Fantasy Football Engineering

Ep66 - Chad Parsons Jun 23, 2021

This week I welcome Chad Parsons from UTHdynasty.com & FootballGuys.com on the pod to discuss dynasty philosophy, strategy, and his approach to waivers, trades, and more.

Twitter: @ChadParsonsNFL

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Ep65 - Sigmund Bloom Jun 15, 2021

This week I welcome Sigmund Bloom from Footballguys.com on the pod to discuss the upcoming drum beat season of training camps, offenses to target, how to approach good players on bad offenses, then get his thoughts on #SFB11.

Twitter: @SigmundBloom

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Ep64 - Ryan McDowell Jun 08, 2021

This week I welcome Ryan McDowell on the pod to discuss Productive Struggle framework, Roster Cloggers, and more.

@RyanMc23 follow his work on dynastyleaguefootball.com

Catch his podcasts; Commish Impossible, DLF flagship pod, and LockedOn Dynasty.

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Ep 63 - Solo Jun 06, 2021

Solo pod

-About Me

-Philosophy; 401k methodology

-Rough agenda for the offseason

-foster orphans

-web tools

-DLF Articles

-upcoming pods, guest appearances, etc.

Twitter: @kevinobrienFF

Website: theffengineer.com

Lauren Carpenter Sep 23, 2020

Lauren Carpenter, writer/contributor to Rotoworld, FantasyPros, and The Footballers joins the podcast to talk about reacting in-season and navigating the ups and downs through the NFL season.

Follow Lauren on Twitter, @stepmomlauren.

Find all her work, StepmomLauren.com

Ryan McDowell Sep 17, 2020

Ryan McDowell from DynastyLeagueFootball.com and co-host of the new LockedOn Dynasty podcast joins the podcast to discuss Productive Struggle strategy and how to manage your roster in-season. We covered types of players to target on waivers, when to pull the trigger on trading away players, and the thin line people tanking and productively struggling in good faith. We wrapped up with some commissioner topics and how to handle these situations.

Ben Baldwin Sep 08, 2020

Ben Baldwin from The Athletic joins the pod to discuss NFL Analytics, @nflfastR, and we go into some specific metrics like Expected Points Added (EPA). We try to answer the question, do running backs matter?

Follow Ben on Twitter, @benbbaldwin

Sam Holt Aug 04, 2020

Sam Holt of the Fantasy Debate podcast, part of the @FantasyFocusedd family of podcasts, joins me this week to talk Fantasy Football. We discussed how Sam is handling the unknown of the COVID impacted season and then we went through each position talking through our thoughts on some players.

Follow Sam on Twitter, @SamanthaRHolt

Scott Fish Jul 29, 2020

Scott Fish joins the pod to discuss how to handle COVID in your leagues, everything on SafeLeagues formats, scoring, auctions, etc and then I try to get some SFB11 Live spoilers out of him.

Jennifer Eakins Jul 26, 2020

Senior Writer and Editor at 4for4.com, Jennifer Eakins joins the pod.

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Host: @the_ff_engineer

Guest: @themondaymommy

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Joe Fann Jul 03, 2020

This week, Seahawks Insider with NBC West, Joe Fann joins the pod to talk Seahawks.

In the beginning of the episode, before I start the interview, I covered some opinions on rankings, auctions, and stacking in dynasty.

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Guest: @Joe_Fann

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Rich Hribar Jun 19, 2020

This week, Rich Hribar from Sharp Football joins the pod to talk about approaching Buy, Sell, and Hold decisions in dynasty. We dug into each position to find the edge.

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Guest: @LordReebs

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Evan Silva Jun 12, 2020

The G.O.A.T. of all Fantasy Football, Co-Founder of establishtherun.com, Evan Silva joins the podcast this week to discuss his pragmatic approach to all formats of fantasy football, how to use advice responsibly, and the approach to building a roster.

Listen for how to enter to win a spot in the Scott Fish Bowl!!

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Guest: @evansilva

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John Bosch May 30, 2020

John Bosch, creator of Fantasy Cares Eliminators, host of Dynasty Wall Street, and Dynasty Game Night podcasts joins the show to talk about interesting dynasty league settings, ways to keep the league interesting and owners engaged the whole year. We cover the Fantasy Cares Eliminator leagues he runs, sign up here: #FCEliminator Sign Up

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Guest: @JohnBoschFF

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Scott Barrett May 23, 2020

Scott Barrett, Director of Data Analysis for FantasyPoints.com joins me to discuss Dynasty roster building for the long term and his new article Upside Wins Championships.

