Fantasy Life Show

By Matthew Berry's Fantasy Life

Your fantasy football league doesn't take days off. Neither do we. The Fantasy Life Show is a daily fantasy football podcast hosted by Kendall Valenzuela, Peter Overzet and Dwain McFarland, with speci... more

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Number 1: The Best Values on Every Platform for Every Position for 2026 Fantasy Football (ESPN, Yahoo & Sleeper)
The same player isn't the same value on every platform. ESPN, Yahoo and Sleeper all price players differently, which means the guy you're reaching for in one league is a bargain in another. Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet go position by position and platform by platform to find the biggest gaps between where each site's ADP has a player and where Kendall actually ranks him. Every value comes with the exact math: the positional ADP, Kendall's positional rank, the difference, and how many spots of overall value you're capturing. At quarterback it's Justin Herbert on ESPN, going as the QB14 at pick 106 despite ranking as a top-10 quarterback — a twenty-spot overall gap. Brock Purdy is the Yahoo answer, Trevor Lawrence the Sleeper one, and Caleb Williams and Joe Burrow show up in the top-five value lists too. Running back gets interesting because Kenneth Walker is the answer on both ESPN and Yahoo, but at meaningfully different prices, while Sleeper's ADP creates a much bigger opening on Rhamondre Stevenson. At receiver it's three different names entirely: Mike Evans on ESPN, Garrett Wilson on Yahoo, and Chris Godwin on Sleeper. Tight end is where it gets strange. Dalton Kincaid on ESPN and Mark Andrews on Yahoo are both positional values that come with negative overall value — meaning you're getting a good tight end at a bad total price, which is a trap worth understanding before you take one. Sleeper is the only platform where the math works cleanly. Each position also gets the full top-five value board for that platform, so you're not just walking away with one name. Find out which site you're drafting on and draft accordingly. 🔍 Topics in this video: 2026 fantasy football, fantasy football values, ADP, ESPN ADP, Yahoo ADP, Sleeper ADP, fantasy football draft strategy, Justin Herbert, Brock Purdy, Trevor Lawrence, Caleb Williams, Joe Burrow, Kenneth Walker, Rhamondre Stevenson, Mike Evans, Garrett Wilson, Chris Godwin, Dalton Kincaid, Mark Andrews, quarterback rankings, running back rankings, wide receiver rankings, tight end rankings, who to draft in 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 29, 202658min
Number 2: Zero RB vs. Hero RB vs. Robust RB Mock Draft: Which Strategy is Best in 2026?
Three years ago, eight running backs went off fantasy football draft boards in the first two rounds. This year it's thirteen. Is that surge justified, or has the fantasy community wildly overcorrected? Kendall Valenzuela, Peter Overzet and Dwain McFarland settle it the only honest way — by doing a mock draft. They run a single fantasy football mock together, sixteen rounds, with each of them locked into a different approach to the position. Pete takes Zero RB and won't touch a running back in the first three or four rounds. Dwain runs Hero RB, taking exactly one back in the first four. Kendall goes Robust RB, hammering two backs in the first two or three rounds. Nobody gets to hedge. Every round, all three explain the pick they're making and why their strategy forces it, which means you see exactly where each approach starts to hurt — the round where Zero RB gets nervous, the round where Robust RB has nothing left at receiver, and whether Hero RB actually splits the difference or just gets the worst of both. At the end they compare the three rosters and say which strategy they'd actually run in a real 2026 draft. If you've been reading Zero RB takes all summer without ever seeing the rosters they produce, this is that video. 🔍 Topics in this video: 2026 fantasy football, Zero RB, Hero RB, Robust RB, RB draft strategy, fantasy football mock draft, fantasy football draft strategy, running back rankings, when to draft running backs, fantasy football rankings, ADP, PPR draft strategy, best ball, who to draft in 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 20, 20261h 5min
Number 3: The Best & Worst Pick in Every Round of 2026 Fantasy Football (Round 6 is GROSS!)
ESPN's ADP is doing some genuinely strange things this year, and Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet went through all sixteen rounds to find it. Every round gets the same treatment: one pick you should be running to the podium for, and one you should be letting somebody else make. It starts in the first with Christian McCaffrey and Jonathan Taylor going in wildly different directions, then Brock Bowers and Josh Allen in the second, Breece Hall and Josh Jacobs in the third. Round 4 brings Emeka Egbuka and Tyler Warren, Round 5 has Jaylen Waddle and Quinshon Judkins, and Round 6 pairs Luther Burden with a kicker taken far too early. The middle rounds are where ESPN's board really comes apart — Mike Evans and DK Metcalf, Christian Watson against a defense going way ahead of schedule, Justin Herbert and Travis Hunter, Josh Downs and Isaiah Likely. Then the late-round dart throws that actually matter: Kyle Monangai, Kenyon Sadiq, Stefon Diggs, Hunter Henry, KC Concepcion, Woody Marks, Jayden Higgins, Jerry Jeudy, Malik