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Collaboration - I Had To Say It

May 17, 2021 11:05 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MB

Supporting independent podcasters is a big deal here at the Astros Fantasy Football Podcast. Today we bring In Aaron from I Had To Say It podcast. A social pressure valve and a place to get some truths from a midwestern gentleman. Aaron attempts the world famous Astros Trivia round and also teaches Matty C about reptiles. Check out his show @ihadtosayitpodcast on IG and ihadtosayitpodcast.com

Talor Talks a big old mock draft

May 13, 2021 10:00 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MB

Statistics show 92% of people don’t think it’s too early for a mock draft and we won’t disappoint! Talor & Matty C each do a mock draft from different positions and talk though the decision making.

Collaboration - Bring In The Backups™️ with Erick Hellwig (Part 2)

May 07, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB

Supporting independent podcasters is a big deal here at the Astros Fantasy Football Podcast. Today we bring back Erick Hellwig from the Bring In The Backups podcast for a big Part 2! Erick is asked to negotiate the famous Astros Trivia round and also gets a lesson from Seahorse on geography. Check out his show @BringInTheBackups on IG and find Erick @ErickHellwig on Twitter and ErickHellwig.com

Collaboration - Bring In The Backups™️ with Erick Hellwig (Part 1)

May 06, 2021 12:05 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

Supporting independent podcasters is a big deal here at the Astros Fantasy Football Podcast. Today we’ll chat to Erick Hellwig from the Bring In The Backups podcast! Erick is a stand up comedian from LA and a football savant but can he master saying ‘hooroo’ and will the Iraqis in the crowd accept his change of pace? Check out his show @BringInTheBackups on IG and find Erick @ErickHellwig on Twitter and ErickHellwig.com

Talor Talks the NFL Draft (Part 2)

May 04, 2021 11:58 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MB

This is the continuation of the conversation around the outcomes from the NFL Draft. Join Talor as he talks Matty C through the winners and losers for fantasy

Talor Talks the NFL Draft (Part 1)

May 03, 2021 11:48 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB

Last weekend brought new news and we aren’t gonna let it sneak by. Join Talor as he talks Matty C through the winners and losers for fantasy

Collaboration - Concerts That Made Us™️

April 29, 2021 23:25 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MB

Supporting independent podcasters is a big deal here at the Astros Fantasy Football Podcast. Today we’ll chat to Brian from the Concerts That Made Us podcast! Can Brian be the one ton jump to the top of the Astros Trivia World Championship table? Check out his show @ConcertsThatMadeUs on IG, FB, @ConcertsUs on Twitter and are everywhere you get podcasts!

Dynasty - Rookies

April 27, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MB

Matty C talks rookies ahead of this week’s NFL draft. Rankings are from @dynastytradecalculator and the NFL mock draft is from the great @max_juancast

Collaboration - Take Up Space™️

April 22, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 33.3 MB

Supporting independent podcasters is a big deal here at the Astros Fantasy Football Podcast. Today we’ll chat to Leah from the Take Up Space podcast! Can Leah jump to the top of the Astros Trivia World Championship table? Check out her show @takeupspacepod on IG, FB, Twitter and everywhere you get podcasts! Also check out other shows from @ChampionsOfDiscourse including Black Horror Humor

Talor Talks QBs

April 18, 2021 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MB

Before the rookie draft at the end of April it’s time to get our ducks in a row! Talor returns with more award winning Talor Talk and takes Matty C through a journey at the fringe of starting level QBs for most standard sized leagues Put yourself in the drivers seat of your draft at QB but also get out the sherbet for Justin Herbert, get a starter that Hurts So Good, find yourself Tanne-thrilled or simply dine on the new extended range of sandwiches at the Astros cafeteria

Collaboration - Murder Bird™️

April 15, 2021 10:10 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB

Supporting independent podcasters is a big deal here at the Astros Fantasy Football Podcast. Today we’ll chat to Sophie from the Murder Bird Podcast! Even being from the UK won’t save Sophie from Matty C’s Fantasy Football test ✅ Check out her show @murderbirdpod on IG, Twitter and everywhere you get podcasts!

Into the vault - Dynasty League Football

April 12, 2021 12:02 - 1 hour - 29.5 MB

Matty C is joined by 2019 champion and Dynasty Football savant, Marky Mark. We go deep into the dynasty weeds with what it is and how to play. Marky Mark predicts a few guys who will declare for the draft. Where do they go? Join us later this week for another of the great shows in our collaboration series from Great Britain!

