The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Quinshon Judkins Will Not Face Charges

14 Aug 2025

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Big news out of the NFL: Quinshon Judkins will not face charges. Jeff is back for a podcast quick slant to break down what this means for fantasy foot...

Rashee Rice Disciplinary Hearing Scheduled

14 Aug 2025

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Rashee Rice’s disciplinary hearing is set for September 30, and it could shake up the fantasy landscape. In this episode, Jeff breaks down every pos...

Jeff's Deep Sleepers

13 Aug 2025

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It’s time to dig deep. In this episode, Jeff uncovers the hidden gems at running back and wide receiver who can turn your last-round picks into leag...

Late-Round Avoids

12 Aug 2025

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It’s time to talk late-round landmines. In this episode, Jeff breaks down exactly how he evaluate players once the draft board starts to thin out, t...

Preseason Week 1 Takeaways

11 Aug 2025

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Week 1 of the preseason is done, and Jeff is breaking down every game to pull out the biggest fantasy football takeaways you need to know. From rookie...

Red Flag Players

07 Aug 2025

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Some players just scream trouble. In this episode, Jeff breaks down the biggest red flags heading into fantasy football draft season. Whether it’s i...

Draft Day Psychology

06 Aug 2025

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Jeff dives into the psychological traps fantasy football managers fall into every single year on draft day. From overreacting to position runs to blin...

How to Build a Bench That Wins Titles

05 Aug 2025

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Jeff breaks down the one part of your fantasy football draft that most people overlook: your bench. Too many drafters fill it with "safe" names and en...

How to Make Your Keeper Decisions

04 Aug 2025

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Jeff breaks down everything you need to know to crush your keeper decisions heading into draft season. He hits the do’s and the don’ts that’ll g...

How to Use Your Cheat Sheets On Draft Day

01 Aug 2025

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In this episode, Jeff kicks things off with a breakdown of McLaurin’s surprise trade request and what it means for Washington’s offense. Then it’...

Middle & Late-Round WR Targets

31 Jul 2025

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Went heavy on running backs early? Now you’ve got to thread the needle at WR, and we have the names to help you do it. On today’s episode, Jeff Ra...

Zero/Hero RB Targets

30 Jul 2025

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Jeff breaks down his favorite Zero RB and Hero RB targets for the 2025 fantasy football season. He dives into the mid and late-round backs who can hel...

What is the RB Dead Zone?

29 Jul 2025

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On today’s episode, we dive headfirst into the RB dead zone. What it is, why it matters, and how you can use it to absolutely smoke your fantasy dra...

How to Adjust Strategy Based On League Size

28 Jul 2025

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Jeff breaks down how your fantasy draft strategy should shift depending on league size. Whether you're in a shallow 10-team league or grinding through...

Breaking Down Every NFL WR Corps

25 Jul 2025

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Jeff goes team-by-team across the entire league, profiling every fantasy-relevant wide receiver. From elite WR1s to late-round dart throws and and low...

Breaking Down Every NFL Backfield

24 Jul 2025

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Big news out of Jets camp as Justin Fields is carted off the field with a toe injury. Jeff tells reacts but doesn't overreact to this news and tells y...

TE Draft Strategies

23 Jul 2025

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Tight end is the wild west of fantasy football. You’re either locked and loaded with a stud or out in the desert hoping your dart throw doesn’t dr...

5 Things You Can Do To Draft Better

22 Jul 2025

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In this episode, Jeff breaks down five key things you can do to instantly draft better. He talks about knowing your room, using a draft board instead ...

QB Draft Strategies

21 Jul 2025

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In this episode, Jeff breaks down every major QB draft strategy, from going early with Robust QB, to playing it cool with Late-Round QB, and everythin...

Jordan Addison Fallout + Tre Harris Opportunity in L.A.

18 Jul 2025

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Jeff breaks down the fantasy football impact following the conclusion of Jordan Addison’s DUI case. With clarity on his availability, he discusses t...

Rashee Rice Sentenced

17 Jul 2025

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Jeff is back for a podcast quick slant to discuss the breaking news that Rashee Rice's sentence has been issued. Jeff breaks down the key details of t...

Which Draft Spot is Best in 2025?

17 Jul 2025

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Jeff ranks all 12 draft spots for 2025 fantasy football leagues and breaks down which positions give you the clearest path to building a league-winnin...

RB Draft Strategies

16 Jul 2025

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Jeff breaks down why going RB-heavy early, the old-school “Robust RB” approach, is more risky than rewarding in today’s fantasy landscape. He la...

Quinshon Judkins Arrest Fallout

14 Jul 2025

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In this episode, Jeff breaks down the latest on Quinshon Judkins following his arrest for domestic violence. We take a closer look at the NFL’s Pers...

