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(#73) Shedeur Sanders, Cam Ward, and Travis Hunter: Overall 1.01 Deeper Dives (+X Restrepo & J Higgins)

The Deeper Dives today could potentially feature the top 3 picks in the actual NFL Draft, as well as Deeper Dives for X Restrepo and J Higgins TIMELINE || Sanders -- 19:15 || Ward -- 32:45 || Hunter -- 51:45 || Restrepo -- 60:45 || Higgins -- 70:15Video Links: Sanders -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7gUOOghQfEWard -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efIXxH0n7eYHunter -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iORg12oAV3w & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yk5Ps9E6kIRestrepo -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzcDMTar66AHiggins -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNLHvS7E_L0 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Jan 1, 20251h 22m

(#72) Omarion Hampton, Elic Ayomanor, Ricky White III, and Brashard Smith Deeper Dives + NFL/CFB news & notes

On today's FFR, Deeper Dive season cranks up another notch with a show-high 4 Deeper Dives on the show today + more notesTIMELINE || NFL Notes -- 1:30 || Deeper Dives (General) -- 28:30 || Omarion Hampton -- 30:15 || Elic Ayomanor -- 41:15 || Ricky White III -- 53:15 || CFB Playoff Rant -- 64:30 || CFB Playoff Review -- 69:00 || Brashard Smith -- 89:45 || 12/28 Bowl (BRIEF) Preview -- 101:15 || End Notes -- 104:45 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Dec 27, 20241h 55m

(#71) Latest NFL Draft Buzz, McShay Top 250, & more Deeper Dives

On today's show, we cover the weekly NFL Notes, breakdown prospects Colston Loveland and Jalen Royals, discuss McShay's top 250, & moreTIMELINE || Positive NFL Notes -- 1:15 || Negative NFL Notes -- 10:20 || Deeper Dive Notes (R.J. Harvey) -- 24:45 || Colston Loveland Deeper Dive -- 32:30 || Jalen Royals Deeper Dive -- 45:00 || McShay Top 250 Puzzle + NFL Buzz -- 55:30 || CFB Playoff Preview -- 73:30 || Fantasy for Real Future Schedule -- 94:15 || End Notes -- 99:30 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Dec 19, 20241h 42m

(#70) NEW Deeper Dives: Tetairoa McMillan, Ollie Gordon II, Tre Harris, & weekly NFL/CFB Reactions

On today's episode, we dive deep into top WR McMillan as well as other 2025 Draft Prospects in Ollie Gordon and Tre Harris + Conference Championship Game Reactions. TIMELINE || NFL Notes (incl. Braelon Allen & Young RB Discussion) -- 1:45 || DEEPER DIVES || Tetairoa McMillan -- 24:45 || Ollie Gordon II -- 38:45 || Tre Harris -- 51:45 || CONFERENCE CHAMP & Other College Notes -- 64:15 || Endnotes -- 76:30 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Dec 12, 20241h 23m

(#69) Conference Championship Preview, Luther Burden & Kaleb Johnson Deep Dives, & minor NFL Notes

Are you as excited as I am for this weekend? Whether we look at them as Conference Championships or Playoff Play-in games, Friday & Saturday have some excellent match-ups. || TIMELINE || NFL -- 2:15 || 1 PM Games -- 3:25 || 4 PM Games -- 13:20 || Primetime Games -- 16:45 || || DEEPER DIVES -- 22:15 || Luther Burden III -- 23:15 || Kaleb Johnson -- 34:45 || || CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS -- 47:30 || Mountain West -- 50:15 || Big 12 -- 52:15 || SEC -- 55:40 || ACC -- 64:30 || Big Ten -- 67:30 || Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Dec 5, 20241h 18m

(#68) Draft Deep Dive Season Begins, CFB Playoff Predictions, and Buy-High time for Bryce

On today's FFR, there are some brief NFL notes before a discussion about the CFB Playoff, 2025 Class Eligibility, and an introduction to Deeper Dive season.Full Write-Ups @ cjfreel.substack.comTimeline || NFL Note -- 3:20 || CFB Playoff Seeding (Maybe-Too-Early?) -- 20:50 || Updated College Eligibility & Postseason List -- 41:50 || Deeper Dives -- 55:30 || Devin Neal Deeper Dive #1 -- 60:45 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Dec 3, 20241h 12m

(#67) Thanksgiving Edition: Updated 2-Rd SF Mock + Preview and Review in the NFL & CFB

Today's show discusses Bryce Young, Bucky Irving, JSN+Jeudy, and dives into many CFB topics including a rookie mock and future stud Cam Coleman. TIMELINE || NFL Reactions -- 1:10 || NFL Schedule -- 20:20 || Updated 2-Rd SF Mock -- 44:00 || Extra CFB Notes -- 57:15 || CFB Schedule -- 1:14:10 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Nov 28, 20241h 34m

(#66) Which NFL Teams Need 2025 RBs, 1QB Rookie Mock, & NFL+CFB Schedules

On today's FFR, aside from our normal Thursday schedule discussions, I look over all 32 NFL Teams by who might need Rookie RBs the most, and do a 1QB "gut reaction" mock draftTIMELINE || NFL SCHEDULE -- 1:30 || NFL RB ROOMS -- 19:30 || 1-RD 1QB ROOKIE MOCK -- 43:15 || CFB SCHEDULE -- 51:45 || END -- 69:30 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Nov 21, 20241h 9m

(#65) NFL/CFB Weekly Reactions: Buying Jauan Jennings, Omarion Hampton's explosion, & more Future NFL Risers

On today's episode of FFR, I walk through my biggest reactions to the NFL and College games this past weekend. NFL notes go position-by-position before heading into CFB to discuss future risers. TIMELINE || NFL || Jauan Jennings -- 1:30 || Rookie QB Performance -- 5:50 || Sam Darnold -- 9:50 || Chase Brown & James Cook -- 11:30 || WRs (JSN, McConkey, Worthy, Watson, Shakir, Boutte, Johnston, Waddle) -- 13:50 || TEs (Bowers, Njoku, Andrews) -- 24:30 || College || 2025 Risers (Hampton, Beck) -- 28:30 || Future Risers (Coleman, Robinson, Mosely, Love, & more) -- 35:00 || Endnotes -- 47:10 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Nov 19, 202447 min

(#64) Mock Drafting Dane Brugler's Mid-Season 2025 Big Board + Weekly NFL/CFB Schedules

One of the biggest drops of the early draft process, today's show will take a look at Dane Brugler's first top 50 Big Board focusing exclusively on the prospects related to Fantasy + NFL/CFB SchedulesTIMELINE || NFL SCHEDULE || Early Primetime -- 1:30 || 1 PM -- 3:15 || 4 PM -- 25:30 || Primetime -- 38:45 || BRUGLER BOARD || Big Board Discussion -- 46:30 || Mock Draft -- 57:00 || CFB SCHEDULE || Tier 1 -- 75:30 || Tier 2 -- 83:00 || Tier 3 -- 95:15 || END NOTES || 105:00 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Nov 14, 20241h 49m

