Draft Sharks - Fantasy Football Podcast

The Raiders just handed the backfield to Mike Washington, even with Ashton Jeanty healthy. That means you NEED to grab Washington on the Week 9 waiver wire … right?

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of http://draftsharks.com dig into Washington’s outlook before moving on to other hot names like Emmett Johnson, Ryan Flournoy, Antonio Williams, and more.

We’re also talking intriguing tight end pickups and streaming defenses for the next two weeks.

Want waiver-wire recommendations customized to your specific team? Hit the Draft Sharks Free Agent Finder.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:37 Mike Washington

9:13 Antonio Williams

11:17 Ryan Flournoy

13:26 Emmett Johnson

16:43 Tight end waiver wire targets

25:58 Week 9 streaming defense

28:40 Week 10 streaming defense

EPISODE LINKS:

• Free Agent Finder
• Streaming defense
• Fantasy football strength of schedule

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Can you trust Caleb Williams or Jared Goff in Week 8? Is Blake Corum worth starting? And which overlooked players could deliver big fantasy performances?

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the toughest Week 8 fantasy football start-sit decisions, including Jacoby Brissett, Jonah Coleman, and Stefon Diggs.

Plus, we're revealing our favorite sneaky starters, planting our flags on Carnell Tate and the Jaguars backfield, and highlighting two new SELL candidates.

Get the matchups, rankings, and fantasy football advice you need to dominate Week 8!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:36 Start or sit Jared Goff and other Lions

9:36 Start or sit Patrick Mahomes

11:11 Start or sit Caleb Williams

13:24 Start or sit Blake Corum

17:05 Start or sit Jonah Coleman

19:39 Start or sit Stefon Diggs

22:45 Start or sit Jacoby Brissett

24:09 Start or sit Chris Rodriguez

26:00 Start or sit Kendrick Bourne

27:38 Start or sit T.J. Hockenson

29:53 Week 8 Flag Plants

37:38 Week 8 trade targets

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 8 rankings
• Fantasy football start sit
• Trade targets
• Week 8 Expert Moves
• Week 8 Matchups That Matter
• Week 7 usage takeaways
• Fantasy news
• Your team-management hub

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

The Week 8 fantasy football waiver wire brings a potential starting RB, some intriguing WR pickups, and a couple of QBs who could save your lineup.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down their top 5 waiver wire targets. We’re talkin’ bid ceiling for Jonah Coleman, how to treat Kaelon Black, which young WRs present intriguing upside, and the top streaming QB for Week 8.

Plus, we’ll set you up with streaming defenses for the next TWO weeks!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:08 Jonah Coleman

3:39 Kaelon Black

5:38 Antonio Williams

8:52 Ja’Kobi Lane

10:52 QB pickups

15:36 Week 8 streaming defense

17:25 Week 9 streaming defense

EPISODE LINKS:

• Free Agent Finder
• Streaming defense
• Fantasy football strength of schedule

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Four teams on bye. Three top-12 fantasy QBs unavailable. So Patrick Mahomes should be an easy Week 7 start, right? Not so fast.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the toughest Week 7 fantasy football start-sit decisions, including whether to trust Mahomes against Seattle, start Aaron Rodgers or Kyler Murray, and take a chance on Woody Marks or Mark Andrews.

We also dig into sneaky starters, explain why Ryan Flournoy might be fooling fantasy managers, and plant our flags for big games from Bo Nix and Kirk Cousins.

Plus, we're targeting Jeremiyah Love and Emeka Egbuka in fantasy trades. Find out why both could be smart buys before their values climb.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:18 Start or sit Patrick Mahomes

2:01 Start or sit Aaron Rodgers

5:08 Start or sit Woody Marks

6:33 Start or sit Omar Cooper Jr.