Should You Handcuff?

10 Jul 2025

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Jeff breaks down fantasy football handcuffing strategy, giving you the pros and cons of rostering a handcuff. He talks about when it's optimal to do s...

Derek Carr Retires

10 May 2025

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Jeff is back for another quick slant podcast to break down Derek Carr's retirement. Jeff looks back at Carr's career, and then looks forward to the Sa...

George Pickens Traded to the Cowboys

07 May 2025

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Jeff is back for another quick slant podcast to break down George Pickens being traded to the Dallas Cowboys. He gives the outlook for Pickens in Dall...

Cooper Kupp Signs with the Seahawks

18 Mar 2025

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Jeff is back after a short vacation for another podcast quick slant to break down Cooper Kupp signing with the Seattle Seahawks. Jeff discusses Kupp's...

Rams Release Cooper Kupp

12 Mar 2025

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Jeff is back for another podcast quick slant to break down the Rams releasing Cooper Kupp. Jeff puts Kupp's time in LA into perspective and discusses ...

Najee Harris Signs with the Chargers

11 Mar 2025

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Jeff hits the ground running on Tuesday with another podcast quick slant to break down Najee Harris signing with the Los Angeles Chargers. How does th...

Justin Fields Signs with the Jets

10 Mar 2025

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Jeff pops back in for another podcast quick slant to talk about Justin Fields signing with the Jets. What does the contract tell us about whether he'l...

Sam Darnold Signs with the Seahawks

10 Mar 2025

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Jeff is back again for another podcast quick slant to break down Sam Darnold signing with the Seattle Seahawks. He gives his thoughts on Darnold's out...

Chris Godwin Re-Signs with the Bucs

10 Mar 2025

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Jeff is back for another podcast quick slant to break down Chris Godwin re-signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. What does this mean for Godwin's fan...

DK Metcalf Traded to the Steelers

10 Mar 2025

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Jeff is at it again with another podcast quick slant to break down the DK Metcalf trade to the Steelers. He gives his thoughts on Metcalf's fit with G...

Davante Adams signs with the Rams

09 Mar 2025

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Jeff is back for a Sunday night podcast quick slant to break down Davante Adams signing with the Rams. What does this mean for Cooper Kupp's future? H...

Xavier Worthy Arrested on Domestic Assault Charges

08 Mar 2025

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Jeff pops back in for another podcast quick slant to give his thoughts on Xavier Worthy's arrest on domestic assault charges. He breaks down whether W...

Geno Smith Traded to the Raiders

08 Mar 2025

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Jeff is back for another podcast quick slant to break down the Geno Smith trade to the Raiders. He starts on the Seattle side and speculates on what t...

Jaguars Release Evan Engram

06 Mar 2025

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Jeff pops back in for another podcast quick slant to give his thoughts on the Jaguars releasing Evan Engram. He breaks down what's next for Engram, wh...

Christian Kirk to the Texans

06 Mar 2025

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Jeff is back with another podcast quick slant to break down Christian Kirk being traded to the Houston Texans. He gives his thoughts on what this migh...

A Crazy Day for Wide Receivers

05 Mar 2025

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Jeff is back for another podcast quick slant to break down DK Metcalf requesting a trade, Tyler Lockett getting released, and Christian Kirk getting r...

Davante Adams Released

04 Mar 2025

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Jeff is back for another podcast quick slant to give his thoughts on the New York Jets releasing Davante Adams. What's next for Adams and how does thi...

No Tag for Sam Darnold?

04 Mar 2025

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Jeff pops in for a podcast quick slant to give his thoughts on the Minnesota Vikings looking unlikely to tag Sam Darnold. He discusses possible landin...

Tee Higgins Gets The Franchise Tag

03 Mar 2025

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Jeff pops in for a podcast quick slant to give his thoughts on the Cincinnati Bengals applying the franchise tag to Tee Higgins and why there's a lot ...

Super Bowl LIX Preview

07 Feb 2025

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Jeff previews Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, breaking down key stats for both teams and from the history of th...

Duuuuval

28 Jan 2025

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Jeff gives some quick thoughts on the latest news from the NFL coaching carousel and then recaps both Conference Championship games. In the process, h...

The Final Four

24 Jan 2025

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Jeff kicks off today's show with some quick thoughts on the coaching hirings for the Jets, Jaguars, and Raiders. Then he previews both Conference Cham...

A Snowy Divisional Round

20 Jan 2025

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Jeff recaps all the action from the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs and does a fantasy postmortem for the four losing teams. Get Jeff's content: ...

