Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz
Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz is a podcast dedicated to providing winning fantasy football advice, powered by RotoWire. Ian covers draft rankings, tiers, sleepers, breakouts, busts, waiver-wire pickups, start/sit decisions, and the stats that matter most. The show releases multiple episodes per week during the season, from training camp through championship week, and also touches on DFS and betting angles. The tone is sharp and research-driven, with no fluff or hedging.
Episodes
Week 1 Fantasy Football Injury Report: Malik Nabers, Rome Odunze Questionable
Ian Hartitz and Billy Collins break down the full Week 1 fantasy football injury report before Sunday kickoff. Malik Nabers and Rome Odunze are both officially questionable, and Ian goes position by position through every designation so you can get your lineups right.🏆 WIN A FREE SURVIVOR ENTRY (A $1,000 VALUE)Ian is giving away a free entry to the Splash Sports Survivor World Championship, $21 mi
Week 1 Tight End Rankings and Tiers: Juwan Johnson TE1 szn is upon us
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Week 1 WR Fantasy Football Rankings and Tiers: Tetairoa McMillan BOOM week?
Week 1 is here after seven long, cold months. Ian Hartitz ranks his top 60 receivers for the opener, sorts them into seven tiers, and stops at the end of every tier for a bigger question about the position. QB, RB, WR and TE ranks and tiers, every single week.TIER 1: THE BIG FOURPuka Nacua, Ja'Marr Chase, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jaxon Smith-Njigba.Key question: was 2025 an outlier year for JSN? He took
Week 1 Fantasy Football RB Rankings and Tiers: D'Andre Swift to the MOON
Ian Hartitz ranks 48 running backs for Week 1, sorts them into seven tiers, and stops at the end of every tier for a bigger question about the position. QB, RB, WR and TE ranks and tiers, every week.TIER 1: THE BIG THREEJahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson, Christian McCaffrey.Key question: what does Vegas say about the scoring upside of these offenses? Implied team totals are the reason people were happy
Week 1 QB Fantasy Football Rankings and Tiers: Trust Jayden Daniels?
Week 1 is here after seven long, cold months. Ian Hartitz runs through his top 32 quarterbacks for the opener, sorts them into seven tiers, and stops at the end of every tier for a bigger question about the position. This is the new weekly format: QB, RB, WR and TE ranks and tiers, every single week.Timestamps:0:00 The plan and the seven questions0:28 Tier 1: The dual-threat ballers2:21 Key questi
High-stakes fantasy draft from the 1.08 with Dwain McFarland
Ian Hartitz and Fantasy Life Director of Analytics Dwain McFarland draft an FFPC high-stakes team from the 1.08 in tight end premium scoring, pick by pick, with the reasoning on every call.Brock Bowers or Christian McCaffrey at 1.08? In TE premium, with both guys already sitting on plenty of their teams, the answer was Bowers. From there it was two running backs sooner rather than later, a receive
High-stakes fantasy draft from the 1.10 with Dwain McFarland!
Ian Hartitz and Dwain McFarland, Director of Analytics and Lead Analyst atFantasy Life, draft a full 20-round FFPC team for real money from the 1.10.Every pick and every debate, in real time.This is tight end premium, so tight ends get 1.5 points per reception, and itchanges the board completely. Worth saying out loud before you copy anythinghere: do not take Brock Bowers this early in your standa
6 BOLD Calls for the 2026 Fantasy Football Season
Six bold calls from Ian Hartitz ahead of the 2026 NFL season. In his words: an opportunity to go out there and say some wild stuff, and if it does not work out, throw it right back in his face after the season is over.
Timestamps:
0:00 The premise
0:21 Bold call 1: Javonte Williams leads the NFL in touchdowns
3:16 The last bear case on Javonte is the price
4:21 Bold call 2: Justin Herbert wins
BULLY Tight End Fantasy Football Draft for $1 million with ETR's John Daigle
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$1,000,000 is on the line in this FFPC contest, and John Daigle and I decided the
move was tight end premium: get two of the best tight ends in the league locked up
before the rest of the room can react, then build everything else around it.
