The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

In Episode 16 of The Late-Round Podcast, host JJ Zachariason looks at a typically overlooked aspect of fantasy football: supply and demand. How can you use the basic economic notion to better your draft strategy in unconventional league formats?

Should your fantasy football draft strategy change in leagues where quarterbacks get six points per touchdown pass instead of four? Why are people currently drafting Eddie Lacy so high? Those questions, and many more, are answered on this week's Late-Round Podcast mailbag episode.

​We've got lots of great metrics that we use at numberFire, and one that's really stood out for our football readers is our Net Expected Points metric, or NEP for short. In Episode 14 of The Late-Round Podcast, host JJ Zachariason talks to the creator of the statistic, Keith Goldner, to help everyone understand the ins and outs of the metric with the hopes of making you all better fantasy football players.

​How can you capture upside in fantasy football best ball leagues? What's with Amari Cooper's average draft position? ​How can you accurately project an offense like the Baltimore Ravens​? Host JJ Zachariason answers those questions and much more in this week's Late-Round Podcast mailbag episode.

Many of you don't have time to sit down and build a projections model. But that's fine -- you have resources like numberFire.com to take some shortcuts.

Some of you, though, may be interested to see how some fantasy analysts look at and build projections. In Episode 12 of The Late-Round Podcast, host JJ Zachariason sits down and talks to ESPN's Mike Clay about his process for building projections and how it's helped him be a better fantasy player and analyst.

How should we approach Carlos Hyde's situation this year? Will Dalvin Cook be Rookie of the Year? Is Ryan Tannehill a worthy late-round quarterback selection? numberFire's Editor-In-Chief, JJ Zachariason, looks at that and much more on this week's mailbag episode.

One of the more underrated ways of trying to find opportunity in fantasy football is by looking at not ​who​ front offices draft, but how front offices draft. In Episode 10 of The Late-Round Podcast, numberFire's Editor-In-Chief, JJ Zachariason, reads between the lines and explains how fantasy footballers can utilize front office decision making to their advantage.

One of the more underrated ways of trying to find opportunity in fantasy football is by looking at not ​who​ front offices draft, but how front offices draft. In Episode 10 of The Late-Round Podcast, numberFire's Editor-In-Chief, JJ Zachariason, reads between the lines and explains how fantasy footballers can utilize front office decision making to their advantage.

Round 1 of the NFL Draft is complete, and with teams spending a premium on skill position players, we've got to break it down from a fantasy football perspective. How do all of these picks change the fantasy landscape? numberFire's Editor-In-Chief, JJ Zachariason, digs in.

Round 1 of the NFL Draft is complete, and with teams spending a premium on skill position players, we've got to break it down from a fantasy football perspective. How do all of these picks change the fantasy landscape? numberFire's Editor-In-Chief, JJ Zachariason, digs in.