8 Teams Remain

17 Jan 2025

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Jeff gives his thoughts on the four Divisional Round games with thoughts on DFS and one-and-done plays as well as how to navigate the potential snow i...

A Wild Wild Card Round

14 Jan 2025

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Jeff opens today's show with some quick thoughts on Mike Vrabel getting hired as the Patriots' head coach. He then recaps each of the six Wild Card ga...

Loading up on Bucs/Commanders

10 Jan 2025

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Jeff gives a quick preview of all six Wild Card round games and wraps things up with his strategy for one-and-done postseason fantasy football contest...

Postseason fantasy football time

08 Jan 2025

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Jeff kicks off this episode with a breakdown of some different ways to play fantasy football in the post season. He then runs through his picks for ea...

Money Mike

03 Jan 2025

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Jeff sifts his way through a crazy Week 18 slate, going game-by-game to give you all the players and teams with something on the line this weekend. Ge...

Week 18 chaos

02 Jan 2025

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Jeff breaks down all the playoff scenarios in the NFL and discuss which teams are resting starters, which could be in blowouts, and which will be full...

Finishing with a bang

30 Dec 2024

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Jeff recaps all the action from the weekend in the NFL including insights and analysis from each contest.  Get Jeff's content: FTN Fantasy Hosted by ...

It's the final countdown

27 Dec 2024

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Jeff previews all 13 remaining games on the Week 17 NFL slate giving his thoughts on all the key injury situations and matchups for the fantasy champi...

We're not Worthy

26 Dec 2024

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Jeff recaps the action from both Christmas day games and then gives you the latest news from around the NFL. Get Jeff's content: FTN Fantasy Hosted by...

You serious, Clark?

24 Dec 2024

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Jeff gives some quick thoughts on the MNF blowout and then breaks down the latest injury information from around the NFL. He wraps things up with his ...

Showtime for Jonathan Taylor

23 Dec 2024

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Jeff recaps all the Week 16 action from around the NFL including insights and analysis, injury information, and some early waiver wire thoughts for We...

Patrick Taylor to the rescue?

19 Dec 2024

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Jeff previews Week 16 in the NFL for fantasy purposes, including his thoughts on the 49ers backfield with Isaac Guerendo slated to miss this week's co...

Jerry Ford to the rescue?

17 Dec 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with some quick thoughts on Monday night football. He then dives into the latest injury news for David Montgomery and Patr...

Brock Purdy? More like Brock Ugly

13 Dec 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's podcast with some thoughts on the Thursday night massacre in San Francisco and tells you why you aren't done if you're in a hol...

Care for another glass of Charbonnet?

12 Dec 2024

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Jeff runs through the latest news from around the NFL including several backfield injuries that could have a major impact on Week 15. Get Jeff's conte...

Chased out of the playoffs

10 Dec 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with some quick thoughts on how to mentally approach the first week of the playoffs and then breaks down his thoughts on M...

Josh Allen is Superman

09 Dec 2024

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Jeff recaps all the action from a crazy Sunday of football around the NFL, including Josh Allen's historic day. Along the way, he gives insights and a...

Josh Jacobs, TD machine

06 Dec 2024

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Jeff recaps a wild Thursday Night Football contest between the Lions and Packers and then previews the remaining 12 games on the Week 14 slate. Get Je...

Be a jerk this week

05 Dec 2024

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Jeff starts today with some strategy advice for the final week of the fantasy football regular season and then runs through the latest injury informat...

Jameis being Jameis

03 Dec 2024

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Jeff recaps a wild finish to the Week 13 slate and breaks down the latest news from around the NFL including the 49ers backfield. He then gives you hi...

Russell Wilson mic drop

02 Dec 2024

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Jeff recaps all the action from a crazy Week 13 of the NFL season. He gives his analysis along with the latest injury information and some early thoug...

Barkley vs. Henry

29 Nov 2024

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Jeff previews the remaining 12 games on the Week 13 slate with insights and analysis along with the latest injury news from around the NFL. Get Jeff's...

Ravens win the Harbaugh Bowl

26 Nov 2024

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Jeff recaps the Ravens win over the Chargers, breaks down the latest news around the NFL and gives you his top 10 waiver wire adds for Week 13. Get Je...

The rubber has met the road

25 Nov 2024

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Jeff recaps a wild Week 12 around the NFL with insights and analysis along with the latest injury news and early waiver wire recommendations. Get Jeff...

Jameis Winston is a national treasure

22 Nov 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with a few quick thoughts on a snow TNF contest between the Browns and Steelers and then previews the remaining 12 games o...

Dylan Laube to the rescue?

