The Margins

A panel of dynasty experts break down the current landscape and forecast the next 12 months. Apologies for the audio quality on my end and a sincere thank you to Koopa, Zac, Cam, and Scott!

Zac Reed, my favorite creative writer/film analyst joins The Margins to discuss storytelling in fantasy football. What is the role of lore in actionable dynasty? How do we construct narratives? What is 2026 telling us so far?

What lessons can we learn and apply to dynasty from the world of endurance sports? Friend of the show J returns to discuss.

Pulled from the archives, we've got Koopa (@koopatroopa8.bsky.social) with an evergreen conversation about fantasy football's relationship with data and analytics and how to apply them.

After a brief hiatus emerging analyst J (@jonleonard.bsky.social) joins the Margins to discuss the intersection of information and data, how analytics can provide advantages as well as self sabotage in our blind spots.

Jake is a dynasty chameleon. We discuss when (and how) to strategically blend in while maintaining veiled conviction.

Let's discuss borrowing ideas and making them our own, the cyclical nature of fantasy football, chasing better answers instead of the "right" answer, overfitting philosophies, and much more.

What do we owe our readers and listeners? We discuss the concepts of helpfulness, limitations, and authenticity.

Billy shares his ideation process; how to turn curiosity into actionable content, where analytics plays a role, and the edges within frugality.

Exploring the dynasty worldview of one of the sharpest analysts in fantasy football. We discuss symbiosis, joy, how to design conscious decision-making processes, and the intentional placement of variance.

Let's challenge the concept of portfolio play, and it's place in the dynasty fantasy football hierarchy of meta strategies.

Listener Thomas joins for a dynasty fantasy football strategy session on The Margins. They break down how to build rosters that reduce lineup season decision fatigue, the philosophy behind the 2026 rookie draft including when to target your guy versus letting the board dictate value, early season trade timing and market inefficiencies, and the role of third year breakouts in long term roster construction.

Let's go nuts, this time about having contrarian opinions, being actionable and maintaining a unique perspective grounded by what our eyes tell us while marrying the analytics.

It's time to bring back Carol Harmon, professional poker player, to talk theory, growth, curiosity, and when to deviate from the odds.

Ever wonder what it's like to conceptualize, and build a fantasy football movement? My next guest, John Hogue, has done just that. We dig in and put the QBx philosophy under the microscope, plus wisdom from a veteran dynasty voice.

@mikekash.bsky.social joins the show to set the table in our very first strategy session.