Fantasy Index Podcast

Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire one last time in 2019, in search of champion bums. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 15 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff review Week 14 of the NFL regular season and preview Thursday's Jets-Ravens game. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 14 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by Affordable Trophies.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 14 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff review Week 13 of the NFL regular season and preview Thursday's Cowboys-Bears game. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 13 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff talk turkey after Week 12 of the NFL regular season, stabbing at the waiver wire, struggling with snowy start/sit decisions and previewing the Thanksgiving weekend schedule. Sponsored by Affordable Trophies.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 12 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff review Week 11 of the NFL regular season and preview Thursday's crucial AFC South matchup. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 11 of the NFL regular season and talk strategy for stealing crucial late-season wins. Sponsored by RotoWire.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 11 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff review Week 10 of the NFL regular season and look forward to Steelers-Browns on Thursday Night Football. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 10 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by Affordable Trophies.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 10 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff review Week 9 of the NFL regular season and look forward to Chargers-Raiders on Thursday Night Football. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 9 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RotoWire.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 9 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff review Week 8 of the NFL regular season and preview Thursday night's 49ers-Cardinals game. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Moishe Steigmann and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 8 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by Affordable Trophies.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 8 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff review Week 7 of the NFL regular season and preview Washington's Thursday night visit to Minnesota. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 7 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RotoWire.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 7 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff review Week 6 of the NFL regular season and preview Kansas City's Thursday night visit to Denver. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 6 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by Affordable Trophies.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 6 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff review Week 5 of the NFL regular season and preview Thursday's Giants-Patriots game. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Moishe Steigmann and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 5 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by Affordable Trophies.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 5 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff review Week 4 of the NFL regular season and look forward to Thursday's Rams-Seahawks matchup. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 4 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RotoWire.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 4 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff review Week 3 of the NFL regular season and look forward to Thursday's Eagles-Packers tilt. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 3 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by Affordable Trophies.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 3 of the NFL regular season, with absurd point spreads, a battle of unstoppable offenses, and somewhat-less-than-marquee players looking for revenge on their former teams. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff discuss the NFL's sudden rash of quarterback turnover, then look ahead to Thursday's Titans-Jaguars game (although they don't look forward to it). Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 2 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by RotoWire.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview Week 2 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff review Week 1 of the NFL regular season, checking in on the new rookies, the new-look Ravens and both Thursday Night Football teams. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff work the waiver wire after Week 1 of the NFL regular season. Sponsored by Fantasy Index Weekly.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff get ready for Week 1 of the NFL regular season, and our #BeatTheProteges contest returns for 2019. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff revisit the Affordable Trophies Listeners League draft -- the highs, the lows, the multiple quarterback selections and how it can all help you draft your team. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com) and Affordable Trophies.

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Andrew Luck walks away, Lamar Miller crumples and Ian Allan names his top endgame targets. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).


Jared Smola of Draft Sharks joins the podcast to talk draft and auction targets at every major fantasy position. Sponsored by Extra Point Press.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff discuss preseason risers, fallers and headaches. Sponsored by The Draft Kit (DraftKit.com).

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Moishe Steigmann joins the podcast to talk auction and draft strategy. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Jeff Erickson joins the podcast to talk preseason news, risky superstars, running quarterbacks and the best fantasy formats. Sponsored by RotoWire.


Steve Baugh (AffordableTrophies.com) joins the podcast to set the format and the field for the first-ever Affordable Trophies Listeners League. Did YOU just win the lotto?

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff discuss the 2019 Hall of Fame Game, the Texans' nearly empty running backs room, and who may have gotten the short end of Ian's recent team offense rankings. Sponsored by Affordable Trophies.

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff revisit Aaron's player rankings from the Fantasy Football Index Experts Poll and launch the first-ever Affordable Trophies Listeners League.


Ian Allan and Justin Eleff talk Tyreek Hill's non-suspension and other July news, the AFC East and the sudden abundance of NFL holdouts. Sponsored by the Draft Dominator app from Footballguys.

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Second part of our conversation with Scott Pianowski of Yahoo Sports, veering from Pittsburgh to Seattle and focusing on young veterans to target and old quarterbacks to avoid. Sponsored by FantasyChampionship.com.

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Scott Pianowski of Yahoo Sports joins the podcast to talk past predictions, the surprise reinstatement of Tyreek Hill, how to make use of various teams' skill-position depth. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff kick off the 2019 season of the podcast. In this episode: Fantasy Football Index returns, superstars relocate, Ian and Justin revisit the Lightning Round. Sponsored by Fantasy Football Index magazine -- available on newsstands now; FREE Internet Update coming Monday, July 22.


Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff discuss the immediate fantasy potential of 2019 rookie tight ends and running backs. New content available daily at FantasyIndex.com; pre-order your copy of Fantasy Football Index magazine today!

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff discuss the immediate fantasy potential of 2019 rookie quarterbacks and wide receivers. New content available daily at FantasyIndex.com; pre-order your copy of Fantasy Football Index magazine today!

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff preview the NFL Draft. Tiny quarterbacks, Ole Miss wide receivers, Day 3 tight ends, oh boy.

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Gene McCaffrey of The Athletic joins host Justin Eleff to talk baseball: what to expect from the sons of Hall of Fame fathers, which players the space-age forecasting systems are getting wrong this spring, what to do about the sudden scarcity of undisputed closers. Sponsored by Fantasy Baseball Index -- new Cheat Sheet Updates available Tuesdays beginning March 5!

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Aaron Bland and Justin Eleff discuss Adam Gase, Lane Kiffin, the season-long importance of the waiver wire, Jimmy Garoppolo's outlook for 2019 ... and this game the Patriots and Rams will be playing on Sunday. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff discuss the latest coaching hires around the NFL and preview Sunday's conference championship games, then a special guest joins the podcast to announce the winners of our full-season #BeatTheProteges contest. Sponsored by RealTime Fantasy Sports (rtsports.com).

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff discuss new NFL head coaches and preview the divisional round of the playoffs. Sponsored by DraftKings.

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Ian Allan and Justin Eleff preview the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs. Sponsored by Fantasy Index Weekly.

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