The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast
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300 episodes
Fantasy football doesn't have to feel so luck-driven. The award-winning Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast is a fantasy football show that helps you win through bite-sized, analytically-driven episodes. Instead of just drafting from a list of players and crossing your fingers with the hopes that those players produce, host JJ Zachariason provides a process to help you find breakout candidates, sleepers, busts and more. The approach is logical. It's strategic. And it wins.
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: It's Already Over?
In the Season 3 finale of Becoming a Best Ball Bro, JJ and Rich reflect on the biggest lessons they learned from a summer of best ball drafting, break down JJ's final portfolio, and more. ---------- All DraftKings…
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1120: Bold Predictions
JJ provides 10 fantasy football bold predictions for the upcoming season, including thoughts on Washington's wide receivers, Luther Burden, Joe Burrow, and more. Make sure to check out LateRound.com to order the 2026…
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1119: Mailbag - Chicago's Pass-Catchers, Going Against ADP, and More
Are there any true historical comparisons for the Bears' pass-catchers this season? Is Ladd McConkey a draft target? Should we be fading market sentiment when it comes to going running back-heavy in drafts? JJ answers…
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The Show: Make or Break Areas of Your Draft, Camp News, and More
JJ and Kitchen discuss the areas of your draft that could make or break your season, all of the latest training camp injury situations — including one of the craziest ones they can remember — rookie wide receiver…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Do We Have It All Wrong?
JJ and Rich open the show with a discussion about average draft position risers and fallers before Mark Garcia of One Week Season and StatRankings joins the show. Mark explains why he’s not bailing on Zero RB this…
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1118: Risers and Fallers
JJ discusses a handful of players who have risen and fallen the most in his rankings since the start of the summer. Make sure to check out LateRound.com to order the 2026 Draft Guide. And while you're there, become a…
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Late-Round Perspectives: Chris Harris Returns
Chris Harris of Harris Football and the Harris Football Podcast joins the show to talk about his new book, break down teammate battles across fantasy football, explain why he hates preseason football, and so much more.…
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The Show: ADP Discrepancies, Injury News, and More
JJ and Kitchen discuss the differences in average draft position on various platforms, all of the injury situations (including a breaking news item while on the show) across the league, the value of a third-down back,…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Leaning Into Injury Risk?
JJ and Rich discuss the Jordyn Tyson injury and other strategy topics before Chad Candles joins the show. Chad and JJ then dig into how to sort through preseason hype, the importance of closing line value,…
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1117: Players to Avoid
Last week, we went over players you could look to target in fantasy drafts this year. On Episode 1117, JJ chats with Sharp Football Analysis' Rich Hribar about players you might want to consider avoiding. Make sure to…
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1116: Mailbag - Breece Hall's Value, Ambiguous Backfields, and More
Should we be targeting Breece Hall in drafts this year? Why aren't drafters going after the younger players in ambiguous backfields? Should you draft multiple tight ends with decent draft capital? Those questions — and…
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The Show: Deep Sleepers, Rookie Wide Receiver Hype, and More
JJ and Kitchen open the show on a passionate fantasy football note, followed by news and notes happening in training camp. They then move on to possible breakout wide receivers and deep sleepers to target in your…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: A Different Approach in August?
JJ tells Rich about some of the strategies he's using in best ball drafts right now before the two discuss the latest ADP risers and fallers. JJ is then joined by multi-million-dollar best ball winner Sam Sherman to…
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1115: Players to Target
With fantasy football draft season in full force, JJ sits down with Establish the Run's Evan Silva to discuss 10 players they're targeting in drafts this year. Make sure to check out LateRound.com to order the 2026…
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Late-Round Perspectives: Josh Norris Returns
Josh Norris of Yahoo Fantasy joins Late-Round Perspectives to discuss the 49ers wide receiver room, Stefon Diggs' fit in Washington, his favorite targets and avoids, and so much more. ---------- All DraftKings…
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The Show: Middle-Round Targets, Camp News, and More
JJ and Kitchen open the show in a disastrous way before they talk training camp news, team-level passing volume regression, JJ's top middle-round targets, and more. ---------- All DraftKings Customers enter a lineup…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Is Training Camp News Overrated?
JJ and Rich discuss some significant wide receiver ADP movement and have a philosophical conversation about closing line value before Matthew Betz of the Fantasy Footballers joins the show. JJ and Matthew break down…
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1114: Regression Candidates
Regression to the mean is one of the most important concepts in fantasy football, and it's everywhere. On Episode 1114, JJ digs into some players and teams who are likely to see their performances swing in 2026,…
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1113: Mailbag - De'Von Achane's Situation, Bhayshul Tuten's Upside, and More
Is it OK to draft two quarterbacks in a single-quarterback league? Is De'Von Achane's situation overblown? Do all roads lead to Bhayshul Tuten? JJ answers those questions — and more — on this week's mailbag episode.…
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The Show: A Statement From JJ, Favorite Picks in Rounds 1-5, and More
JJ and Kitchen recap their trip to Canton, react to listener feedback from last week's episode, break down the latest training camp news, share some of their favorite picks through the first five rounds of 2026 fantasy…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Is Playoff Correlation Overrated?
JJ and Rich break down some of the biggest recent average draft position risers and fallers before JJ is joined by Establish the Run's Adam Levitan. The two discuss optimal draft strategy for 2026, Adam's favorite…
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1112: Early-Season Schedule Analysis
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…
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Late-Round Perspectives: John Daigle Returns Again
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. ---------- All DraftKings Customers…
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The Show: Training Camp Sleepers, Market Score Comp Projections, and More
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. ---------- All DraftKings Customers…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: A Unique Way to Stack?
