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00:11 | Danny Heifetz
Brock Bowers will command the Raiders’ offense under Clint Kubiak and could outperform receivers such as Nico Collins and Drake London; Kubiak has already shown he can funnel an offense through his best weapon.
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CONVICTION
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00:13 | Danny Kelly
Kenneth Walker III has a real chance to break out in a big way with Kansas City because the Chiefs acquired him to supply explosive runs and should feature him in both the running and screen games. Staying healthy is the major caveat.
Bill Simmons raised Walker’s long-standing durability concerns.
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CONVICTION
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00:18 | Craig Horlbeck
Luther Burden will be healthy for Week 1, thrive as Ben Johnson manufactures touches for him and could become a first-round fantasy pick next year; Horlbeck sees “Amon-Ra St. Brown mixed with prime Deebo.”
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00:21 | Craig Horlbeck
Pittsburgh’s offense will be “objectively way better” under Mike McCarthy because its roster, draft class and defensive staff have all improved.
Bill Simmons is also up on McCarthy and down on John Harbaugh.
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CONVICTION
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00:23 | Bill Simmons & Danny Heifetz
A.J. Brown will be unleashed in New England as a top-five fantasy receiver because Drake May and Josh McDaniels will build the passing game around him. Simmons allows that the honeymoon might last only one season.
⚠️ Danny Kelly strongly disagrees, arguing Brown’s tendency to check out makes him too risky.
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00:29 | Danny Kelly
If Puka Nacua remains healthy, he will be fantasy’s highest-scoring receiver because Matthew Stafford consistently creates elite receiver seasons and will continue feeding him.
Craig Horlbeck agrees; Simmons would probably take Puka ahead of A.J. Brown.
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CONVICTION
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00:33 | Craig Horlbeck
Zay Flowers will fail to justify his lofty fantasy ranking or Baltimore’s massive contract; Horlbeck sees a small receiver who has never topped five touchdowns rather than a true offensive centerpiece.
Bill Simmons agrees that the contract and valuation are difficult to understand.
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00:35 | Danny Kelly
Cam Skattebo is likely to get hurt and may play only about 10 games because his relentlessly violent, “flies too close to the sun” style makes him impossible to trust for a full season.
Craig Horlbeck and Danny Heifetz embrace that playing style.
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CONVICTION
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00:39 | Bill Simmons
Parker Washington will sustain his late-season production, become Jacksonville’s clear best receiver and finish as a top-15 fantasy wideout because Trevor Lawrence trusts him and he is continually open.
Craig Horlbeck strongly agrees.
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CONVICTION
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00:41 | Danny Kelly & Danny Heifetz
Jalen Waddle will finally deliver his full potential in Denver because Bo Nix is an upgrade over Tua and the Broncos can free Waddle from press coverage by moving him off the line and into the slot.
⚠️ Bill Simmons remains wary, particularly because of Waddle’s concussion history.
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00:46 | Craig Horlbeck
Rashee Rice will resume producing like a top-five fantasy receiver whenever he is on the field because Kansas City still lacks dependable alternatives and consistently feeds him.
The group agrees about the talent but emphasizes his health and off-field volatility.
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00:55 | Danny Heifetz
Juwan Johnson will probably finish second on the Saints in virtually every receiving category because rookie Jordyn Tyson is expected to miss a couple of months, yet Johnson remains available near the end of fantasy drafts.
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00:55 | Bill Simmons
Drake May will lead all quarterbacks—and possibly all players—in fantasy points because his weapons are substantially better, New England will play more competitive games and the Patriots should remove the “kid gloves” from his rushing usage.
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01:04 | Danny Kelly
Jordan Addison will receive a low target share and become overly dependent on touchdowns and big plays because Justin Jefferson should dominate Minnesota’s passing volume.
Bill notes that a similar profile worked for Jameson Williams, though Kelly says Williams is much better.
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01:05 | Bill Simmons
Jackson Dart will get hurt again because he cannot stop challenging much larger defenders and has already spent an extraordinary portion of his playing time being evaluated for injuries.
Craig says managers should ride Dart “until the car crashes,” effectively conceding the risk.
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01:08 | Danny Heifetz & Craig Horlbeck
D.J. Moore will enjoy being Buffalo’s featured star and deliver strong value because Josh Allen has few established receiving options and Moore already has a connection with Joe Brady.
⚠️ Bill Simmons is firmly out on Moore after his disappointing season.
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CONVICTION
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01:10 | Bill Simmons & Danny Heifetz
Bo Nix will remain a dependable weekly fantasy producer after leading the NFL in pass attempts, and Heifetz expects him to rush for even more yards this season.
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CONVICTION
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01:11 | Bill Simmons
Trevor Lawrence will produce like a top-five fantasy quarterback because Jacksonville averaged roughly 32 points down the stretch and has since upgraded his weapons.
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01:12 | Bill Simmons & Danny Kelly
Malik Willis will finish around the top 12 to 15 fantasy quarterbacks and could approach 150 rushing attempts, giving him a strong floor even if Miami spends much of the season trailing.
⚠️ Craig Horlbeck questions whether Willis is actually good.