9:28 Start or sit Mark Andrews

12:17 Start or sit Kyler Murray

15:30 Start or sit Jordan Mason

17:42 Start or sit Ryan Flournoy

20:55 Start or sit Tyler Higbee

22:45 Week 7 flag plants

28:46 Week 7 trade targets

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 7 rankings
• Fantasy football start sit
• Trade targets
• Week 7 Expert Moves
• Week 7 Matchups That Matter
• Week 6 usage takeaways
• Fantasy news
• Your team-management hub

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

The Week 7 fantasy football waiver wire isn't all about injuries. It's about spotting opportunity before the rest of your league catches on.

Is Keenan Allen becoming a reliable weekly fantasy starter? Can Omar Cooper Jr. build on his breakout performance? And which running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends are worth adding now?

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down their top 5 Week 7 waiver wire pickups. Plus, should you buy into Travis Hunter's first touchdown of the season, or is his playing time still too limited?

We'll also highlight the best streaming defenses for Weeks 7 and 8, including a Cleveland Browns defense with an especially attractive upcoming schedule.

Want waiver wire recommendations tailored to YOUR league? The Free Agent Finder athttps://www.draftsharks.com identifies your best available pickups and helps you decide who to drop.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:18 Keenan Allen

5:44 Omar Cooper Jr.

10:29 Chris Rodriguez

13:22 Michael Mayer

17:27 Ja’Kobi Lane

20:44 Travis Hunter

25:06 Week 7 streaming defense

27:15 Week 8 streaming defense

EPISODE LINKS:

• Free Agent Finder: https://www.draftsharks.com/league/free-agent
• Streaming defense: https://www.draftsharks.com/article/streaming-defense
• Fantasy football strength of schedule: https://www.draftsharks.com/strength-of-schedule/def

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Four teams on bye. Injuries challenging lineup decisions. And some surprisingly productive players who might be tough to trust.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the biggest Week 6 fantasy football start-sit decisions, including whether you can trust Bryce Young, Jameis Winston, MarShawn Lloyd, and Ladd McConkey.

We're also digging into sneaky starters and trade targets, as well as planting our flags with some Week 6 producers.

Get your fantasy football rankings, personalized start-sit advice, and trade recommendations at DraftSharks.com.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:33 Start or sit Bryce Young

3:24 Start or sit Jameis Winston

6:10 Start or sit MarShawn Lloyd

9:35 Start or sit Dameon Pierce

11:59 Start or sit Ladd McConkey

14:28 Keena Allen vs. Josh Downs

16:35 Start or sit Colston Loveland

19:24 Start or sit Kirk Cousins

21:51 Start or sit Blake Corum

23:32 Start or sit Germie Bernard

25:21 Start or sit Pat Freiermuth

26:50 Week 6 flag plants

33:56 Buy Zay Flowers

36:48 Sell Jaylen Warren

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 6 rankings
• Fantasy football start sit
• Trade targets
• Week 6 Expert Moves
• Week 6 Matchups That Matter
• Don’t Trust the Boxscore
• Week 5 usage takeaways
• Fantasy news
• Your team-management hub

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Looking for help on the Week 6 waiver wire? We’ve got some bad news for you.

This is NOT the week to find immediate game changers. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get value. Matt and Jared break down which of this week’s prime targets probably aren’t worth your time and which hidden gems might still be out there.

We’re also targeting streaming defenses for Week 6 and getting ahead of Week 7 waivers by highlighting some streamers for NEXT week.

Get your advantage right here.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

1:01 Jonah Coleman

3:30 Germie Bernard

6:40 Dameon Pierce

9:26 Roschon Johnson

11:54 Ryan Flournoy

14:06 Week 6 streaming defense

15:54 Week 7 streaming defense

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups
• Free Agent Finder
• Streaming defense
• Fantasy football strength of schedule

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Can you trust Braelon Allen, Will Shipley, or Ollie Gordon in your Week 5 fantasy football lineup? Injuries have created new opportunities at running back, but which of these guys can actually deliver?

