The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast
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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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1015: 15 Transactions for Week 2
Can you trust Travis Kelce as a high-end TE1? Which rookie wide receiver does JJ think is a low-key good add off the wire this week? Is Jaydon Blue a drop? JJ answers those questions -- and more -- on this week's 15…
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The Show: Thursday Night Football Reactions, Week 1 Bold Predictions, and More
On this week's Late-Round Fantasy Football Show, JJ and co-host David Kitchen look into news and notes across the league, talk a bit about the Cowboys-Eagles game, dig into some bold predictions for Week 1, and so much…
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Late-Round Perspectives: Jake Ciely
The Athletic's Jake Ciely joins Perspectives to talk about mistakes drafters made this season, tons of controversial players, his top breakout offense, and so much more. Order the Late-Round Draft Guide on…
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1014: Mailbag - Managing Early-Season Breakouts, Navigating Depth Charts, and More
On this week's mailbag episode, JJ talks about what he looks for in ambigous backfields, how he manages early-season breakouts, the importance of depth charts, and more. Order the Late-Round Draft Guide on…
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1013: Week 1 Sleepers
After making an announcement about a format change to the sleepers episode, JJ looks at a handful of quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends who may be sitting on your waiver wire despite strong…
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1012: 10 Trends for Week 1
JJ talks about the Packers offense, Jacory Croskey-Merritt, quarterback predictability, and more on the first 10 Trends episode of the season. Order the Late-Round Draft Guide on LateRound.com, and make sure to sign…
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1011: 15 Transactions for Week 1
The weekly 15 Transactions episode is back and better than ever. JJ talks about moves you can make before Week 1 begins, including a sneaky running back add that isn't getting enough attention. Order the Late-Round…
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Podcast Schedule for the 2025 Season
JJ quickly discusses what to expect from the podcast during the 2025 season, including a new addition to the rotation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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1010: Mailbag - The Houston Backfield, Jalen Coker's Value, and More
Who should you target in the Houston backfield? Is there ever a time to reach for players during a positional run in a draft? Who does the Adam Thielen trade help most in Carolina? JJ answers those questions -- and…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Does It Have to End?
It's the Season 2 finale of Becoming a Best Ball Bro, where JJ shares his (mostly) final exposures for the $15M Millionaire contest over on DraftKings. He talks with Rich about a big miss in his portfolio, and there's…
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1009: Bold Predictions
JJ goes over 10 bold predictions that he's making for the 2025 fantasy football season. Order the Late-Round Draft Guide on LateRound.com, and make sure to sign up for the free newsletter. See omnystudio.com/listener…
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Late-Round Perspectives: Andy Holloway
Andy Holloway of the Fantasy Footballers joins the show to talk about the success of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast, how he's sorting through various ambiguous backfields, his favorite draft strategies for 2025, and…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Leaning Into the Hype?
JJ and Rich kick off the show and have a short talk about things happening in the best ball world before 4for4 Fantasy Football's Connor Allen joins. Conner explains how he approaches the Milly Maker this late during…
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1008: Risers and Fallers
To better prepare for your fantasy football drafts -- and to get on the same page -- JJ looks at the players who've risen and fallen most in his rankings over the last couple of months. Order the Late-Round Draft…
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1007: Mailbag - Auction Draft Strategy, A Surprising Player to Avoid, and More
On this week's mailbag episode, JJ talks through auction draft strategy, Keenan Allen's fantasy football value, a surprising player he's mostly avoiding this year, and more. Order the Late-Round Draft Guide on…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Differentiating for the Playoffs?
JJ and Rich discuss the biggest training camp average draft position risers before best ball aficionado Tod Burros joins the show. Tod talks about his new approach to best ball drafting, how he differentiates from the…
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1006: Players to Avoid
JJ chats with Establish the Run's Evan Silva about 10 different players they're avoiding -- at cost -- in fantasy football drafts this season. Order the Late-Round Draft Guide on LateRound.com, and make sure to sign…
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Late-Round Perspectives: Shawn Siegele Returns
JJ is joined by RotoViz's Shawn Siegele to talk about the changing fantasy football landscape, the importance of elite tight ends, wide receiver average draft position, and so much more. Order the Late-Round Draft…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Changing Approaches in August?
