Breaking Fantasy Rules: Draft Smarter, Not Harder

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🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week on Facts vs Feelings, Liz Loza is breaking the rules of fantasy football…literally. From the players you shouldn’t let the draft rules blind you to, to the biggest mistake drafters make every season, nothing is off-limits. Special guest, fantasy strategist JJ Zachariason drops by to question some “set-in-stone” fantasy rules, then sticks around for a round of Smash or Pass with Liz. And of course, it all wraps up with Liz calling people out in All The Sauce. 0:00 - 👋 Welcome 1:42 - 📚 Break the Rules, Draft These Guys 6:33 - 🎉 JJ Zachariason Joins! 7:03 - 🚧 The Biggest Mistake Drafters Make Is… 12:15 - 🤔 A Fantasy Rule Worth Questioning 20:13 - 💥 "Smash or Pass" with Liz & JJ 25:01 - 🌶️ All The Sauce: Liz Calls People Out! 27:03 - 🍻 Last Call! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Liz Loza, and this is Facts versus Feelings, the amuse-Bush to your fantasy-focused main course.
0:06.6	We are delivering more fantasy, more facts, more feelings, and of course, more fun.
0:12.2	And now that I have your attention, today's fact, is that rules aren't real.
0:26.7	It wouldn't be an episode of F versus feelings without producer Presley. Dave, thank you so much for coming back.
0:31.2	Oh, thanks for having me back, Liz. I am excited. Biggest draft weekend of the year. Let's do it.
0:35.4	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Most importantly, though, which rules do you most enjoy breaking?
0:38.5	Ooh, I broke a lot of rules in my early 20s, but mum's the word on that because I think I'd be
0:40.7	unemployed tomorrow if I said any of that.
0:43.7	Do you think HR is watching?
0:45.9	They're always watching.
0:47.9	They're always watching. Okay, speaking of watching,
0:50.1	before we get into things, don't forget to like and
0:53.1	subscribe to this video that you are watching.
0:56.0	You know you want to, and unlike your ex, will actually show up.
0:59.6	I mean, I'm thinking about breaking things.
1:01.7	I probably shouldn't have said that anyway.
1:05.0	Also, this season, you can leave us a voicemail, which is probably something your ex did a bunch of as well.
1:12.9	Hit us with your questions at 911, 348, 8.
1:17.4	Nope.
1:18.2	Okay.
1:19.1	Nailing this.
1:21.0	914.
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