(#63) NFL+CFB Reactions Week 10: Is Young Growing, worries with Williams, and Cam Ward's messy play

Today's FFR is a bit shorter than usual, but we're still going to go through both the NFL and CFB games this past weekend. Today's show continues to track B Young, C Williams, and looks at Cam Ward.TIMELINE || NFL || QBs (Young, Nix, Williams, Maye, Darnold) -- 2:45 || RBs (Hubbard, Tracy, Benson, Cook) -- 11:45 || WRs (London, Mitchell, Metchie, MVS, Adams, Coker, Samuel) -- 18:50 || TEs (Hockenson, Bengals TEs, Andrews, LaPorta) -- 26:00 || CFB || QBs (Milroe, Dart, Daniels, Ward) -- 32:00 || RBs (Sanders, Sampson, Neal, Henderson/Judkins) -- 48:30 || WRs on Thursday's show with the 2-Round SF Mock Draft. || End Notes -- 54:00 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Nov 12, 202459 min

(#62) Bryce Young Shows Signs of Life, Rookie QB Breakdown, & an updated 2-Rd SF Mock Draft

On today's episode of FFR, we walk through our weekly NFL and CFB previews before diving deeper into the Rookie QBs, Bryce Young, and a 2-Round SF Mock Draft.Show Outline || NFL || NFL Schedule Preview -- 1:00 || Bryce Young... development? -- 26:45 || Rookie QB Discussion -- 42:00 COLLEGE || 2026/2027: Pre-Market v Peak Market -- 01:03:00 || 2-Round SF Mock Draft -- 01:09:30 || CFB Schedule Preview -- 1:39:00 Make sure to follow the show if you're new! Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Nov 7, 20241h 58m

(#61) Big Review Show #9: Is it time to sell Joe Mixon, Updated RB Pass Catching, 2025 Positional Trends & more

On today's FFR, I recap all the latest (pre-MNF) action around the NFL before discussing my weekly College Football Risers and Fallers.Full Timeline: NFL || Injury Discussion -- 2:45 || Positional "Battles" -- 7:30 || BUY / SELL -- 13:30 || RB Pass Catching Notes -- 32:00 || Positive WR Notes -- 46:15 || The Cowboys -- 55:45 || The Lions -- 57:30 CFB || Positional Notes (2025) -- 64:00 || RB Risers -- 69:30 || WR Risers -- 77:15 || 2026 Risers -- 82:15 || 2027 Risers -- 90:45 || QB Fallers & other Fallers -- 94:30 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Nov 5, 20241h 45m

(#60) Big Review & Preview Show: Biggest Movers in the NFL & 2026 Class Preview

On today's FFR, I spend about an hour going through my biggest NFL Notes before turning towards NFL Futures, covering the 2026 Early Declares, and then looking at the College FB Schedule this week. TIMELINE || NFL SECTION -- 2:30 || BYES (49ers+Steelers) -- 3:35 || Thursday Night Football -- 6:15 || 1PM Games (Tipton, Hubbard, Coker, Tracy, Coleman, London, & Diontae) -- 10:35 || 4PM Games (Reed, KW3) -- 48:30 || Primetime (Richardson, Downs, Otton, Darnold, Worthy) -- 58:00 2026 Class Discussion -- 71:00 || QBs -- 77:30 || RBs -- 94:45 || WRs -- 107:30 || TEs -- 126:00 CFB Schedule || GOTY (OSU v PSU) -- 130:30 || Flordia/Georgia -- 133:15 || Oregon/Michigan -- 136:00 || Tier 2 Games -- 138:30 || Rapid Fire -- 146:20 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Oct 31, 20242h 30m

(#59) 2025 Rookie Big Board v.1.0: Top 48 Draft Eligible Fantasy Prospects

No NFL Coverage today as I'm focusing on my 2025 Big Board, which ranks my top 9 QBs, 17 RBs, 18 WRs, and 4 TEs eligible for the 2025 NFL Draft. Timeline will group together every few players, but the Big Board itself can be found in the Substack post. TIMELINE || Tetairoa McMillan -- 3:20 || Ashton Jeanty -- 4:55 || Luther Burden III -- 7:30 || Travis Hunter -- 10:50 || Emeka Egbuka -- 14:05 || Nicholas Singleton -- 15:50 || OSU RBs Quinshon Judkins & TreVeyon Henderson -- 18:50 || QB Tier 1 (Cam Ward, Shedeur Sanders, & Carson Beck) -- 21:35 || Evan Stewart -- 31:30 || Trevor Etienne & Kaleb Johnson -- 34:00 || Antonio Williams -- 37:45 || Jalen Milroe -- 40:25 || Isaiah Bond -- 42:30 || Elic Ayomanor -- 44:30 || Top TEs Colston Loveland & Tyler Warren -- 48:45 || "Veteran" WRs Tre Harris & Xavier Restrepo -- 52:45 || Potential 2026 QBs (Cade Klubnik, Drew Allar, Garrett Nussmeier) -- 56:15 || 2025 RB Depth (Jordan James, Omarion Hampton, Ollie Gordon II, D.J. Giddens, Dylan Sampson, Devin Neal) -- 64:00 || Jaxson Dart & Quinn Ewers -- 72:45 || Players 33 thru 48 -- 81:00 || Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Oct 29, 20241h 32m

(#58) NEW 2-Round Superflex Rookie Mock Draft + NFL & CFB Weekly Preview

Today's FFR keeps it simple: we look over the NFL schedule, the CFB schedule, and go through a new 2-Round Superflex Rookie Mock Draft. TIMELINE || NFL Schedule -- 3:30 || Thursday -- 3:30 || 1 PM Games -- 5:35 || 4 PM Games -- 19:00 || Primetime Games -- 26:00 || 2-Round SF Mock Draft -- 28:20 || 2nd Round Begins -- 40:20 || Leftover Notes from Tues. -- 54:00 || 2024 Early Big Board Review -- 57:30 || College Football Schedule -- 65:00 || Thursday (Syracuse / Pittsburgh) -- 65:00 || Friday (MASSIVE GAME: Boise St. / UNLV + USC/Rutgers) -- 66:55 || Saturday -- 71:45 || Missouri / Alabama -- 71:45 || LSU / Texas A&M -- 74:10 || Tier 2 Games -- 79:20 || Fringe Games -- 92:45 || QB Games -- 95:45 || End Notes + Last Word on Cam Ward -- 97:15 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Oct 24, 20241h 41m

(#57) Big Review Show #7: Where to rank KW3, Njoku, & Tracy + 2025 QB Woes & Other Risers & Reactions

