Rookie Big Board Fantasy Football Podcast

The 2021 Fantasy Football season has come to a close and Matt is breaking down his final dynasty rankings for the rookie class. He breaks down his biggest risers and fallers of the season, while taking time to put their relative change of value in context of their dynasty fantasy football value heading into the 2022 season.

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He breaks down major risers such as Miami's Jaylen Waddle and Pittsburgh's Pat Friermuth. Matt also digs into how we can properly react to the rising dynasty value of rookie quarterbacks Mac Jones from the Patriots and Davis Mills of the Houston Texans. Then he digs into his biggest fallers, including Carolina Panthers wideout Terrace Marshall and the former number one overall NFL Draft pick, Trevor Lawrence. Matt takes the time to intentionally diagnose how each player has seen their value drop and helps you interpret how to properly react to their change in value.

Devy Fantasy Football player value is extremely difficult to gauge as the 2021 college football season comes to a close and the 2022 fantasy football season is set to quickly begin. In this episode, Matt breaks down the results of a Devy Fantasy Football Mock Draft that he conducted with 11 other industry experts.

In the first round, he debates the value of Bijan Robinson from Texas against Ohio State's TreyVeyon Henderson. Kayshon Boutte of LSU and Jaxson Smith-Njiba, despite having very different 2021 seasons, are also top 5 selections. He discusses the fluid value of running backs currently in the College Football Transfer Portal, like Jahmyr Gibbs and Zach Evans.

Matt goes through the next 3 rounds with a particular emphasis on devy fantasy football draft strategy and devy fantasy football roster construction. He makes a point to detail his approach to draft incoming freshmen, including ones highly ranked by 247 Sports, including Georgia's Branson Robinson, Jayden Blue from Texas, and Penn State's Nicholas Singleton.

Analysts participating in the draft include:

Matt Hicks (Rookie Big Board) @TheFFEducator

Kane Fossel (Devy Marketplace) Fantasy Headliners @Devy_Kane

Kevin Coleman (FantasyPros, Triple Play Fantasy) @Daboys_22

Nathan Bourque (Dynasty Nerds) @DynastyDadStache

John Laub (Fantasy Football Diehards, NFL Draft Bible) @GridironSchol91

Brandon Lejeune (Devy Deep Dive, NFL Draft Bible) @DevyDeepDive

Jared Wackerly (Dynasty Nerds) @JaredWackerlyFF

Skip Newton (Devy Happy Hour, NFL Draft Bible) @SkipNewton31

Katie Flower (Under the Helmet, Off the Rails Podcast) @FF_Skyler399

Austin (Campus 2 Canton) @DevyDeets

Michael (DLF, Devy Marketplace) @aNellytics

Alfred (Campus 2 Canton) @AlfredJF

The 2022 NFL Draft, despite the narrative over the past year, has plenty of running back talent. In this episode, Matt provides his top nine running backs, in order, and explains the two different fantasy football tiers he projects them into. Matt provides his take on the Isaiah Spiller vs Breece Hall debate then let's the listeners know why he has Notre Dame's Kyren Williams over Kenneth Walker III from Michigan State.

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Recent fantasy football production over the past two seasons has shown us that we cannot ignore the "second tier" of fantasy football running backs in a class. Matt describes why he believes UCLA running back Zach Charbonnet, Cinicannti's Jerome Ford, and Georgia's Zamir White could all be future impact players. He also lets you know why you should not be forgetting about Zonovan "Bam" Knight from NC State and Brian Robinson Jr. out of the University of Alabama.

The episode concludes with a comparison of the 2022 running back class to the 2021 and 2020 running back classes.

The Transfer Portal is exploding and causing chaos throughout the college football landscape! Matt reacts to the biggest movers through the first two days of this transfer portal season mania. He breaks down his five biggest trade targets for devy fantasy football in this episode.

This episode will be informative for college football fans, devy fantasy football players, NFL Draft fanatics, and anyone who enjoys the pure bliss of chaos that is the NCAA transfer portal.

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Matt discusses three running backs and two quarterbacks. Highlighting the running backs is Georgia Tech's Jahmyr Gibbs, who has dominated the ACC as a member of the Yellow Jackets. He also discusses potential landing spots for TCU's Zach Evans; including an interesting option in Jackson State. Then he highlights one of his favorite former group of five players: quarterback Dillon Gabriel, who 247 Sports has crystal balled to Lane Kiffin's high octane Ole Miss offense.

