Lakewood Ranch Fantasy Football Dads League

We took a week off, but now we are back and we are heading into the home stretch of the regular season. Week 8 saw the high water mark for top weekly points get reset, Sean lost on Monday night by .4 points, and Gabor is on an absolute tear through the league with a 5-game win streak. Week 10 brings the dreaded "week 10 bye" as several high-powered offenses are taking a break at it's having an effect on the outcome of this week's game. Can Gabor make it 6 wins in a row? Who will take the lead for the final playoff spot? Can Doug take down Ricky's Steamboat Dreamboat for his 3rd loss in a row? It's going to be a great week of fantasy football! If you want to listen to this week's theme song, "Glitz At The Ritz," by Jules Gaia, check it out on Spotify HERE. Follow along as our Yahoo League is public ⁠HERE⁠.

We've crossed the midpoint of the regular season, and last week's rivalry week played out as expected. Ricky Steamboat's Dreamboat extended their lead in the Pretty Boys division to a 6-1 record, Animal Steele's Backhair took down the new league juggernaut, and Sage Yahoo Autodraft is riding a 3-week win streak heading into week 8. With week 8 on tap, it's another key Mauler's division matchup with the Junkyard Dogs taking on Animal Steele's Backhair, Sean's Bam Bam Bigelow-ver? squad looks to sever Andre's Giantsland 3-week win streak in a get-right game, and can Savage Nation make it a 3-way logjam in the Mauler's division...it's going to be a great week. If you want to listen to this week's theme song, "Save," by Alphascan, check it out on Spotify HERE. Follow along as our Yahoo League is public HERE.

Week 7 is here; it's the midpoint of our regular season and the first rivalry week of our 2023 season, with big games riding on the Sunday night Philly / Dolphins matchup. In week 6, Sean's bad JuJu reached God-level status after losing by 0.6 points on Monday night, roster and waiver wire management is becoming an issue for several owners, and we birthed another juggernaut when the games were over. It was a heck of a week 6 in the 2023 season. If you'd like to listen to this week's opening theme song, "We're Dynamite" by Craig Reever, check it out on Spotify HERE. As always, our league is publicly viewable on Yahoo ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠if you want to follow along.

We're nearing the halfway point of the season, and the themes we've been seeing all season are pretty much cemented. Kickers continue masquerading as WR2s; more big points were put up last week, trades are still happening, and the waiver wire activity is on straight fire. As we look forward to week 6, we're expecting kickers to continue to put on a show, we're going to get some separation in the Maulers division, and Gordon should birth a new league juggernaut by the end of this week's games. It's going to be a heck of a week. If you'd like to listen to this week's opening theme song, "Psybeam" by Oomiee, check it out on Spotify HERE. As always, our league is publicly viewable on Yahoo ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠if you want to follow along.

With week 4 in the books, there's no shortage of points being scored as we're looking at some of the highest points we've ever had this early in a season. In addition, as you might have guessed Sean's stunt from last week caught the attention of the Fantasy Football Gods and they bestowed Legendary Status on his bad JuJu. And kickers...still a thing, with their value increasing by the week. This week Doug joins us again for Brownell's Breakdown, we discuss the big points being thrown up, including those from kickers, Sean's now on a charm offensive (let's see how that goes), and we may start to see some team's separate themselves from the pack by the end of the week if all goes according to plan. If you'd like to listen to this week's opening theme song, "The Memory of You" by Swif7, check it out on Spotify HERE. As always, our league is publicly viewable on Yahoo ⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE ⁠⁠⁠⁠if you want to follow along.

This week's episode is a special one as we have our first podcast caller of the season, and it's none other than Doug-E-fresh, owner of Animal Steele's Backhair. He joins us for what might be our new, hair-raising segment, Brownell's Breakdown as we look at week 4 matchups. In addition to Doug joining us this week, Sean and I discuss week 3's games and the HUGE points some of the teams put up, Sean's continued bad JuJu when it comes to games that are decided on Monday night (he lost, no surprise), and how kickers may now be more valuable to a team than any TE not named Kelce. If you'd like to listen to this week's opening theme song, "Fire Drill" by Cushy, check it out on Spotify HERE. As always, our league is publicly viewable on Yahoo ⁠⁠⁠HERE ⁠⁠⁠if you want to follow along.

With week 2 in the rearview mirror, we're all starting to settle into our teams and into this season. Early season antics abound, and there is a real chance that a few teams could start the season 0-3. For the week 2 recap, we'll discuss waiver wire observations (it's been active), the Junkyard Dogs team looks like anything but a group of Junkyard Dogs, and how much of an impact the tropic storm will have on our games this week. If you'd like to listen to this week's opening theme song, "Thoughts In My Mind" by Swif7, check it out on Spotify HERE. As always, our league is publicly viewable on Yahoo ⁠⁠HERE ⁠⁠if you want to follow along.

With week 1 behind us, we're settling in for what promises to be one of the most exciting league seasons yet. This week's episode combines our annual post-draft and week 1 recap. We'll discuss a few draft observations, which teams look the strongest (right now), and die laughing at Yahoo's post-draft grades and commentary, courtesy of its new partnership with Chat GTP. With week 1 in the rearview mirror, Sean and I highlight an emerging theme or two we see starting to play out, the disparity in division strength, and unveil our week 1 top weekly points leaderboard. As we look forward to week 2, two games caught our eye. Both have big early-season implications for the teams that can pull out a win. If you'd like to listen to this week's opening theme song, "I Don't Really Care" by Hallman, check it out on Spotify HERE. As always, our league is publicly viewable on Yahoo ⁠HERE ⁠if you want to follow along.

It's been a long offseason, but here we are at the cusp of the start of the 2023 season. With that comes our annual pre-draft episode and all things armchair quarterback. To kick off our 4th season, Sean reveals this year's theme (it's fantastical), we'll review everyone's keeper choices now that the deadline has passed, and look at some potential draft strategies that could play out during the upcoming draft. If you'd like to listen to this week's opening theme song, "I'm the only one" by Killrude, check it out on Spotify HERE. As always, our league is publicly viewable on Yahoo HERE if you want to follow along.

It has been a few weeks since I recorded a podcast for the league, and a lot has taken place. A LOT. But rather than go through the details of the last two weeks, Sean and I thought we should do a first half of the regular season recap for you all. Heading into week eight games, no one team is out of it. Sean and I cover everything from Sage Yahoo Auto Draft's performance or lack thereof thru the first half of the regular season; to Gordon officially having the worst luck in fantasy football, and if you want to know why Sean is taking Gabor to the Mystic Village to see a Shaman about a "thing"...well, we cover that as well. Everything is still up for grabs, and anyone can still make the playoffs. It's going to be a great second half of the regular season. Check out our Yahoo league page HERE if you want to follow our league. If you want to hear more of this week's opening theme song from Sven Karlsson, check out the song on Spotify! Like this week-ending theme song from Qeeo and want to hear more, check it out on Spotify!