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…
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1111: Market Score's Most Interesting Projections
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…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Time to Get Caught Up?
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…
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1110: The Late-Round Quarterback Rebound
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.…
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1109: Mailbag - Ashton Jeanty's Outlook, Slot Targets, and More
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…
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The Show: Bounce-Back Candidates, Running Back Rooms, and More
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. ---------- All DraftKings Customers enter a lineup into the Best Ball $20…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Do Rankings Matter?
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…
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1108: The RB2 Rebirth
The NFL has become more run-heavy, and as a result, many second- and third-tier fantasy wide receivers have taken a hit. But what about running backs? On Episode 1108, JJ is joined by Late-Round's Brandon Gdula to…
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Late-Round Perspectives: Drew Davenport
Drew Davenport of Footballguys and the Auction Brief podcast joins JJ to chat about auction draft strategy, the legal issues surrounding Rashee Rice and Josh Jacobs, players to target, and so much more. ----------…
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The Show: Scary Market Score Comps, Jadarian Price's Outlook, and More
JJ and Kitchen talk about this week's news items, some scary Market Score comps, a way to spot late-round breakouts at wide receiver, and so much more. ---------- All DraftKings Customers enter a lineup into the Best…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Fade Jonathan Taylor?
JJ chats with Rich about the importance of rankings in best ball before Nez of the Badge Bros joins the show. Nez and JJ discuss Nez's top early-round fades, the quarterback landscape, Zero RB, and so much more.…
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1107: Catchable Targets
JJ chats with Late-Round Fantasy Football's Brandon Gdula about his research on catchable targets, and what it all means for the 2026 season. Make sure to check out LateRound.com to pre-order the 2026 Draft Guide. And…
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1106: Mailbag - Ladd McConkey's Outlook, Philadelphia's Offense, and More
On this week's mailbag episode, JJ talks about Ladd McConkey's 2026 outlook, the Philadelphia Eagles' offensive potential, and so much more. Make sure to check out LateRound.com to pre-order the 2026 Draft Guide. And…
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The Show: Market Score Ceiling Comps, Tight End Talk, and More
JJ and Kitchen talk about this week's news items and some fun Market Score ceiling comps for players this year. With Tight End U happening this week, there's plenty of tight end talk as well, including in Today's Data.…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Elite Tight End or Bust?
JJ talks with Rich about his most-drafted players through 28 Milly drafts before Neil Orfield joins the show. Neil, a successful DFS and best ball player, explains his approach to drafting tight ends, which running…
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1105: Market Score 2.0
A few weeks ago, JJ introduced listeners to a new concept called Market Score. After some feedback, he's back for a new — and hopefully final — iteration of the metric. Make sure to check out LateRound.com to…
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Late-Round Perspectives: Alan Seslowsky
Rotowire's Alan Seslowsky joins JJ to talk about dynasty startup strategy, rookie drafts, teammates with similar average draft positions, and so much more. ---------- All DraftKings Customers enter a lineup into the…
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The Show: Alarming Stats, Wide Receiver Hit Rates, and More
JJ and Kitchen talk about this week's news items, early-round wide receiver hit rates via one particular metric, alarming stats from 2025, and more. ---------- All DraftKings Customers enter a lineup into the Best…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Zero RB Isn't Dead?
JJ and Rich kick off the show by discussing this week's biggest ADP risers and fallers before JJ sits down with BeatBestBall.com's Liam Murphy. The two chat about this year's best ball meta, building around two…
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Rewind: The Gray Area of Fantasy Football
It's another rewind week, where JJ brings back an old evergreen episode that's still relevant today. This week? It's all about the gray area of fantasy football. Make sure to check out LateRound.com to pre-order the…
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1104: Mailbag - Optimal Redraft Strategy, Jaylen Warren, and More
Can we zig while others zag this year in season-long drafts? Is Jaylen Warren a good pick? What about RJ Harvey? JJ answers those questions — and more — on this week's mailbag episode. Make sure to check out…
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The Show: Toughest Players to Rank, Running Back ADP, and More
JJ and Kitchen talk about the latest news across the league, running back average draft position in 2026, the toughest players to rank this year, and more. ---------- All DraftKings Customers enter a lineup into the…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Fade Josh Allen?
JJ and Rich talk through some callouts for early drafters before diving into average draft position risers and fallers. JJ then brings Legendary Upside's Pat Kerrane onto the show to chat about this year's best ball…
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Rewind: Taking Advantage of Quarterback Touchdown Rates
JJ brings back an episode from last year on quarterback touchdown rates, briefly touching on one quarterback who's bound to regress here in 2026. Make sure to check out LateRound.com to pre-order the 2026 Draft Guide.…
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Late-Round Perspectives: Davis Mattek Returns
Davis Mattek of The Swolecast and Fantasy Flock joins the show to talk about his adventures with modeling prospects, the 2026 season-long landscape, players he's targeting in best ball drafts, and so much more.…
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The Show: Rookies to Target in Redraft, Malik Nabers' Injury, and More
JJ and Kitchen chat about Market Score, news across the league, rookies to target in redraft leagues, and more on this week's Late-Round Show. ---------- All DraftKings Customers enter a lineup into the Best Ball $20…
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