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Author: Hunter Saffell, Garrett Wise, Trent Woolridge

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The only thing better than playing fantasy football with friends? Beating those friends in fantasy football. Join Garrett Wise, Trent Wooldridge, and Hunter Saffell as they discuss all things fantasy football including: strategy, player analysis, league construction, and everything in between. Whether a seasoned vet, or fantasy rookie, this show is the secret weapon to help win your next title!
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BONUS episode! With the new (fantasy) year coming around, we thought adding in some bonus fantasy content was in order. Every season, fantasy mangers live and learn from past mistakes and successes. On this episode, we each touch on our previous season's success or mistake that made us a better manager moving into next season. Hopefully, these tips will help you be a more successful fantasy football manager this off-season.

Ep. 25 New Year, New Me

2022-03-0501:05:45

Welcome to season 2, Armchair Army! If you've been with us this long, we are excited to be heading into our second season of the podcast. Episode 25 is jam packed with current news related to fantasy, 2022 free agency talk, and even our predictions on possible free agent landing spots. Off-season fantasy football is just as important as in-season. Be sure to hang with us each episode to stay up to date on all things dynasty and redraft fantasy football.
After a short break, the Armchair Analysts are back to give you their final episode of season 1. Since the last episode, so much has happened in the NFL. The Analysts touch on the most current news, the many fires, hires, and retires of recent weeks, and finally settle a small debate of the best wide receiver class in the last 3 seasons. Be sure to continue to tune in as free agency and off season fantasy football heats up!
What's up Armchair Army, it's week 2 of the fantasy playoffs and we are right there with you in the thick of the fantasy playoff stress. On this episode, we hit on important Covid-19 news for week 16 and touch on playoff strategies to help your team advance further into the playoffs. Later in the episode, we also introduce a new game called Candy or Coal and get personal with some interesting start/sit decisions in our own NSFL league. Goodluck to all of you as you go into week 2 of your fant...
It's almost playoff time! Have you made the right moves to make sure your team is ready for a deep fantasy playoff run? Tonight, the Armchair Analysts touch on some of their most helpful tips in order to make it to the championship of your fantasy league. They also look into redraft strategies that give you the most opportunity to win based on the inconsistencies of this year's top RBs. Tonight's episode finishes with a few tough start/sit decisions that could make or break your fantasy playo...

Ep. 20 Playoff Prep

2021-11-2301:09:32

Its week 12 and the fantasy playoffs are right around the corner! Is your team ready for a deep playoff run or are you hanging on by a thread with no light at the end of the tunnel? This is where the men are separated from the boys. Between injuries, bye weeks, and matchups, the Armchair Analysts are here to help you make the necessary lineup adjustments to make a run at your fantasy football title.
The trade deadline in the NFL passed 9 days ago, yet some big names are still on the move. OBJ to the Rams, Cam Newton BACK to the Panthers - the Armchair Analysts discuss these news topics along with other injury news updates on today's episode. Special guest, Adam Brahm, discusses his dynasty league drama, and the Analysts touch on key week 10 matchups in their own personal fantasy leagues.
The fantasy season is halfway over, and the analysts discuss a few rest of season player projections and step into the fantasy time machine to touch on some takes from the previous 17 episodes. Who would you rather have rest of season? Dak or Jalen Hurts? Chase or Justin Jefferson? James Robinson or Cordarelle Patterson?
Time flies when you're having fun! 6 weeks already into the football season, and so much has happened in the NFL that impacts our fantasy seasons. On today's episode, we break down the early fantasy season recap - touching on some major injuries and their fantasy impacts, and also recapping how our personal fantasy seasons are going so far. We also introduce two new games - I'm a believer and Hold or Fold, where we discuss some guys who have stood out positively and negatively to us in this f...
Coming to you with a special Sunday afternoon episode, we review the first 3 weeks of the NFL season, highlighting potential trade targets, trade sells, our biggest surprises and let downs of the season thus far. It's only been 3 weeks, but so much has already happened. Welcome to fantasy football. We've only just begun.

Ep. 15 Week 1 Recap

2021-09-1601:11:54

Football season is back! This week's episode is dedicated solely on recapping a fantastic and entertaining week 1 of the 2021 NFL season. The Armchair Analysts go over each game of week 1 and discuss the fantasy implications and news for each. Be sure to listen in for any drop, add, stash, buy, or sell advice for any players that might have question marks on your roster!
It's almost football season, Armchair Army! We had two big breaking news updates over the last few days. Cam Newton waived from the Patriots and J.K. Dobbins out for the season! We cover these two high points along with other important topics and give the fantasy implications to each of these. We also introduce a new segment, Prop, Lock or Drop it (along with our new favorite drop) to finish this episode.