This is a real, live 17-team
9 GREAT fantasy football players your idiot league mates are not drafting
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Nine guys sitting on waivers or in the back of your draft queue who should not be there. Every one of them is rostered under 30% on Yahoo and/or ESPN, and I think that gap closes fast once games count. The headline: Tank Bigsby, one injury away from the top of e
6 BIG Preseason Trends: Mike McDaniel's Chargers are ready to COOK
Preseason snaps are fake until they are not. Six things showed up on tape this August that I think carry into Week 1, and a few of them should change how you draft. The Chargers are the headline. Mike McDaniel has flipped this offense in a single preseason: outside zone from 17.6% and 29th in the league to 56.1% and first, pre-snap motion from 18th to first, play action from 17th to second, multi
Rapid Fire ESPN, Yahoo and Sleeper Fantasy Football Mock Drafts!
Seven rules, then three full mock drafts back to back on the free RotoWire Mock Draft Simulator. ESPN half PPR from the 1.01, Yahoo full PPR from the 1.06, and Sleeper half PPR from the 1.12, so you get an early pick, a middle pick and the turn. Every round called out loud, with the reasoning as it happens.
CHAPTERS
0:00 The seven rules
0:37 Late-round QB for the win
1:12 Two RBs in the first thre
The 7 BEST late-round sleepers in fantasy football
Every one of these guys is going outside the top 120 picks on Sleeper, Yahoo AND ESPN. That was the only rule. No "sleepers" you have to reach for in the seventh round, no players who are already priced up on one site. Seven names you can actually get at the end of your draft, and where I have them ranked versus where the market has them.
CHAPTERS
0:00 The one rule
0:36 Tank Bigsby, Philadelphia
3
Why High-Stakes Drafters Are So Much Higher on These Players
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Six players going significantly earlier in high-stakes FFPC drafts than they are on Yahoo. Millions of dollars ride on the high-stakes crowd being right, so when the money is this far ahead of the public, it is worth a look. Ian Hartitz gives his own rank on eac
Buying or selling 5 MASSIVE ADP risers from training camp
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Five players whose price moved between August 1 and August 24. For each one Ian Hartitz lays out why they moved up, why the move makes sense, why it does not, and then a verdict on whether the new number is worth paying.
DE'ZHAUN STRIBLING, WR61 to WR51. A perfect storm of
Preseason Week 2 Fantasy Football Takeaways: How high is too high to rank De'Zhaun Stribling?
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Week 2 of the preseason supplied plenty of answers and plenty of questions. Ian Hartitz goes team by team through all 32, covering the usage and key plays from every quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end room, then gives the one fantasy takeaway that actual
Everything to know about your Fantasy Football Draft in 18 minutes
A full crash course for your 2026 fantasy football draft, position by position, for anyone who has not been grinding this 365 days a year. Where to spend the early picks, where the value actually is, and who the late-round sleepers are.
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Timestamps:
0:00 The plan
0:14 Quarte
The BEST draft position for 2026 fantasy football draft
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Ian Hartitz picks his favorite spot in the first round and then proves it, going pick by pick through what is realistically on the board in every round from the 1.01, and then running two live mock drafts to show the roster it actually builds.
The case for the top of the
The BEST pick in every round over at Yahoo Fantasy
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One favorite pick in every round, rounds 1 through 10, off Yahoo ADP in full PPR. For each one Ian Hartitz gives the case, the other names he is happy to take at that price, and the players he is fading there. Ten rounds, because Yahoo's base leagues are 10 teams and it g
Fantasy football handcuffs: Where would every backup RB rank if every starting RB took a season-long vacation?
