Fantasy Football Today

Chris Harris of HarrisFootball.com joins the show to talk about our IDP (Individual Defensive Player) draft and much more. When should the first IDP go and who should it be? Does IDP strategy change depending on the amount of defensive players you're starting? Chris also weighs in on players he likes and some polarizing players like Antonio Brown and Dante Pettis.

We start with our Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard thoughts after Jerry Jones' latest comments (2:30). We also tell you the guys we frequently draft with late picks (11:55), a mid-round pick who will be a Top 24 pick next season (17:00), if DeMaryius Thomas is worth drafting, if we're underestimating Rashaad Penny (18:45) and if Zero-RB really works (20:00) ... A few preseason takeaways (27:05) and then Ben Gretch tells you the players that are going too early or too late on other websites (29:30). This will help you get ready for your drafts if you for some crazy reason don't draft on CBS! ... Weekend draft tips (41:30), reviewing yesterday's 12-team, 3-WR PPR draft (46:00) and wondering if you should take O.J. Howard over David Montgomery, if you should lock up a backfield or get exposure to multiple backfields and when to take Melvin Gordon. Then we answer a bunch of your tweets (56:40) about Todd Gurley, Mark Ingram and many more! ... Email us at [email protected]

Starting with some important questions like players we're willing to reach for (2:15), players we pretty much never draft (5:10), when to draft Ezekiel Elliott (6:45) and our biggest preseason risers and fallers (10:00) ... News and notes (13:00), wrapping up our conversation about how to draft from each spot in the draft (17:00), then a fresh look at some sleepers (26:00), breakouts (33:40) and busts (40:40)! Disagreement on Darren Waller and Matt Ryan. How about Sammy Watkins, Mitchell Trubisky and Leonard Fournette? ... Regulators (51:00)! We're ruling on some questionable stuff going on in your leagues ... Your emails at [email protected]

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It's our pick-by-pick episode as we discuss the picks and strategies of a 12-team, 3-WR, PPR league. First we hit the news (2:00) with some Jadeveon Clowney for Kenyan Drake rumors, what Kyle Shanahan said about Dante Pettis, who will be ready for Week 1 and more ... Let's get into the picks! Team 12 (12th pick in the draft) went Zero-RB but may have made a big mistake (14:30). Team 1 started with 3 RBs (23:00). How did that turn out? ... The rest of the show looks at other ways to build teams from different spots in the draft. Find out which strategy works best for you, and what we're recommending in this format. And in the final five minutes of the show, we get into Week 1 and discuss if Patrick Mahomes is a Top 5 QB in a very tough matchup or if you should start Dak Prescott over him ... Email us at [email protected]

Find out which players are rising or falling in average draft position. We start with ADP (2:00) for T.Y. Hilton, Marlon Mack and Duke Johnson over the last two days to give you a more accurate portrayal of when these guys are being taken. And there's a RB who is creeping up draft boards and might be going too early now (6:36) ... News and notes (14:14) as we discuss when to draft A.J. Green, Amari Cooper, Kenyan Drake and others. Then let's look at some ADP risers (23:00)! Austin Ekeler Top 60 overall? Ben Roethlisberger QB7? Who is else is moving up and how do we feel about it? ... ADP fallers (32:00) including Kyler Murray and Jameis Winston. And Royce Freeman is falling too far. We also do some Team Name Tuesday (45:10), answer your emails (46:20) about league formats and trades and we discuss some noteworthy teams we've drafted and the lessons we've learned (51:00) ... Your emails at [email protected]

We've got winners like Deshaun Watson and Damien Williams and losers like Darrell Henderson and the TB RBs, but first we start with some rankings of T.Y. Hilton, Marlon Mack, Duke Johnson and some more very relevant players ... Big news (18:50) on the NE WRs, SF RBs and more. Then we get into the full list of winners (31:00) and losers (42:00) from our analysts. Is Kerryon Johnson a loser? What do we think about the ARI WRs? Dalvin Cook is awesome! ... Debating the importance of GB's difficult schedule (53:00) and then reading your tweets about Fantasy winners and Fantasy losers (57:30) ... Your emails at [email protected]

Dave Richard and Heath Cummings react to the stunning news that Andrew Luck is retiring from the NFL, breaking down what it means for the Colts offense heading into 2019. Is T.Y. Hilton still an early-round pick? What about Marlon Mack? Plus, they break down what Lamar Miller's season-endig knee injury means for the Texans and for Fantasy drafts. 

We've got a very thorough episode with fun stats, ADP review, players to pick in deeper leagues and more. Let's start with the potential impact of a Cam Newton injury (1:43), updated Ezekiel Elliott thoughts (6:00) and more news items to start the show before we get into the preseason takeaways (9:30). Derrius Guice is back! Is he better than Miles Sanders now? Sony Michel didn't get the goal line TD. Dede Westbrook scored and Devonta Freeman shared snaps ... Buy or Sell (19:30) with some preseason standouts. We also read five minutes of your tweets (33:00) and do some ADP review (43:10). Heath tells you some players who are being taken too early like Jared Cook and players going too late like John Brown ... How to draft depending on league size (55:15), stats that may or may not matter (1:02:00) and players we don't talk about enough like Carson Wentz, Dak Prescott and Marvin Jones ... Your emails at [email protected]

It's a smorgasbord of topics on today's show, beginning with big news about Melvin Gordon, Ezekiel Elliott and Tarik Cohen. Then we talk about players we keep finding ourselves drafting (9:30). Dave has a trio of late-round RBs he likes. Heath has a lot of Patrick Mahomes in Round 4. Adam is still hopeful for D.K. Metcalf ... Which players are we avoiding (28:00)? And when should you draft your DST (37:10)? ... Heath's Dynasty risers (42:00), some excellent emails (44:40), Fill in the Blank (52:10) and a look ahead to Preseason Week 3 ... Your emails at [email protected]