Apologies as it got a bit long this week. Hopefully the subjects and length are worth it. Timeline below if you want to sort it out a bit more quickly.TIMELINE ||NFL -- 2:30 || Injury News (Aiyuk, Watson, Shaheed) -- 3:25 || How Far is Too Far? (Walker III, Njoku, Tracy) -- 12:00 || Rookie/Sophomore Heroes (BTJ, Bigsby, Coleman, Franklin, JT Sanders, Kraft) -- 31:45 || Rookie/Sophomore Zeroes (Reed, Worthy, B Allen) -- 52:00 || Rookie/Sophomore QBs (Rattler, Nix, Caleb, Maye) -- 65:15 || Notes (Russ, Cooper, Ridley, Darnold, Mattison, Kyren) -- 73:00 ||CFB -- 87:45 ||2025 RISERS (Trevor Etienne + Dylan Sampson) -- 87:45 || 2026 RISERS (Makai Lemon/Zachariah Branch, Jeremiyah Love, Avery Johnson) -- 95;45 || 2027 RISERS (D.J. Lagway, T.J. Moore, Nick Marsh) -- 101:45 || 2025 QBs (Quinn Ewers, Carson Beck, Cam Ward, Shedeur Sanders) ||END NOTES -- 139:00 || Jalen Milroe -- 140:00 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Oct 22, 20242h 24m

(#56) Hype for 2027 Heats Up, NFL RB Slot+Wide%, NFL & CFB Preview & more

2027 > 2026? On today's Fantasy For Real, have we officially lost our minds? We discuss the class quality of 2027 v 2026, 2025 QBs, NFL RBs, & moreTIMELINE || Always Remember: This Show is Delayed and Injuries are Behind. Feel free to ignore any commentary about Rashid Shaheed. NFL SCHEDULE || Early Primetime -- 2:30 || 1 PM -- 4:45 || 4:PM -- 18:35 || Late Primetime -- 21:35 || NFL RB Pass Catching (Slot+Wide%) -- 26:30 ||Class Quality: 2026 versus 2027 -- 37:35 || 2025 QBs -- 77:00 || Jalen Milroe -- 77:15 || Carson Beck, Quinn Ewers & Shedeur Sanders -- 85:20 || 1QB 1-Round Rookie Mock Draft -- 92:00 || CFB SCHEDULE -- 98:45 || Friday Night -- 99:00 || Georgia/Texas -- 101:55 || Alabama/Tennessee -- 105:50 || Colorado/Arizona -- 107:35 || Kentucky/Florida -- 109:10 || Other Games -- 110:55 || THE END -- 119:50 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Oct 17, 20242h 0m

(#55) Big Review & Reaction Show #6: RB/TE Risers, KW3's 100 Target Pace, Tucker/Tracy Breakouts, & more

Today's episode covers NFL RB Pass Catching Stats, Rookie QB Performances, College Eligibility, and CFB Week 7 Risers & Fallers.TIMELINE NFL Notes -- 1:45 || Kenneth Walker III -- 2:15 || Tyrone Tracy Jr. -- 5:30 || Sean Tucker -- 8:15 || James Cook / Kyren Williams -- 12:15 || Chuba Hubbard -- 17:15 || D'Andre Swift -- 19:30 || Bengals RBs -- 20:35 || Rookie QBs (Caleb Williams & Jayden Daniels) -- 23:00 || Drake Maye -- 24:00 || Bo Nix -- 25:15 || Spencer Rattler -- 27:15 || Zay Flowers -- 30:15 || Demario Douglas -- 32:35 || Josh Downs & Michael Pittman -- 36:10 || Bub Means -- 38:20 || Trey McBride -- 39:30 || David Njoku -- 39:55 || Evan Engram / Christian Kirk -- 45:25 || Justin Fields -- 46:35 || Aidan O'Connell -- 50:45 || Tank Bigsby -- 52:15 || Trey Sermon -- 53:35 || Brian Thomas Jr. -- 54:10 || Brandon Aiyuk -- 55:15 || Calvin Ridley 55:55 || Tucker Kraft -- 56:35 || Mark Andrews -- 57:35 Players Ineligible for the 2025 CFB Season -- 60:55CFB Risers -- 72:50 || Kaleb Johnson -- 72:50 || Tyler Warren -- 75:55 || Jordan James -- 77:50 || DJ Giddens -- 79:35 || Desmond Reid -- 81:20 || Jake Brinningstool / Gunnar Helm -- 82:40 || Tre Harris -- 83:50 || Dane Key -- 85:10 || Drew Allar -- 86:50 || Evan Stewart -- 89:35 || Nicholas Singleton -- 93:00 || Travis Hunter / Isaiah Bond -- 95:00 || Jonah Coleman, Ricky White, Iowa St. WRs, and other Honroable Mentions -- 96:00 || Jaxson Dart -- 98:45 || Elic Ayomanor -- 100:45 || Kyle Monangai -- 102:20 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Oct 15, 20241h 46m

(#54) Welcome to the New Big Ten, 2026 QB Overview, and NEW 2025 SF Rookie Mock

On today's packed Preview Show, NFL Week 6 Preview, NFL Buys/Sells/Values, 2026 QB Overview, 2025 SF Rookie Mock Draft, and CFB Week 7 Preview.TIMELINENFL49ers/Seahawks TNF -- 2:30 || Jags/Bears (London) + Tank Bigsby -- 3:15 || Sunday Early Games -- 8:30 || Sunday Afternoon Games -- 18:30 || Bengals/Giants SNF -- 22:20 || Bills/Jets MNF -- 23:05 || Derek Carr Injury Update -- 24:20 || QB Over/Underrated -- 26:35 || WR Over/Undervalued -- 32:45 || RB Over/Undervalued -- 36:55 || TE Over/Undervalued -- 40:20 COLLEGE2026 QB Preview -- 43:20 || Arch Manning -- 49:45 || Nico Iamaleava -- 52:40 || Cade Klubnik -- 56:00 || Conner Weigman -- 59:15 || Drew Allar -- 64:15 || Aidan Chiles -- 70:20 || Eli Holstein -- 71:30 || SUPERFLEX ROOKIE MOCK -- 77:00 || Week 7 CFB Schedule -- 83:45 || UNLV/Utah State -- 83:55 || Penn State/USC -- 85:50 || Texas/Oklahoma -- 89:00 || Ohio State/Oregon -- 93:00 || Ole Miss/LSU -- 99:10 || Kansas State/Colorado -- 103:00 || Stanford/Notre Dame -- 106:00 || South Carolina/Alabama -- 107:35 || Washington/Iowa -- 110:10 || Florida/Tennessee -- 112:00 End NotesNFL Updates (Nico Injury, Gardner Minshew/Aidan O'Connell) -- 115:15 || CFB Updates (Tre Harris + a Jalen Milroe Note) -- 120:55 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Oct 10, 20242h 2m

(#53) Big Review Show #5: Jalen Milroe, Bigsby is a Tank, Still Selling Sam (Darnold), & more

