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The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

How To Shift Into End Game Strategy

The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Jeff Ratcliffe

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The fantasy playoffs are coming fast, which means it’s time to shift into winning mode. In this episode, Jeff breaks down the five most important end game strategies that separate championship teams from everyone else. From turning your bench into a weapon to streaming with purpose to playing chess on the waiver wire, this is the roadmap for finishing the season strong. If you want to secure your playoff spot and make a real run at the title, this is the episode you can’t afford to skip.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Right back where you at.

0:14.0

Yo, what's up?

0:17.0

It's week 12 in the NFL.

0:20.0

Of course, this is the rant.

0:20.8

I'm Jeff.

0:22.5

Tuesday, November 18th.

0:24.9

And we're officially here, week 12, it's time.

0:27.8

It's time.

0:28.5

I've been asked this question.

0:30.1

Actually, a couple times over the last few weeks,

0:32.3

I'm always resistant to shift gears, though,

0:35.8

into the end game phase until we get right around now.

0:40.1

So that's what we're going to talk about today on the podcast. How do we shift gears into

0:44.4

end game mode? Why week 12, by the way? Well, there are three weeks left for most of us in the

0:50.0

fantasy football regular season. If that doesn't apply to you, then this discussion may not

0:55.2

apply to you. Just fair warning, like if you're in a points only league, you're going to be doing

0:58.9

things differently. If your playoffs started at a different time, maybe you do things differently,

1:04.2

but most of it probably still will apply to that crowd. Anyway, three weeks left. I am in one league

1:10.4

where pretty much every single week I need to

1:12.8

win, right? I am up against it. The team just wasn't quite performing. And I have a five and six

1:22.5

record, right? I need eight to comfortably get in. so we basically have to win out.

1:28.4

If I get to seven wins, I might get in, I might not.

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