Has the hype gotten out of control with Jacory Croskey-Merritt? JJ and Rich discuss that -- and more -- to kick off the show. Then, Matthew Betz of the Fantasy Footballers joins to talk about how his draft approach…
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1005: Players to Target
JJ is joined by Sharp Football Analysis' Rich Hribar to give you 10 players you should be looking to target in fantasy football drafts this season. Order the Late-Round Draft Guide on LateRound.com, and make sure to…
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1004: Mailbag - Jordan Mason's Value, Elijah Arroyo's Outlook, and More
On this week's mailbag episode, JJ looks into Jordan Mason's value, Elijah Arroyo's interesting situation, TJ Hockenson's ceiling, and more. Order the Late-Round Draft Guide on LateRound.com, and make sure to sign up…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: A Go-To Tight End Strategy?
JJ and Rich discuss some market movement -- specifically with the Jacksonville backfield -- before Davis Mattek joins the show. Davis answers questions about transitioning from season-long to best ball, his optimal…
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1003: Early-Season Schedule Analysis
You want your fantasy football teams to get off to a hot start, and picking players with strong early-season schedules can help with that. On Episode 1003, JJ talks through a handful of rushing and passing attacks that…
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Late-Round Perspectives: Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper of Fantasy Alarm joins the show to chat about how Reddit changed his entire career, his process for finding breakout tight ends, 2025 fantasy football draft strategy, and so much more. Order the…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Embrace the Chaos?
JJ and Rich kick off the show with some talk around the potential suspensions that are about to be handed out to Rashee Rice, Jordan Addison, and Quinshon Judkins. Then, Establish the Run's Adam Levitan joins JJ to…
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1002: Regression Candidates
Which players -- and teams -- are likely to see a decline in production this year based solely on regression? How about the guys who are bound to see an uptick? JJ digs in on Episode 1002. Order the Late-Round Draft…
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1001: Mailbag - The Browns Backfield, Isiah Pacheco, and More
Should you use sportsbook prop lines for your season-long drafts? Is Isiah Pacheco an obvious value? How should we think about the Cleveland backfield with the Quinshon Judkins news? JJ answers those questions -- and…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Do You Have to Max Enter?
JJ and Rich kick off the show discussing the wild and constantly-changing quarterback landscape on DraftKings before Late-Round Fantasy Football's COO, David Kitchen, joins the show. Kitchen discusses the evolution of…
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1000: The Rookie Edge in Redraft Leagues
The fantasy football season-long market is getting smarter, and rookie evaluations have shifted as a result. On Episode 1000, JJ looks at whether or not you should be changing the way you draft first-year players in…
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Late-Round Perspectives: Jakob Sanderson
Jakob Sanderson of the Dynasty Points Podcast, ADP Chasing, and his substack, Thinking About Thinking, joins the show to talk a whole lot of game theory with JJ. The two chat about the running back dead zone, market…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Is There An Optimal Roster Construction?
JJ and Rich talk through JJ's exposure thus far in the DraftKings $15M Millionaire tourney before Tom Strachan of FantasyPros and the Fantasy Sanctuary joins the show. JJ and Tom discuss optimal lineup construction,…
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999: The Tight End Dead Zone
Fantasy football gamers have been introduced to the running back dead zone through the years, and while generalizing that area of the draft can be confusing, it's still a very real thing. But there's a place in your…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: A Quick Recap Episode?
JJ's away on vacation this week, but the show must go on. On this week's episode of Becoming a Best Ball Bro, you'll hear some of the best answers from the brilliant guests that have been on the show so far this year.…
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998: Mailbag - Ashton Jeanty's Cost, the Miami Dolphins Offense, and More
Is Ashton Jeanty being drafted at his ceiling? Are the Dolphins bound to fail this year? Is the running back dead zone...dead? JJ answers those questions -- and more -- on this week's mailbag episode. Order the…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: How Many Quarterbacks Are Optimal?