Today's Big Review covers explosive RBs like Tank Bigsby & Tyrone Tracy, once again tries to make sense of the TE position around the NFL, and discusses the biggest Risers and Fallers of Weeks 5 & 6. | NFL |QB Positives (Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Bo Nix, Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence + Brian Thomas Jr.) -- 3:15 || RB Positives (Kenneth Walker III, Tank Bigsby, Tyrone Tracy Jr.) -- 11:25 || WR/TE Positives (Nico Collins, Brock Bowers, Tyler Lockett/JSN, Demario Douglas, Whittington/Atwell, Jayden Reed + Brandon Aiyuk + Drake London) -- 21:00 || Negatives (Sam Darnold, Deshaun Watson, Justin Fields, Raiders, Allen/Coleman, Marvin Harrison Jr., Breece Hall/Braelon Allen) || Adonai Mitchell -- 44:45 || Rachaad White + Success% -- 47:50 || TE Talk (Tucker Kraft + Mark Andrews) -- 52:00| CFB |Jalen Milroe -- 60:30 || Harold Fannin Jr. -- 64:00 || RB Risers 2025 -- 66:30 || WR Risers 2025 -- 73:00 || Dead Cat: Donovan Edwards and Ja'Corey Brooks -- 76:25 || Other Risers -- 77:45 || Holding Stock (Carson Beck, Cam Ward, Luther Burden III) -- 80:45 || Fallers (Evan Stewart, Kaytron Allen, Kalel Mullings) -- 90:10 || Big Name Games -- 95:55 || 2027 Prospects -- 98:30End Notes -- 103:50 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Oct 8, 20241h 46m

(#52) 2025 Rookie Rankings Part 2: WRs + CFB Weekly What to Watch?

The long discussion on 2025 Rookies finally concludes. Which WRs are we focused on the most in the 2025 Rookie Class?NFL Notes -- 1:502025 WR Rankings -- 14:00 || Tetairoa McMillan -- 18:45 || Luther Burden -- 22:00 || Travis Hunter -- 25:30 || Emeka Egbuka -- 28:20 || Isaiah Bond -- 33:00 || Evan Stewart -- 35:55 || Antonio Williams -- 42:00 || Elic Ayomanor -- 44:30 || Tre Harris -- 50:00 || Xavier Restrepo -- 51:30 || Jack Bech -- 53:10 || Tai Felton -- 55:05 || Dane Key -- 57:45 || Barion Brown -- 59:45 || Deion Burks -- 61:30 || Kyren Lacy -- 62:20 || Antwane "Juice" Wells Jr. -- 64:25 || Nick Nash -- 66:00 || Honorable Mentions -- 68:30 CFB Schedule -- 73:00 || MSU/ORE -- 73:30 || SYR/UNLV -- 76:40 || Mizzou/A&M -- 78:30 || Pitt/UNC -- 79:30 || Navy/AF -- 83:40 || Iowa/OSU -- 84:45 || Auburn/UGA -- 87:15 || OleMiss/SCar -- 89:45 || Rutgers/Nebraska -- 91:40 || Clemson/FSU -- 94:15 || Tenn/Arky -- 96:30 || Mich/Wash -- 98:45 || USC/Minny -- 100:20 || UCF/Florida -- 103:30Endnotes (+Drew Allar & Nicholas Singleton versus Illinois Review) -- 105:25 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Oct 3, 20241h 57m

(#51) VERY BIG RANKING and Review Show #4: 2025 QB, TE, and RB Rankings + The Rise of Reed and Rashid Shaheed

It's rankings day! Apologies for the length, but we're going to go player-by-player through our top 10 QBs, top 20 RBs, and top 5 TEs so far in the 2025 Class, as well as cover NFL Week 4. FULL SHOW TIMELINENFL Notes Week 4 -- 4:20 || QBs -- 4:30 (Deshaun Watson, Daniel Jones, Sam Darnold, Jacoby Brissett, Jalen Hurts) || WRs (Positive) -- 11:00 (Olamide Zaccheaus, Nico Collins, Jayden Reed, Tutu Atwell, Jauan Jennings, Rashid Shaheed, Michael Pittman, Xavier Legette, Brian Thomas Jr./Christian Kirk || WR/TEs (Negative) -- 25:15 (Mark Andrews, Kyle Pitts, Buffalo Bills Pass Catchers, Quentin Johnston) || RBs -- 28:40 (Roschon Johnson, Tank Bigsby, Chuba Hubbard, and Kareem Hunt) 2025 Rankings Intro -- 34:352025 QB Rankings -- 42:10 || Jalen Milroe -- 48:00 || Cam Ward -- 54:55 || Shedeur Sanders -- 63:35 || Cade Klubnik -- 68:15 || Jaxson Dart -- 74:00 || Quinn Ewers -- 78:45 / 79:30 || Carson Beck -- 88:45 || Garrett Nussmeier -- 92:35 || Drew Allar -- 97:30 || Miller Moss -- 104:20 || Noah Fifita -- 107:002025 TE Rankings -- 109:55 || Colston Loveland -- 11:00 || Mason Taylor -- 111:00 / 114:10 || Harold Fannin Jr. -- 116:30 || Tyler Warren -- 119:40 || Honorable Mentions -- 122:002025 RB Rankings -- 124:30 || Ashton Jeanty -- 127:55 || Nicholas Singleton -- 136:15 || TreVeyon Henderson + Quinshon Judkins -- 143:45 || Kaleb Johnson -- 150:15 || Dylan Sampson -- 152:10 || Jordan James -- 154:35 || Devin Neal -- 157:00 || Omarion Hampton -- 159:55 || Phil Mafah -- 163:45 || Ollie Gordon II -- 165:45 || D.J. Giddens -- 172:45 || Raheim "Rocket" Sanders -- 175:15 || Damien Martinez -- 178:20 || Jonah Coleman -- 181:35 || Kaytron Allen -- 184:00 || Kalel Mullings -- 186:50 || Ja'Quinden Jackson -- 188:50 || R.J. Harvey -- 190:45 || Kyle Monangai -- 192:40 || Honorable Mentions -- 195:35Ending Notes -- 196:55 || The Jeanty v. Singleton question -- 198:30 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Oct 1, 20243h 22m

(#50) TE Panic Meter, NFL & CFB Schedule Look Ahead, and 2023-2024 Rookie Ranking Review

