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Hosted by Matt Hicks, the Rookie Big Board Fantasy Football Podcast provides industry-leading analysis for scouting, tracking, and valuing NFL rookies for fantasy football. Seasonal and dynasty fantasy football players, NFL draftniks, and college football fanatics will be entertained while learning about the unique formula for fantasy football success when evaluating rookies.
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Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
The 2022 NFL Draft is quickly approaching! Get to know this top prospect as a part of the Rookie Profile Series featuring Matt Hicks and John Laub. Drake London, from USC, is a rare NFL Draft Prospect.
He is an athletic dual-sport big man, recruited to play both football and basketball. He dominated for the Trojans while catching passes from both Kedon Slovis and Jaxson Dart. The guys break down his college film, statistics, and help the viewers understand his fantasy football value.
You can get access to Matt's Rookie Rankings at patreon.com/theffeducator
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
The 2022 NFL Draft is quickly approaching! Get to know this top prospect as a part of the Rookie Profile Series featuring Matt Hicks and John Laub. Breece Hall, out of Iowa State, has dominated College Football for the past three seasons.
His explosiveness and vision make him of the top tier running backs in the 2022 NFL Draft. The guys break down his college film, statistics, and help the viewers understand his fantasy football value.
You can get access to Matt's Rookie Rankings at patreon.com/theffeducator
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
The 2022 NFL Draft is quickly approaching! Get to know this top prospect as a part of the Rookie Profile Series featuring Matt Hicks and John Laub. Kenny Pickett took the college football world by storm in 2022.
The Heisman trophy finalist dominated ACC defenses and propelled his NFL Draft stock. The guys break down his college film, statistics, and help the viewers understand his fantasy football value.
You can get access to Matt's Rookie Rankings at patreon.com/theffeducator
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
The 2022 Senior Bowl kicks off the 2022 NFL Draft season. This year, there is no position with more talent than the wide receivers. In this episode, Matt and John dig into the deep talent pool by breaking down the 13 players invited to the 2022 Senior Bowl.
They kick it off with a pair of the favorite wideouts, Boise State's Khalil Shakir and Alex Pierce out of Cincinatti. Calvin Austin III and Penn State's Jahan Dotson are also profiled in detail. They dig into smaller school players with major upside like North Dakota State's Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs out of Nevada, and the very popular player out of South Alabama: Jalen Tolbert.
You can get Matt's full rookie rankings, along with his dynasty rankings and join an active discord channel at patreon.com/theffeducator
Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
The 2022 NFL Draft season officially kicks off with the 2022 Senior Bowl. In this episode, Matt and John preview the running back position.
Despite the absence of the traditional "top-tier" of the 2022 class (Spiller, Hall, Walker, Williams), the Senior Bowl features eight must-watch backs that project as potential fantasy football impact players.
Georgia's James Cook is discussed as a future PPR impact player. The guys also breakdown the game of Hassan Haskins, from Michigan, along with Alabama's Brian Robinson. Matt profiles Jerome Ford, one of his favorite backs, and John gets excited for Arizona State's Rachaad White.
You can get access to Matt's 2022 Rookie Rankings, along with dynasty and devy rankings, at patreon.com/theffeducator
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
The 2022 Senior Bowl preview series begins with the quarterback and tight end positions. The guys breakdown the top players invited to Mobile, in preparation for the 2022 NFL Draft.
Kenny Pickett from Pitt and Sam Howell are discussed as two players who can headline the quarterback class. Malik Willis and Desmond Ridder are also debated as two prospects who have high fantasy football upside, but also come with a lot of risk. Nevada's Carson Strong is discussed, along with Bailey Zappe from Western Kentucky.
Isaiah Likely and Trey McBride are discussed as two athletic tight ends who could make an impact in the NFL. Charlie Kolar from Iowa State and Jeremy Ruckert are two college football staples looking to make the jump to the next level. Nevada's Cole Turner is also previewed.
