Fold in the Cheese: Your Recipe for Fantasy Football Success

Suit up!  It's time to hear a recap of our Daily Fantasy from week 2 and get a preview of the action that is going down in week 3!  Week three also gives us RIVALRY WEEK as Kemp and E face off in their league for the first time this year.  It's a showdown for the ages, but don't worry, Bro Code still applies so we're all good. 

Wait for it....we have a first time caller this week! Think of us as Yoda. Only instead of being little and green, we wear suits and we're awesome. We're your bros. We're Broda.  Anyone can submit a question by shooting a message over to [email protected] or by hitting up our Facebook page or twitter @thefitcpodcast!  Just remember, get those questions to us in time, because nothing good happens after 2am.  We also rock some How I Met Your Mother trivia, and a slap bet may be called into effect....

Haaaaave you met our Pigskin Pick'em group?  Join us to get the ultimate bragging rights at the end of the season.  Well, that answers all the questions you didn’t ask, so let's suit up and keep folding!  

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After watching all the excitement from week 2, we're on no sleep, no sleep!  Week 2 had some crazy games come down to a final field goal, and some immense scoring outputs.  We recap some notable performances as well as those who were not sponge worthy.  Yada Yada yada, we have waiver picks, yada yada yada, Kemp dishes out some rage.  Don't worry, we don't yada yada over the best parts though!

We also have a new segment where we analyze a players' trend, to see if we are onboard with them (spreading the cheese), want nothing to do with them (cutting the cheese), or need to see more (folding the cheese).  You'll be thinking to yourself, "I'm speechless, I’m without speech.”

Don't forget to join our Pigskin Pick'em group and see how you match up with us, picking the winners of each game.  Giddy up!  Also, shoot us an email at [email protected] with any questions on who to sit/start, to make fun of us, or tell us what you're liking.  You can follow us on twitter too, to see our amazing updates and comments @thefitcpodcast  We're out there people, and we're lovin every minute of it!

Week two is upon us!  Week one was wild, and we are jacked to see what will go down this week in the NFL.  We're so pumped we don't know what to do with our hands.  Ricky and Cal look back on their week 1 DFS plays and see who will be saying, "Here's the deal, I'm the best there is, plain and simple"  We also started a pigskin pick'em group where we pick the winners in all the games, so be sure to join and compete against us here.  And if you don't join us, or chew big red, then....  

We also get you ready for some week two sportsbook plays as Ricky went a cool 3-1 last week ("I wake up and piss excellence…").  Set your lineups, get your plays ready to go, pull out that tuxedo tee-shirt, because when you are prepared like Jameis Winston, it says to everyone that you want to be formal, but you're here to party!    

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Football is back, fantasy season is underway, and we are in a glass case of emotion!  We walked you through the basics of fantasy; we told you how to get the perfect team in the draft; and now it's time to see how you're doing!  Hopefully you won't be saying you got your advice at the toilet store...Champ gives us the WHAMMIES to see how everyone across the NFL fared opening weekend: who balled out, who disappeared and who surprised us!

We also crunch the numbers and look at the initial trends to see who you might think about picking up if you encountered some injuries, or want to jump on someone's bandwagon early.  We've done studies you know, 60 percent of the time our picks work every time!

We then wrap it up with a recap of how we fared in our league, and by the beard of Zeus, there was some scoring going on with our teams.  One of us was yelling "Great knights of Columbus, that hurt!" while one of us was loving some lamp.  As always, stay classy, folders!

The draft is over, the season is here!  Listen up to see how OUR long-standing Yahoo draft went down!  We go over what picks we hit on, some we missed on, but never forget the greatest mack of all time who said "to err is human, to forgive is divine".  Although, don't know if we will be forgiving Kemper's brother anytime soon.  The draft is broken down round-by-round to see trends, homer picks and times we got snaked.  CeeDee Lamb gets referenced a lot, but Kemper's not crying, you're crying!  Check how your teams match up against ours and see if your draft operated the same way ours did.  We will like your style if you were able to get close to that perfect lineup! 

 

Ethan and Kemp also put together some season-long bets, and we need your help determining how the loser should be punished!  Hit us up on the official Fold in the Cheese facebook page, or email [email protected] to let us know how you'd like to see us embarrass ourselves.  Do it, do it!

How you doin?!  In this episode we cover how to play Daily Fantasy Sports and Sportsbook plays.  This introduces you and shows you had to get started with the quickly growing Daily Fantasy Sports scene and it will have you pivoting in no time!  Don't worry, you won't be on a break with your standard fantasy football squad, we are just showing you a whole new dimension of enjoying fantasy sports.  Listen up as we take you through how to play, the different game types, strategies, and we even let you peek in on our Week 1 lineups.  We will also make sure you have Unagi when it comes to sportsbook plays too, as we cover what betting lines mean and how to make different bets and plays.  The season is upon us so let's dive in and get some competition going!

