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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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Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
In this episode, Matt talks about his post-NFL Draft fantasy football rookie rankings. Instead of reading down a list or hyper-focusing on a few talking points, he instead focuses on their tiers he has broken the players into after learning their new NFL team.
Matt highlights at least one player per tier, explains the difference between each tier and explains how those tiers affect the value of your fantasy football rookie picks. He also shares his take on Travis Etienne vs Javonte Williams and Trey Lance vs Justin Fields.
You can join the community via Patreon and get access to bonus episodes, Matt's Rookie Big Board, Devy and dynasty rankings, a vibrant slack channel, and personalized roster advice here: patreon.com/theffeducator
Sunday May 02, 2021
Sunday May 02, 2021
Matt digs into the ADP from three mock drafts he has done with analysts and patrons since the end of Day 3 of the 2021 NFL Draft.
In this episode, he reveals the 26 players that registered ADP, talks about the trends that he has found in the early data, and breaks down the impact of the landing spots for all 26 fantasy football players registering ADP.
You can join the community via Patreon and get access to bonus episodes, Matt's Rookie Big Board, Devy and dynasty rankings, a vibrant slack channel, and personalized roster advice here: patreon.com/theffeducator
Saturday May 01, 2021
Saturday May 01, 2021
In this episode, Matt is joined by Garret Price of the Dynasty Nerds and Drew O from Bullet Proof Fantasy Football for a 2 round rookie mock draft.
They are reacting to NFL Draft landing spots and discussing how fantasy football player value has (or has not) changed based on the NFL team they are now playing for.
You can join the community via Patreon and get access to bonus episodes, Matt's Rookie Big Board, Devy and dynasty rankings, a vibrant slack channel, and personalized roster advice here: patreon.com/theffeducator
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Matt dives into potential NFL landing spots for eight rookies with a lot to gain (or lose) during the 2021 NFL Draft. He takes a unique look at eight situations that could lead to a major boost or significant cut to fantasy football value.
Fantasy Football landing spots are more than just scheme. He considers factors such as: year one production, long term production, playmakers surrounding the rookie, and even positional designations.
You can join the community via Patreon and get access to bonus episodes, Matt's Rookie Big Board, Devy and dynasty rankings, a vibrant slack channel, and personalized roster advice here: patreon.com/theffeducator
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Matt is joined by Kane Fossell and Alfred Fernandez for a rookie mock draft. In this fantasy football rookie mock draft, the guys are drafting using landing spots determined by a seven-round NFL mock draft Matt completed prior to the draft.
Kane is the host of the Devy Marketplace and contributes to @Headliner U - College Football 101
Alfred's work can be found at campus2canton.com
You can find Matt's full rookie rankings, devy rankings & dynasty rankings at patreon.com/theffeducator
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Matt is joined by Kane Fossell and Alfred Fernandez for a rookie mock draft. In this fantasy football rookie mock draft, the guys are drafting using landing spots determined by a seven-round NFL mock draft Matt completed prior to the draft.
Kane is the host of the Devy Marketplace and contributes to @Headliner U - College Football 101
Alfred's work can be found at campus2canton.com
You can find Matt's full rookie rankings, devy rankings & dynasty rankings at patreon.com/theffeducator
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
We are full steam ahead into Best Ball season! In years past, Matt may not have felt comfortable with drafting rookies (or any best ball rosters) before the NFL Draft. With the Rookie Big Board process, and Matt's insights, you should feel empowered to tackle any draft!
Matt begins this episode with an overview of rookie production over the past three seasons. He then cross-references Underdog Fantasy Football ADP with his rookie projections to find the best values and biggest overpays. He also discusses the value (or lack thereof) of drafting rookies with late-round flyers in best-ball formats.
If you're trying out Underdog Fantasy Football for the first time, be sure to use Matt as a referral, just enter "THEFFEDUCATOR'!
You can join the community via Patreon and get access to bonus episodes, Matt's Rookie Big Board, Devy and dynasty rankings, a vibrant slack channel, and personalized roster advice here: patreon.com/theffeducator
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
In this episode, Matt breaks down 5 players that are moving up the Rookie Big Board, based primarily on the significant update to the RBB; the introduction of the Opportunity Index to this year's draft class.
Players are moving around for various reasons this time of the year; either from good pro days, like Kenny Gainwell, from other players having poor measurements (Elijah Moore), or emerging from deeper tape dives such as Deon Jackson.
You can join the community via Patreon and get access to bonus episodes, Matt's Rookie Big Board, Devy and dynasty rankings, a vibrant slack channel, and personalized roster advice here: patreon.com/theffeducator
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
The Pro Days from Javonte Williams and Rondale Moore have fantasy football players in a panic.
In this episode, Matt provides insight on how he traditionally approaches pro days when evaluating fantasy football player value. He then breaks down the unique circumstances that are affecting this year's class while discussing the pro day results from Jaret Patterson, Rakeem Boyd, Rondale Moore, Michael Carter, Javonte Williams, Tamorrion Terry and Kenneth Gainwell
You can join the community via Patreon and get access to bonus episodes, Matt's Rookie Big Board, Devy and dynasty rankings, a vibrant slack channel, and personalized roster advice here: patreon.com/theffeducator
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
In this episode, Matt breaks down the 2021 Quarterback class by tier, for their fantasy football value.
He talks through the gap between Lawrence, Fields and the rest of the class.
Zach Wilson vs Trey Lance is debated-in terms of dynasty fantasy football value. Matt digs into the Kellen Mond hype and reflects on the downward trend of Kyle Trask.
You can join the community via Patreon and get access to bonus episodes, Matt's Rookie Big Board, Devy and dynasty rankings, a vibrant slack channel, and personalized roster advice here: patreon.com/theffeducator