Not injuries. Let's say every starting running back in the NFL won the lottery, retired, or just took a season-long vacation. Where would his backup finish? Ian Hartitz ranks all 32 of them, one per team, in five tiers, counting up from the guy he would want most. The board on screen fills in as he goes.
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5 Must-Draft Fantasy Football SLEEPER Wide Receivers
Five wide receivers going outside the top 120 in home leagues that Ian Hartitz is willing to make an exception for. For each one: where Sleeper, ESPN and Yahoo are drafting him, where Ian has him ranked, and why the gap exists.
KC Concepcion is the headliner. A great preseason debut, lightning in a bottle as an all-purpose weapon, and Todd Monken's new Zay Flowers. The market has him between WR50
KEY Fantasy Football Preseason Week 1 Takeaways For All 32 Teams
After six long, cold months we finally had a full slate of NFL football back on our screens. Ian Hartitz goes team by team through all 32, covering the usage and key plays from every quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end room, then gives the one fantasy takeaway that actually matters for each.
It is August, so keep your composure out there. Usage matters more than performance in
WASHED? 10 veterans who could be fantasy football BUSTS
There are a handful of players who get the same response every time you suggest they might do something good this season. That guy is washed.
Father Time is undefeated, and the overwhelming majority of top fantasy performers have been under 30. So Ian Hartitz takes the 10 veterans he keeps getting yelled at about, works out how bright the red flags actually are, scores every one of them on the WA
How to DOMINATE your fantasy football auction draft with Drew Davenport
Ian Hartitz is joined by Drew Davenport of Footballguys, host of Auction Brief with Drew Davenport, to break down how to actually win a fantasy football auction draft.
If you have never done one, this is the episode to start with. If you have done twenty, Drew has been doing them for 25 years and still has to work at keeping up with the room.
Rankings, tiers and the Draft Assistant are all at Ro
BIGGEST Fantasy Football Questions for the Vikings with Matthew Coller
Ian Hartitz is joined by Matthew Coller of Purple Insider, author of "Football Is a Numbers Game", to work through the fantasy questions that actually decide your draft in Minnesota.
Matthew was at every single practice of the quarterback competition and charted every pass, so this is what he saw with his own eyes rather than what the box score says.
Some of what came out of it:
Kyler Murray is
The BIGGEST Fantasy Football Questions Facing The Green Bay Packers with Eli Berkovits
Ian Hartitz is joined by Eli Berkovits, who covers the Packers for 247 Sports and Packer Report and co-hosts the Pack-A-Day Podcast, to work through the fantasy questions that actually decide your draft in Green Bay.
Boots on the ground beats a depth chart. Eli has been at camp, so this is what he has seen with his own eyes rather than what the box score says.
Some of what came out of it:
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How To DOMINATE Your Fantasy Draft From a Late Draft Position (1.09-1.12)
Ian Hartitz breaks down exactly how to attack a fantasy football draft from a late first round position, picks 1.09 through 1.12, then runs three full mock drafts from those spots to show what the finished rosters actually look like.
Using Yahoo ADP for the first five rounds in a full PPR league with two RBs and three WRs, the shape of the board at the turn is the whole story. Ian calls it the Gr
5 Players High-Stakes Drafters Do NOT Love As Much as Home Fantasy Leagues
Ian Hartitz breaks down five players going noticeably EARLIER in home leagues on ESPN and Yahoo than they are in high-stakes formats like NFFC and FFPC, and why that gap can be a red flag on a player's 2026 fantasy upside.
There is a lot more money flying around in NFFC and FFPC than in ESPN and Yahoo leagues. Maybe that means we should follow it, maybe it does not. That is the question this
KEY Fantasy Questions Facing The Jaguars With Beat Reporter John Shipley
Ian Hartitz is joined by John Shipley, who has spent eight seasons on the Jacksonville beat, to work through the biggest fantasy questions facing the league's sixth-ranked scoring offense from last season.
