At this rate, we'll all be playing with backups - 2024 Season, Episode 2

We're back! After taking a couple of weeks off due to back-to-back hurricanes, we now find ourselves in the back half of the season heading into week 9. It's been tough sledding thus far for everyone but two owners, the only two owners with winning records. No one else. In fact, an entire division has no one with a winning record. No thanks to the disappearance of all the WRs. Week 9 doesn't provide much help as several owners find themselves with a tough draw, despite Yahoo projecting big points for all teams this weekend. Will Tim extend his league lead to 7-2? Will Sean FINALLY exercise his Monday night demons, or will Gordon have the last laugh? What a season. Follow along as our Yahoo League is public HERE. Want to listen to this week's theme song, "Give Me a Try," by Killrude. Check it out on Spotify HERE.

Week 2 is now in the rearview mirror, and I feel like this is a replay of last season when virtually no one could remain upright. Everyone but Gordon had vital squad members go down with injuries, and some owners have already filled up their IR slots. If this keeps up, we'll all be playing with backups and waiver wire pickups. Week 3 could see an early division leader further separate himself and set up a potential 4-0 start, while our current champ is hoping to avoid the dreaded 0-3 start. It's going to be a great week of games! If you want to listen to this week's theme song, "Dancing On A Memory," by Hallman, check it out on Spotify HERE⁠⁠. Follow along as our Yahoo League is public HERE⁠⁠⁠.

So excited to be back for the 2024 Season as we start our 10th season of the Lakewood Ranch Fantasy Football Dad's league and our 5th season of the podcast! With our draft and week 1 in the books, surprises abound. Shane kept the wrong Robinson, Jason drafted a kicker in the 6th round and has a dumpster fire of a WR room as a result, CMC's late scratch cost an owner the W and subsequent stint on the IR adds insult to injury, and finally, kickers still doing kicker things and putting up big points. And that was just week 1. Week 2 sees multiple owners staring at a 0-2 start, including the current Champ. And at least one owner already looking to make a trade. Bonus, next week Sean will start a new segment of Hard Rock Bets and DFS locks as we all can use all the help we can get. If you want to listen to this week's theme song, "Dancing On A Memory," by Hallman, check it out on Spotify ⁠HERE⁠. Follow along as our Yahoo League is public ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠.

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.