Ep. 13 Our First Marathon

2021-08-2001:53:44

If you've made it through the marathon of our first 12 episodes, welcome to our first marathon, episode 13! Prior to draft season, we're talking redraft strategy and getting a little personal with our NSFL draft review and E-league mock draft. Hunter and Garrett wrap up the show with a couple games of Keep/Trade/Cut and identifying this year's late round gems in a game called "who's the next?"
The Analysts are at 2/3 capacity today. To kick off draft season, Hunter and Garrett cover all the training camp and pre season news of the last two weeks. The E league roster construction and format settings were dropped earlier this week along with the NSFL keepers for the 2021 season. The guys discuss whats new in those leagues and give their thoughts on the choices made by NSFL league managers.
On this episode, we brought in another special guest of the show, Shane Eason, to discuss his crazy draft strategy in our very first rookie dynasty draft. Later on, we talked about 8 fantasy players that we feel like are underrated and under appreciated in the fantasy football community. These guys are players we feel like have huge value and are steals in the 2021 fantasy redraft season.

Ep. 10 Bust or Thrust

2021-07-1501:05:44

Episode 10! This week we play a quick game of keep/trade/cut with the big 3 rookie running backs and go into our fantasy redraft "busts" and "thrusts" for this upcoming 2021 season. We picked a player from each division with a low floor and high ceiling and give our takes on whether they will thrust into fantasy relevance or bust based on their ADP.

Ep. 9: Hot, Spicy, and Fire

2021-07-0101:00:00

It's 4th of July week, and tonight we are celebrating with some hot takes. Special guest, Devon Stewart joins the analysts to judge our takes and picks his favorites. We also play a quick game of Keep, Trade, Cut with popular names in fantasy football.
Arm Chair Army! Sorry for the short break, but we are back and very excited to bring you guys our WAY too early redraft mock draft. In this episode, we talk about different draft strategies for different draft positions, and even take our own approach at new strategies. Draft season is still a couple months away, but it's never too early to start practicing how to approach your upcoming redraft fantasy draft.
First off, we want to apologize for our audio malfunctions in this episode. In today's show, we go into detail on our first rookie draft. We touch on our favorite picks of this draft, our personal draft strategies and team needs, and the many trades that happened during the draft. Stay tuned for one of our hottest Keep/Trade/Cut discussions so far..

Ep. 6: Draft Day Reactions

2021-05-0601:13:54

The 2021 NFL Draft has ended. On this episode, we give our takes and reactions to landing spots for the top fantasy relevant rookies in the 2021 NFL draft. We talk winners and losers for rookies, veterans, and teams in general. Happy Cinco de Mayo, Arm Chair Army!
NFL draft season is here! On this episode we discuss the top rookie prospects in the 2021 draft. We talk about different player's skill sets, styles, and ideal landing spots. From Trevor Lawrence to Rahmondre Stevenson, we cover them all in episode 5.

Ep. 4: Trade Talks

2021-04-0855:54

The Arm Chair Analysts are giving you the skills to pay the bills. You wanna make your fantasy league better and more enjoyable for all your league? Make some TRADES. Bottom line. Be interactive with your league mates, send trade offers, accept trades, and make moves. In this episode, we talk about trading and why it is so important to your league while also touching base on some tips and tricks about how to make trades happen to better your team and better your league.
HOLY RESIGNING! All the hype but nothing to show for it. With salary cap restrictions and so many big names staying put, we discuss fantasy implications of the movers and stayers. FitzMagic journeys to the NFC with his 9th team, Nelson Agholor and Corey Davis get the bag, two star tight ends join forces on one team, and we break it all down in Episode 3.
In this episode we play a game called Keep/Trade/Cut quarterback edition. We talk early free agency moves along with predicting landing spots for some of our favorite free agents like Aaron Jones, Kenny Golladay, Chris Carson, and Juju Smith-Schuster.
Welcome to the Arm Chair Analysts fantasy football podcast! On this episode we let you all in on a little bit about who we are and about the fantasy football leagues we play in and manage. We discuss redraft league play, dynasty fantasy football, and what we call the "experimental" league. 2020 was a season full of fantasy hits, misses, and surprises. Now with last season behind us, we cover the highs and lows of our individual fantasy seasons.

