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Fantasy Life Show

Matthew Berry's Fantasy Life 872 Episodes Aug 22, 2026

The Fantasy Life Show is a daily fantasy football podcast hosted by Kendall Valenzuela, Peter Overzet, Ian Hartitz, and Dwain McFarland, with occasional appearances from Matthew Berry. Each episode covers rankings, sleepers, busts, waiver wire adds, start/sit decisions, NFL Draft breakdowns, trade advice, and in-depth data analysis. The show spans redraft, best ball, dynasty, and DFS formats, providing year-round coverage for dedicated fantasy football fans.

Episodes

The Worst (& Best) Way You Can Start Your Fantasy Football Drafts in 2026
The Worst (& Best) Way You Can Start Your Fantasy Football Drafts in 2026 Aug 22, 2026 3556 You don't win your fantasy league in the draft. But you can absolutely lose it there, and it usually happens in the first twenty minutes. Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet go pick-by-pick through every single draft slot, 1.01 through 1.12, and lay out the worst possible way to start your 2026 draft from each one. Not bad players — bad combinations. The two-pick starts that look defensible on t
Zero RB vs. Hero RB vs. Robust RB Mock Draft: Which Strategy is Best in 2026?
Zero RB vs. Hero RB vs. Robust RB Mock Draft: Which Strategy is Best in 2026? Aug 20, 2026 3847 Three years ago, eight running backs went off fantasy football draft boards in the first two rounds. This year it's thirteen. Is that surge justified, or has the fantasy community wildly overcorrected? Kendall Valenzuela, Peter Overzet and Dwain McFarland settle it the only honest way — by doing a mock draft. They run a single fantasy football mock together, sixteen rounds, with each of them lock
Year 2 Breakouts in Fantasy Football: Can a Model Predict Who Actually Pays Off? (Feat. Alex Cupps)
Year 2 Breakouts in Fantasy Football: Can a Model Predict Who Actually Pays Off? (Feat. Alex Cupps) Aug 18, 2026 3299 Last year Ashton Jeanty finished as the RB15 at 14.4 PPR points per game. You drafted him as the RB6. This year he's going as the RB7 or RB8 — so you're paying nearly the same price for a player who hasn't yet paid it off. Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet are joined by Fantasy Life's Alex Cupps, who built a model that predicts second-year breakouts. Alex explains what the CUPPS Score actually
The Best & Worst Pick in Every Round of 2026 Fantasy Football (Round 6 is GROSS!)
The Best & Worst Pick in Every Round of 2026 Fantasy Football (Round 6 is GROSS!) Aug 15, 2026 3607 ESPN's ADP is doing some genuinely strange things this year, and Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet went through all sixteen rounds to find it.Every round gets the same treatment: one pick you should be running to the podium for, and one you should be letting somebody else make. It starts in the first with Christian McCaffrey and Jonathan Taylor going in wildly different directions, then Brock B
Tier Rankings Wide Receivers for 2026 Fantasy Football Part 2! (Tiers 5-13)
Tier Rankings Wide Receivers for 2026 Fantasy Football Part 2! (Tiers 5-13) Aug 13, 2026 4987 Kendall Valenzuela and Dwain McFarland finish the 2026 wide receiver tiers. Part 1 covered the WR1s (check it out here: https://youtu.be/fSvyvFbbTn0); this is everything after — from the high-upside WR2s all the way down to the late-round names where drafts are actually won. It starts with the tier that might matter most in your draft: Emeka Egbuka, Tetairoa McMillan, Ladd McConkey, Luther Burden
Which 2026 Fantasy Football Breakout Candidates Will ACTUALLY Break Out? (1-10 Scale)
Which 2026 Fantasy Football Breakout Candidates Will ACTUALLY Break Out? (1-10 Scale) Aug 11, 2026 3185 Everyone has a list of 2026 breakout candidates. Almost nobody puts a number on how confident they actually are.Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet take the most popular breakout names in fantasy football and rate each one from 1 to 10 on how likely they are to genuinely break out — with a strict definition: a breakout means you'll be drafting that player at least one full tier higher next season
PPR Mock Draft for 2026 Fantasy Football (Every Pick Explained)
PPR Mock Draft for 2026 Fantasy Football (Every Pick Explained) Aug 8, 2026 3439 Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet run a full PPR redraft 2026 fantasy football mock draft — every pick, every round, and the reasoning behind all of it. No gimmicks and no exotic format here. This is the draft you're actually doing in a few weeks: standard PPR scoring, ESPN ADP, a normal redraft league, and the real decisions you'll be staring at when the clock is running. Kendall and Pete tak
Ranking the Top WRs for 2026 Fantasy Football: Part 1 (Tiers 1-4)
Ranking the Top WRs for 2026 Fantasy Football: Part 1 (Tiers 1-4) Aug 6, 2026 3735 Kendall Valenzuela is joined by Dwain McFarland and Peter Overzet to go through Dwain's 2026 wide receiver rankings — not as a flat list, but in tiers. This is Part 1 of 2, covering the first four tiers and the 15 receivers Dwain considers true WR1s.Are Ja'Marr Chase and Puka Nacua really in a class of their own, or has someone closed the gap? Where does Jaxon Smith-Njigba land after his breakout,
The 10 Best Wide Receiver Values in 2026 Fantasy Football Drafts
The 10 Best Wide Receiver Values in 2026 Fantasy Football Drafts Aug 4, 2026 3120 Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet count down the 10 biggest wide receiver values in 2026 fantasy football — the guys where Fantasy Life's rankings are furthest ahead of where the rest of the industry is drafting them. Every name comes with the actual gap: our rank versus ESPN, Yahoo, Sleeper, Underdog and RT Sports ADP, so you can see exactly how much free value you're getting at each pick.The
Which TE Drafting Strategy is Best in 2026 Fantasy Football: Elite TE or Late TE?
Which TE Drafting Strategy is Best in 2026 Fantasy Football: Elite TE or Late TE? Aug 1, 2026 3397 Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet settle the biggest positional debate of 2026 drafts: do you pay up for an elite tight end, or wait until the double-digit rounds and punt the position entirely? They each build a real Underdog best ball team around one strategy — and then grade each other's rosters.First up are the four tight ends coming off the board early: Brock Bowers in the second round, Tr
Tier Ranking Tight Ends for 2026 Fantasy Football (Tiers 1-7)
Tier Ranking Tight Ends for 2026 Fantasy Football (Tiers 1-7) Jul 30, 2026 3770 Fantasy football expert Dwain McFarland joins Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet to give you the full tight end picture for 2026 fantasy football — all the TEs that matter, sorted into seven tiers, with Fantasy Life rankings and projections attached to every single name.If you're deciding whether to pay up at tight end or wait until the double-digit rounds, this is the episode that settles it. E
5 Players to Target & 5 to AVOID in 2026 Fantasy Football (feat. Rich Hribar)
5 Players to Target & 5 to AVOID in 2026 Fantasy Football (feat. Rich Hribar) Jul 28, 2026 3693 Check out Rich Hribar's draft kit here: https://www.sharpfootballanalysis.com/fantasy/fantasy-football-draft-kit/Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet are joined by Rich Hribar (@LordReebs) to break down the five players he's targeting — and the five he's fading — in 2026 fantasy football drafts.The fades are spicy: Why is Rich out on Patrick Mahomes? Should Jonathan Taylor's Round 1 price scare yo

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