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The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Red Flag Players

The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Jeff Ratcliffe

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Some players just scream trouble. In this episode, Jeff breaks down the biggest red flags heading into fantasy football draft season. Whether it’s injuries, bad vibes, or sketchy depth chart situations, he's calling out the landmines you need to dodge. Don’t get burned on draft day. Let’s expose the risky picks before they wreck your roster.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Rap back where you at?

0:13.6

Yo, what's up?

0:15.2

It's Thursday, August 7th.

0:17.0

This is the rant on Jeff.

0:18.8

Preseason coming at us today, man.

0:59.3

Got three games tonight. Three more, I think, tomorrow, the full slate on Saturday and then some games on Sunday. I'm going to do a write-up, by the way, at FtnFantasy.com of big takeaways from every game. Some of them might not be that significant. Like, you know, last week we saw Tesla do okay, you know, that sort of thing. But either way, it's going to be important intel, the first real intel that we're going to get. And we can get Intel even if guys don't play because, hey, if they don't play, then they're probably solidified atop the depth charts. So that's coming at us here. But today on the show, as you can see, I want to go through some red flag players. So, you know, we kind of did as much strategy talk as I can possibly jam into these podcasts.

1:10.2

But I did want to roll through some players with some unique or interesting situations or concerning situations who I am just outright avoiding in fantasy football drafts. I'll kind of go through, you know, round by round. I mean, there's nobody really early who is concerning, and that includes Terry McClarn. I'll get into that. But then we'll go players who I think are just red flags, so I'm just going to outright avoid. And again, it could be for a variety of reasons, but I'll break down the thought process behind all of that. Before, of course, I get into that, we're rocking at FtnFantasy.com. I know there's a lot of people from the podcast who are coming into the fold, and I appreciate you guys. But hey, there's still room for more if you want the best cheat sheets in the world. I mean, I was going to say into industry, but heck, in the world.

1:45.0

Best cheat sheets.

1:46.0

16 different cheat sheets.

1:48.0

I know a lot of people like League Sync.

1:49.6

We improved League Sync this year.

1:51.6

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1:56.2

We got all of them.

1:57.4

We have, yes, Yahoo and Sleeper.

1:59.4

We have My Fantasy League.

2:18.8

But we also added ESPN and CBS. CBS was like the biggest request. We have them all if you use League Sync. We have premium article content. We have the Discord where you can talk directly to me and the rest of our analysts and so much more. Use the promo code Rat Pack. Get the sale price. Get yourself a discount. 10% off with that promo code.

2:25.6

All right. So let's get into this. I do want to briefly address Terry McLaren and I guess to a lesser

2:31.5

extent James Cook because they are going in the early rounds and I'm not concerned with them. Now, I do hope that James Cook's situation pushes him down the board a little bit, right? I hope it does, but I don't, I don't really think it will. I hope it pushes him to the sixth round. I don't think it will. He's currently holding in and pushing for a new contract.

2:52.7

And I think they're ultimately going to get something done.

2:59.2

Now, as far as Terry McLaren, a similar type situation, now he had the trade request,

3:01.5

right, but they're not going to trade him.

3:05.0

So those contract situations I'm not overly concerned with.

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