Collaboration - Chaotic Neutral™️

April 08, 2021 09:18 - 9 minutes - 9.11 MB

Supporting independent podcasters is a big deal here at the Astros Fantasy Football Podcast. Today we’ll chat to Paige from the Chaotic Neutral Podcast! Matty C even puts Paige through a Fantasy Football test ✅ Check out her show @chaoticneutralpod on IG & everywhere you get podcasts

Chaotic Neutral™️ Minisode

April 08, 2021 09:18 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MB

Supporting independent podcasters is a big deal here at the Astros Fantasy Football Podcast. Today we’ll chat to Paige from the Chaotic Neutral Podcast! Matty C even puts Paige through a Fantasy Football test ✅ Check out her show @chaoticneutralpod on IG & everywhere you get podcasts --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Talor Talk Recaps Free Agency (Part 2)

April 05, 2021 11:00 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MB

Off season - Talor Talk Recaps Free Agency Having hung out hats on a few potential player moves and dreamed up some fun (but unlikely) homes for a few too, Talor & Matty unpick the madness from NFL Free Agency! Attend Corey Davis’ funeral, pour a glass of Jujuice, uncelebrate Cam Newton and get a heartfelt plea to avoid a complete disaster zone in the old republic plus more! @AstroLeaguePodcast on FB & IG @AstroLeaguePod on Twitter

Talor Talk Recaps Free Agency (Part 1)

April 01, 2021 11:33 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB

Off season - Talor Talk Recaps Free Agency Having hung out hats on a few potential player moves and dreamed up some fun (but unlikely) homes for a few too, Talor & Matty unpick the madness from NFL Free Agency! Put toothpaste back in the tube, have a lettuce sandwich, a pie floater and get rubbed all over by a pet all while enjoying our analysis and musings @AstroLeaguePodcast on FB & IG @AstroLeaguePod on Twitter

Talor Talk Recaps Free Agency

April 01, 2021 11:33 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

Off season - Talor Talk Recaps Free Agency Having hung out hats on a few potential player moves and dreamed up some fun (but unlikely) homes for a few too, Talor & Matty unpick the madness from NFL Free Agency! Put toothpaste back in the tube, have a lettuce sandwich, a pie floater and get rubbed all over by a pet all while enjoying our analysis and musings @AstroLeaguePodcast on FB & IG @AstroLeaguePod on Twitter --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a pod...

Fantasy Football for Beginners (Part 4)

March 29, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

Part 4 wraps up the series. You’ll be an accomplished strategist and savvy negotiator of things like roster construction, bye weeks, injuries and trades. Thanks for coming along for the ride with Matty C

Into the vault - Seahorse on a high horse

March 25, 2021 11:14 - 25 minutes - 24 MB

Today we go into the vault with Seahorse and Matty C. They talk playoffs, how to keep teams who miss the playoffs interested and a bunch about advantages from our own league owners survey

Fantasy Football for Beginners (Part 3)

March 22, 2021 10:24 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MB

Welcome to our mini series for the new fantasy football player. Today we visit your mock draft and talk about the fallout of the decision making you had to go through. We explore why some positions are more sought after at different times in the draft and getting the most out of each time you invest a pick in a player Check out Parts 1 & 2 available now plus the show where we did a mock draft together earlier this week. Try one yourself at this website https://draftwizard.fantasypros.com/f...

Fantasy Football for Beginners - Catching up your homework

March 18, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

If you haven’t tried your mock draft yet, join Matty C and try one with a mate instead of on your lonesome 👌🏻 https://draftwizard.fantasypros.com/football/mock-draft-simulator/settings/

Fantasy Football for Beginners (Part 2)

March 15, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 13.7 MB

Welcome to our mini series for the new fantasy football player. Today we talk values, costs, rankings and ADP. Check out Part 1 where we started learning the nuts and bolts of roster positions, scoring and rules. https://draftwizard.fantasypros.com/football/mock-draft-simulator/settings/

Off Season - Talor Talks total nonsense

March 13, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MB

The missing segment is here! After the Friday show there were players Talor wanted to talk about who didn’t make the show - and Matty C wants to rectify it. A lot of great scenarios and even better tangents

Off Season - Talor Talks Free Agency

March 11, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38.7 MB

With so many players in the position where they can find new homes, Talor and Matty explore the potential teams that might take on these newly stateless guys

Fantasy Football for Beginners (Part 1)

March 08, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 16.5 MB

Welcome to our mini series for the new fantasy football player. No better start to it than learning the nuts and bolts of roster positions, scoring and rules.

League Management - Roster Flexibility

March 04, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 36 MB

The return of Seahorse is marked with talk about how leagues can approach making tweaks with balance and competitiveness in front of mind

Off Season - Talor’s Dream Team

March 01, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 26.8 MB

The next in our series of off season shows brings us another great Fantasy Dream Team

Off Season - Rookie Wide Receivers and Tight Ends with Evan Flay

February 25, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MB

Welcome to the Friday show! It’s a pleasure to have our Kiwi American mate Evan Flay return to the show as he and Matty C take another step in knowledge for those of us who play dynasty fantasy football or might want to take steps to embark on a journey into it for the first time. This is part two of the series Evan where shares his insights into specific rookies. Today is Wide Receivers and Tight Ends under the microscope and Evan gives his unique perspective as a seasoned dynasty player and...