Boots on the ground beats a depth chart. John has been at every practice, so this is training camp intel on the questions that actually decide your draft: who is even the RB1 here, whether last
6 Fantasy Football Players High-Stakes Drafters LOVE That Home Leagues HATE
Ian Hartitz breaks down six players going far cheaper in traditional home leagues on ESPN and Yahoo than they are in high-stakes formats like FFPC and NFFC. Some of these gaps are enormous, and a couple of them have changed his own opinion just from watching where the money is going Rankings, articles and the Draft Assistant are all at RotoWire.
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5 Sleeper RBs You NEED to Draft
Ian Hartitz breaks down five running backs going outside the top nine rounds on Yahoo, round 10 or later, that he is actively drafting in 2026. For each one he makes the case, lays out the real concern, and gives his verdict at that price.
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5 Early-Round Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Bust Candidates
Ian Hartitz goes through five wide receivers carrying a top-24 ADP on ESPN who finished WR24 or worse in PPR points per game last season, and are tied to an offense Vegas has ranked 16th or worse for 2026. That combination is not a great one, so Ian builds the glass half full and glass half empty case for each, then gives an honest bust factor out of 10, one being not a bust at all and ten being a
Why Every Round 1 Fantasy Football Pick Will SUCK in 2026
It is August, which means it is time to talk ourselves out of every player we are about to draft. Ian Hartitz goes one by one through all 12 first round picks, builds the glass half empty case against each of them, and then gives an honest 1 to 10 rating on how much that risk actually scares him. Some of these are easy to dismiss. Ja'Marr Chase only breaks if Joe Burrow gets hurt again, and every
The BEST Fantasy Football Draft Strategy of 2026
Ian Hartitz lays out his favorite way to attack 2026 fantasy football drafts, then runs two full mock drafts to prove it works. The build is simple: take a stud running back in Round 1, take Brock Bowers in Round 2, then let the loaded wide receiver tier come to you.
The case for a premium tight end pick is the part most people miss. Over the last decade, tight end has been far and away the best
5 questions on the Cleveland Browns with The Athletic's Zac Jackson
Zac Jackson of The Athletic joins the show straight out of Browns training camp to answer the five questions that decide Cleveland's 2026 season. Is there any hope for better than mediocre play under center, and how does the Shedeur Sanders vs. Deshaun Watson competition actually end? Is Quinshon Judkins a true three-down workhorse now that he is healthy, and is Dylan Sampson really the next man u
Vegas Offensive Ranks
Vegas already has a spread and a total posted for every single 2026 NFL game — so I converted all of them into implied points per game and ranked every offense 1 to 32, exactly the way the sportsbooks see them. Why are the Rams the No. 1 offense in football? Why does Vegas refuse to buy the Broncos after an 11-2 run in one-score games? And how are the Jets staring down a tenth straight bottom-ten
6 BOLD Fantasy Football FADES
Six players I am NOT drafting at their current price in 2026 — and none of them are easy outs. Every fade here has a top-6-round home-league ADP across Sleeper, ESPN and Yahoo, which means these are highly ranked players everyone else is happily clicking on. Why does the Saints backfield look way closer to a 50/50 split than people think? Why is the between-the-20s role a death knell for one popul
10 Tight End Questions with Fantasy Points' Ryan Heath!
Ryan Heath of Fantasy Points joins the show to argue the 10 tight end questions that will decide your 2026 fantasy football draft. Should anyone actually take Brock Bowers in Round 2? Is everyone wrong to doubt Trey McBride? Is Colston Loveland about to take the dynasty TE1 crown, and is Dalton Kincaid THE late-round tight end to target? We settle Pitts vs. Kraft vs. LaPorta vs. Fannin, figure out
