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: Leaning Into the Hype?
8/20/2025
JJ and Rich kick off the show and have a short talk about things happening in the best ball world before 4for4 Fantasy Football's Connor Allen joins. Conner explains how he approaches the Milly Maker this late during draft season, how he handles hyped players, whether he cares about the preseason, and so much more.
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Duration:00:57:30
1008: Risers and Fallers
8/19/2025
To better prepare for your fantasy football drafts -- and to get on the same page -- JJ looks at the players who've risen and fallen most in his rankings over the last couple of months.
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Duration:00:20:22
1007: Mailbag - Auction Draft Strategy, A Surprising Player to Avoid, and More
8/15/2025
On this week's mailbag episode, JJ talks through auction draft strategy, Keenan Allen's fantasy football value, a surprising player he's mostly avoiding this year, and more.
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Duration:00:21:00
Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Differentiating for the Playoffs?
8/13/2025
JJ and Rich discuss the biggest training camp average draft position risers before best ball aficionado Tod Burros joins the show. Tod talks about his new approach to best ball drafting, how he differentiates from the field, the importance of bye weeks, and so much more.
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Duration:01:12:13
1006: Players to Avoid
8/12/2025
JJ chats with Establish the Run's Evan Silva about 10 different players they're avoiding -- at cost -- in fantasy football drafts this season.
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Duration:00:57:50
Late-Round Perspectives: Shawn Siegele Returns
8/8/2025
JJ is joined by RotoViz's Shawn Siegele to talk about the changing fantasy football landscape, the importance of elite tight ends, wide receiver average draft position, and so much more.
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Duration:01:25:48
Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Changing Approaches in August?
8/6/2025
Has the hype gotten out of control with Jacory Croskey-Merritt? JJ and Rich discuss that -- and more -- to kick off the show. Then, Matthew Betz of the Fantasy Footballers joins to talk about how his draft approach changes in August, elite tight ends, top stacks, and so much more.
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Duration:01:03:57
1005: Players to Target
8/5/2025
JJ is joined by Sharp Football Analysis' Rich Hribar to give you 10 players you should be looking to target in fantasy football drafts this season.
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Duration:01:09:30
1004: Mailbag - Jordan Mason's Value, Elijah Arroyo's Outlook, and More
8/1/2025
On this week's mailbag episode, JJ looks into Jordan Mason's value, Elijah Arroyo's interesting situation, TJ Hockenson's ceiling, and more.
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Duration:00:19:09
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