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Guest: @ScottBarrettDFB

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Pat Kerrane May 12, 2020

On this week's episode I welcomed Pat Kerrane from establishtherun.com to discuss his Dynasty philosophy and then we compare some Rookies vs the Sophomore ADP counterparts. While we covered specific players, we share our thought process when evaluating these types of players.

Playing for the short term or long?
How does format influence value?
Rookie vs Sophomore discussion:
- Burrow vs Danny Dimes
- Tua vs Darnold
- Herbert vs Lock
- Josh Jacobs vs Jonathan Taylor
- Miles Sanders vs JK Dobbins
- AJ Dillon vs Ronald Jones
- CeeDee Lamb vs DK Metcalf
- Marquise Brown vs Laviska Shenault
- Harry, Hardman, Campbell vs Aiyuk, Pittman, Mims

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Host: @the_ff_engineer

Guest: @PatKerrane

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Fantasy Football Engineering Ep50 - solo May 08, 2020

After a long hiatus, the podcast is back!

In this episode I go solo and give my thoughts on a bunch of topics at a higher level.

-Adjusting strategy

-ADP, what is it good for?

-ADP vs Rankings vs Tiers

-Superflex benefits I didn’t expect

-Auction: A new found appreciation

Twitter: @the_ff_engineer

Website: theffengineer.com

Fantasy Football Engineering Episode 46 - Jene Bramel Sep 14, 2018

Dr. Jene Bramel, writer and injury extraordinaire with footballguys.com joins the show to discuss injuries, how to parse the information, and more.

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Fantasy Football Engineering Episode 45 - Russell Clay Sep 13, 2018

Russell Clay from fantasyguru.com joins the pod to discuss the former blue chip prospects getting cut and whether now might be the time to get some of them on the cheap.

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Fantasy Football Engineering Episode 44 - Adam Levitan Sep 01, 2018

Adam Levitan from Fantasy Labs joins the podcast to discuss his preseason usage notes and how to hit the ground running as we head into the regular season.

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Fantasy Football Engineering Episode 43 - Nathan Powell Aug 23, 2018

Nathan Powell of the Dynasty Tradecast podcast and fellow DLF writer joins the podcast to take a deep dive into Dynasty Trading.

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Fantasy Football Engineering Episode 42 - Chad Parsons Aug 19, 2018

Chad Parsons, founder and CEO of UTH Dynasty joins me on the pod to take a deep dive into our dynasty philosophy.

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Fantasy Football Engineering Episode 41 - Mike Wright Aug 05, 2018

Mike Wright (@FFHitman) of The Fantasy Footballers joins the podcast to talk about his approach to Fantasy Football, and then we discuss how players will perform under new offensive schemes, and so much more.

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Fantasy Football Engineering Episode 40 - TJ Hernandez Jul 26, 2018

TJ Hernandez from 4for4.com joins the podcast to discuss bankroll management for all formats and we discuss his series on the most predictable stats.

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Fantasy Football Engineering Episode 39 - Graham Barfield Jul 20, 2018

Graham Barfield from FantasyGuru.com joins the podcast to discuss his fantasy football philosophy, his series Franchise Focus, and then we go deep into some positional discussions on some players to target.

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Fantasy Football Engineering Episode 38 - Chris Raybon Jul 13, 2018

Chris Raybon from Action Network joins the pod to discuss his philosophy and we talk about how to leverage DFS for dynasty. We get into some positional discussions on Jimmy G, Mahomes, Luck, and much more!

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Fantasy Football Engineering Episode 37 - George Kritikos Jul 07, 2018

Senior DLF Writer and Player Rater podcast host George Kritikos joins the pod to discuss dynasty strategy, and how to leverage player values to get the best out of your trades.

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Fantasy Football Engineering Episode 36 - Travis May Jun 28, 2018

Fellow DLF Writer and podcast host of the Dynasty Life podcast, Travis May joins the show to discuss his Dynasty Life and philosophy. Got him to talk a bit about Devy strategy, then we hit some positional topics.

