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With 5 weeks to go, for some of you, it is now or never - 2023 Season, Episode 9

November 12, 2023 18:11 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MB

We took a week off, but now we are back and we are heading into the home stretch of the regular season. Week 8 saw the high water mark for top weekly points get reset, Sean lost on Monday night by .4 points, and Gabor is on an absolute tear through the league with a 5-game win streak. Week 10 brings the dreaded "week 10 bye" as several high-powered offenses are taking a break at it's having an effect on the outcome of this week's game. Can Gabor make it 6 wins in a row? Who will take the le...

It's going to be a few weeks before we clear this logjam - 2023 season, Episode 8

October 29, 2023 17:25 - 18 minutes - 17.6 MB

We've crossed the midpoint of the regular season, and last week's rivalry week played out as expected. Ricky Steamboat's Dreamboat extended their lead in the Pretty Boys division to a 6-1 record, Animal Steele's Backhair took down the new league juggernaut, and Sage Yahoo Autodraft is riding a 3-week win streak heading into week 8. With week 8 on tap, it's another key Mauler's division matchup with the Junkyard Dogs taking on Animal Steele's Backhair, Sean's Bam Bam Bigelow-ver? squad looks...

The Fantasy Football God's Bad JuJu for Sean has reached God status, and Gordon's team is really good too - 2023 Season, Episode 7

October 22, 2023 18:39 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MB

Week 7 is here; it's the midpoint of our regular season and the first rivalry week of our 2023 season, with big games riding on the Sunday night Philly / Dolphins matchup. In week 6, Sean's bad JuJu reached God-level status after losing by 0.6 points on Monday night, roster and waiver wire management is becoming an issue for several owners, and we birthed another juggernaut when the games were over. It was a heck of a week 6 in the 2023 season. If you'd like to listen to this week's openin...

Are we witnessing the birth of a new juggernaut? - 2023 Season, Episode 6

October 15, 2023 17:42 - 14 minutes - 13 MB

We're nearing the halfway point of the season, and the themes we've been seeing all season are pretty much cemented. Kickers continue masquerading as WR2s; more big points were put up last week, trades are still happening, and the waiver wire activity is on straight fire. As we look forward to week 6, we're expecting kickers to continue to put on a show, we're going to get some separation in the Maulers division, and Gordon should birth a new league juggernaut by the end of this week's game...

The Fantasy Football Gods Bad JuJu Has Reached Legendary Status - 2023 Season, Episode 5

October 08, 2023 17:44 - 48 minutes - 45.2 MB

With week 4 in the books, there's no shortage of points being scored as we're looking at some of the highest points we've ever had this early in a season. In addition, as you might have guessed Sean's stunt from last week caught the attention of the Fantasy Football Gods and they bestowed Legendary Status on his bad JuJu. And kickers...still a thing, with their value increasing by the week. This week Doug joins us again for Brownell's Breakdown, we discuss the big points being thrown up, in...

Wow, what big points you have there. - 2023 season, Episode 4

October 01, 2023 18:10 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MB

This week's episode is a special one as we have our first podcast caller of the season, and it's none other than Doug-E-fresh, owner of Animal Steele's Backhair. He joins us for what might be our new, hair-raising segment, Brownell's Breakdown as we look at week 4 matchups. In addition to Doug joining us this week, Sean and I discuss week 3's games and the HUGE points some of the teams put up, Sean's continued bad JuJu when it comes to games that are decided on Monday night (he lost, no sur...

It's a tropical storm, how bad can i be? - 2023 season, Episode 3

September 23, 2023 22:57 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

With week 2 in the rearview mirror, we're all starting to settle into our teams and into this season. Early season antics abound, and there is a real chance that a few teams could start the season 0-3. For the week 2 recap, we'll discuss waiver wire observations (it's been active), the Junkyard Dogs team looks like anything but a group of Junkyard Dogs, and how much of an impact the tropic storm will have on our games this week. If you'd like to listen to this week's opening theme song, "T...

Did the Million Dollar Man make a million dollar mistake? - 2023 Season, Episode 2

September 16, 2023 20:02 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB

With week 1 behind us, we're settling in for what promises to be one of the most exciting league seasons yet. This week's episode combines our annual post-draft and week 1 recap. We'll discuss a few draft observations, which teams look the strongest (right now), and die laughing at Yahoo's post-draft grades and commentary, courtesy of its new partnership with Chat GTP. With week 1 in the rearview mirror, Sean and I highlight an emerging theme or two we see starting to play out, the dispari...