2022 Rookie Mock Draft season has officially begun with this episode! Matt provides insight into what fantasy football rookie drafts could look like for you in your 2022 fantasy football leagues. He provides insight into each of the top 2022 NFL Draft prospects and gives insight into how their value may rise or fall over the next few months.

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In this episode, Matt combines his 2022 NFL rookie rankings with his collected consensus from analysts and fantasy football players. He provides insight into the four quarterbacks he projects as first-round selections, including Matt Corral out of Ole Miss and Sam Howell out of the University of North Carolina. Matt also digs into the Isaiah Spiller vs Breece Hall conversation, and adds a third running back into the first-round mix.

The 2022 NFL Draft, and subsequently your rookie drafts, will be defined by the dynamic and deep wide receiver class. Matt has five talented wideouts going in the first round of this superflex mock ppr mock draft. This includes Treylon Burks out of Arkansas and both Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson from Ohio State.

The Top College Football Transfers were announced this week by 247 Sports, in their initial transfer rankings. In this episode, Matt breaks down 10 of the players listed and discusses their college fantasy football, devy fantasy football, and 2022 college football relevance.

He discusses some highly productive players, like Syracuse's Taj Harris; who is headed to join Will Levis in Kentucky. He also breaks down some former high-profile recruits who have not clicked at their programs like Harrison Bailey with the Tennessee Volunteers and Jalen Berger with the Wisconsin Badgers.

He breaks down 10 transfer portal targets total; describing their background, potential landing spots, and the significance of their devy and college fantasy football value. You can access Matt's devy rankings at patreon.com/theffeducator

The 2022 NFL Draft will be defined by the talented wide receiver group that is heading to the NFL for next season. Matt specifically digs into the fantasy football value of his top six wide receivers early in the 2022 NFL Draft process.

He explains why Arkansas' Treylon Burks is his top wideout; closely followed by Chris Olave from Ohio State. Olave's Buckeyes teammate, Garrett Wilson, rounds out Matt's top three players. He then explains why Drake London was his most exciting film review. Jameson William's unexpected rise in 2021 puts him in the top five as well. David Bell from Purdue is Matt's favorite riser from 2020 to 2021.

Matt is then joined by Zack Patraw from Sports Illustrated NFL Draft Bible to discuss his most recent mock draft. Zack's thoughts on Treylon Burks align with Zack's top 10 selection of him. They also discuss Garrett Wilson's fit with the Miami Dolphins and how Drake London can contribute to the Green Bay Packers offense.

Check out Zack's full mock draft: https://www.si.com/nfl/draft/mocks/nfl-draft-2022-mock-draft-round-1-cornerbacks-rise

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The 2022 NFL Draft has plenty of quarterback talent. In this episode, Matt digs into the fantasy football value of the six quarterbacks he projects to headline the class. He then compares the 2022 NFL Draft class to the 2021 and 2020 NFL Draft classes. In the second half of the show, Matt is joined by Shane Hallam of @draftcountdown to discuss Shane's most recent 2022 NFL Mock Draft. They discuss the potential landing spots for each of the six quarterbacks discussed. Kenny Pickett, from Pitt headlines the class for both Matt and Shane. They start to differ on the rest of the class, discussing the upside of Malik Willis from Liberty and Sam Howell from North Carolina. They both get excited discussing the potential fantasy football impact of Matt Corral leading the Denver Broncos offense. Read Shane's 2022 NFL Mock Draft discussed in the episode here: https://draftcountdown.com/2022-nfl-draft/2022-7-round-nfl-mock-draft-5-0-round-1-3-shane/ Get Access to the Rookie Big Board & Join the RBB Discord here: patreon.com/theffeducator

Matt breaks down the value of trading for 2022 Rookie Draft Picks. The common narrative appears to be focused on the upcoming rookie class being weak, compared to the 2021 and 2023 classes.

Matt provides an update on his projections for the 2022 class, compares the talent to his projections for the 2021 class at this point last season. He then breaks down the challenges with projecting out the 2023 class at it's current valuation.

He finishes the episode by proving insight into the steps of the pre-draft process where the 2022 class will gain value.

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In this episode, Matt jumps into the most noteworthy rookie performances of Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season. He breaks down the top of the wideout class, including Ja'Marr Chase, Jaylen Waddle, and Devonta Smith. Matt gets into the performances of running backs Kenny Gainwell and Najee Harris. He discusses what Kyle Pitts' less than historic Week 1 performance against the Philadelphia Eagles means. He finishes the episode by discussing two surprise rookie performances.

This will be the last episode of the Rookie Big Board for about a month. Matt is taking time away from the mic to focus on his upcoming wedding and honeymoon! He will be back to discuss rookie trends in October. 

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