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Fantasy Football Engineering - Episode 35 Mike Tagliere Jun 20, 2018

Fantasypros.com's Mike Tagliere joins the podcast to discuss over-reaction Twitter and his Dynasty Value Chart. We talk about how best to use it and then go into some players at key positions with similar value.

I also announced three listeners to join the Podcast League hosted by myfantasyleague.com!

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Fantasy Football Engineering - Episode 34 Evan Silva Jun 14, 2018

Senior Editor from Rotoworld, Evan Silva (@evansilva) joins the show to discuss how to approach all formats from a broader perspective and we discuss some late late round QBs, and much more!

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Fantasy Football Engineering - Episode 33 Matt Harmon Jun 07, 2018

Matt Harmon, creator of Reception Perception joins the podcast to discuss the 2015 and 2016 Rookie WR classes and more!

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Fantasy Football Engineering - Episode 32 Cynthia Frelund Jun 01, 2018

Cynthia Frelund (@cfrelund) from the NFL Network joins the show to discuss her work in analytics, approach to evaluating the NFl, and then we discussed what to expect from Watson, Wentz, and Cousins with some RB-WR talk.

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Episode 31 - Brandon Marianne Lee @BrandonHerFFB May 23, 2018

Brandon Marianne Lee, joins the show to talk about her pragmatic style to fantasy football and how we can apply it to all formats. We discuss bad QBs being good fantasy QBs, mid tier WRs, and more!

Also, I announced the start of the Fantasy Football Engineering podcast league!

Find Brandon:

Radio Host on SiruisXMFantasy

Videos for Fantasy Alarm

Co-creator of herfantasyfootball.com

Episode 30 - Josh Hornsby @FantasyADHD May 19, 2018

Josh Hornsby (@FantasyADHD) joins the show to discuss his approach to fantasy football. We discussed how to target QBs in Bestball and Dynasty, the return of RBs, aging WRs, and whether Gronk can be a league winner.

Find Josh's work @RotoGrinders and FantasyADHD.com.

Episode 29 - JJ Zachiriason @LateRoundQB May 10, 2018

JJ Zachiriason, Editor-in-Chief at numberFire.com, joins the podcast to discuss his takes on seasonal and dynasty. We get into some of his outlooks for the rookies and some highlights from his recent projections work.

Episode 28 - Adam Levitan @adamlevitan Nov 02, 2017

Adam Levitan joins the show to discuss some player trends and fantasy football philosophy.

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Episode 27 - Pat Fitzmaurice @Fitz_FF Oct 18, 2017

Pat Fitzmaurice with thefootballgirl.com joins the show to talk rankings and how to view some of the struggling players so far this season. Pat is currently #3 overall on FantasyPros for expert rankings!

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Episode 26 - Russell Clay @RussellJClay Oct 10, 2017

Russell Clay joins the show to give us an overview of the 2018 class and we talk some dynasty buy/sell.

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Episode 25 - Giana Pacinelli @Gianaaaa Sep 27, 2017

Giana Pacinelli joins the podcast to talk about her series, Women in Fantasy Sports. We also discussed her new weekly series on Rotoviz on QB streaming.

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Episode 24 - Nathan Powell @NPowellFF Sep 21, 2017

Nathan Powell, DLF Writer and Co-host of the DynastyTradecast joins the show to discuss dynasty strategy, knowing when you're a contender or a pretender.

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Episode 23 - Karl Safchick Sep 13, 2017

Karl Safchick of the Dynasty One Podcast joins the show to discuss reaction/overreaction to the preseason and early season player performance.

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Episode 22 - Jacob Rickrode @clutchfantasy Sep 05, 2017

Jacob Rickrode joins the show to discuss rookie draft picks and dynasty philosophy

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Episode 21 - TJ Hernandez @TJHernandez Aug 24, 2017

TJ Hernandez, Associate Editor at 4for4, and co-host of the DFS MVP pod joins the show to discuss Coefficient of Variation, Regression, and more.

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Episode 20 - Nathan Jahnke @NateJanhke Aug 16, 2017

PFF's Nathan Jahnke joins the pod to talk about some key PFF stats for QB/RB/WR/TE.

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Episode 19 - Peter Jennings @CSURAM88 Aug 13, 2017

Peter Jennings (@CSURAM88) joins the pod to discuss DFS and we discuss common ground for DFS and Dynasty.