2023 Season is here! Time for our pre-draft outlook - 2023 Season, Episode 1

August 27, 2023 21:02 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MB

It's been a long offseason, but here we are at the cusp of the start of the 2023 season. With that comes our annual pre-draft episode and all things armchair quarterback. To kick off our 4th season, Sean reveals this year's theme (it's fantastical), we'll review everyone's keeper choices now that the deadline has passed, and look at some potential draft strategies that could play out during the upcoming draft. If you'd like to listen to this week's opening theme song, "I'm the only one" by...

2023 Season is here! Time for our pre-draft outlook - S4Ep1

August 27, 2023 21:02 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MB

It's been a long offseason, but here we are at the cusp of the start of the 2023 season. With that comes our annual pre-draft episode and all things armchair quarterback. To kick off our 4th season, Sean reveals this year's theme (it's fantastical), we'll review everyone's keeper choices now that the deadline has passed, and look at some potential draft strategies that could play out during the upcoming draft. If you'd like to listen to this week's opening theme song, "I'm the only one" by...

First Half Recap, no one is out of it but there is bad JuJu - S3Ep8

October 30, 2022 01:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MB

It has been a few weeks since I recorded a podcast for the league, and a lot has taken place. A LOT. But rather than go through the details of the last two weeks, Sean and I thought we should do a first half of the regular season recap for you all. Heading into week eight games, no one team is out of it. Sean and I cover everything from Sage Yahoo Auto Draft's performance or lack thereof thru the first half of the regular season; to Gordon officially having the worst luck in fantasy footbal...

Week 4 recap, the setup for week 5 rivalry week could not have been better - S3Ep7

October 09, 2022 16:29 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

Oh, what a week, I could not have asked for a better outcome for week 4's games. The setup for week 5, which just so happens to be our first of two rivalry weeks, is fantastic. With all the owners in the Hair Legends division sitting at overall records of 2-2 and all owners playing each other this week there will be some separation in the division when it's all said and done. Couple that with Sage Yahoo Autodraft's week 4 meltdown and you have an interesting weekend ahead! Can I prevent Sea...

Week 3 recap, now we have some good data - S3Ep6

September 28, 2022 16:01 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB

With week 3 in the books, we are now getting some good data on the teams and some interesting stats and trends. You don't have to look far for some of those stats as Sage yahoo Autodraft is still being tracked, Gordon's squad is putting up the kind of numbers you don't want to, and the Fantasy Football gods did have to step in during week 3. Looking ahead to week 4, we have a battle for first place overall and will see two teams head into week five at 3 - 1. Now we'll some teams start to hi...

Week 2 recap, the revenge tour is coming to a town near you - S3Ep5

September 25, 2022 18:17 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MB

Now that week 2 is in the rearview mirror I can see everyone's teams start to settle in. Injuries are already affecting teams, Sean is already up to his waiver wire shenanigans, and one owner appears to be on a bit of a revenge tour. Week 3 has the potential to put a few owners in early holes that will be hard to climb out of, it will be interesting to see how things play out! If you want to follow along with the league, check out our Yahoo league page HERE! Want to listen to this week's o...

Week 1 Re-cap, that did not go as expected - S3Ep4

September 18, 2022 16:16 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

Week 1 is in the books, and that did not go the way it was supposed to for a bunch of us. Not only that, but the injuries are already piling up and several of us have multiple players no longer upright, myself included. With week 2 upon us, we could see last season's last-place finisher start 2-0, and the man none of us want to see start 2-0 do so as well. Perhaps I can have something to say about that if CMC actually gets the workload he's supposed to get. Do not forget about Sage Yahoo Au...

Are You Prepared? - 2022 Season, S3Ep1

September 18, 2022 16:04 - 9 minutes - 8.68 MB

Wow, that was fast. It feels like it was only yesterday that our 2021 season came to a fitting conclusion with the Championship earned by none other than yours truly. And now I have the impossible task of trying to repeat; seriously, it's never been done in this league...ever. Lots of research to do and so little time to do it. We're getting our 2022 podcasting season started with our pre-draft podcast. It's a bit of a "shake-down" episode as I knock off the podcasting cobwebs, fine-tune so...

Post-Draft Recap - the most pedestrian draft yet?, S3Ep3

September 11, 2022 16:46 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB

Here we are on the cusp of week 1 games of the 2022 season. Before we get into our normal weekly episode flow, Sean and I have to continue the tradition that started last season with our post-draft recap. Last season's draft was quite the spectacle, especially with the shenanigans that took place in round 8. This season's draft I would argue was more pedestrian, but still with some surprises along the way. Did Sage Yahoo Autodraft expand its ranks? Is this the year Sean makes it all the wa...

Episode 12 - It's Playoffs Time!

December 19, 2021 15:36 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MB

What an end to the regular season we just had. This week's podcast is a tad longer than usual as Sean stops by to help co-host and go through all that happened during the final week of the regular season. Shops were wrecked, dreams were dashed, and cold hard cash was awarded. What's even more interesting is that the first week of the playoffs is all about rematches. Each game this week is a rematch of last week's games and we can't help but wonder if the outcomes are going to be different. ...