Willis, Fernando Mendoza, Chris Rodriguez and Tank Dell. Each round opens with the actual ESPN ADP board so you can see exactly where these players are going and what it costs you to wait. If you're drafting on ESPN this year, this is the round-by-round cheat sheet for what to exploit and who to fade. Topics in this video: 2026 fantasy football, ESPN ADP, fantasy football draft strategy, best and worst picks, Christian McCaffrey, Jonathan Taylor, Brock Bowers, Josh Allen, Breece Hall, Josh Jacobs, Emeka Egbuka, Tyler Warren, Jaylen Waddle, Quinshon Judkins, Luther Burden, Mike Evans, DK Metcalf, Christian Watson, Justin Herbert, Travis Hunter, Josh Downs, Isaiah Likely, Kyle Monangai, Kenyon Sadiq, Stefon Diggs, Hunter Henry, KC Concepcion, Jayden Higgins, Jerry Jeudy, Malik Willis, Tank Dell, fantasy football rankings, players to avoid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 15, 20261h 1min
Number 4: Last-Minute Wide Receiver Rankings for 2026 Fantasy Football (Top 48)
This is the last time these fantasy football wide receiver rankings change before Week 1. Kendall Valenzuela, Dwain McFarland and Peter Overzet go through Fantasy Life's final preseason wide receiver rankings, all 48 of them, and stop on the names where the room genuinely disagrees. Every tier comes with the full consensus list plus each player's highest and lowest rank across the staff, so you can see exactly where the confidence is and where it isn't. The top twelve gets into whether there's regression coming for a WR3 who just lost his offensive coordinator, whether a new quarterback puts a former overall WR1 back on top, and whether the biggest value on the entire board is sitting right at the 2-3 turn. The WR2 range is where the injury news reshapes things. A receiver whose target competition just landed on IR for at least four games, a player traded into a much better offense who nobody seems to have noticed, and a head-to-head on which of two banged-up receivers is actually worth drafting. The back half is where drafts get won. Whether a crumbling backfield in Green Bay bumps a receiver up the board, whether a veteran resurgence in Buffalo is being ignored, and how high is too high for the player every analyst in the industry seems to love. They close with the San Francisco depth chart question and each of them naming a favorite late-round receiver to target — which, in a year this deep at the position, might be the most useful two minutes of the show. Topics in this video: 2026 fantasy football, wide receiver rankings, WR rankings, fantasy football rankings, Ja'Marr Chase, Puka Nacua, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Justin Jefferson, CeeDee Lamb, Drake London, A.J. Brown, Malik Nabers, Nico Collins, DeVonta Smith, George Pickens, Chris Olave, Jaylen Waddle, Emeka Egbuka, Luther Burden, Christian Watson, DJ Moore, Parker Washington, De'Zhaun Stribling, Jordyn Tyson, fantasy football draft strategy, late round wide receivers, who to draft in 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 03, 202657min
Number 5: Last-Minute Running Back Rankings for 2026 Fantasy Football (Top 48)
This is the last time these fantasy football running back rankings change before Week 1. Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet go through Fantasy Life's final preseason running back rankings, all 48 of them, and stop on the names where the room genuinely disagrees. Every tier comes with the full consensus list plus each player's highest and lowest rank across the staff, so you can see exactly where the confidence is and where it isn't. The top twelve opens with the debate that decides the 1.01, and whether it actually matters as much as everyone thinks. Then the widest disagreement on the entire board — one back the staff has anywhere from RB4 to RB12, an eight-spot spread on a player people are taking in the second round. And a confidence check on the back who's settled in at RB11 after an injury scare: would you really be comfortable if he were the only running back you took in the first three rounds? The RB2 range brings a rookie coming off a high ankle sprain, a veteran the guys may have ranked too low given the situation ahead of him, and another enormous spread — a starting back the staff has between RB19 and RB27. The back half is where drafts are actually won. A Packers back whose stock moved when Josh Jacobs landed on the Commissioner's Exempt List, the real answer in the New England backfield, whether Jacory Croskey-Merritt ends up leading Washington, and the Minnesota split between Jordan Mason and Aaron Jones. They close by each naming their favorite handcuff to draft this year — which, in a season this thin at the position, might be the most useful two minutes of the show. Topics in this video: 2026 fantasy football, running back rankings, RB rankings, fantasy football rankings, Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson, Christian McCaffrey, James Cook, Jonathan Taylor, Kenneth Walker, Chase Brown, Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry, De'Von Achane, Ashton Jeanty, Omarion Hampton, Jeremiyah Love, Travis Etienne, Bucky Irving, MarShawn Lloyd, TreVeyon Henderson, Rhamondre Stevenson, Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Jordan Mason, Aaron Jones, handcuff running backs, fantasy football draft strategy, who to draft in 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 01, 202653min