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the toughest Week 5 start-sit decisions, identify sneaky starters, and reveal their bold predictions. Plus, we're targeting Matthew Golden in fantasy trades and debating whether Bhayshul Tuten is worth buying.

Get the fantasy football advice you need to win Week 5 and beyond at DraftSharks.com.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:31 Start or sit Drake Maye

3:40 Start or sit Jayden Daniels

6:22 Start or sit Braelon Allen

8:59 Start or sit Will Shipley

13:13 Start or sit Ollie Gordon

15:41 Start or sit Josh Downs

18:08 Start or sit Jacoby Brissett

20:52 Start or sit RJ Harvey

23:15 Start or sit Mike Gesicki

25:02 Week 5 flag plants

28:49 Week 5 trade targets

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 5 rankings
• Fantasy football start sit
• Trade targets
• Week 5 Matchups That Matter
• Don’t Trust the Boxscore
• Week 4 usage takeaways
• Fantasy news
• Your team-management hub

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Week 5 waivers bring opportunity, injury uncertainty, and the first round of NFL byes.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of http://draftsharks.com break down their top waiver wire targets for Week 5, led by Will Shipley after Saquon Barkley’s hamstring injury. They also dig into Keaton Mitchell’s growing role, Michael Mayer’s encouraging usage, and opportunities for Keon Coleman and Antonio Williams.

Plus: a bonus QB streamer, Tyreek Hill talk, and streaming defenses for the next two weeks.

Check your Free Agent Finder at DraftSharks.com to see exactly who’s available in your league and get customized add/drop recommendations for your roster.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:33 Will Shipley

7:34 Keaton Mitchell

10:08 Michael Mayer

12:09 Keon Coleman

14:21 Antonio Williams

16:48 Jacoby Brissett

19:35 Tyreek Hill

22:56 Week 5 streaming defense

24:40 Week 6 streaming defense

EPISODE LINKS:

• Free Agent Finder
• Streaming defense
• Fantasy football strength of schedule

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Week 4 brings some tricky lineup calls, including Drake Maye, David Montgomery, Braelon Allen, Jameson Williams, and Marcus Mariota.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down those start-sit decisions before digging into their favorite sneaky starters for Week 4.

Then it’s time to check the Panic Meter. How worried should fantasy managers be about Kyler Murray and Malik Nabers? And is Jadarian Price still worth holding with Zach Charbonnet nearing a return?

We’ll also plant our Week 4 flags and hit the trade market, where Matt explains why he’s looking to sell Deebo Samuel and Jared makes the case for buying Chase Brown.

Get customized start-sit advice, waiver recommendations, trade analysis, and more at DraftSharks.com.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:26 Start or sit Drake Maye

4:11 Start or sit Marcus Mariota

6:32 Start or sit David Montgomery

9:54 Start or sit Braelon Allen

11:15 Start or sit Kalif Raymond

15:42 Start or sit Jameson Williams

19:45 Start or sit C.J. Stroud

21:20 Start or sit Alvin Kamara

23:05 Start or sit Stefon Diggs

24:55 Start or sit Brenton Strange

27:25 Panic Meter: Kyler Murray

33:14 Panic Meter: Malik Nabers

36:49 Panic Meter: Jadarian Price

39:37 Week 3 flag plant review

41:10 Week 4 flag plants

44:15 Week 4 trade targets

EPISODE LINKS

• Week 4 rankings
• Fantasy football start sit
• Week 4 trade targets
• Your team-management hub
• Week 4 Matchups That Matter
• Don’t Trust the Boxscore
• Week 3 usage takeaways
• Fantasy news

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

De’Von Achane is done for the season. Breece Hall and Travis Etienne are dealing with injuries. That puts some potentially valuable running backs at the top of the Week 4 fantasy football waiver wire.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the top Week 4 waiver pickups, led by Braelon Allen and Ollie Gordon. We’ll dig into the backfield usage you need to know, plus whether Kenyon Sadiq, Keenan Allen, Kendre Miller, and Alvin Kamara belong on your waiver list.