On 2025 Rankings Eve, I take a look back at my early October rookie rankings for the last two rookie classes. Additionally, which TEs are the most and least concerning. CFB Preview to end. Intro/Schedule -- 0:00NFL || Cowboys/Giants -- 3:25 || Broncos/Jets -- 4:15 || Vikings/Packers -- 5:20 || Saints/Falcons -- 6:45 || Eagles/Buccaneers -- 8:05 || Bengals/Panthers -- 9:20 || Jaguars/Texans -- 10:30 || Steelers/Colts -- 12:00 || Rams/Bears -- 13:30 || Commanders/Cardinals -- 14:10 || Patriots/49ers -- 15:20 || Browns /Raiders -- 15:45 || Chiefs/Chargers -- 16:20 || Bills/Ravens -- 17:20 || Titans/Dolphins -- 18:20 || Seahawks/Lions -- 19:20TE PANIC METER -- 20:30 || Bowers/McBride -- 20:55 || Ferguson -- 21:45 || Goeddert, Henry, Likely -- 22:45 || Kmet -- 23:50 || Gesicki -- 24:55 || Kincaid -- 26:10 || Laporta -- 27:30RANKINGS LOOK BACK (2023-2024) -- 30:20 || QB -- 32:25 || RB -- 37:10 || WR -- 41:30 || TE -- 50:00 COLLEGE PREVIEW || VaTech/Miami -- 52:55 || Washington/Rutgers -- 55:15 || Georgia/Alabama -- 56:30 || OklaSt/KSU -- 60:20 || Stanford/Clemson -- 61:45 || Kentucky/OleMiss -- 66:30 || OhioState/MichState -- 69:20 || Illinois/PennSt -- 73:20 || Wazzu/BoiseSt -- 77:30 || Arizona/Utah -- 78:05 || Minnesota/Michigan -- 78:55 || The 3:30-4:30 PM Buffet -- 80:15 (Wisconsin/USC, Oklahoma/Auburn, Colorado/UCF, North Carolina/Duke, MissSt./Texas**: Maybe; Arch Watch Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Sep 26, 20241h 26m

(#49) Big Review Show #3: Travis Hunter is Amazing, Buying J Reed + Roschon, and Respect to Cade Klubnik

Today's show starts with Buys/Sells and NFL QB Reviews for Week 3, before going into a 2025 Rookie Mock Draft (One Round). Afterward, it's Week 4 CFB Risers. INTRO -- 0:00NFL || Jayden Reed -- 2:00 || Roschon Johnson -- 10:00 || Sam Darnold -- 13:00 || Deshaun Watson -- 17:00 || Quentin Johnston -- 20:00 || Justin Jefferson -- 22:30 || Chris Godwin -- 23:20 || Saints WRs -- 24:50 || Tyler Lockett / Seahawks -- 26:25 || Caleb Williams & Rome Odunze -- 27:30 || Anthony Richardson & Pass Catchers -- 28:55 || Bo Nix -- 31:00 || D/ST -- 32:45 || Malik Willis -- 34:10 || Justin Fields -- 36:00 || Jared Goff -- 41:10 || Andy Dalton + Panthers -- 42:15 || Jauan Jennings -- 43:30 || TE Teaser -- 44:152025 Rookie Mock Draft --46:15 (Full Rankings Next Week)COLLEGE || Travis Hunter -- 54:50 || Cade Klubnik -- 59:30 || Harold Fannin Jr. -- 66:30 || Mason Taylor -- 68:45 || Kalel Mullings -- 72:00 || Nick Nash -- 73:25 || Jack Bech -- 76:00 || Tai Felton -- 78:00 || Fluff Bothwell -- 80:10 || Cam Ward -- 82:25 || Miller Moss -- 84:30 || Drew Allar -- 86:05 || Dylan Raiola -- 87:25 || Nicholas Singleton -- 89:10 || Devin Neal -- 92:25 || Omarion Hampton -- 94:15 || Dane Key -- 95:55 || Kyle Monangai -- 96:45 || Jackson Arnold -- 99:15 || Ollie Gordon II -- 102:05 || Luke Hasz -- 104:45 NFL Ending Notes -- 107:00College Ending Notes -- 113:10 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Sep 24, 20241h 58m

(#48) When to Buy College QB Breakouts, RB Size & Traits + NFL Wk 3 Preview and CFB Schedule

With a lot to look forward to this weekend, today's FFR looks at the NFL, key CFB Games, and discusses big picture ideas at TE, QB, and RB. Today's Timeline: Intro -- 0:00 NFL PREVIEWS || Patriots/Jets -- 2:10 || Bears/Colts -- 3:30 || Chargers/Steelers + Justin Fields -- 4:00 || Texans/Vikings -- 7:30 || Eagles/Saints -- 9:15 || Broncos/Buccaneers -- 10:55 || Packers/Titans -- 13:15 || Giants/Browns -- 14:30 || Panthers/Raiders -- 17:30 || Dolphins/Seahawks -- 19:00 || Ravens/Cowboys -- 20:15 || Lions/Cardinals -- 22:15 || 49ers/Rams -- 23:10 || Chiefs/Falcons -- 24:30 || Jaguars/Bills -- 26:15 || Commanders/Bengals -- 27:45TE Rookies -- 29:45QB Breakouts (College) -- 34:45RB Prospect Traits & Size -- 56:45COLLEGE SCHEDULE || Stanford/Syracuse -- 74:30 || Illinois/Nebraska -- 75:25 || N.C. State/Clemson -- 77:20 || USC/Michigan -- 80:55 || Tennessee/Oklahoma -- 85:45 || Kansas/West Virginia -- 89:45 || Arkansas/Auburn -- 90:45 || Utah/Oklahoma St. -- 92:40 || Iowa/Minnesota -- 94:15 || Arch Manning Watch -- 96:30End Notes -- 98:15 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Sep 19, 20241h 42m

(#47) Big Review Show #2: Elite Nico, Buy or Sell Q Johnston, Arch Manning v. Quinn Ewers, Rocket Rising & more

Today's packed FFR features discussions on Nico Collins, Quentin Johnston, and Tony Pollard as well as prospect discussion involving Arch Manning, Rocket Sanders, Cam Ward, and so much more.FULL TIMELINE: Intro / Tua -- 0:00PODCAST RECORDED BEFORE BRYCE YOUNG NEWSNFL: Nico Collins -- 3:45 || Quentin Johnston -- 8:15 || Young Players (Harrison, Nabers, Bowers, Allen, Smith-Njigba, Flowers, Jameson, Polk) -- 14:00 || Buys (Pollard, Robinson Jr., Reynold) -- 19:00 || Richardson + Daniels WRs -- 23:30 || Gardner Minshew -- 26:55 || TEs (LaPorta, Kincaid, Andrews/Likely) -- 27:50 || JK Dobbins / Antonio Gibson -- 32:55 || Bryce Young (see above) -- 35:30 || Christian Kirk -- 41:00 || Other NFL Quick Notes (White, Jacobs, Jeudy, Stafford, Fields, Burrow, Pacheco) -- 43:30 || Deep Leagues (Tutu Atwell & Luke Schoonmaker) -- 47:50 || Caleb Williams -- 49:30 || Bo Nix -- 52:10Arch Manning & Quinn Ewers -- 56:10College Football Risers Week 3: Cam Ward -- 69:30 || Garrett Nussmeier -- 73:30 || Raheim "Rocket" Sanders -- 77:55 || Isaiah Bond -- 79:00 || Avery Johnson -- 81:25 || Nico Iamaleava & Jackson Arnold -- 82:20 || Jeremiyah Love & Darius Taylor -- 83:05 || Caden Durham -- 84:15 || Ryan Williams & Ryan Wingo -- 85:50 || Tetairoa McMillan -- 87:10 || Luther Burden III -- 88:10 || Evan Stewart -- 89:45 || Jordan James -- 91:35 || Ollie Gordon II -- 92:00 || Dylan Sampson -- 94:40 || TCU/UCF -- 95:00 || Tai Felton -- 95:20 || Tre Harris -- 96:00 || Ja'Quinden Jackson -- 96:20 || Lev Moss, Maalik Murphy, Gunner Helm, Eli Holstein -- 96:30 || Carson Beck -- 98:00 || Damien Martinez -- 99:20 || Luke Lachey -- 99:45Ending Notes -- 100:55 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Sep 17, 20241h 41m