Episode 18 - Ryan McDowell @RyanMc23 Jul 31, 2017

Ryan McDowell, Senior Writer with dynastyleaguefootball.com joins the show to talk about podcasting, Productive Struggle, and then we discuss some overvalued and undervalued players in dynasty.

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Episode 17 - Matt Harmon @MattHarmon_BYB Jul 25, 2017

NFL.com writer and creator of Reception Perception, Matt Harmon joins the show to talk about his approach to WRs and then we go through the top 48 WRs in redraft, with thoughts on dynasty mixed in.

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Episode 16 - Rich Hribar @LordReebs Jul 21, 2017

Rotoworld's Rich Hribar joins the show to talk strategy and dissimilar players. Rich describes his approach to winning championships by winning weekly.

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Episode 15 - Eric Dickens @DLFootball Jul 11, 2017

DynastyLeagueFootball.com's Eric Dickens (@DLFootball) joins the podcast to talk about becoming a writer, engaging in a community, and announced some big time news for the podcast!

We also answered a few questions, covering Hunt vs Ware, Allen Robinson, and the 2nd tier of rookie RBs.

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Episode 14 - Mike Tagliere Jul 05, 2017

Mike Tagliere from @FantasyPros joins me to talk redraft and dynasty. We talked about the Chargers, couple of articles he recently published, and wide receiver age curves!

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Episode 13 - Manish Mehta Jun 28, 2017

New York Daily News reporter, Manish Mehta (@MMehtaNYDN) joins the show to talk Jets, fantasy football, and the AFC East.

Episode 12 - Scott Fish Jun 21, 2017

Scott Fish, creator of The Scott Fish Bowl and fantasycares.net joins the show to discuss #SFB7 and we discuss dynasty formats. Find Scott on Twitter, @scottfish24.

We also announced the winner of the 4for4.com Classic subscription!

Episode 11 - Sigmund Bloom Jun 13, 2017

On this week's episode, The Football Guys' Sigmund Bloom joins the show to talk a bit about how he joined Football Guys, redraft & dynasty strategy, and his recent article Quarterback Brain Dump.

Episode 10 - Evan Silva Jun 08, 2017

On this week's episode, Rotoworld's Evan Silva joins the show to talk about his potential breakout candidates.

Jam packed in this episode is a lot of strategy, what to make of offseason buzz, and much more!

Episode 9 - Andrew Brandt Jun 01, 2017

On this week's episode, TheMMQB's Andrew Brandt joins the show to talk about his time as an agent and time with the Green Bay Packers. We discussed Lacy's weight clause and much more!

Check out his podcast, The Business of Sports.

Episode 8 - Geoffrey Stein May 23, 2017

On this week's episode, the man behind the handle @myfantasyleague joins the show to update us on the latest ongoings at myfantasyleague.com.

We discussed MFL10's, the past, the present, some future and the state regulations they are faced with. We also covered the in-season league custimization, settings, and more!

Episode 7 - John Paulsen May 16, 2017

On this week's episode, Senior Editor for 4for4.com, John Paulsen (@4for4_John) joins the show to discuss his projection work and approach to the upcoming season. John provides some great insights on landing spots.

Episode 6 - Jeremy Funk May 09, 2017

On this week's episode, DLF Writer Jeremy Funk (@DLF_Deuce) joins me to talk about his injury distribution work.

Episode 5 - TheFFGhost May 02, 2017

On this week's episode, the author and creator of The ORANGE Report, @TheFFGhost joins the show to talk about his report. We discuss this year's rookie class and their landing spots.

Episode 4 - JJ Zachariason Apr 26, 2017

JJ Zachariason (@LateRoundQB) Editor-in-Chief at numberFire joins the show to talk about their Expected Points metric and how we can use it to gain a next level advantage.

We covered regression, late round QB, superflex, RBs return to prominance?, WR efficiency, and more!

Episode 3 - Justin Higdon Apr 17, 2017

Justin Higdon (@afc2nfc) of the DraftBreakdown podcast joins the show to talk about the 2017 NFL Draft including some tips on how to use draftbreakdown video clips in our evaluations.

Episode 2 - Joe Marino Apr 13, 2017

Joe Marino (@TheJoeMarino) of NDTScouting.com joins the show to talk about the 2017 NFL Draft.