• Week 4 rankings
• Fantasy football start sit
• Week 4 trade targets
• Your team-management hub
• Week 4 Matchups That Matter
• Don’t Trust the Boxscore
• Week 3 usage takeaways
• Fantasy news

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

De’Von Achane is done for the season. Breece Hall and Travis Etienne are dealing with injuries. That puts some potentially valuable running backs at the top of the Week 4 fantasy football waiver wire.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the top Week 4 waiver pickups, led by Braelon Allen and Ollie Gordon. We’ll dig into the backfield usage you need to know, plus whether Kenyon Sadiq, Keenan Allen, Kendre Miller, and Alvin Kamara belong on your waiver list.

We’ll also hit a sneaky PPR option in Miami and the defenses you should consider streaming in Weeks 4 and 5.

Want waiver recommendations built specifically for your team? The Draft Sharks Free Agent Finder syncs with your league, checks who’s actually available, accounts for your scoring and lineup settings, and recommends exactly who to add and drop.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:42 Braelon Allen

5:38 Kenyon Sadiq

9:31 Ollie Gordon

14:46 Keenan Allen

16:21 Saints RBs

19:27 Streaming defenses

EPISODE LINKS:

• Free Agent Finder
• Streaming defense
   

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Week 3 is here, and two games still haven’t given us all the answers.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the biggest fantasy football start-sit decisions for Week 3, led by the most-searched question in our Who to Start tool: Bryce Young or Tyler Shough?

We’ll also hit Justin Herbert, Drake Maye, Devaughn Vele, Kirk Cousins, and the Washington WRs before digging into some sneaky Week 3 starters.

Plus:

• Panic Meter checks on Rashee Rice, Colston Loveland, and De’Von Achane
• Flag plants on Jaylen Warren and … Geno Smith?!?
• Why you should sell Omarion Hampton

Need help with your own lineup? Sync your league at DraftSharks.com for customized start-sit recommendations based on your scoring, roster settings, and available free agents.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:52 Bryce Young or Tyler Shough?

7:44 Start or sit DeVaugh Vele

9:27 Start or sit Justin Herbert

12:29 Start or sit Drake Maye

15:13 Start or sit Kirk Cousins

16:24 Start or sit Terry McLaurin and Stefon Diggs

20:54 Sneaky starters

26:52 Panic meter: Rashee Rice

31:16 Panic meter: Colston Loveland

35:11 Panic meter: De’Von Achane

37:26 Week 3 flag plants

42:04 Trade targets

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 3 rankings
• Fantasy football start sit
• Week 3 Matchups That Matter
• Don’t Trust the Boxscore
• Week 2 usage takeaways
• Week 3 trade targets
• Who to Start
• Fantasy news
• Your team-management hub

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Week 1 gave us breakouts, busts, and plenty of reasons to overreact. Now comes the hard part: figuring out what was real.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the biggest fantasy football start-sit questions for Week 2, including Justin Herbert, Kyle Monangai, Jalen Coker, George Kittle, and more.

We’re also revealing sneaky Week 2 starters, running Drake Maye, Christian McCaffrey, and Travis Etienne through the Panic Meter, planting flags on Terry McLaurin and Dak Prescott, and identifying buy-low trade targets.

Plus, find out how the Draft Sharks Team Dashboard, Who to Start tool, and Free Agent Finder can help you make the right lineup and roster decisions for your league.

Get your Week 2 lineup set before kickoff.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:45 Start or sit Justin Herbert

3:05 Start or sit Jadarian Price

6:32 Start or sit Kyle Monangai

8:12 Start or sit Jalen Coker

11:17 Start or sit George Kittle

13:18 Start Aaron Jones

15:00 Start Quentin Johnston

16:28 Start T.J. Hockenson

18:33 Panic Meter: Drake Maye

21:34 Panic Meter: Christian McCaffrey

24:25 Panic Meter: Travis Etienne

27:42 Week 2 flag plants

31:51 Week 2 trade targets

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 2 rankings
• Fantasy football start sit
• Fantasy news
• Don’t Trust the Boxscore
• Week 1 usage takeaways
• Trade targets
• Your team-management hub

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Week 1 gave us plenty of surprises. Now it’s time to figure out which ones actually matter for your fantasy football team.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the top fantasy football waiver wire targets for Week 2, including Kaelon Black’s surprising workload, Tre Harris’ opportunity, and more.