(#46) Week 2 NFL Preview, CFB Viewer's Guide, and Rookie QBs

(Reminder that this show is recorded earlier and injury news is not always current). On the second full preview episode from FFR, we look briefly through each NFL game this weekend, discuss important College Football match-ups, and discuss the Week 1 performances of Darnold & DanielsTIMELINENFL: Bills & Dolphins (2:25) || Raiders & Ravens (4:15) || Browns & Jaguars (5:20) || Jets & Titans (7:25) || 49ers & Vikings (8:25) || Chargers & Panthers (10:25) || Seahawks & Patriots (13:20) || Saints & Cowboys (14:40) || Giants & Commanders (16:05) || Buccaneers & Lions (17:05) || Colts & Packers (19:10) || Rams & Cardinals (20:05) || Steelers & Broncos (21:30) || Bengals & Chiefs (23:00) || Bears & Texans (25:00) || Falcons & Eagles (26:40) Rookie QBs -- Bo Nix, Jayden Daniels, and Caleb Williams in Week 1 (29:20)College (42:00): Arizona & Kansas St. (43:30) || LSU & S Carolina (45:30) || Alabama & Wisconsin (48:30) || Boston College & Missouri (50:30) || Texas A&M & Florida (51:15) || Tulane & Oklahoma (53:40) || Oregon & Oregon St. (55:45) || Washington St. & Washington (58:15) || West Virginia & Pittsburgh (59:10) || Georgia & Kentucky (61:45) || Colorado & Colorado St. (65:30) || UCF & TCU (66:20) Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Sep 12, 20241h 8m

(#45) Big Review & Reaction Show #1: NFL Week 1 & CFB Week 2

In the first of many big weekly reaction shows, I go through every game (except MNF) of the NFL schedule as well as my biggest risers from Week 2 of College Football for the Future of Dynasty FF.Timeline: Opening (1:45) || Pre-Show Notes (7:40) NFL Timeline: Ravens @ Chiefs (11:45) || Packers @ Eagles (15:15) || Titans @ Bears (19:45) || Cardinals @ Bills (24:00) || Patriots @ Bengals (27:20) || Vikings @ Giants (29:50) || Panthers @ Saints (32:50) || Steelers @ Falcons (36:50) || Jaguars @ Dolphins (42:20) || Texans @ Colts (46:55) || Raiders @ Chargers (49:15) || Commanders @ Buccaneers (54:40) || Broncos @ Seahawks (59:20) || Cowboys @ Browns (63:05) || Rams @ Lions (66:00) || SUMMARY OF NFL (75:15) College Timeline: Ashton Jeanty (80:30) || Nicholas Singleton (88:00) || Evan Stewart (92:15) || Quinn Ewers (94:55) || Dylan Sampson (101:50) || Desmond Reid (104:30) || D.J. Giddens (105:30) || Kaleb Johnson & Jamarion Miller (106:30) || Tai Felton (108:00) || Tyler Warren & Oronde Gadsden II (110:00) || Ole Miss (112:00) || 2027 Class (112:45) || 2026 Class (116:15) || Barion Brown (121:15) || Luther Burden (122:45) || Ollie Gordon II (124:15) || Shedeur Sacks (127:25) || Drew Allar (128:40) || END (130:55) Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Sep 10, 20242h 12m

(#44) NFL-eve Questions for all 32 Teams, Week 2 CFB Preview, and a Drew Allar mini-rant

On today's packed FFR, I discuss one question for each team in the NFL I hope to get answered in Week 1 & go over the Week 2 match-ups in College Football. Full TIMELINE |||| NFL Rapid Fire -- 1:15 | Weekday Games -- 2:15 | 1 PM Games -- 4:05 | Afternoon Games -- 12:10 | Primetime Games -- 16:30 |||| Drew Allar Mini-Rant -- 19:45 |||| Game Previews -- 27:35 | Texas @ Michigan -- 28:05 | Tennessee @ N.C. State -- 34:00 | Colorado @ Nebraska -- 40:00 | Oregon @ Boise St. -- 46:15 | Other Games -- 54:45 |||| End Notes -- 68:45 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Sep 5, 20241h 10m

(#43) CFB Week 1 Deep Dive + Risers, Fallers, and ‘25-’27 Prospect Stock Watch

On today’s FFR, we finally have some real football to react to. While we do not want to overreact, it is never too early to take stock of major players and see who may be rising and who may be falling. || Timeline || Risers Preview – 9:00 || Cameron Ward – 14:00 || Nicholas Singleton – 18:00 || Antonio Williams – 20:30 || Colston Loveland – 22:30 || Jeremiyah Love – 24:15 || Tetairoa McMillan – 25:45 || Ashton Jeanty – 28:40 || Travis Hunter – 32:00 || Kevin Concepcion & Nico Iamaleava – 32:45 || Drew Allar, Quinn Ewers, and Carson Beck – 34:15 || Jalen Milroe – 36:10 || Ollie Gordon II – 37:45 || Elic Ayomanor – 40:00 || Oronde Gadsden II – 40:45 || Harrison Wallace III – 42:30 || Tai Felton – 43:30 || Pofele Ashlock – 44:45 || Jimmy Horn Jr. – 46:00 || Isaiah Neyor – 47:00 || Deion Burks – 48:15 || Bauer Sharp – 49:30 || Cam Cook – 50:00 || London Humphreys – 50:15 || Dylan Raiola – 52:45 || Taylor Tatum – 53:55 || Nate Frazier – 54:30 || Daniel Jeremiah – 56:00 || Ryan Williams – 56:30 || Ryan Wingo, Cam Coleman, & Perry Thompson – 57:15 || Conner Weigman – 60:15 || Aidan Chiles – 62:00 || Graham Mertz / D.J. Lagway – 64:20 || Gavin Sawchuk – 65:15 || Donovan Edwards – 66:00 || Miller Moss – 68:30 || Garrett Nussmeier – 70:25 || Mason Taylor – 72:15 || Zachariah Branch – 73:30 || Kyren Lacy – 75:50 || Kyron Hudson, Ja’Kobi Lane, Duce Robinson – 77:25 || LSU RBs – 79:30 || Aaron Anderson – 80:00 || Maalik Murphy – 80:45 || Eugene Wilson III & Tez Johnson – 81:30 || Cameron Ward (II) – 83:00 || 2027 v 2026 Freshman – 84:45 || Branson Robinson – 86:45 || Deion Burks (II) – 88:15 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Sep 3, 20241h 29m