Off Season - Rookie Quarterbacks and Running Backs with Evan Flay

February 22, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 26.8 MB

Welcome to the Tuesday show! It’s a pleasure to have our Kiwi American mate Evan Flay return to the show as he and Matty C take another step in knowledge for those of us who play dynasty fantasy football or might want to take steps to embark on a journey into it for the first time. In a two part series Evan will share his insights into specific rookie Quarterbacks and Running Backs for his unique perspective as a seasoned dynasty player and as a sprint coach. Part 2 on Friday will include Wid...

Off Season - NFL Rules v Amateur Rules (Part 2)

February 18, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB

Welcome to the Friday show with a brand new guest! Today we are joined by the CEO of Australian Gridiron Officials, Mitchy! This is part 2 of our exploration of rule differences between the NFL and the most common rules in College/Amateur football. We cover special teams, the catch rule, pass interference, formations, scoring, discipline and even officials. If you missed Part 1 duck back and check out Tuesday’s show too! Find us on FB & IG @AstroLeaguePodcats and Twitter @AstroLeaguePod

King of Refs (Part 1)

February 15, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MB

Welcome to the Tuesday show with a brand new guest! Today we are joined by the CEO of Australian Gridiron Officials, Mitchy! This is part 1 of our exploration of rule differences between the NFL and the most common rules in College/Amateur football. We cover rule books, hash marks, equipment, jerseys, clock and overtime with a second part to come on Friday’s show! Find us on FB & IG @AstroLeaguePodcats and Twitter @AstroLeaguePod --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way ...

Off Season - NFL Rules v Amateur Rules (Part 1)

February 15, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MB

Welcome to the Tuesday show with a brand new guest! Today we are joined by the CEO of Australian Gridiron Officials, Mitchy! This is part 1 of our exploration of rule differences between the NFL and the most common rules in College/Amateur football. We cover rule books, hash marks, equipment, jerseys, clock and overtime with a second part to come on Friday’s show! Find us on FB & IG @AstroLeaguePodcats and Twitter @AstroLeaguePod

Draft Day Experience Part 2

February 11, 2021 09:30 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MB

Draft day is pretty much the equivalent of Christmas in Fantasy Land. You’re gifted the chance to pick your team of legends to take you on the first steps of the journey to a championship! Seahorse joins Matty C to explore what draft day has been in our league and what it might become. The league owners are maturing and expecting more fun from this league each year which means exploring a bunch of options for what the next evolutions of Draft Day are for the Astro League. What is your league’...

League Management - Draft Day Experience (Part 2)

February 11, 2021 09:30 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MB

Draft day is pretty much the equivalent of Christmas in Fantasy Land. You’re gifted the chance to pick your team of legends to take you on the first steps of the journey to a championship! Seahorse joins Matty C to explore what draft day has been in our league and what it might become. The league owners are maturing and expecting more fun from this league each year which means exploring a bunch of options for what the next evolutions of Draft Day are for the Astro League. What is your league’...

Draft Day Experience Pt 1

February 07, 2021 19:20 - 37 minutes - 35.1 MB

Draft day is pretty much the equivalent of Christmas in Fantasy Land. You’re gifted the chance to pick your team of legends to take you on the first steps of the journey to a championship! Seahorse joins Matty C to explore what draft day has been in our league and what it might become. The league owners are maturing and expecting more fun from this league each year which means exploring a bunch of options for what the next evolutions of Draft Day are for the Astro League. What is your league’...

League Management- Draft Day Experience (Part 1)

February 07, 2021 19:20 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MB

Draft day is pretty much the equivalent of Christmas in Fantasy Land. You’re gifted the chance to pick your team of legends to take you on the first steps of the journey to a championship! Seahorse joins Matty C to explore what draft day has been in our league and what it might become. The league owners are maturing and expecting more fun from this league each year which means exploring a bunch of options for what the next evolutions of Draft Day are for the Astro League. What is your league’...

Off Season - Talor Talks the Super Bowl

February 05, 2021 09:04 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MB

Oh no you don’t. You can’t play a Super Bowl without Talor and Matty C giving their two cents. There is plenty of other days to talk fantasy so today it’s just NFL talk PLUS our resident Buccaneers and Chiefs fans call in for their say on the grand final game

Talor Talks the Super Bowl

February 05, 2021 09:04 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MB

Oh no you don’t. You can’t play a Super Bowl without Talor and Matty C giving their two cents. There is plenty of other days to talk fantasy so today it’s just NFL talk PLUS our resident Buccaneers and Chiefs fans call in for their say on the grand final game --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dynasty Week - Evan Flay (Part 2)

February 02, 2021 10:45 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MB

Dynasty Week It’s like Shark Week but better! Join us this week as we welcome international guest Evan Flay! A Kiwi/American who is into his dynasty league fantasy football and is a track coach in Seattle. Matty C & Evan talk about the biggest off season event in dynasty football... drafting! How do you use your draft picks when you are looking only at rookies who’ve never played in the NFL before? How do you seperate two guys you kinda like equally when you can only choose one? How many...