We’ll also hit our favorite defenses to stream for Week 2 and look ahead to a Week 3 DST you might want to stash before your league mates catch on.

And remember: The best waiver pickup depends on the specifics of your situation. Sync your league at DraftSharks.com and let the Free Agent Finder identify the best available players for your scoring, lineup, and roster settings.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:07 Kaelon Black

3:54 DeVaughn Vele

7:08 Tre Harris

9:25 Caleb Douglas

14:31 Michael Mayer

18:32 Week 2 streaming defense

21:30 Week 3 streaming defense

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 2 streaming defense
• Free Agent Finder

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Need some start or sit help for Week 1 of the NFL season?

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com look at some of the week’s most difficult lineup decisions, including what to do with George Kittle, Jeremiyah Love, MarShawn Lloyd and more.

We’re also digging into the matchups at play in Patriots-Seahawks and Rams-49ers. Plus we’ll reveal a sneaky Week 1 starter at tight end and a key waiver-wire stash.
 

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:41 Start or sit Rhamondre Stevenson

3:24 Start or sit Jadarian Price

6:16 Seahawks DB changes

8:06 Start or sit Drake Maye?

9:19 Start or sit George Kittle?

11:16 Start or sit Mike Evans?

14:08 Christian McCaffrey

16:22 Start or sit Matthew Stafford?

20:31 Start or sit Jeremiyah Love?

22:46 Start or sit Mike Washington?

25:28 Start or sit Jonathon Brooks? Chuba Hubbard?

27:26 Start or sit MarShawn Lloyd?

29:26 Start or sit Jayden Reed and Matthew Golden?

32:08 Start or sit Emeka Egbuka?

34:46 Start or sit Michael Wilson and Marvin Harrison Jr.?

38:33 Start or sit Malik Nabers?

41:50 Sneaky Week 1 starter at tight end

44:29 Week 1 waiver wire stash
 

EPISODE LINKS:

Fantasy football Week 1 rankings

Fantasy Football Who to Start tool

Get your Team Dashboard

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Looking for 2026 IDP sleepers? Matt Schauf breaks down four defenders who could outperform their draft-day price.

DeMarvion Overshown brings top-12 upside in his return from injury to lead a trio of LBs, plus a veteran DB with enticing rebound potential

Find out which IDP sleepers belong on your fantasy football draft list.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

1:04 DeMarvion Overshown

2:46 Nakobe Dean

6:15 Minkah Fitzpatrick

9:29 Josiah Trotter

EPISODE LINKS:

• IDP Sleepers
• IDP Rankings
• Get your Draft War Room

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Looking for some last-minute fantasy football sleepers? Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down their favorite late-round targets, including De’Zhaun Stribling, KC Concepcion, Jordan Mason, and some high-upside RB picks.

These are players you can target in the double-digit rounds of your fantasy football draft, and some might even be sitting on waivers if you’ve already drafted. We dig into which sleepers have the clearest paths to bigger roles, which RBs could explode with one injury, and why Tyjae Spears might be one of the biggest values in fantasy drafts right now.

We also explain how Upside Mode works in the Draft Sharks Draft War Room. As your draft moves into the later rounds, Upside Mode puts more weight on ceiling and helps identify the high-upside picks who can turn a good fantasy football draft into a league winner.

Sync your league at DraftSharks.com to get personalized rankings and a Draft War Room built specifically for your league.
 

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

1:07 De’Zhaun Stribling

5:11 KC Concepcion

8:47 Jordan Mason

11:43 Tyjae Spears

14:02 Emmett Johnson

16:35 Jonah Coleman

20:20 Justice Hill

EPISODE LINKS:

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.