The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast
FanDuel
Fantasy football doesn't have to feel so luck-driven. The award-winning Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast is a fantasy football show that helps you win through bite-sized, analytically-driven episodes. Instead of just drafting from a list of players and crossing your fingers with the hopes that those players produce, host JJ Zachariason provides a process to help you find breakout candidates, sleepers, busts and more. The approach is logical. It's strategic. And it wins.
Location:
United States
Networks:
FanDuel
Description:
Fantasy football doesn't have to feel so luck-driven. The award-winning Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast is a fantasy football show that helps you win through bite-sized, analytically-driven episodes. Instead of just drafting from a list of players and crossing your fingers with the hopes that those players produce, host JJ Zachariason provides a process to help you find breakout candidates, sleepers, busts and more. The approach is logical. It's strategic. And it wins.
Language:
English
Episodes
Becoming a Best Ball Bro: A Go-To Tight End Strategy?
7/30/2025
JJ and Rich discuss some market movement -- specifically with the Jacksonville backfield -- before Davis Mattek joins the show. Davis answers questions about transitioning from season-long to best ball, his optimal tight end strategy, top stacks, and so much more.
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Duration:01:08:59
1003: Early-Season Schedule Analysis
7/29/2025
You want your fantasy football teams to get off to a hot start, and picking players with strong early-season schedules can help with that. On Episode 1003, JJ talks through a handful of rushing and passing attacks that you might want to reevaluate based on their early-season matchups.
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Duration:00:15:11
Late-Round Perspectives: Andrew Cooper
7/25/2025
Andrew Cooper of Fantasy Alarm joins the show to chat about how Reddit changed his entire career, his process for finding breakout tight ends, 2025 fantasy football draft strategy, and so much more.
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Duration:01:05:14
Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Embrace the Chaos?
7/23/2025
JJ and Rich kick off the show with some talk around the potential suspensions that are about to be handed out to Rashee Rice, Jordan Addison, and Quinshon Judkins. Then, Establish the Run's Adam Levitan joins JJ to talk about elite tight ends, his favorite stacks, drafting in chaotic draft rooms, and much more.
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Duration:01:03:03
1002: Regression Candidates
7/22/2025
Which players -- and teams -- are likely to see a decline in production this year based solely on regression? How about the guys who are bound to see an uptick? JJ digs in on Episode 1002.
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Duration:00:20:59
1001: Mailbag - The Browns Backfield, Isiah Pacheco, and More
7/18/2025
Should you use sportsbook prop lines for your season-long drafts? Is Isiah Pacheco an obvious value? How should we think about the Cleveland backfield with the Quinshon Judkins news? JJ answers those questions -- and more -- on this week's mailbag episode.
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Duration:00:19:34
Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Do You Have to Max Enter?
7/16/2025
JJ and Rich kick off the show discussing the wild and constantly-changing quarterback landscape on DraftKings before Late-Round Fantasy Football's COO, David Kitchen, joins the show. Kitchen discusses the evolution of the best ball game, his love for elite tight ends, game selection, and so much more.
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Duration:01:03:33
1000: The Rookie Edge in Redraft Leagues
7/15/2025
The fantasy football season-long market is getting smarter, and rookie evaluations have shifted as a result. On Episode 1000, JJ looks at whether or not you should be changing the way you draft first-year players in your season-long leagues given the increased intelligence of the market.
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Duration:00:27:22
Late-Round Perspectives: Jakob Sanderson
7/11/2025
Jakob Sanderson of the Dynasty Points Podcast, ADP Chasing, and his substack, Thinking About Thinking, joins the show to talk a whole lot of game theory with JJ. The two chat about the running back dead zone, market inefficiencies, wide receiver archetypes to fade, and so much more.
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Duration:01:07:27
Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Is There An Optimal Roster Construction?
7/9/2025
JJ and Rich talk through JJ's exposure thus far in the DraftKings $15M Millionaire tourney before Tom Strachan of FantasyPros and the Fantasy Sanctuary joins the show. JJ and Tom discuss optimal lineup construction, drafting three quarterbacks and three tight ends, cheap stacks, and so much more.
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Duration:01:14:18
999: The Tight End Dead Zone
7/8/2025
Fantasy football gamers have been introduced to the running back dead zone through the years, and while generalizing that area of the draft can be confusing, it's still a very real thing. But there's a place in your drafts where tight ends have horrible hit rates, too. JJ talks all about it on Episode 999.
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Duration:00:16:00
Becoming a Best Ball Bro: A Quick Recap Episode?
7/2/2025
JJ's away on vacation this week, but the show must go on. On this week's episode of Becoming a Best Ball Bro, you'll hear some of the best answers from the brilliant guests that have been on the show so far this year. The show will return to its regularly-scheduled programming next week.
Duration:00:55:47
998: Mailbag - Ashton Jeanty's Cost, the Miami Dolphins Offense, and More
6/27/2025
Is Ashton Jeanty being drafted at his ceiling? Are the Dolphins bound to fail this year? Is the running back dead zone...dead? JJ answers those questions -- and more -- on this week's mailbag episode.
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Duration:00:20:35
Becoming a Best Ball Bro: How Many Quarterbacks Are Optimal?
6/25/2025
JJ and Rich discuss the changing quarterback landscape over on DraftKings before JJ is joined by Establish the Run's Mike Leone. Mike talks through how he shifts his best ball strategy on a full PPR platform like DraftKings, drafting elite tight ends, the best place to select quarterbacks, and so much more.
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Duration:01:04:00
Late-Round Perspectives: John Daigle Returns
6/20/2025
Establish the Run's John Daigle returns to Late-Round Perspectives to talk about the optimal draft strategy for 2025 fantasy football drafts, late-round quarterbacks to target, the running back dead zone, and so much more.
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Duration:01:07:37
Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Drafting Like You're Right?
6/18/2025
JJ and Rich talk about some ADP risers and fallers before Tyler (@Emo__Cowboy) joins the show. JJ and Tyler chat about the quarterback landscape on DraftKings, drafting like you're right, favorite stacks, and so much more.
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Duration:01:07:01
997: Mailbag - The Broncos Backfield, Brock Bowers Fear, and More
6/13/2025
Should we be concerned about RJ Harvey's 2025 outlook now that JK Dobbins is in Denver? How should we approach the Kansas City offense this season? Is Brock Bowers overrated? JJ answers those questions -- and more -- on this week's mailbag episode.
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Duration:00:19:50
Becoming a Best Ball Bro: How Important Is Uniqueness?
6/11/2025
JJ and Rich discuss the late rounds of DraftKings best ball drafts before Liam Murphy joins the show. Liam answers many of JJ's burning questions surrounding quarterback strategy, lineup uniqueness, and so much more.
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Duration:01:03:30
996: A New Way to Spot Middle-Round Running Back Breakouts
6/10/2025
JJ has done average draft position analysis for years, leading to discoveries like "ambiguous backfields." On Episode 996, he digs into a new average draft position topic, focusing, once again, on those middle-round backs.
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Duration:00:19:12
Late-Round Perspectives: Graham Barfield
6/6/2025
Graham Barfield of Fantasy Points joins JJ to go on a trip down memory lane, talk about his process with Yards Created, get into this year's rookie running back class, and more.
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Duration:01:11:33