Late-Round Avoids

The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Jeff Ratcliffe

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

It’s time to talk late-round landmines. In this episode, Jeff breaks down exactly how he evaluate players once the draft board starts to thin out, the player archetypes he's looking to grab, and the ones he's steering clear of entirely. From risky profiles to overhyped “sleepers,” he walks you through his process so you know who’s worth the dart throw and who’s just wasting a roster spot. Get Jeff's content: FTN Fantasy

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0:00.0	Rap back where you at?
0:14.3	Yo, what's up?
0:16.5	It's Tuesday, August 12th.
0:17.8	I'm Jeff.
0:18.2	This is The Rant.
0:20.3	And as you can see, a popular topic for today's podcast.
0:25.2	We're going to talk about players I'm avoiding in the late rounds.
0:28.4	And if you've listened up through the podcast over the last couple weeks,
0:32.1	you know I have a particular type of player who I'm going after in the middle and late rounds. And that means they're
0:40.1	types of players I'm not going after as well. So I want to talk about those in particular
0:43.9	running back and wide receiver because that's usually the bulk of where I see mistakes happen
0:49.1	in the late rounds. Though we can also dip our toes into the waters of tight end and quarterback as
0:53.8	well. Before I get into that,
0:55.8	the time is now. It is fantasy football draft season. So what do you wait for? Get over to Ftnfantasy.com.
1:02.0	Take advantage of the sale. Get yourself a 10% discount with the promo code rat pack. I just
1:06.8	updated cheat sheets yesterday. A lot of people are digging the draft day checklist.
1:12.0	In the past, I put that up as just a free article.
1:14.9	And it was more of a good title than an actual functioning checklist.
1:20.2	And I thought, well, hey, maybe it should be a checklist for the subscribers.
1:23.9	So we did that.
1:24.9	Things that I want to accomplish on a draft day.
1:27.3	I want to check every box, make sure no I want to accomplish on a draft day. I want to check every
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