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01:17 | Danny Kelly
Wan’Dale Robinson will retain an elite target rate and remain a huge part of Tennessee’s offense as an extension of the running game, collecting screens and short designed touches even while the Titans play from behind.
Kelly rejects ranking rookie Tate above him.
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CONVICTION
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01:19 | Bill Simmons
Buffalo could fall to 9–8 and possibly third in the AFC East because, beyond Josh Allen and the running game, Simmons sees an average defense, a difficult schedule and fewer good players than New England.
⚠️ All three guests push back, emphasizing Allen, Buffalo’s line and its running game.
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01:21 | Bill Simmons
Jalen Coker will become a 1,000-yard receiver because Carolina paid him, has little receiving depth beyond its top two options and repeatedly trusted him in important situations last season.
Simmons called this his strongest prediction of the episode.
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01:22 | Bill Simmons
Cleveland will have to start Shedeur Sanders by approximately Week 3 because the home crowd’s enthusiasm for him will transform the stadium’s energy and pressure the organization into making the change.
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01:29 | Craig Horlbeck & Danny Kelly
Mark Andrews will probably score double-digit touchdowns now that Isaiah Likely is gone, rewarding anyone willing to take a late-round chance after fantasy players collectively gave up on him.
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01:30 | Bill Simmons
Miami’s unusual Malik Willis–De’Von Achane rushing attack will produce about two games in which the Dolphins run for roughly 270 yards and leave an opponent wondering what happened.
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01:32 | Danny Kelly
Tampa Bay remains the best bet to reach nine wins in a weak NFC South, largely by default, with its offensive line determining whether it gets there.
⚠️ Danny Heifetz is out on Tampa because Todd Bowles appears to be entering a lame-duck season.
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01:33 | Danny Heifetz
Baltimore will win eight or nine of its first 10 games because its early schedule contains virtually no playoff-caliber opponents, while Indianapolis will finish with no more than eight wins.
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01:34 | Craig Horlbeck
Michael Wilson will outperform Marvin Harrison Jr. because Wilson looked like Arizona’s clearly better receiver during his late-season surge.
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01:35 | Danny Heifetz
Mike McDaniel will be “amazing” for the Chargers because he previously made the physically limited Tua look good and now gets to design an offense around Justin Herbert.
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01:35 | Bill Simmons, Danny Kelly & Danny Heifetz
Jadarian Price will seize Seattle’s backfield without a meaningful timeshare and could finish as a top-12 fantasy running back. Kelly sees a 65–70 percent rushing share, while Heifetz thinks Price could even outperform former Notre Dame teammate Jeremiah Love.
All three are strongly aligned on the breakout.
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01:38 | Craig Horlbeck
De’Jon Stribling will be genuinely good for San Francisco and could quickly command a meaningful role because he already looks like an NFL receiver while Mike Evans and George Kittle carry injury concerns.
⚠️ Bill Simmons strongly disagrees, dismissing Stribling as an “August type guy.”
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01:45 | Danny Heifetz
Ja'Kobi Lane will finish with only about 20 catches, but approximately eight will become SportsCenter highlights—an Isaac TeSlaa-like season in which nearly every contribution is spectacular.
Danny Kelly similarly expects only one or two catches per game.
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01:49 | Danny Heifetz
The Jets’ season will deteriorate once adversity arrives because Frank Reich has recently failed in multiple jobs and Aaron Glenn already resembles a lame-duck coach; Heifetz expects the familiar “Jets vibes” by November.
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01:53 | Bill Simmons vs. Danny Heifetz
Simmons puts Kevin O’Connell on first-coach-fired watch and calls Minnesota the obvious fourth-place team in the NFC North. Heifetz instead predicts the Vikings will make the playoffs because their defense is good enough.
⚠️ Direct disagreement on Minnesota’s season.
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01:56 | Bill Simmons
The Rams will miss the playoffs because their season is an injury “house of cards” resting heavily on Matthew Stafford and Puka Nacua; if those pillars fall, Simmons sees a path to roughly 6–11.
Craig Horlbeck agrees with the injury fragility.
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The Podbudsment
Five years of the "My Guy Fantasy Football Draft" and the chemistry is on full display between Simmons and his fantasy football crew. Danny Kelly, Danny Heifetz and Craig Horlbeck have quietly built a Top-10 brand within the sports podcast world and Simmons can't even remember the name of it. That informality is the magic that makes the podcast's best moments:
* Heifetz breaking Simmons' balls for his "retread" pronunciation
* Horlbeck equating Frank Reich directing the Jets offense to Francis Ford Coppola directing "Megalopolis"
* Kelly likes a lot of Seahawks
I don't plan on covering "The Ringer Fantasy Football Show" here because it's a single-topic podcast that could get a bit repetitive to recap and it's built around the guys' predictions so it would feel predatory to spell them all out here.
One thing I did not realize is the material difference between the podcast you get on Spotify and the one you watch on Netflix. The Spotify version contains more content in the form of sponsored segments. You wouldn't have gotten the predictions made about Bo Nix and Trevor Lawrence in the Netflix version.