Establish the Edge Fantasy Football

Latest Episodes:

AFC East Projections with Ben Gretch Jul 11, 2022

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Mike Leone of Establish The Run and Ben Gretch of bengretch.substack.com team up for this special offseason projections special series. It will be an 8-part series with 1 podcast for each division.
The first division up for the duo to tackle is the AFC East:
-Is Gabriel Davis worth his rising ADP?
-Will the Patriots pass more?
-Jaylen Waddle over Tyreek Hill?
-Does Zach Wilson sink the Jets?
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Dominate Your Fantasy Home League Part 1 with Mark Dankenbring Jun 29, 2022

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Mark Dankenbring and Mike Leone of Establish The Run take a first look at the home league landscape through the lens of current FantasyPros PPR ADPs. The duo take a look at the differences between best ball and managed, this year and last year, to come up with a draft strategy that will allow you to build truly dominant teams top to bottom.
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Should You Handcuff RBs in Underdog's Best Ball Mania 3? Jun 23, 2022

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Mike Leone of Establish The Run breaks down last season's most popular RB backfield pairings.
-How often did the field handcuff their RB1?
-How did handcuffing impact advance rates? Top 1% scores?
-Which type of backfields were most profitable to handcuff?
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SuperFlex Dynasty Quarterback Strategy with Shawn Siegele Jun 16, 2022

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Shawn Siegele of RotoViz joins Mike Leone of Establish The Run to talk about Quarterback strategy in SuperFlex Dynasty leagues.
-How important is it to get a stud QB?
-How do league settings impact QB value?
-What are the benefits and drawbacks of a patchwork QB team?
-Who are late-round QB targets who could quickly see a bump in their Dynasty value?
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Navigate the RB Dead Zone Jun 06, 2022

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Jack Miller and Mike Leone of Establish the Run describe what the RB dead zone is, why it was such a profitable area of the draft to target WRs and avoid RBs last season, and how you should approach that area of the draft in light of this year's ADP landscape.
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Ways to Win $2 Million in Best Ball Mania 3 with Erik Beimfohr Jun 01, 2022

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Erik Beimfohr of SpikeWeek.com joins Mike Leone of Establish The Run to talk about lessons learned from Best Ball Mania 2 and what we can do to position ourselves to win Best Ball Mania 3:
-Why the Trey Lance pick went wrong and we're buying again
-Falling in love with Week 17 game stacking
-When and how to get unique with roster construction
-The power of elite QBs
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FFPC TriFlex Dynasty Strategy May 26, 2022

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Mike Leone discusses why there is a unique opportunity in the FFPC TriFlex Dynasty leagues to try out a Zero RB strategy in your startup draft. The market doesn't quite fully value the benefits of being deep at WR and acquiring extra players in the first 10 rounds, especially in best ball.
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Best Ball Mistakes You’re Probably Making (w/Jack Miller) May 19, 2022

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Jack Miller of Establish The Run joins Mike Leone to discuss how the different best ball tournament structures on Underdog, FFPC, and Drafters work and how to tweak your draft strategies accordingly.
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$10 MILLION in a Fantasy Tournament??! Strategy & Picks (w/Justin Herzig) May 10, 2022

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Underdog Fantasy has announced that their big summer best ball tournament, Best Ball Mania 3, will have a $10 million prize pool, including individual prizes of $2 million, $1 million, and $1 million.
The winner of the original Best Ball Mania, Justin Herzig, joins Mike Leone of Establish The Run to break down the macro strategy of how to best attack this tournament to maximize your odds of taking home a big prize and get a lot of entertainment along the way.
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Win Your Rookie Draft May 08, 2022

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Mike Leone of Establish The Run takes you through his rookie draft rankings and tiers, telling you which players to draft, when you should target them, and what trades you could make based on your league rules and team's positioning:
-Breece Hall the 1.01
-Pounding WR between 1.02 and 1.07
-How to approach the overvalued Kenneth Walker
-David Bell a priority target at current ADP
-How to take advantage of these market mistakes: overconfidence, short term thinking, and overreactions to positional scarcity
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