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Fantasy Focus Football

THREE guys where the Fantasy HYPE is real | Facts vs Feelings

Fantasy Focus Football

ESPN Radio

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4.413.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This week on the Facts vs Feelings, Liz Loza breaks down what it really means to be a drumbeat player and the names she has on her radar. Then she’s joined by Kyle Soppe, fantasy analyst and sports betting expert at PFSN, to dig into the fine art of fantasy research, expose the stat that may be catfishing unsuspecting managers, and spotlight the trend quietly gaining steam in smart draft rooms. Plus, NFL Fantasy Therapy is in session. Liz offers advice, insight, and maybe a little emotional closure.   0:00 - Welcome 1:06 - 🥁 Drumbeat Players, Defined (and Judged) 7:03 - 👋 Kyle Soppe Pulls Up 8:17 - 🎨 Fantasy Research Is an Art, Actually 8:42 - 🐟 The Stat That May Catfish Fantasy Managers 13:27 - 📈 This Trend’s Heating Up Fast 15:48 - ❓Jeopardy, But Make It Fantasy 23:42 - 🛋️ Fantasy Therapy: Talk It Out with Liz 26:45 -🍻 Last Call! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you haven't tried Abercrombie denim yet, you're missing out.

0:03.8

Denim should fit like this.

0:06.0

It's all about proportions.

0:07.7

Abercrombie has their classic fits and athletic fits for guys who want a little more room in the thigh.

0:13.1

When you find your staple fit, it'll be the pair you reach for day after day for every plan.

0:19.2

Shop Abercrombie denim in, in the app, online, and in store.

0:26.8

If you came here looking for fantasy focus, surprise.

0:30.3

You now get that show five days a week, plus this one, which is facts versus feelings.

0:36.3

So welcome.

0:37.2

I am Liz Loza, and today's fact is that you always

0:40.5

have to keep your ear to the ground. You know me, but you may not know my producer. It's Mr. David

0:50.2

Presley. Hi, Dave. Hey, Liz. How's it going? It's good to see you. It's great to see you.

0:55.1

When people listen to this next week, though, I will be where you are right now. Well, I think you just

1:01.2

invented time travel. It does not look like you are in the Los Angeles office, though. Where are you?

1:06.0

That is a great observation. I am neither in Los Angeles nor Bristol. I am in fact in my mom's basement in Chicago. Well, how the mighty have fallen. Oh, man. Why don't you just play that disclaimer right now, please? Okay. Fantasy football is a game of inches, luck, and irrational confidence. Proceed with caution. Trust your gut. And remember, ADP is a suggestion, not a command. Mark drafts of fantasy. Your real draft is war. and just because you heard it on this show doesn't mean you should do it. If all goes wrong, just say your account

1:28.9

was hacked. All right, Liz, I got a question for you. What the heck is a drumbeat player?

1:37.9

Simply put, a drumbeat player is just someone who is starting to catch fire. There are whispers

1:43.1

right now, but the crescendo is increasing.

1:46.2

Probably the ADP is also increasing.

1:49.7

And so just someone to maybe keep an eye on at the moment.

1:53.6

All right.

1:54.0

So the first player on the list that we got here is Trevor Lawrence.

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