2026 Fantasy Football Tight End Tiers - Brock Bowers in RD2?!?
My complete 2026 preseason tight end tiers — all 40 TEs, ranked and grouped the way I'm actually drafting them. Why am I willing to take Brock Bowers in Round 2 (the Super Bowers draft strategy, explained)? Is Dalton Kincaid the late-round tight end of 2026? And why is Terrance Ferguson the last TE dart I'm throwing this year? Every tier comes with the numbers and the one big-picture question that
10 Biggest WR Questions in Fantasy Football with Yahoo's Justin Boone
The reigning, defending, undisputed fantasy football ranking champion of the world is here. Yahoo's Justin Boone joins Ian to settle the 10 biggest wide receiver questions for the 2026 fantasy football season — how many WRs go before Christian McCaffrey (and the Jonathan Taylor surprise), the Jefferson–London–A.J. Brown new-QB debate, who becomes this year's JSN, why Boone is calling a top-7 seaso
2026 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Tiers: Jaylen Waddle no matter what?
My complete 2026 preseason wide receiver tiers — all 75 WRs, ranked and grouped the way I'm actually drafting them. Which four receivers are the stone cold baller WR1s? Why am I taking Jaylen Waddle basically no matter what? And is Christian Watson this year's best league-winning dart? Every tier comes with the fun facts and one big-picture question that actually matters for your draft.
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10 most important running back questions in fantasy football with ETR's John Daigle
Running back week rolls on! Ian is joined by Establish The Run's John Daigle to answer the 10 questions that will decide your RB board in 2026 fantasy football drafts — Gibbs or Bijan at 1.01, whether CMC and Jonathan Taylor are worth round-1 picks after 350+ touch seasons, how to attack the "Great Wall" of RBs from picks 11-18, the round-3 crossroads, the red-flag range in rounds 4-5, cheap backf
One KEY Training Camp Storyline to Watch for All 32 Teams
Training camp is here, and every team has ONE battle that will swing fantasy drafts. Ian goes team by team through all 32 — the usage fights, health questions and depth-chart mysteries he's watching before August answers them: Is Jonathon Brooks (with an O) coming for Chuba Hubbard's job? Is it Bhayshul Tuten RB1 SZN in Jacksonville? How healthy is Malik Nabers? Plus the Kincaid unleash scenario i
2026 Fantasy Football Running Back Tiers: Saquon Barkley comeback szn?
RB1 through RB61 — all NINE tiers of my 2026 preseason fantasy football running back rankings. Who deserves the 1.01? Is Saquon Barkley the redemption pick of the year? Why am I lower than everyone on Tony Pollard and RJ Harvey, and where do zero-RB heroes like Rico Dowdle and TreVeyon Henderson actually belong? Values, sleepers, handcuffs and late-round darts — everything you need before your dra
Fantasy Football QB Tiers: Justin Herbert No Matter What?
Ian breaks down his 2026 fantasy football QB tiers, ranking the top 36 quarterbacks for fantasy drafts. From Josh Allen standing alone at the top, to Lamar Jackson, Jayden Daniels and Jalen Hurts chasing overall QB1 upside, to the late-round names who could swing your season, this is your full quarterback draft roadmap. He also dives into why Justin Herbert belongs in the sky-high ceiling tier, ho
The 10 BIGGEST QB questions of the 2026 fantasy season (feat. Rich Hribar)
The 2026 quarterback board is full of landmines — and Rich Hribar (Sharp Football's Worksheet) joins Ian to work through the 10 questions that will decide your draft: whether Josh Allen is worth a Round 3 pick, why the best QB of the last decade not named Tom Brady is suddenly cheaper than ever, what to do with Jaxson Dart and the year-two QBs, and how to actually attack the position in superflex.
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Welcome to Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz — your home for winning fantasy football advice, powered by RotoWire.
Ian breaks down everything you need to dominate your leagues: draft rankings and tiers, sleepers and breakouts, busts to avoid, waiver-wire pickups, start/sit calls, and the stats that actually matter — all season long, from training camp through your championship week. No fluff,
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