We’ll also hit a sneaky PPR option in Miami and the defenses you should consider streaming in Weeks 4 and 5.

Want waiver recommendations built specifically for your team? The Draft Sharks Free Agent Finder syncs with your league, checks who’s actually available, accounts for your scoring and lineup settings, and recommends exactly who to add and drop.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:42 Braelon Allen

5:38 Kenyon Sadiq

9:31 Ollie Gordon

14:46 Keenan Allen

16:21 Saints RBs

19:27 Streaming defenses

EPISODE LINKS:

• Free Agent Finder
• Streaming defense

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Week 3 is here, and two games still haven’t given us all the answers.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the biggest fantasy football start-sit decisions for Week 3, led by the most-searched question in our Who to Start tool: Bryce Young or Tyler Shough?

We’ll also hit Justin Herbert, Drake Maye, Devaughn Vele, Kirk Cousins, and the Washington WRs before digging into some sneaky Week 3 starters.

Plus:

• Panic Meter checks on Rashee Rice, Colston Loveland, and De’Von Achane
• Flag plants on Jaylen Warren and … Geno Smith?!?
• Why you should sell Omarion Hampton

Need help with your own lineup? Sync your league at DraftSharks.com for customized start-sit recommendations based on your scoring, roster settings, and available free agents.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:52 Bryce Young or Tyler Shough?

7:44 Start or sit DeVaugh Vele

9:27 Start or sit Justin Herbert

12:29 Start or sit Drake Maye

15:13 Start or sit Kirk Cousins

16:24 Start or sit Terry McLaurin and Stefon Diggs

20:54 Sneaky starters

26:52 Panic meter: Rashee Rice

31:16 Panic meter: Colston Loveland

35:11 Panic meter: De’Von Achane

37:26 Week 3 flag plants

42:04 Trade targets

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 3 rankings
• Fantasy football start sit
• Week 3 Matchups That Matter
• Don’t Trust the Boxscore
• Week 2 usage takeaways
• Week 3 trade targets
• Who to Start
• Fantasy news
• Your team-management hub

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Week 1 gave us breakouts, busts, and plenty of reasons to overreact. Now comes the hard part: figuring out what was real.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the biggest fantasy football start-sit questions for Week 2, including Justin Herbert, Kyle Monangai, Jalen Coker, George Kittle, and more.

We’re also revealing sneaky Week 2 starters, running Drake Maye, Christian McCaffrey, and Travis Etienne through the Panic Meter, planting flags on Terry McLaurin and Dak Prescott, and identifying buy-low trade targets.

Plus, find out how the Draft Sharks Team Dashboard, Who to Start tool, and Free Agent Finder can help you make the right lineup and roster decisions for your league.

Get your Week 2 lineup set before kickoff.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:45 Start or sit Justin Herbert

3:05 Start or sit Jadarian Price

6:32 Start or sit Kyle Monangai

8:12 Start or sit Jalen Coker

11:17 Start or sit George Kittle

13:18 Start Aaron Jones

15:00 Start Quentin Johnston

16:28 Start T.J. Hockenson

18:33 Panic Meter: Drake Maye

21:34 Panic Meter: Christian McCaffrey

24:25 Panic Meter: Travis Etienne

27:42 Week 2 flag plants

31:51 Week 2 trade targets

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 2 rankings
• Fantasy football start sit
• Fantasy news
• Don’t Trust the Boxscore
• Week 1 usage takeaways
• Trade targets
• Your team-management hub

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Week 1 gave us plenty of surprises. Now it’s time to figure out which ones actually matter for your fantasy football team.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the top fantasy football waiver wire targets for Week 2, including Kaelon Black’s surprising workload, Tre Harris’ opportunity, and more.

