Our Official Top Targets of 2021
As draft season heats up, we break down our updated top targets for the 2021 season. RB Najee Harris, Steelers (1:52) RB Antonio Gibson, Washington (4:33) TE Tyler Higbee, Rams (8:00) QB Justin Fields, Bears (9:46) WR Robert Woods, Rams (13:43) RB Mike Davis, Falcons (15:40) RB Aaron Jones, Packers (21:16) WR CeeDee Lamb, Cowboys (24:04) WR Tee Higgins, Bengals (30:40) WR Jerry Jeudy, Broncos (33:55) WR Robby Anderson, Panthers (37:11) WR Keenan Allen and Mike Williams, Chargers (39:31) WR Marvin Jones, Jaguars (43:07) TE T.J. Hockenson, Lions (46:48) WR Corey Davis, Jets (47:51) WR Elijah Moore, Jets (49:20) Antonio Brown, Bucs (51:57) Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here. Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
23 Aug 20211h
The Players No One Is Talking About Before Your Draft
We start with a quick training camp injury update before highlighting the most under-discussed fantasy players from the preseason—or, as we call them, Average Joes—and determining how we feel about them, as explained by the movie ‘Dodgeball.’ RB Josh Jacobs, Raiders (6:52) WR Henry Ruggs and Ryan Edwards, Raiders (12:18) RB Joe Mixon, Bengals (18:29) WR Calvin Ridley, Falcons (23:26) WR Brandin Cooks, Texans (28:36) RB Ronald Jones, Bucs (33:46) WR Corey Davis, Titans (37:16) QB Ryan Tannehill, Titans (42:55) RB Nick Chubb, Browns (45:33) QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, Washington (52:59) Check out The Ringer’s 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here. Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
20 Aug 20211h 5min
Biggest Fallers in Our Top 150
We have updated our top-150 rankings, which you can find here, so we are going to run through the players we’ve dropped and are down on as we enter peak draft season. RB Derrick Henry, Titans (2:19) RB Jonathan Taylor, Colts (7:56) WR Kenny Golladay, Giants (11:03) WR Mike Evans, Bucs (20:21) WRs A.J. Brown, Titans, and D.K. Metcalf, Seahawks (25:48) WR Curtis Samuel, Washington (30:12) WR Rashod Bateman, Ravens (33:37) TE Dallas Goedert, Eagles (35:18) WR Jalen Reagor, Eagles (38:03) Denzel Mims ate bad salmon (40:22) Listener emails (45:12) Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here. Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
18 Aug 20211h 1min
Preseason Week 1 Winners
We go over everything we learned from Week 1 of preseason and determine how it’s changing our thinking, including the rookie QB debuts, the RBs and WRs who stood out, injury updates, and dynasty players to trade for or trade away. Finally, we read a particularly regretful listener email about Santa Claus. QB watch (5:09) Preseason winners (35:40) Injury updates (50:40) Dynasty trade targets (52:37) We ruined Santa Claus for a kid (65:08) Check out our UPDATED rankings on The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here. Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
16 Aug 20211h 11min
Draft Szn Mailbag
As draft season approaches, we open up the mailbag to answer questions on bye weeks in Week 14, college allegiances, when to take QBs in two-QB leagues, best late-round QBs to draft, the most fun yet least helpful player to have vs. the least fun yet most helpful player to have, James Conner’s sneaky value, auction draft strategies, when tell your kids about Santa Claus, how to use ADP to your advantage, and more Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here. Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
13 Aug 202159min
Narratives We Are Buying or Selling, As Told by 'Anchorman'
We determine if we are buying or selling the most popular training camp narratives through quotes from the movie ‘Anchorman.’ Texans (2:38) Bengals (3:58) Colts (10:33) QB Tua Tagovailoa, Dolphins (14:51) Cowboys (20:10) Jaguars (23:03) 49ers (27:57) QB Jalen Hurts, Eagles (35:33) HC Dan Campbell, Lions (40:06) Saquon Barkley, Giants (42:45) Falcons (48:55) Rams (55:46) Saints (65:22) Patriots (67:32) Broncos (69:23) Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here! Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
11 Aug 20211h 16min
The Players You Have to Rank but Will Never Draft
We begin with some injury news from the weekend, including Dak Prescott’s shoulder, Amari Cooper’s foot, Justin Jefferson’s shoulder, and more. Then we talk about the running back dead zone, and why a specific crop of running backs should be avoided each season. News: QB Dak Prescott, Cowboys (4:16) WR Amari Cooper, Cowboys (7:35) WR Justin Jefferson, Vikings (9:23) RB Saquon Barkley, Giants (21:56) RB Najee Harris, Steelers (26:38) TE Hunter Henry, Patriots (28:38) WR Will Fuller, Dolphins (31:55) WR Curtis Samuel, Washington (34:17) The RB Dead Zone (41:51) Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here. Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
9 Aug 20211h 7min
Sneaky-Good Draft Values
We start with news of Joe Burrow’s not fully recovered knee and the Kenny Golladay hamstring situation in New York. Note: We recorded this before the report that Saquon Barkley might miss the first two weeks of the season. Then we introduce a segment called “Name Brand Off Brand.” You know how sometimes the off-brand product is just as good as the name brand for half the price? We look at the players who offer the same upside as more highly priced players but whom you can draft at a discount. News: QB Joe Burrow, Bengals (1:55) WR Kenny Golladay, Giants (7:46) WR Laviska Shenault, Jaguars (14:07) WR D.J. Chark, Jaguars (16:13) WR Marvin Jones, Jaguars (20:16) RB Travis Etienne, Jaguars (22:25) WR Robby Anderson, Panthers (26:57) RB Myles Gaskin, Dolphins (32:35) RB Zack Moss, Bills (37:35) TE Adam Trautman, Saints (43:02) Check out The Ringer's 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Guide here. Email us at ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
6 Aug 202153min