JJ and Rich discuss the changing quarterback landscape over on DraftKings before JJ is joined by Establish the Run's Mike Leone. Mike talks through how he shifts his best ball strategy on a full PPR platform like…
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Late-Round Perspectives: John Daigle Returns
Establish the Run's John Daigle returns to Late-Round Perspectives to talk about the optimal draft strategy for 2025 fantasy football drafts, late-round quarterbacks to target, the running back dead zone, and so much…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Drafting Like You're Right?
JJ and Rich talk about some ADP risers and fallers before Tyler (@Emo__Cowboy) joins the show. JJ and Tyler chat about the quarterback landscape on DraftKings, drafting like you're right, favorite stacks, and so much…
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997: Mailbag - The Broncos Backfield, Brock Bowers Fear, and More
Should we be concerned about RJ Harvey's 2025 outlook now that JK Dobbins is in Denver? How should we approach the Kansas City offense this season? Is Brock Bowers overrated? JJ answers those questions -- and more --…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: How Important Is Uniqueness?
JJ and Rich discuss the late rounds of DraftKings best ball drafts before Liam Murphy joins the show. Liam answers many of JJ's burning questions surrounding quarterback strategy, lineup uniqueness, and so much more.…
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996: A New Way to Spot Middle-Round Running Back Breakouts
JJ has done average draft position analysis for years, leading to discoveries like "ambiguous backfields." On Episode 996, he digs into a new average draft position topic, focusing, once again, on those middle-round…
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Late-Round Perspectives: Graham Barfield
Graham Barfield of Fantasy Points joins JJ to go on a trip down memory lane, talk about his process with Yards Created, get into this year's rookie running back class, and more. Order the Late-Round Prospect Guide or…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Are We Going Zero RB?
JJ and Rich open up the episode and chat a bit about best ball quarterbacks before successful DFS and best ball player Neil Orfield joins the show. Neil and JJ dig into DraftKings best ball settings, the running back…
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995: The Year of the Sophomore Quarterback
Jayden Daniels, Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, Drake Maye, JJ McCarthy, and Michael Penix are all entering their second seasons with a lot of potential. On Episode 995, JJ shares why the majority of them have a great shot of…
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994: Mailbag - Jonathan Taylor's Outlook, Quarterback Bounce-Back Candidates, and More
Is Jonathan Taylor overvalued in fantasy football this year? We know that high touchdown rates regress, but is it advantageous to draft quarterbacks coming off of seasons with low touchdown rates? Is the Bears offense…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: A Full PPR Strategy?
JJ and Rich kick off the show by talking about some of the things they're noticing in early DraftKings best ball drafts. Pat Kerrane of Legendary Upside then joins JJ to chat about roster construction on DK,…
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993: Taking Advantage of Quarterback Touchdown Rates
Passing touchdowns are going to influence fantasy football scoring quite a bit, and, unfortunately, they can be relatively volatile year-over-year. On Episode 993, JJ talks through just how unpredictable touchdowns…
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Late-Round Perspectives: Rich Dotson
Rich Dotson of Dynasty Nerds joins JJ to talk about the thing dynasty managers get wrong most frequently, the 2025 rookie class, trade calculators, dynasty strategy, and so much more. Order the Late-Round Prospect…
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992: Insights From Building Projections
JJ talks through some of the most interesting things he noticed when building out projections for the 2025 fantasy football season. Order the Late-Round Prospect Guide or preorder the Late-Round Draft Guide on…
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Becoming a Best Ball Bro: We're Doing This Again?
JJ and Rich are back for another season of Becoming a Best Ball Bro, this time with a focus on DraftKings best ball. The two talk about the uniqueness of the DraftKings format before JJ reveals some of his early…
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991: Mailbag - RJ Harvey's Outlook, George Pickens' New Home, and More
JJ opens up this week's mailbag episode with some big announcements before digging into the George Pickens trade, RJ Harvey's upside in Denver this year, the importance of draft capital for wide receivers, and more.…
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