(#42) College Football Week 1 Preview -- Biggest (Fantasy) Players in the Biggest Games

On today's episode of FFR, I run down the biggest games on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday of this week in College Football. Mostly a CFB show today, but I do discuss strategies for 8 & 14-TM leagues.Timeline || 8-Team Leagues v 14-Team Leagues -- 1:30 || Clemson / Georgia -- 15:45 || Penn St. / W. Virginia -- 26:15 || Miami (FL) / Florida -- 31:00 || Notre Dame / Texas A&M -- 35:25 || USC / LSU -- 39:00 || Boston College / Florida St. -- 44:30 || Ending -- 45:30 || Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 29, 202447 min

(#41) CFB Week 0 Recap and Week 1 Midweek Preview + Final NFL Preseason Notes

On today's FFR, I dig into my final minor notes about the NFL pre-season before getting into some non-exhibition football recapping Week 0 and previewing Week 1 in College Football.Timeline || Preseason Notes -- 8:25 || Week 0 Recap -- 26:45 || Week 1 Preview (Thur & Fri) -- 38:30 || UNC @ Minn -- 39:30 || NDSU @ COL -- 45:30 || TCU @ Stanford -- 50:45 || Ending -- 54:25 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 27, 202455 min

(#40) College Football Week 0 & Redraft Strategies at RB + WR

Today's episode of FFR covers our first real football action with the FSU/GT game in Dublin this weekend. Additionally, I wrap up my pre-season coverage with RBs and WRs in redraft leagues. || TIMELINE || Show Starts: 1:15 || Florida State v Georgia Tech: 4:30 || SMU (Preston Stone): 19:15 || Redraft RBs: 21:50 || Redraft WRs: 33:20 || The End: 49:00 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 22, 202451 min

(#39) Redraft Strategies at QB & TE + Preseason Week 2 Notes

On today's FFR, we continue both the discussion about the pre-season and specifically redraft leagues that began on the previous episode. This time, I'll be focusing in on the QB and TE positions. Show Timeline: PRESEASON NEWS -- Minshew 1:30 / 46:45 || McCarthy 3:15 / 48:30 || PRESEASON WEEK 2 -- Caleb Williams 7:55 || Drake Maye 9:00 || Ray Davis 10:00 || Sione Vaki 12:45 || Jahwar Jordan 14:00 || De'Von Achane 15:00 / 53:45 || QB MARKETPLACE 17:20 -- Kyler Murray / Jordan Love 22:05 || Jayden Daniels 25:30 || Caleb Williams 27:10 || Matthew Stafford 28:45 || Daniel Jones 30:30 || TE MARKETPLACE 32:40 -- McBride/Kincaid/Andrews 37:30 || Ferguson/Njoku 39:45 || Dalton Schultz 41:25 || T.J. Hockenson 42:00 || Cole Kmet 43:05 || Isaiah Likely 44:20 || Cade Otton 44:30 || FINAL ENDING NOTES -- 45:15 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 19, 202456 min

(#38) Redraft & Auction Strategies + Early Ranked Redraft Values

On today's episode of FFR, I get away from Prospects and Dynasty and focus on a few key statistics and ideas that go into both general redraft leagues as well as strategy for auction leagues. || FULL TIMELINE || Pre-Season Notes -- 1:30 || Redraft Rules (How much does passing volume matter?) -- 8:00 || Auction Strategies -- 20:00 || Overrated/Underrated (Redraft Pt. 1) -- 34:15 || End Notes (Passing Volume Revisited) -- 46:00 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 13, 202454 min

(#37) All-Undervalued Team (Start-Up 2024)

A list of the all-undervalued team made up of the best values on market aggregates like KeepTradeCut and FantasyCalc. Players Discussed: Kyler Murray = 4:40 || Nico Collins = 9:20 || Brandon Aiyuk = 22:25 || A.J. Brown = 23:45 || DK Metcalf = 25:50 || Tee Higgins = 27:00 || Kenneth Walker III = 30:50 || (TEs = 35:15) || T.J. Hockenson = 36:30 || Mark Andrews = 38:45 || Trey Benson = 40:25 || Matthew Stafford = 43:30 || Geno Smith = 45:25 || Russell WIlson (& Justin Fields) = 47:05 || Raheem Mostert = 49:20 || Ja'Lynn Polk = 51:15 || Demario Douglas = 52:15 || Rashid Shaheed = 55:30 || David Njoku = 57:30I'm planning on doing a "redraft" week for next week. Don't know if it'll be one show or two. Don't know what all we'll be discussing. But next week will be redraft week. Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 8, 20241h 4m

(#36) Future Prospect Breakdown FINAL: ACC & B12 Prospects for 2025 & Beyond

The final pre-season futures content from the FFR Podcast, I finish my breakdown of my top 3 tiers of College Futures looking over the ACC and Big 12 Conferences. Detailed timeline is in the spreadsheet linked below. Tier 1 = 5:00 || Tier 2 = 10:00 || Tier 3 = 38:00 || Honorable Mentions: Around 1 Hour 8 Minuteshttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zYzqxONrZ8hdG7qEAJOPe5_Xm7jrj36wvdMhNn8k7dk/edit?usp=sharing Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 5, 20241h 33m

(#35) Future Prospect Breakdown Part 2: Big Ten Prospects for 2025 & Beyond

The second part of a three-part series, I go into my top 3 Tiers of prospects for the Big Ten Conference. This includes players eligible for 2025, 2026, and 2027 as early declares. Specific time keys can be found in the Google Sheets link attached here. Tier 1: 6:25 || Tier 2: 24:45 || Tier 3: 34:15 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19oJCb6MPRfmq3eJ2UzkNE5XwZaqJolGt0AAEw6tvNus/edit?usp=sharing Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Aug 1, 20241h 21m

(#34) Future Prospect Breakdown Part 1: SEC Prospects for 2025 & Beyond

A breakdown of Future NFL Prospects at the Fantasy Relevant positions. In part one of this breakdown, I cover the players who are in the SEC. A specific breakdown of times can be found on the spreadsheet found at the end of these notes. Player Discussion Starts @ 11:30. Tier 2 @ 24:15. Tier 3 @ 47:15. Honorable Mentions start around 01:10:00. Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g6zbLxU4ZXVcpJvMVSTjodp3q9-GgM7MLvmYELS3A-c/edit?usp=sharing Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Jul 30, 20241h 33m

(#33) End of Mock Draft + TE Thoughts

One final show for this 12-Team, 12-Round Start-up Mock Draft. Sorry for the delay! Working on all my Conference-Preview Shows for CFB at once and should start cranking them out soon. Thank you for your patience. This should cover all the picks and team rosters: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VLR1BLni5-kKZiZWUKHGmYnB9lv0O29pYgN_IcsDF_4/edit?usp=sharing Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Jul 24, 20241h 19m