Dynasty Week with Evan Flay (Pt 2)

February 02, 2021 10:45 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MB

Dynasty Week It’s like Shark Week but better! Join us this week as we welcome international guest Evan Flay! A Kiwi/American who is into his dynasty league fantasy football and is a track coach in Seattle. Matty C & Evan talk about the biggest off season event in dynasty football... drafting! How do you use your draft picks when you are looking only at rookies who’ve never played in the NFL before? How do you seperate two guys you kinda like equally when you can only choose one? How many...

Dynasty Week - Evan Flay (Part 1)

February 01, 2021 09:50 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

It’s like Shark Week but better! Join us this week as we welcome international guest Evan Flay! A Kiwi/American who is into his dynasty league fantasy football and is a track coach in Seattle. Matty C & Evan talk about finding fantasy, finding dynasty fantasy and then into the biggest off season event in dynasty football... drafting

Dynasty Week with Evan Flay (Pt 1)

February 01, 2021 09:50 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MB

It’s like Shark Week but better! Join us this week as we welcome international guest Evan Flay! A Kiwi/American who is into his dynasty league fantasy football and is a track coach in Seattle. Matty C & Evan talk about finding fantasy, finding dynasty fantasy and then into the biggest off season event in dynasty football... drafting --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Defensive Chronicles

January 29, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 44.4 MB

Every league with a pretty static group of owners from year to year need to be looking at how to make their league continually improve. Thanks to Seahorse and his undying passion for ‘the other side of the ball’ we get to explore scoring for the DEF position in detail. It’s scary as one unit but once made into groups of parts we can work out how to take the label of ‘throw away position’ out of this roster spot and make it great again --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easies...

League Management - The Defensive Chronicles

January 29, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB

Every league with a pretty static group of owners from year to year need to be looking at how to make their league continually improve. Thanks to Seahorse and his undying passion for ‘the other side of the ball’ we get to explore scoring for the DEF position in detail. It’s scary as one unit but once made into groups of parts we can work out how to take the label of ‘throw away position’ out of this roster spot and make it great again

Coach Ryan’s Fantasy Dream Team

January 27, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 23 MB

There is no off season! When Coach Ryan came by to talk a couple of weeks ago we talked about his fantasy dream team. Get Google ready so you can learn a little about some great players - some of who aren’t household names, --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Off Season - Coach Ryan’s Fantasy Dream Team

January 27, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MB

There is no off season! When Coach Ryan came by to talk a couple of weeks ago we talked about his fantasy dream team. Get Google ready so you can learn a little about some great players - some of who aren’t household names,

League Management - Always check the waivers

January 24, 2021 11:26 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

It’s a new week and we are talking fantasy nitty-gritty again with our old mate, Seahorse! He’s donning the Sheriff badge and helping us explore what benefits there are to working on waiver priority - the order which teams get to choose from unowned players each week. If you have this feed of the show you aren’t in danger of losing your favourite Aussie fantasy football show so breathe a sigh of relief. We love having you here and are glad you’re enjoying our little podcast

Always check the waivers

January 24, 2021 11:26 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

It’s a new week and we are talking fantasy nitty-gritty again with our old mate, Seahorse! He’s donning the Sheriff badge and helping us explore what benefits there are to working on waiver priority - the order which teams get to choose from unowned players each week. If you have this feed of the show you aren’t in danger of losing your favourite Aussie fantasy football show so breathe a sigh of relief. We love having you here and are glad you’re enjoying our little podcast --- This episo...

Off Season - Sizzle and Quinny plus Talor (Part 2)

January 21, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MB

Today on the show we are still with the boys from @SizzleAndQuinny Podcast. We talk about some fun ideas for fantasy. Sizzle and Quinny also give us their fantasy Dream Teams which is wildly fun. This is Part 2. The first instalment arrived yesterday so go grab it too. Find Sizzle and Quinny everywhere you get podcasts and check out their IG @SizzleAndQuinny

Sizzle and Quinny (plus Talor) Part 2

January 21, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB

Today on the show we are still with the boys from @SizzleAndQuinny Podcast. We talk about some fun ideas for fantasy. Sizzle and Quinny also give us their fantasy Dream Teams which is wildly fun. This is Part 2. The first instalment arrived yesterday so go grab it too. Find Sizzle and Quinny everywhere you get podcasts and check out their IG @SizzleAndQuinny --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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