Dan's Favorite Players and Jacob's Advanced Stats! And Jamey is Here Too! (08/21 Fantasy Football Podcast)
Fantasy Football Today
CBS Sports
4.6 • 8.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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We welcome Dan and Jacob to the show for a mix of advanced stats and game film analysis. Let's talk about some backfields that have us changing our Fantasy rankings starting with the Steelers (5:00) and then moving on (11:10) to the Seahawks, Texans and Giants. Tyrone Tracy Jr. or Jaylen Warren? Ken Walker or TreVeyon Henderson? ... News and notes (21:30) on the Falcons offensive line, Keon Coleman's outlook, the DeVaughn Vele trade and more. Then Dan tells us his favorite players to draft (41:00)! Christian McCaffrey, Nico Collins, George Pickens, RJ Harvey, Colston Loveland and more ... Jacob finishes the show with a cool wide receivers stat (1:03:00) to look at which WRs were the most efficient in specific situations. Within this, you'll hear who Jacob is high on and who he has some concerns about ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com
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| 0:51.8 | What's up, everybody? |
| 0:53.0 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:53.8 | It is Thursday, August 21st. We have reached the two-week warning. Two weeks until football starts, everyone. Welcome to fantasy football today, presented by FedMGM, the sportsbook born in Vegas. I am in such a good mood. Nothing can ruin this mood. I got good friends here on the podcast. I got an email. We got an email about 10 minutes ago with the subject line that said, I hate Dan. I can't wait to read that one on there. Javy's here, Dan's here, and Jacob is on the show for the first time in a while. Dan, have you met Jacob? Have you guys worked together in a while? Yeah, I don't know him. I don't know him very well, but I've heard some good things. Oh, I've heard some good things and some bad things. You guys would get along pretty well. You should do a show together. Beyond the box score, check it out. I got some trivia for you, and I think Jacob's probably going to know it. So the top three wide receivers last year in yards per route run, minimum 50 targets. |
| 1:49.9 | Rapucca Nica, A.J. Brown, and Nico Collins. |
| 1:53.7 | Who finished fourth? |
| 1:56.6 | Hmm. |
| 1:57.6 | What'd you say 50 targets? |
| 1:58.7 | Pretty low threshold. |
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