The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

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1112: Early-Season Schedule Analysis Jul 28, 2026

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Getting off to a hot start in fantasy football can make all the difference. Not only does it help you stack early wins, but it also builds confidence in the players on your roster. On Episode 1112, JJ analyzes the NFL's early-season schedule to identify the players with the most favorable openings, as well as the ones facing the toughest starts to the season.

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Late-Round Perspectives: John Daigle Returns Again Jul 24, 2026

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Establish the Run's John Daigle returns to Perspectives for a third time to talk about 2026 draft strategy, the running back dead zone, ambiguous backfields, and so much more.

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The Show: Training Camp Sleepers, Market Score Comp Projections, and More Jul 23, 2026

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JJ and Kitchen talk about news items, projections based on Market Score comps, training camp sleepers, and more on this week's episode of The Late-Round Fantasy Football Show.

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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: A Unique Way to Stack? Jul 22, 2026

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JJ tells Rich which early-round players he's drafted most often this summer before being joined by Tod Burros to talk all things best ball. Tod shares his favorite ways to build unique playoff teams, explains how he thinks about player exposure, and discusses plenty more strategy along the way.

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1111: Market Score's Most Interesting Projections Jul 21, 2026

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Late-Round Fantasy Football unveiled a new metric called Market Score last month, and it's already opening up some fascinating ways to evaluate players. One of those is through historical comparables — identifying past players with profiles that closely resemble today's fantasy stars. On Episode 1111, JJ uses those comps to generate player projections and breaks down the 10 most interesting takeaways from the results.

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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Time to Get Caught Up? Jul 15, 2026

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Becoming a Best Ball Bro has featured some fantastic guests already this summer, and there's a chance you've missed some of their great insights. With JJ on vacation this week, now's the perfect time to catch up. This episode is a compilation of some of the show's best conversations and answers so far.

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1110: The Late-Round Quarterback Rebound Jul 14, 2026

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Going with a late-round quarterback strategy in your fantasy football drafts used to be the most obvious choice imaginable. But over the last five or six years, late-round quarterbacking hasn't been nearly as fruitful. On Episode 1110, JJ explains why that's happened, why the fantasy landscape has shifted, and why this could be the year late-round quarterback finally makes a comeback.

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1109: Mailbag - Ashton Jeanty's Outlook, Slot Targets, and More Jul 10, 2026

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Is Ashton Jeanty set up for a monster year? How should drafters feel about the running backs drafted right after Christian McCaffrey this year? Do we want more slot work from our fantasy wide receivers? Those questions — and more — are answered on this week's mailbag episode.

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The Show: Bounce-Back Candidates, Running Back Rooms, and More Jul 09, 2026

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JJ and Kitchen talk about this week's news items, bounce-back candidates for 2026, some things to watch for in training camp, and more.

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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Do Rankings Matter? Jul 08, 2026

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JJ and Rich break down a recent best ball draft that JJ livestreamed before discussing some of the biggest ADP risers and fallers. Then, Toxic Tower's Best Ball Guy (better known as BBG or Eric) joins the show to talk about the transition from season-long fantasy to best ball, the role of rankings, roster construction, strategy, and much more.

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