We’ll also hit our favorite defenses to stream for Week 2 and look ahead to a Week 3 DST you might want to stash before your league mates catch on.

And remember: The best waiver pickup depends on the specifics of your situation. Sync your league at DraftSharks.com and let the Free Agent Finder identify the best available players for your scoring, lineup, and roster settings.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:07 Kaelon Black

3:54 DeVaughn Vele

7:08 Tre Harris

9:25 Caleb Douglas

14:31 Michael Mayer

18:32 Week 2 streaming defense

21:30 Week 3 streaming defense

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 2 streaming defense
• Free Agent Finder

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
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Need some start or sit help for Week 1 of the NFL season?

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of http://draftsharks.com look at some of the week’s most difficult lineup decisions, including what to do with George Kittle, Jeremiyah Love, MarShawn Lloyd and more.

We’re also digging into the matchups at play in Patriots-Seahawks and Rams-49ers. Plus we’ll reveal a sneaky Week 1 starter at tight end and a key waiver-wire stash.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:41 Start or sit Rhamondre Stevenson

3:24 Start or sit Jadarian Price

6:16 Seahawks DB changes

8:06 Start or sit Drake Maye?

9:19 Start or sit George Kittle?

11:16 Start or sit Mike Evans?

14:08 Christian McCaffrey

16:22 Start or sit Matthew Stafford?

20:31 Start or sit Jeremiyah Love?

22:46 Start or sit Mike Washington?

25:28 Start or sit Jonathon Brooks? Chuba Hubbard?

27:26 Start or sit MarShawn Lloyd?

29:26 Start or sit Jayden Reed and Matthew Golden?

32:08 Start or sit Emeka Egbuka?

34:46 Start or sit Michael Wilson and Marvin Harrison Jr.?

38:33 Start or sit Malik Nabers?

41:50 Sneaky Week 1 starter at tight end

44:29 Week 1 waiver wire stash

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We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Looking for 2026 IDP sleepers? Matt Schauf breaks down four defenders who could outperform their draft-day price.

DeMarvion Overshown brings top-12 upside in his return from injury to lead a trio of LBs, plus a veteran DB with enticing rebound potential

Find out which IDP sleepers belong on your fantasy football draft list.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

1:04 DeMarvion Overshown

2:46 Nakobe Dean

6:15 Minkah Fitzpatrick

9:29 Josiah Trotter

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• IDP Sleepers
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Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Looking for some last-minute fantasy football sleepers? Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down their favorite late-round targets, including De’Zhaun Stribling, KC Concepcion, Jordan Mason, and some high-upside RB picks.

These are players you can target in the double-digit rounds of your fantasy football draft, and some might even be sitting on waivers if you’ve already drafted. We dig into which sleepers have the clearest paths to bigger roles, which RBs could explode with one injury, and why Tyjae Spears might be one of the biggest values in fantasy drafts right now.

We also explain how Upside Mode works in the Draft Sharks Draft War Room. As your draft moves into the later rounds, Upside Mode puts more weight on ceiling and helps identify the high-upside picks who can turn a good fantasy football draft into a league winner.

Sync your league at DraftSharks.com to get personalized rankings and a Draft War Room built specifically for your league.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

1:07 De’Zhaun Stribling

5:11 KC Concepcion

8:47 Jordan Mason

11:43 Tyjae Spears

14:02 Emmett Johnson

16:35 Jonah Coleman

20:20 Justice Hill

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• Fantasy football sleepers
• Fantasy football rankings
• Fantasy football ADP
• Fantasy Environment Score
• Get Your Draft War Room

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Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

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• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

The AFC West closes out our 2026 fantasy football division previews, and there’s plenty to sort through before your draft.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of DraftSharks.com break down the Broncos, Chiefs, Raiders, and Chargers, highlighting the best fantasy football draft targets, overpriced players, and sleepers from each team.