Ep. 68 Takes and Mistakes

2023-09-0101:06:01

Back for round two, episode 68's "Takes and Mistakes" episode is one you don't want to miss. Going round by round, the Armchair Analysts highlight players being drafted in each round that they would "take" at their ADP, and which players are a "mistake" draft at their current ADP. With draft season upon us, this episode is the advantage you need before drafting your fantasy team.
Back by popular demand, Bust or Thrust has returned for volume 3 as you prepare for your 2023 fantasy football draft. The bust or thrust episode is all about finding guys at their current ADP and deciding whether to bust them out of fantasy relevance or thrust them into fantasy football stardom. Garrett and Hunter pick 1 player from each NFL division that have some polarizing viewpoints and debate whether those players are a bust or thrust. Tonight's episode is a fun one, be sure to tune in f...
As your draft approaches, there's no better way to prepare for that draft than to create an outline from your specific draft position. Go in to your draft with more confidence than ever after listening to the Armchair Analyst's 4 part draft outline mini series. In the final part of the mini series, the Analysts talk about why they love being at the end of the first round and how drafting at the turn involves a different strategy than other positions. Leave your draft feeling more confident th...
As your draft approaches, there's no better way to prepare for that draft than to create an outline from your specific draft position. Go in to your draft with more confidence than ever after listening to the Armchair Analyst's 4 part draft outline mini series. In part 3 of 4, the Analysts give their opinions of the middle to late first round and what a league winning team would like drafting from this position.
As your draft approaches, there's no better way to prepare for that draft than to create an outline from your specific draft position. Go in to your draft with more confidence than ever after listening to the Armchair Analyst's 4 part draft outline mini series. Drafting from the 1.02-1.05 might just be the best spot to be in this season. Tune in to see who the best values are in each round.
As your draft approaches, there's no better way to prepare for that draft than to create an outline from your specific draft position. Go in to your draft with more confidence than ever after listening to the Armchair Analyst's 4 part draft outline mini series. Drafting from the 1.01 has never felt easier after listening to episode 63.
Fantasy football draft season is here, and what better way to prepare for your upcoming home league draft than to mock! Tonight's episode is all about mock drafting, the importance of a mock draft for preparation, and practicing certain strategies to familiarize you with how to construct a team worth drafting. Special guest, and 2023 NSFL champion, Jimmy Farley joins the Armchair Analysts as they duke it out in the 2nd edition of the Battle of the Draft Strategies. Each player was randomly as...
After a long break away for the off season, the Armchair Analysts are back and the studio audience is very excited about it. Episode 61 brings back a popular segment for it's 3rd edition, and that's the "Underrated and Under Appreciated vol. 3." This segment is the Analysts take on sleepers, breakouts, and under the radar players who they think NEED to be drafted at their average draft position because of their value. Be sure to tune in to the entire episode to hear some fantasy relevant rece...
The Armchair Analysts are back after about a 2 month break for summer, and back with one of their favorite episodes of pre draft season! Hot, Spicy, and Fire volume 3 is here and the Analysts make some pretty spicy takes on some specific fantasy finishes for certain players, but also give you position groups and teams to buy in to for your upcoming draft. Episode 60 is packed full of great content to get you ready for your 2023 fantasy football season!
No notes, no problem. Today's Armchair Analysts podcast episode is all about the rookies of 2023. No notes used, no outlines, just off the dome talk about the analysts thoughts on fantasy relevant rookies and their landing spots. Some rookies that are highlighted in episode 59 are Bijan Robinson, the big 3 quarterbacks (Anthony Richardson, Bryce Young, and CJ Stroud), Jahmyr Gibbs, JSN, Zay Flowers, Jordan Addison, and even some others. The episode ends with a quick rookie mock draft. Be sure...
The greatest week in sports: NFL free agency begins, March Madness opening weekend, the Rodgers watch continues, and Armchair Analysts release 2 episodes in 1 week. With so many moves happening in free agency this off-season, we couldn't wait another week to release another episode and talk about it. Today's episode is all about the many moves that have happened in week 1 and our reactions and fantasy implications of those moves. Just because fantasy football season is over, it doesn't mean w...
Whats up Armchair Army! It's one of the most exciting times of the year for dynasty fantasy football players, NFL free agency. Free agency opened today, and on today's episode, we discuss the latest news/signings in the NFL along with give our predictions for landing spots for key fantasy football players across the league. Once we finish our preview, Garrett introduce's a new game to the show, High/Low/Buffalo. Be sure to tune in on our thoughts about some important pieces moving forward int...
Welcome to the Army! Today's episode, episode 56, is loaded with recent news, a quick question/game of the day, some dynasty thoughts about a couple polarizing players, and we build our version of the perfect running back. This is the time of the year where dynasty fantasy football starts to take over the podcast, and we kickoff the off season with some great discussion.
Our third dynasty league, the Gridiron Throne, might be one of the most active and entertaining dynasty leagues we play in. On today's episode, we bring two special guests from that league; the champion, Marcus Boyd, and the runner up/commissioner, Cory Chamberlain. We talk about the Gridiron Throne and our first year experiences in that league, but also touch on some real life football outside of fantasy, making our Super Bowl LVII predictions and landing spots from some pretty important qua...