(#32) Start-Up Mock Part 2: Rounds 5-9

In Part 2 of the SF Start-Up Mock Draft, I go through Rounds 5 through 9. The link provided here should go to a spreadsheet with all 12 teams written out through almost 9 full rounds (8 rounds and 11 picks). || https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VLR1BLni5-kKZiZWUKHGmYnB9lv0O29pYgN_IcsDF_4/edit?usp=sharing || Round 5 -- 5:45 || 5/6 Turn -- 24:00 || 6/7 Turn -- 37:45 || 7/8 Turn -- 53:55 || 8/9 Turn -- 69:45 || Recap -- 86:30 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Jul 8, 20241h 40m

(#31) MOCK Draft Part 1 -- SF Start-Up Rounds 1-4

A look at how my own Start-Up rankings discussed the previous 3 shows might take shape. Part 1 features the first four rounds. Round 1 - 4:00 | Round 2 - 11:00 | Round 3 - 25:00 | Round 4 - 42:00 | Recap - 60:00 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Jul 1, 20241h 1m

(#30) Start-Up Deep Dives Part 3: WRs #1-70

A look at Superflex rankings for the WR position ranking WRs from #1 to #70. Tier 1 -- 2:00 || AJ Brown -- 8:00 || G Wilson -- 9:55 || M Harrison Jr. -- 11:55 || N Collins -- 14:20 || P Nacua -- 18:15 || B Aiyuk -- 23:25 || J Waddle -- 25:45 || M Nabers -- 27:25 || C Olave -- 30:15 || R Odunze -- 32:10 || D London -- 34:50 || T Hill -- 37:25 || D Smith -- 38:40 || DK Metcalf -- 40:25 || DJ Moore -- 41:55 || T Higgins -- 43:40 || G Pickens -- 46:25 || M Pittman Jr. -- 49:15 || T Dell -- 52:20 || J Addison -- 54:40 || JSN -- 56:05 || Z Flowers -- 58:10 || Rice -- 59:55 |||||| RECAP -- 1:43:20 or 103:20 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Jun 20, 20241h 53m

(#29) Start-Up Deep Dives Part 2: RBs #1-41

In-depth breakdown of RBs for a Superflex Start-Up league. Breece Hall (6:00) || Bijan & Gibbs (8:35) || Christian McCaffery (12:45) || Jonathon Taylor (16:30) || Travis Etienne (18:15) || Kenneth Walker III (21:25) || Saquon Barkley (25:25) || Jonathon Brooks (27:45) || De'Von Achane (31:00) || James Cook (35:00) || Kyren Williams (37:15) || Trey Benson (41:10) || Pacheco (42:50) || Jacobs (45:25) || Swift (48:30) || R White (51:20) || Mixon (53:50) || Montgomery (56:45) || Kamara (58:10) || Henry (1:00:40) || Stevenson (1:02:00) || Z White (1:03:30) || Lloyd (1:05:50) || Spears & Pollard (1:07:25) || Corum (1:10:15) || Wright & Mostert (1:11:40) || Javonte (1:14:20) || Harris & Warren (1:15:15) || Kendre (1:17:00) || Full Recap (1:32:50) Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

Jun 7, 20241h 38m

(#28) Superflex Start-Up QBs -- Deeper Dives into the QB Market

Today's episode of Fantasy For Real features an in-depth walkthrough of my top 38 Quarterbacks in Superflex leagues. || Times: Josh Allen & Patrick Mahomes -- 12:30 || Jalen Hurts -- 17:20 || CJ Stroud -- 20:35 || Lamar Jackson -- 24:00 || Joe Burrow -- 25:55 || Kyler Murray -- 26:50 || Justin Herbert -- 31:00 || Jordan Love -- 37:25 || Caleb Williams -- 43:10 || Anthony Richardson -- 45:15 || Jayden Daniels -- 48:20 || Brock Purdy -- 50:30 || Trevor Lawrence -- 54:45 || Dak Prescott -- 58:15 || Drake Maye -- 59:50 || Jared Goff -- 62:50 || Tua Tagovailoa -- 64:50 || J.J. McCarthy -- 71:15 || Bryce Young -- 74:35 || Baker Mayfield -- 77:35 || Matthew Stafford -- 79:50 || Kirk Cousins -- 82:00 || Will Levis -- 86:20 || Bo Nix -- 87:45 || Michael Penix Jr. -- 90:00 || Geno Smith -- 92:15 || Derek Carr -- 94:55 || Russell Wilson & Justin Fields -- 96:35 || Deshaun Watson -- 101:50 || Aaron Rodgers -- 106:55 || Daniel Jones -- 109:00 || Gardner Minshew / Aidan O'Connell -- 111:15 || Sam Howell -- 112:55 || Sam Darnold -- 113:50 || Jordan Travis -- 115:00 || Spencer Rattler -- 115:50 || Jacoby Brissett -- 117:45 || RECAP -- 118:35 || Ending Notes -- 121:10 Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

May 28, 20242h 10m

(#27) Draft Deeper Dives Part 3: the AFC

Very compact episode this week. Going through every team in the AFC draft class by draft class looking at each player and quite a few UDFAs as well. Raiders (3:50) | Chiefs (9:25) | Chargers (14:30) | Broncos (21:30) | Patriots (26:55) | Jets (30:30) | Dolphins (35:00) | Bills (38:40) | Titans (44:15) | Texans (46:20) | Jaguars (48:45) | Colts (50:45) | Steelers (53:15) | Ravens (55:10) | Browns (58:30) | Bengals (59:45) Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

May 23, 20241h 6m

(#26) Draft Deeper Dives for NFC South & North + a Puka Nacua Related Confession

On this episode of FFR, I discuss possible impacts of a new EA NCAA Video Game, the draft classes in the NFC South and NFC North, and open up about Puka Nacua. Saints (8:10) | Panthers (12:55) | Falcons (23:00) | Buccaneers (29:30) | NFC North | Vikings (33:15) | Packers (38:15) | Lions (41:00) | Bears (44:10) | Puka Nacua (53:10) | Endings (61:00). Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

May 17, 20241h 2m

(#25) Draft Class Deep Dives: NFC West & NFC East

On today's episode of Fantasy For Real, we begin a deeper dive into the draft classes of each NFL team with a focus on fits as well as some discussion about the Day 3 and UDFA players from each roster. Seattle (10:00) | Rams (14:30) | Rams (20:45) | Cardinals (30:15) | Giants (38:00) | Eagles (47:30) | Cowboys (51:15) | Commanders (55:25) Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

May 14, 20241h 3m

(#24) Dealing w/ Day 3 Troy Franklin, Post-Draft NFC RB Rooms, and '22-'24 Prospect Ages

A dense show today, this episode dives into how to evaluate Troy Franklin between pre-draft love and post-draft falls. I also discuss all NFC RB Rooms post-draft as well as prospect age. Troy Franklin (4:30) | NFC RB Rooms (22:30) | Prospect Ages (50:25) | End (58:00) Get full access to C.J.’s Substack at cjfreel.substack.com/subscribe

May 9, 20241h 1m