Episode 11 - Final Week of the 2021 Regular Season

December 11, 2021 19:27 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

It's been a few weeks since we've released a podcast and boy do we not have enough time to talk about all that has taken place over the past few weeks. We've added new owners to the top weekly point-getter club (Tim & Gordon), waiver-wire shenanigans are still taking place (Sean), one of the Sage Yahoo Autodraft teams has caught absolute fire, and playoffs brackets are coming into view. There is so much at stake in the last week of the season we can only discuss some of it this week. Playo...

Episode 10 - Week 9 Re-cap

November 14, 2021 16:29 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MB

Co-hosting duties this week were awarded to Sean whose TE Kittle put up the most points in week 9. However, I was late in coordinating with Sean this week so Sean gets a rain-check and will be joining as co-host on a later episode. That coordinating snafu is totally on me. This week I review week 9, the 4-way tie for the best record that almost was (Mahommie's fault), the snooze-fest that was every game last week (everyone but Gabor's fault), Gabor's Sage Yahoo Autodraft squad that is on a ...

Episode 9 - Week 8 Re-cap

November 05, 2021 14:01 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

Co-hosting duties this week went to Tim making his first appearance of the season! This week we discuss week 8 observations, continue to heap praise on Steve's juggernaut, and look forward to a very enticing game between two fast-rising teams in week 9. Want to follow along? Visit our Yahoo League page HERE.

Episode 8 - Week 6 & 7 Re-cap

October 31, 2021 14:42 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

After taking a week off to recharge the batteries, we're back this week recapping both week 6 and week 7 games. In this week's episode, we'll talk about the points-fest that took place in week 6, continue to heap praise all over Steve's team, and look at a week 8 matchup that has the ability to shake up the leaderboard in one of the divisions. Will Steve continue to separate himself from the rest of his division or face the sting of a Gordon beatdown? Will Doug get the W he so badly needs a...

Episode 7 - Week 5 Re-cap

October 17, 2021 15:37 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MB

Co-hosting duties this week were awarded to the owner with the most points at the FLEX. Dealers-choice this week and Gabor was chosen thanks to that epic Monday night come from behind win over Sean. In this week's episode, we'll keep tabs on Sage Yahoo Autodraft, talk a little more about that epic Monday night from Gabor, the chef-kiss that Steve provided, and of course continue to talk about how competitive this season is with fresh evidence courtesy of week 5's games. Finally, week 6 is ...

Episode 6 - Week 4 Re-cap

October 09, 2021 19:47 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MB

First-time co-host Steve joins us this week as his starting WRs had the smallest point spread between the two of them. We'll re-cap a very interesting week 4 and look forward to an even more compelling week 5, Sage Yahoo Auto Draft tracker update, discuss Gordon's team and beatdown he's about to issue, and look forward to two games this week that have major league implications.

Episode 5 - Week 3 Re-cap

October 01, 2021 02:26 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB

First-time guest co-host Gordon joins us this week as his combined point total across his defense and kicker was the highest of any team during week 3. We'll review observations from week 3, keep an eye on the "Sage Yahoo Autodraft Tracker", highlight a brutal waiver-wire block, and look forward to Shane not being 4-0 when week 4 is over.

Episode 4 - Week 2 Re-cap

September 25, 2021 13:11 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB

Returning co-host Sean Ruffing joins the league podcast this week as he had the largest point spread between his highest-scoring player and lowest scoring player. In this episode we discuss our observations from week 2, discuss the new divisional strategy taking shape for this season, top weekly point-getters, waiver wire, and look forward to interesting week 3 matchups.

Episode 3 - Week 1 Re-cap

September 17, 2021 04:10 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MB

Guest co-host Shane Raniere joins us this week as his defense put up the most points in week 1. We review our observations from week 1, what interested us and what surprised us. We also announce the top three points getters for week 1 and the overall winner of the first weekly cash prize and then Shane and I dive into week 2 and what we are looking forward to seeing in terms of matchups, players, and overall outcomes.

Episode 2 - Post Draft Recap

September 12, 2021 17:04 - 25 minutes - 24 MB

Guest co-host Sean Ruffing joins us this week as we review our 2021 draft, what went well, what did not go well, and what surprised us. If the way the draft went this year is any indication of the competitiveness of the league this season, it could easily be our most competitive season yet.

Episode 1 - Pre Draft

August 29, 2021 03:03 - 10 minutes - 9.46 MB

With the draft for the 2021-2022 LWR Dads Fantasy Football League upon us, here's a quick reminder of a few items to not forget as your prepare for the draft and the start of the regular season.

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