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The Most Boring Players That Will Win You Your League Aug 21, 2025

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The guys are in-studio in NYC again to discuss the under-the-radar picks that will slip through the cracks in drafts for this year’s All-Boring Fantasy Team.

2:53 - The All-Boring Fantasy Team: Running Backs

32:00 - The All-Boring Fantasy Team: Wide Receivers

1:01:02 - The All-Boring Fantasy Team: Tight Ends and Quarterbacks

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Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck

Producers: Ronak Nair, Kai Grady, and Carlos Chiriboga

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Off-Brand Sleepers, Daniel Jones Is Starting, and the Players Who Will Screw Us, Live From New York Aug 20, 2025

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The guys are live from New York! They talk the Jets and Giants players who will screw us, discuss name-brand vs. off-brand players, and answer some “emails” from the audience. Plus, special appearances from Heifetz’s dad and Jelly the bear!

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Preseason Week 2 Risers and Fallers Aug 19, 2025

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The guys are live in the studio in NYC to discuss some of the NFL preseason news from this past week, some injury updates, a crucial update regarding a previous email about a missing bear from a New Jersey zoo, and Taylor Swift’s appearance on the Kelce brothers’ podcast.

2:30 Preseason Risers and Fallers

46:16 Injury Updates Heading into Season

1:25:02 Reporting on the Bear

1:33:42 Taylor Swift on New Heights Low Stakes Conspiracy

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Rules to Win Your Fantasy League (Part 2) Aug 15, 2025

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The guys pick up where they left off last episode and continue highlighting some of the most crucial rules heading into the 2025 fantasy season. And later, emails!

(0:00) Intro

(1:40) Identify the kingmakers

(4:31) Don’t give up on good coaches after Year 1

(13:10) You marry the whole family

(40:47) Get you a man who can do both

(46:33) The “Two Two” rule

(58:24) Hold on to rookie WRs

(01:02:38) Ride with the ‘Wild Hogs’

(01:07:29) Be open-minded

(01:11:08) Emails!

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Rules to Win Your Fantasy League (Part 1) Aug 13, 2025

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The guys revisit the lessons from last season that they vowed never to forget to establish a strict new set of rules to follow this year, loosely inspired by Christopher Nolan’s ‘Memento.’

2:07 An overview of the lessons from last season

4:45 Take great players in great offenses

12:27 Pick the guys you want

19:02 Marie Kondo was right

28:55 Don’t trust Kyle Shanahan

34:03 Don’t shackle yourself to Sean Payton’s whims

43:10 Avoid Aaron Rodgers

46:47 Avoid toxic people and toxic situations

54:23 Take Ja’Marr Chase first

55:35 Don’t underestimate Joe Burrow (again)

1:09:30 Emails

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Preseason Week 1 Winners and Losers With Mina Kimes Aug 12, 2025

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Heifetz and DK are joined by Mina Kimes to go through the winners and losers from Week 1 of the NFL preseason!

(0:00) Intro
(05:54) Cowboys-Rams
(13:32) Commanders-Patriots
(17:36) Seahawks-Raiders
(22:27) Giants-Bills
(32:11) Titans-Buccaneers
(38:57) Panthers-Browns
(50:59) Bengals-Eagles
(55:24) Jaguars-Steelers
(58:36) Colts-Ravens
(01:04:52) Dolphins-Bears
(01:09:55) Chargers-Saints

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Guest: Mina Kimes
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WR Sleepers, Tiers, and Fears 2025 Aug 08, 2025

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The guys discuss the wide receiver position heading into this year’s fantasy season, what their general strategy is for drafting receivers, and which tiers the receivers of the league fall into for fantasy drafts.

