The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast

Go check the roster of the team at the top of your league's standings. Chances are good that it features Kyler Murray. The Arizona quarterback has been one of the biggest stories this football season, no matter if we're talking fantasy or the actual game. He's also Chris Vaccaro's favorite topic.

Vaccaro and Nando Di Fino discuss Kyler, of course, on this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast. The guys also get into Jameis Winston, Ronald Jones, Michael Thomas, Lamar Jackson, the Patriots' defense, the Buccaneers' offense, the Cowboys coming off their bye, and more.

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Kyler Murray and DeAndre Hopkins put the capstone on what was a crazy Week 10, but don't let the play of the cloud the rest of the big stories of the day, included but not limited to...

D'Andre Swift's breakout; new-look offenses for the Buccaneers, Steelers and Patriots; real reasons to worry about the Ravens; the emergence of Michael Pittman Jr. and Salvon Ahmed; and Kenyan Drake's triumphant return.

Michael Beller and Brandon Funston discuss all that, plus a whole lot more, on this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast.

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On this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast, Michael Beller and Derek VanRiper break down the Week 10 DFS slate. They discuss Rams-Seahawks and Bills-Cardinals, the Mike Davis free space, a trio of attractive cheap quarterbacks, the diversity of high-priced receivers, and more.

Later, Beller and Vic Tafur run through every Week 10 game, highlighting their favorite picks against the spread (begins at 30:45). Can the Buccaneers bounce back against the Panthers? Who wins the expected shootout in the desert between the Bills and Cardinals? What's the right side to be on in the showdown between Justin Herbert and the Chargers and Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins? The guys answer those questions, and a whole lot more.

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Early in the season, conventional wisdom holds that fantasy managers don't need to worry about securing their starting running backs' real-life backups. You want to maximize every spot on your roster when so much is unknown. At this time of year, however, when the picture has come into focus, those real-life backups become must-have pieces to finish putting together a championship puzzle.

On this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast, Nando Di Fino, Jake Ciely and Eric Moody take a look at backfields that are clearly dominated by one player, discussing which backups are must-have (hello Alexander Mattison and Giovani Bernard) and which are unlikely to inherit a significant workload should the starter go down with an injury.

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Week 10 could ease some running back concerns in the fantasy world, with Nick Chubb back, Joe Mixon likely back, and Miles Sanders potentially back. All three of them will be highly ranked, assuming they play, but that just scratches the surface of Week 10 rankings.

Who wins the first NFL battle between Tua Tagovailoa and Justin Herbert? Can you trust their draft classmate Joe Burrow against the Steelers? Are we rethinking what we thought we knew about the backfields in Baltimore and Buffalo? Is Jerry Jeudy locked into starting lineups? Is D.J. Moore the WR3 on his own team? Michael Beller, Jake Ciely and Brandon Funston answer those questions, and more, on this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast.

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Week 10 ushers in the final third of the fantasy football regular season, with the playoffs starting to come into focus. This year, it brings a number of fun developments that Nando Di Fino and Chris Vaccaro dive into on this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast.

Jerry Jeudy's Week 9 breakout is a sign of things to come in Denver, right? How excited should we be about the return of nick Chubb this week? How much fun is Bills-Cardinals going to be? The guys answer all those questions, plus a whole lot more, including Nando taking a crack at songwriting!

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From Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins upsetting Kyler Murray and the Cardinals, to heroics from many of the fantasy world's biggest stars (hello, Patrick Mahomes, Dalvin Cook and Josh Allen), Week 9 was one of the most exciting slates of the season. So exciting, in fact, that it was hard to keep track of it all in real time.

Michael Beller, Jake Ciely and Brandon Funston are here to help you run it all down on this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast. Is Tua now in the starting discussion every week? Is Chase Edmonds not who we wanted him to be? Is Tyler Lockett a boom-or-bust player? And what might be out there on the waiver wire heading into Week 10? The guys answer all those questions, and a whole lot more.

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On this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast, Michael Beller and Derek VanRiper break down the Week 9 DFS slate. They discuss Dalvin Cook chalk, the appeal of mid-tier backs and cheap receivers, a possible Lamar Jackson bargain, and more.

Later, Beller and Vic Tafur run through every Week 9 game, highlighting their favorite picks against the spread (begins at 30:02). Who wins—or, more importantly, covers—the NFC South clash between the Saints and Buccaneers? Can the Ravens' offense get going in Indianapolis? Are the Dolphins a live dog again, this time against Kyler Murray and the Cardinals? The guys answer those questions, and a whole lot more.

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At this point of the season, we typically have to take players and teams at face value. With that in mind, fantasy values can still change on the margins, or in even bigger ways, and those changes could make the difference between winning a championship and getting booted in the first round of the playoffs.

On this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast, Michael Beller, Jake Ciely and Eric Moody make their calls on rest-of-season rankings. Will J.K. Dobbins, D'Andre Swift or Jonathan Taylor be the better back? If you can trade Tyler Boyd or Adam Thielen for Allen Robinson, should you? And will Travis Fulgham keep up his WR1 pace? The guys answer all those questions, and more.

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We are now into the final third of the typical fantasy football regular season, marking desperation time for some managers, and moving time for others.

Michael Beller, Jake Ciely and Brandon Funston have you covered, no matter which group you're in, on this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast. The guys discuss about 50 players from a rankings standpoint, breaking down the toughest start/sit decisions of the week. Can you play both J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards? Is it safe to trust Jonathan Taylor? And what should we expect from Antonio Brown in his first game with the Buccaneers? Our trio of experts answer all those questions, and a whole lot more.

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