08/12: Wide Receivers Preview Part 1 (Fantasy Football Podcast)
Fantasy Football Today
CBS Sports
4.6 • 8.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Taking a broad look at the WR position, we talk strategy and compare this position to RB. Are WRs really safer (5:00)? What do ADP and results in recent years tell us? What are our overall WR strategies (7:32)? Obviously we think WR/WR with your first two picks is viable, but which WRs need to be available in Round 2 to justify this strategy? ... Can Zero-WR work (24:00)? At what point in the WR rankings does it get really ugly (26:40)? ... Sleepers (30:00), breakouts (33:25) and busts (41:30). Adam Thielen should not be drafted in Round 2. Is Amari Cooper ready for a massive season? Is MVS going to take a big leap in Year 2? ... We finish the show with some preseason thoughts (52:10) as we talk about winners and losers from the weekend. It wasn't a good week for Dante Pettis, but Darwin Thompson looked great in his preseason debut ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com
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| 0:00.0 | This is Fantasy Football Today from CBS Sports. |
| 0:05.0 | Here we go. |
| 0:06.0 | Email us at fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. |
| 0:10.0 | It's time to dominate your fantasy league. |
| 0:14.0 | Let's go! |
| 0:15.0 | Now here's some combination of Adam Dave, Jamie and Eve. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome into Fantasy Football Today here. |
| 0:21.0 | It is Monday, August 12th and we are starting Wide Receivers. |
| 0:25.0 | Part 1 of our Wide Receivers preview for the 2019 season. |
| 0:29.0 | You might think Wide Receivers are safer than running backs. |
| 0:33.0 | We kind of told you that last week on the show. |
| 0:35.0 | But I got another stat for you that's going to blow your mind |
| 0:38.0 | and might make you reconsider. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Adam Azer, at Adam Azer on Twitter, AICER. |
| 0:43.0 | Hello to Ad Jamie, Eisenberg, JamiY. What's up, Jamie? |
| 0:47.0 | I appreciate you going by our Twitter handles. |
| 0:50.0 | That's very non-pluggy of you. |
| 0:53.0 | Yeah, very 2019 of me. I'm all about the internet. |
| 0:56.0 | Ad Heathcoming, senior is here. Hello, Ad Heathcoming, ZSR. |
| 1:00.0 | Thank you, Adam. I am happy to be here. |
| 1:03.0 | You said I'm very happy to be here. |
| 1:05.0 | And Dave Richard, Ad Dave Richard is here. |
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