(1:41) Jordan Addison’s suspension

(2:23) Keenan Allen reunites with the Chargers

(11:20) How to approach drafting WRs this year

(16:19) Tier 1: Ja’Marr Chase and CeeDee Lamb

(21:09) Tier 2: Justin Jefferson, Nico Collins, Puka Nacua, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and Malik Nabers

(37:55) Tier 3: Brian Thomas Jr., Drake London, A.J. Brown, Ladd McConkey, and Tyreek Hill

(48:52) Tier 4: Mike Evans, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Tee Higgins, Davante Adams, Garrett Wilson, Terry McLaurin, and Marvin Harrison Jr.

(01:01:12) Tier 5: DJ Moore, DK Metcalf, Tetairoa McMillan, Jameson Williams, George Pickens, Jaylen Waddle, and Travis Hunter

(01:12:12) Tier 6: Zay Flowers, Rome Odunze, Jakobi Meyers, Deebo Samuel, Jerry Jeudy, Jayden Reed, Jordan Addison, and Stefon Diggs

(01:19:20) Tier 7: Chris Godwin, Marquise Brown, Cooper Kupp, Josh Downs, Rashid Shaheed, Brandon Aiyuk, Keon Coleman, Rashod Bateman

(01:25:48) Emails

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RB Sleepers, Tiers, and Fears 2025 Aug 06, 2025

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The guys discuss their running back tier list rankings for this upcoming fantasy season, and also welcome The Ringer’s Sean Fennessey to talk about the Jets, Aaron Rodgers, the upcoming Ringer Fantasy Football League, and 'Happy Gilmore 2.'

2:05 - Micah Parsons and Terry McLaurin's trade requests

9:28 - Rams extend Kyren Williams

12:25 - Matthew Stafford's back injury

16:35 - Tier 1: Saquon Barkley, Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Derrick Henry

21:07 - Tier 2: Christian McCaffrey, De'Von Achane, Ashton Jeanty

35:19 - Tier 3: Jonathan Taylor, Josh Jacobs, Bucky Irving, Kyren Williams, Chase Brown, Omarion Hampton

51:34 - Tier 4: Kenneth Walker III, Breece Hall, Alvin Kamara, James Cook, James Conner, Chuba Hubbard, David Montgomery, Tony Pollard, Aaron Jones Sr., Isiah Pacheco, D'Andre Swift, RJ Harvey, TreVeyon Henderson, Kaleb Johnson

01:05:13 - Tier 5: Jaylen Warren, Brian Robinson Jr., Rhamondre Stevenson, Travis Etienne Jr., Tank Bigsby, Jordan Mason, Zach Charbonnet

01:11:18 - Sean Fennessey talks Jets, last-place fantasy punishments, 'Happy Gilmore 2,' and more

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TE Sleepers, Tiers, and Fears 2025 Aug 04, 2025

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The guys walk through their tight end rankings, place the TEs in tiers, and address their most pressing fears. Plus, emails!

(00:00) Intro

(01:17) Thoughts on the tight end position this year

(06:13) Tier 1: Brock Bowers and Trey McBride

(19:45) Tier 2: George Kittle

(24:33) Tier 3: Mark Andrews, Sam LaPorta, and T.J. Hockenson

(33:21) Tier 4: Travis Kelce, David Njoku, Evan Engram, and Tucker Kraft

(50:28) Tier 5: Kyle Pitts, Colston Loveland, Jake Ferguson, Dalton Kincaid, Dallas Goedert, and Tyler Warren

(1:11:13) Emails!

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QB Sleepers, Tiers, and Fears 2025 Jul 30, 2025

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The guys go through their quarterback rankings, place the QBs in tiers, and discuss how they plan to approach QB in their fantasy drafts. Plus, emails!

(00:00) Intro
(02:03) Overall Strategy
(08:07) Tier 1: Elite Fantasy QBs Who Can Run
(19:56) Tier 2: Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes
(27:54) Tier 3: QBs Who Can Run
(38:07) Tier 4: Pocket Passers
(49:27) Tier 5: Anthony Richardson
(56:59) Tier 6: Solid 3rd Guys in a 2-QB League
(01:03:40) Emails!

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