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
In this audio-only episode, Matt reacts to his biggest hits and misses from the 2021 class. He pulls five lessons from his analysis and leads the listeners through his thinking while developing an understanding of where he missed on player value and how he is adjusting his process to better value the 2022 rookie class.
you can get the 2022 rookie big board at patreon.com/theffeducator
Matt starts by working through the value of rookie wide receivers, compared to running backs and quarterbacks in superflex leagues. He then focuses on how he has undervalued the size of running back prospects, especially ones that pop out during film review. In his next lesson, Matt informs the listeners how he will use lessons from the 2021 quarterback class to properly project the immediate impact of the 2022 quarterback class. The episode concludes with an explanation of the importance of volume-based projections for rookie players and confirmation of his tendency to fade players who receive a high level of manufactured products in college.
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
The 2021 Fantasy Football season has come to a close and Matt is breaking down his final dynasty rankings for the rookie class. He breaks down his biggest risers and fallers of the season, while taking time to put their relative change of value in context of their dynasty fantasy football value heading into the 2022 season.
you can get the 2022 rookie big board at patreon.com/theffeducator
He breaks down major risers such as Miami's Jaylen Waddle and Pittsburgh's Pat Friermuth. Matt also digs into how we can properly react to the rising dynasty value of rookie quarterbacks Mac Jones from the Patriots and Davis Mills of the Houston Texans. Then he digs into his biggest fallers, including Carolina Panthers wideout Terrace Marshall and the former number one overall NFL Draft pick, Trevor Lawrence. Matt takes the time to intentionally diagnose how each player has seen their value drop and helps you interpret how to properly react to their change in value.
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Devy Fantasy Football player value is extremely difficult to gauge as the 2021 college football season comes to a close and the 2022 fantasy football season is set to quickly begin. In this episode, Matt breaks down the results of a Devy Fantasy Football Mock Draft that he conducted with 11 other industry experts.
In the first round, he debates the value of Bijan Robinson from Texas against Ohio State's TreyVeyon Henderson. Kayshon Boutte of LSU and Jaxson Smith-Njiba, despite having very different 2021 seasons, are also top 5 selections. He discusses the fluid value of running backs currently in the College Football Transfer Portal, like Jahmyr Gibbs and Zach Evans.
Matt goes through the next 3 rounds with a particular emphasis on devy fantasy football draft strategy and devy fantasy football roster construction. He makes a point to detail his approach to draft incoming freshmen, including ones highly ranked by 247 Sports, including Georgia's Branson Robinson, Jayden Blue from Texas, and Penn State's Nicholas Singleton.
Analysts participating in the draft include:
Matt Hicks (Rookie Big Board) @TheFFEducator
Kane Fossel (Devy Marketplace) Fantasy Headliners @Devy_Kane
Kevin Coleman (FantasyPros, Triple Play Fantasy) @Daboys_22
Nathan Bourque (Dynasty Nerds) @DynastyDadStache
John Laub (Fantasy Football Diehards, NFL Draft Bible) @GridironSchol91
Brandon Lejeune (Devy Deep Dive, NFL Draft Bible) @DevyDeepDive
Jared Wackerly (Dynasty Nerds) @JaredWackerlyFF
Skip Newton (Devy Happy Hour, NFL Draft Bible) @SkipNewton31
Katie Flower (Under the Helmet, Off the Rails Podcast) @FF_Skyler399
Austin (Campus 2 Canton) @DevyDeets
Michael (DLF, Devy Marketplace) @aNellytics
Alfred (Campus 2 Canton) @AlfredJF
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
The 2022 NFL Draft, despite the narrative over the past year, has plenty of running back talent. In this episode, Matt provides his top nine running backs, in order, and explains the two different fantasy football tiers he projects them into. Matt provides his take on the Isaiah Spiller vs Breece Hall debate then let's the listeners know why he has Notre Dame's Kyren Williams over Kenneth Walker III from Michigan State.
you can get access to the 2022 rookie big board at patreon.com/theffeducator
Recent fantasy football production over the past two seasons has shown us that we cannot ignore the "second tier" of fantasy football running backs in a class. Matt describes why he believes UCLA running back Zach Charbonnet, Cinicannti's Jerome Ford, and Georgia's Zamir White could all be future impact players. He also lets you know why you should not be forgetting about Zonovan "Bam" Knight from NC State and Brian Robinson Jr. out of the University of Alabama.
The episode concludes with a comparison of the 2022 running back class to the 2021 and 2020 running back classes.