21 Nov 2024

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Jeff runs through all the latest injury news from around the NFL including updates on Mike Evans and the Raiders' backfield. Get Jeff's content: FTN F...

Mixon madness

19 Nov 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with some thoughts on Monday night football. He then gets into the latest news from around the NFL and wraps things up wit...

King of the Hill

18 Nov 2024

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Jeff gives you his biggest takeaways from a wild Week 11 in the NFL including insights and analysis from each game and some early thoughts on Week 12 ...

Saquon Barkley dominance

15 Nov 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with his thoughts on Thursday Night Football, including Saquon Barkley's dominance and an important fantasy football quest...

Imposter Jeffs are everywhere

14 Nov 2024

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Jeff breaks down the latest news from around the NFL, including details on Tyreek Hill's wrist injury, the outlook for the Cowboys going forward, what...

His name is Audric Estime

12 Nov 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with his biggest takeaways from Monday Night Football. He then breaks down the fantasy implications of the Bears firing Sh...

Do your dance, Russell Wilson

11 Nov 2024

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Jeff recaps all the action from around the NFL on Sunday including insights and analysis, injury news, and early thoughts on the Week 11 waiver wire. ...

Are you facing Ja'Marr Chase?

08 Nov 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with some thoughts on a wild Thursday Night Football contest that featured a historic performance from Ja'Marr Chase. He t...

Trevor Lawrence, welp

07 Nov 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with the latest on Trevor Lawrence's shoulder injury. He then breaks down what Chuba Hubbard's contract extension means fo...

Jerry making moves

05 Nov 2024

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Jeff kicks things off with some quick thoughts on the MNF game between the Bucs and Chiefs. He then breaks down the latest news, including Dak Prescot...

Reverse hurdle

04 Nov 2024

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Jeff recaps all the action from a busy Sunday in the NFL. He gives you all his key takeaways along with breaking down the latest injury news and givin...

The secret to fantasy football is...

01 Nov 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with some quick thoughts on Thursday Night Football. He then dives into previews for the remaining 14 games on this week's...

Thriller is an overrated song

31 Oct 2024

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Jeff gives you the latest injury news and discusses some fantasy football strategy pointers on today's show. Get Jeff's content: FTN Fantasy Hosted by...

Emergency pod

29 Oct 2024

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Jeff gives you some quick thoughts on Anthony Richardson getting benched, Stefon Diggs' season-ending injury, and Diontae Johnson getting traded to th...

Cedric the entertainer

29 Oct 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with some thoughts on Monday Night Football and then discusses the difference between middle game and end game strategies ...

The Hail Maryland

28 Oct 2024

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Jeff breaks down all his biggest takeaways from a wild Week 8 in the NFL including early waiver thoughts and the biggest injuries of the weekend. Get ...

Tua's back, tell a friend

25 Oct 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with some quick thoughts on Thursday Night Football, including Puka Nacua's return to the field. He then previews the rema...

Kupp check

24 Oct 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with a few quick thoughts about Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua. He then dives into the latest injury news around the NFL, disc...

Monday night carnage

22 Oct 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with some thoughts on the two Monday night football games, including the injury fallout for the Buccaneers after losing Ch...

Tank you very much

21 Oct 2024

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Jeff breaks down all his biggest takeaways from all the Sunday NFL action in Week 7. He gives you thoughts on which performances to buy and sell along...

Mr. Unlimited

18 Oct 2024

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Jeff starts today's show with a few quick thoughts on last night's TNF snoozer. He then previews the remaining 14 games on the Week 7 slate giving you...

High ceiling, low floor

17 Oct 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with the latest expectations for Davante Adams and Amari Cooper in Week 7. He then runs through all the injury news from a...

Reunited and it feels so good

15 Oct 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with some quick thoughts on Monday Night Football and then dives into the fantasy football implications of Davante Adams b...

You'd better call Tyrone

14 Oct 2024

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Jeff recaps all the action from around the NFL this week and gives you his biggest takeaways, injury information, and his insights on what went down a...

Rattler to the rescue?

10 Oct 2024

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Jeff breaks down every game on the Week 6 NFL slate, giving you everything you need to know to set the best possible fantasy football lineups includin...

Bob Saleh, we hardly knew you

08 Oct 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with some thoughts on the Jets firing Robert Saleh. He then breaks down his biggest takeaway from Monday night's contest b...

October football is here

07 Oct 2024

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Jeff gives you his biggest takeaways from all 12 Sunday games from around the NFL including the biggest injuries, early waiver wire thoughts, and whet...

Revenge of the Diggs

05 Oct 2024

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Jeff kicks off today's show with a few quick thoughts on the fantastic Thursday Night Football contest between the Falcons and Buccaneers. He then pre...