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Fantasy Focus Football

đź‘€ Joe Burrow, Christian McCaffrey & Malik Nabers: Brand Names To Avoid

Fantasy Focus Football

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4.2 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Joe Burrow, Christian McCaffrey and Malik Nabers are some of fantasy football’s biggest names, but should you actually draft them? Liz breaks down the risks behind these brand-names before diving into your Fantasy Therapy questions. Then, Daniel Dopp scans the fantasy landscape with his Doppler Radar and spotlights players to target to help you win your league.   0:00 - Welcome 0:54 - Joe Burrow: His injury isn’t his only concern 4:11 - Christian McCaffrey and the curse of “370” 6:49 - What’s limiting Malik Nabers’ upside? 9:44 - Which Saints players should you target this year? 12:55 - Who will be a late round steal this season? 15:06 - What should you know about Arizona’s backfield? 17:21 - Doppler Radar player to target: RB   20:38 - Doppler Radar player to target: RB 22:38 - Doppler Radar player to target: TE 24:26 - Last call: There are relieved Bears fans? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:29.7

All right, we're going to pivot to the running back position.

0:32.6

And maybe we're going to slander the best running back of the last decade in fantasy football a little bit.

0:37.1

Why not?

0:38.0

Hey, I'm Liz Loza. This is Facts versus Feelings. And today's fact is that the label shouldn't cost more than the product.

0:48.4

Daniel Dopp, in your cozy little box. Welcome back. It's so good to see you again.

0:53.9

Hello, Liz Loza. Thank you so much for having me back. You're on vacation for like two weeks. It was unbelievably boring here. You never, you weren't. I was not on vacation two weeks. I was on vacation six days. Thank you very much. Well, it's been forever since I've seen your face and don't ever do that to me again. It was far too long.

1:27.9

That's all I'm saying. Okay. You and our bosses think the exact same way. You're right. Totally fine. Yes, I got a tan. I drank a lot of rum. That should make for some excellent fantasy takes because I am fully refreshed and maybe still a little tipsy. Let's get into it then because our bosses do want us to talk about a little bit of fantasy here.

1:30.5

So we are going to talk about a bunch of brand name players. We are going to let our league mates draft instead of us. And I'm going to start in Cincinnati with Joe Burrow. Oh, Joey B. Remember in that quarterback episode where we watched his dad tuck his son's jersey into his jeans and how it's just like the most endearing thing in the world.

1:48.0

Like that made me fall in love with Joe Burrow in general.

1:50.5

But we're talking fantasy, 26. Liz, how are you feeling about Joey B here this year?

1:56.2

I mean, I don't know how anyone doesn't love Joey B.

1:59.8

To your point, his dad's like Jersey jean tuck,

2:03.0

chef's kiss in terms of a sweet dad move. We love it. We love the ice water that runs through his

2:09.1

veins. We also, some of us, love watching him smoke a Stogey in the locker room. That didn't hurt

2:13.6

anything. But most of all, we adore the fact. We revere the fact that he is such an elite

2:19.6

passer. I mean, he has been a top 10 fantasy producer at the position in three of his last five seasons.

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