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Baba ghanoush!  Welcome back for the second draft episode.  We will have you crashing your draft, and after hearing our Perfect Draft Strategy, you will have no excuses but to play like a champion.  If you end up with one of our League-Winning Rosters, there will be no reason to sit in the corner and sulk, as that draws attention in a negative way.  Pre-ranking your players and having clear draft goals to get your perfect draft is sacred; don't sully it by improvising! 

Link to Perfect Draft Strategy & League-Winning Rosters!

 

Show notes:

- What RBs are left when you skip RB in the first two rounds

- What does drafting Travis Kelce in the first round do to your team

- Wait on Quarterbacks this year

- Value picks in ESPN and Yahoo drafts

- The Perfect Draft Strategy! Round-by-round players to target in your draft

- Kemp & Ethan's League-Winning Rosters (freebie linked above)

We will have you crashing your draft, and after listening to our draft prep, you will have no excuses but to play like a champion.  From knowing your platform, being familiar with your draft room, and developing a strategy, there will be no reason to sit in the corner and sulk, as that draws attention in a negative way.  Pre-ranking your players and having clear draft goals to get your perfect draft is sacred; don't sully it by improvising! 

Kemper and Ethan conducted mock drafts from every position on the board in Yahoo, ESPN, and Sleeper.  They've done the work, so you can just sit back and absorb hours of their research and preparation within the span of this episode. 

 

Click here for K&E's FREE preseason player rankings!

 

Show notes:

Simple steps to take BEFORE your draft date:

- Know your platform!  Do mock drafts and learn the draft product (buttons, queues, rankings, etc.)

- Know your scoring!  PPR, non-PPR, 1/2 point PPR, Superflex, 6 point passing TDs, etc.

- Pre-rank your players outside of the platform!  Have a list of your favorites and know when to jump early on them.

- Know your draft room! Experienced players or noobs?  Homers?  Read the room, gather tendencies, pay attention to reactions during the draft.

- Develop a strategy beforehand, but be flexible to what the draft gives you!  

- Remember, fantasy is a WEEKLY game - you need players who can win you your week.  

- A special note about "Handcuff" players

Bears, beets, Battlestar Gallactica... oh yeah and Fantasy Football!  Get an introduction to the game from the ground-up and see how you can get started in the world of Fantasy Football.  We start at the beginning and make it as easy as possible for you to start on your FF journey.  From choosing your hosting site, going over basic scoring and rules, to drafting your team, we've got you covered.  We will get you rising to Assistant to the Regional Manager in no time!

 

Show outline:

Episode 001: How to play Fantasy Football / Glossary of Terms

What is fantasy football?

Draft a team – a player can only be on one team at a time

Set a starting lineup – (except for best ball leagues) only points for these players count (sometimes bench points are a tie-breaker as well)

Players accumulate points in relation to their performance / stats (i.e. yards, touchdowns, field goals, etc.)

Manage a team throughout the NFL season – you typically keep a majority of the players you drafted all year long, unless you trade them to other teams

Pick up undrafted players week-by-week to upgrade your team

Play head-to-head matchups (or rotisserie scoring) against another person’s team

Choose a site

Yahoo

ESPN

CBS

Sleeper

Find a league

Invited?

Public leagues (good for practice)

Start your own and invite friends

Select / review scoring system and league settings

League type

Redraft

Keeper

Dynasty

Number of teams

Influences draft strategy

Standard is 10 teams

More teams = more difficult (more players to know)

How to determine a winner:

Head-to-Head

Rotisserie / top half of points scored gets a W

Best Ball

Scoring:

PPR

Non-PPR

½ point PPR

Performance bonuses

Roster configuration:

standard

extra WR or extra FLEX

superFLEX (QB-eligible)

IDP

IR slot(s)

Head Coach

Draft type:

Snake draft

Auction

Online vs. Offline

Waivers system:

Continuous waivers

Reset weekly waivers

No waivers (must watch A LOT of football!)

Playoffs:

How many teams

Tiebreakers

Any Byes?

Reseeding?

1 or 2 week matchups

Money:

League Dues

Weekly payouts for wins / top scores

Regular season champ (record or points)

Playoff champ

Pay per roster move (postseason party fund)

Trophies / Belts

Loser punishments

Using consolation bracket for next year’s draft order

Mock draft – do your research

If you know your draft spot, mock in that spot over and over on the site you are going to use

Try different strategies to see how your lineup ends up

Zero RB

TE / QB early

RB / RB / RB

Drafts tend to loosely follow the pre-rankings of the site

Set your lineup EVERY WEEK

Be active in your league – trash talk

Download the app!

Great for tracking stats during games (matchups)

Can do mock drafts and your real draft from here as well

A lot of fantasy content from experts on each site

Last-minute lineup changes!

Have FUN

A sneak peak of our new podcast "Fold in the Cheese: Your Recipe for Fantasy Football Success".  Hear a little bit about us , what makes this show different than your average Fantasy Football podcast, and why you should keep listening.  This is just a taste of what's to come!

 

Check out our preseason player rankings here!

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