Ep. 54 Fantasy Superlatives

2023-01-2001:22:00

What's up Armchair Army! We have a super episode coming at ya with episode 54 - bringing in two special guests to talk football with us, Kirk Louis, a former Arkansas State linebacker, and Drew Waddell, host of the Southern Blitz college football podcast. These guys gave us some super great intel on the incoming rookies and also helped us out at the news desk discussing the NFL playoffs. Tonight's episode finished with our 2022 fantasy superlatives. Be sure to tune in to here us talk about th...
One of our most popular episodes in 2022 featured Clark Griswold, and back by popular demand, our first post season episode features Clark Griswold once again. Here to hit us with some fantastic real life and fantasy football knowledge, Jemar Clark and Darion (Grizz) Griswold give their insights and playoff predictions leading into week 1 of the NFL playoffs. Topics of discussion range from the E-League royalty all the way to Davis Webb (who???) and Anthony Brown. Its always a pleasure ...
WHAT'S UP ARM CHAIR ANALYSTS?!? We've made it to week 17, championship week. This fantasy season has had many ups and downs and forces a lot of us into some very difficult start/sit decisions leading into the final week of the fantasy season. On tonight's episode, Garrett and Hunter discuss some important news heading into championship week and also give insight on some tough decisions you all might have to be making to win your championship trophy. Quick question to ponder... what would...
It's round 2 of the fantasy playoffs, but more importantly it's only 4 days away from Christmas! In episode 51, the Armchair Analysts not only answer a playoff strategy question, but also give their best Christmas metaphors and go through the 12 days of fantasy Christmas (12 fun facts about the 2022 fantasy season). It's been awhile since the last episode, but don't worry, episode 51 is jam packed with great fantasy football information to help you on your deep playoff run.
What's up Armchair Army! An unexpected break kept us away for a short while, but we are back with some great content for episode 50! On today's episode, Garrett and I give our reactions and fantasy implications to the NFL trade deadline, we dig into rest of season strategies for teams in the top, middle, or bottom third of league rankings, and probably talk entirely too much about candy corn. Be sure to tune in to episode 50 for great insight on fantasy strategies, what to do with certain hit...

Ep. 49 Pump the Brakes

2022-10-0901:15:35

Here we are, week 5 of the fantasy football and NFL season. Now that we have 4-5 games of a sample size behind us, Armchair Analysts' Garrett Wise, Hunter Saffell, and special guest, Cory Chamberlain, decide whether we will pump the brakes on the hype of players or pump the brakes on the disrespect that we give to certain players. Fantasy football is hard to predict, and we've come to realize this in the first 5 weeks of the NFL season. Be sure to tune in to upcoming episodes in order to win ...

Ep. 48 50/50's

2022-09-2746:11

After 3 weeks of fantasy football, adding and dropping players becomes a huge strategy for the guys who want to compete in their league. Sometimes its hard to drop big name and important players to add upside players you've never heard of. Have no fear, the Armchair Analysts are here to justify your add/drops to make your roster immediately better. Keep tuning in each week to the Armchair Analysts podcast if you want to dominate your fantasy league.
We are 3 weeks into the fantasy season and so much has already happened. This episode is all about getting you caught up on everything from week 3. If you missed out on something, be sure to tune in so that you stay up to date moving forward.
IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON, and week 2 is upon us! What's up, Armchair Army, we know we missed the week 1 analysis but we're back and running for week 2. A lot happened in week 1, tons of potential panic buttons being pushed, hype on new players and existing players that we didn't see coming, but don't worry, the Armchair Analysts are here to help you sort out your feelings and keep your head on straight. In this episode, we help align the narratives from week 1 and talk strategy heading into week ...

Ep. 45 Shooters Shoot

2022-09-0858:43

IT'S FOOTBALL EVE and the Armchair Analysts are shooting their shots on end of year fantasy finishes for polarizing players. In the first segment, the Analysts' "call their shot" on players predicting where they will finish in the rankings by the end of the season. The next segment they are "shooting their shot" on draft strategies and picking their breakout players for the season. Next, shots are being fired at the biggest fantasy busts of the season - and stay tuned because some heat is bei...
Tonight's episode feature's special guest, Clark Griswold - returning guest Jemar Clark, and new guest Darion Griswold. If you want to hear and view football from a different vantage point of fantasy football, listen in to Clark Griswold talk football. This episode is jam packed with great stories of practice, locker room leadership, and on field experiences from the college level all the way to the Super Bowl. Check out episode 44 in it's entirety for information and predictions about the up...
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