Rap back where you at?

Yo, what's off?

It's Monday, August 25th.

I'm Jeff, this is the rant, and I had a lot of fun this last weekend.

Hope you did as well, but fantasy football drafts in 2025, I'll tell you this. One main

observation. Of course, we're going to talk about the preseason. I also have to mention a little bit

about Terry McLaren on the podcast today. But one main observation from my home league

drafts, I have a couple of them

under my belt already. Casual drafters are way better than they used to be. And I don't

think that's a bad thing. I think that's a good thing for sure. I love more competition.

The folks in my home leagues way better. Even the worst drafters in those leagues way better than they were 10 years

ago or, you know, especially 20 years ago. You go back far enough. Hey, 20 years ago, you could value-based

draft blindfolded and draft a rock star team. You cannot do that today, especially in the early

rounds. You're not going to find any value today.

But it used to be that you could start scooping some value in the middle rounds. So value-based

drafting like 10 years ago was still relevant. I wasn't seeing that. You know, I was expecting

some drafts to fall apart and they really didn't. Now, some did ultimately when you get in the late

rounds, but you know, what are you going after in the late rounds anyway? Upside, right? There was even this one

dude and he's a decent player. He's not the best in in the league, but he's decent. And he executed

a flawless zero RB. Like in a super flex. I was like, hey, nicely done. I mean, the landscape is changing. And that's okay. That just means we have to apply some strategy as opposed to just going street value based. Of course, I did a podcast on that a couple weeks ago. And if you're going to ask me, yes, I'm a little under the weather. I realize that. But, you know, I don't take days off. I'm a little sick. whatever. Who cares? I need to do a podcast. What do you want from me? If you still have drafts this upcoming weekend, I still have a draft coming at you, Labor Day weekend. Some people load up Labor Day weekend with drafts. Well, we still have you covered over at FtnFantasy.com. I just updated the cheat sheets. So they're fully updated, ready to roll here.

And I'll update them again at the end of the week after roster cutdowns. And the nice thing is,

once we get to roster cutdowns, really there isn't anything major that's going to happen

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