Can Jaylen Waddle and Bo Nix lift the Broncos offense? Is Kenneth Walker a value with the Chiefs? How early should you draft Ashton Jeanty and Brock Bowers? And what does Mike McDaniel’s arrival mean for Justin Herbert, Ladd McConkey, and the Chargers offense?

We dig into those questions plus J.K. Dobbins, Jonah Coleman, Patrick Mahomes, Omarion Hampton, Keaton Mitchell, Quentin Johnston, and more AFC West fantasy football picks for 2026.

Get the latest fantasy football rankings, player projections, and customized draft advice at DraftSharks.com.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:13 Denver Broncos changes

2:58 Broncos top targets

7:07 Broncos backfield

12:46 Broncos sleepers

16:23 Kansas City Chiefs changes

20:22 Chiefs top targets

25:04 Overpriced Chiefs

27:15 Chiefs sleepers

32:04 Las Vegas Raiders changes

35:00 What to do with Ashton Jeanty

41:21 Mike Washington effect

45:58 Brock Bowers

49:15 Any Raiders sleepers?

54:18 Los Angeles Chargers changes

56:24 Overpriced Chargers

1:03:44 Chargers top targets

1:09:25 Chargers sleepers

EPISODE LINKS:

• Broncos preview
• Chiefs preview
• Raiders preview
• Chargers preview
• Fantasy Football Rankings
• Fantasy Football ADP
• Fantasy Environment Score

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• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Your 2026 fantasy football draft strategy needs to stay flexible. Injuries, ADP movement, and the way your specific draft unfolds can quickly change which positions offer the best value.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola of Draft Sharks break down their 2026 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy Guide, position by position.

We cover when to draft QB, how early to attack RB and WR, where the best TE values sit, and how the strategy changes by format.

Need a strategy for a different league size or scoring format? DraftSharks.com has fantasy football draft guides covering a wide range of formats.

And for a draft strategy built specifically around your league, your scoring, and your draft, fire up the Draft War Room and let it identify the best value at every pick.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:48 Injury watchlist

3:54 QB strategy

9:55 Superflex strategy

14:20 RB early-round strategy

17:57 Mid-round RB targets

19:11 Upside in ambiguous backfields

20:47 WR plan

25:14 Late-round WR stashes

(27:09 Seahawks video)

27:12 Tight end stepping stones

32:34 Late-round TE stashes

EPISODE LINKS:

• Fantasy Football Draft Guide
• Fantasy football rankings
• Fantasy football ADP
• Get your Draft War Room

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Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

The NFC West brings some of the biggest fantasy football questions of 2026.

Matt Schauf and Jared Smola break down the Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, and Seattle Seahawks, highlighting the best draft targets, overpriced players, and sleepers from each team.

Is Brock Purdy still undervalued after his huge finish last season? Can Christian McCaffrey keep dominating? And which late-round options, including Rashid Shaheed, Michael Wilson, and De’Zhaun Stribling, could beat ADP?

The guys also cover Puka Nacua, Davante Adams, Marvin Harrison Jr., Mike Evans, George Kittle, Jadarian Price, Trey McBride, and more.

Check the Draft Sharks rankings, projections, and full player profiles to see where every NFC West player belongs in your 2026 fantasy football draft.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:17 Arizona Cardinals changes

3:34 Cardinals top targets

9:20 Overpriced Cardinals

11:49 Cardinals sleepers

14:16 Los Angeles Rams changes

16:40 Rams top targets

21:21 Overpriced Rams

27:09 Rams sleepers

30:22 San Francisco 49ers changes

32:01 49ers top targets

36:49 Overpriced 49ers

40:41 49ers sleepers

43:02 Seattle Seahawks changes

45:04 Seahawks targets

49:51 Seahawks sleepers

EPISODE LINKS:

• Fantasy Football Rankings
• Fantasy Football ADP
• Cardinals preview
• Rams preview
• 49ers preview
• Seahawks preview

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Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.

• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.

• Mock Draft Simulator
Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.

• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.