Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Due podcast. I am
your host, Corey Evans. This is episode five hundred. Wow,
it's hard to believe it's almost a decade worth of
episodes and content for free. To celebrate, I am doing
a show centered around ten fantasy football tips for twenty
twenty five. So some tips, tricks or pieces of advice
recommendation that I myself implement and will offer to you,
my loyal audience.
Speaker 2: Before we get to regular season. A few housekeeping notes.
Speaker 1: I will still be releasing a free episode per week
during the regular season, however the timeline will not be
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Speaker 1: So now that that housekeeping schedule or information is out
of the waving, get to ten fantasy football tips for
twenty twenty five. Up. First is take injuries seriously. I
often think that we forget that human beings like ourselves
are playing this game of football that we love so much,
and we sort of just expect or assume that if
a player's injury, they're going to be back sooner than
the timeline or ETA might indicate. Some examples right now,
Chris Godwin with his second follow up procedure after the
ankle fracture, is probably out for a month or close
to it, so we cannot count on him in September.
Speaker 2: Joe Mixon and his.
Speaker 1: Lingering ankle foot injury have reports obviously missing the first
four weeks of action, potentially returning thereafter or even being
out for the entire twenty twenty five season. Naji Harris
with his eye injury from the fourth of July, that's
an unknown timetable. Matthew Stafford and his uncertain back, Juwan
Jennings and his calf, Jaden Reed and the Jones fracture.
Speaker 2: All these players and.
Speaker 1: The examples show that we need to take injuries seriously
and not again assume that players will beat their optimistic timelines.
Because they're humans, They're dealing with their own injuries that
are not linear based on previous injuries of similar players occurring,
which means we need to factor that into ADP trade
value or even our strategy in season. Tip number two
is that it's better to be aggressive on the waiver
wire than too late. The idea here is either bid aggressively,
whether that's in a fab setup free agent acquisition budget,
or worst to first waiver wire priority list. Same content
applies to just as if that means making tough cut
decisions to get what you think is a perceived better
player in free agency. The concept or premise is that
it is more advantageous to be aggressive and be ahead
of your lead mats orhead of the curve, then wait
too late and miss out on what could be a
specuative ad that is league winning or improves your starting
lineup or depth immenseally. So I always like to be
more aggressive proactive than hesitate and miss out at what
could be Tip number three don't trade for the sake
of trading. This means sometimes the best trades are the
ones that you don't make. In dynasty, it's imperative don't
trade if you're bored. That happens more offseason than in season.
I myself have being a bit bored or tinkering too
much during the offseason law whether it's before or after
the NFL draft training camp preseason begins. Therefore, don't trade
if you're bored, take a step away from your phone,
your computer, your laptop and revisit it. And if you
do think it's a good trade, then sure, there's no
reason not to improve your team if possible. And that
is the third segment of this tip is, ask yourself
if the trade improves your team or is a neutral move.
It's a neutral move, then reconsider or at least sleep
on it a few nights. If it's an improvement for
both you and your opposite opponent or league member party,
then sure, by all means, go forward the trade, but
don't trade for the sake of trading. And sometimes those
best trades are truly the ones you don't make. Tip
number four is hindsight is twenty twenty for all roster decisions,
we all do it. We beat ourselves up for ads, drops, trades,
rookie draft picks, the crystal ball. If we all knew
what it was it existed in the future, would not
make most of the decisions we do in fantasy sports,
let alone the fantasy football side of things. So don't
beat yourself up for decision in the past you made
that choice. You have to trust the process, the strategies,
the insight you have in place when a decision is made.
Looking back reviewing it, does you know good. Unless you're
looking to improve your process, that's okay. But if you're
going to beat yourself up about ad drops, trades, rookie
draft selections when you reflect back and see, oh wow, yeah,
the best value was this player, not the player I chose.
If everyone knew what the answer was, they wouldn't be
fantasy football. We'd be betting on them in real life
to reap the rewards financially instead of playing this virtual
game that we all know and love. So if you're
ever upset, frustrated, mad about a decision, just improve on
it or trust that you have the right process in
place to do better next time. Tip Number five is
that strength of schedule matters, but it's not the end
all be all. In other words, don't sit studs or
productive players with encouraging or high snap rates or target
shares because of tough matchups. I really only use tred
to schedule when I'm streaming quarterbacks, looking at DSTs or
defense special teams.
Speaker 2: If you still play with those in your leagues. Other
than that.
Speaker 1: The only time I'm looking at trendther schedule is possible
flex decisions where I'm on the fence. Is player A
or player be the better choice, and based on the
defense they're playing or the tough corner matchup. Potentially even
the inverse, a weak defense or corner that the wide
receiver or linebacker core against the running back when units
tend to stack the box or create pressure could be
in play.
Speaker 2: Then that's a time to use the schedule.
Speaker 1: Otherwise, I think it's a bit overrated when it comes
to a metric or analytic data points. Utilize when you're
sending your lineups or making those tough decisions.
Speaker 2: Time for a quick break.
Speaker 1: And I'll be back with five more fantasy football tips
for this upcoming twenty twenty five season. Tip Number six
is scour waiver wire drops. This is for open waiver
drops into fregancy as well as weekly waiver wire runs.
Don't assume that your league members are dropping bad players.
One man's trash could be another man's treasure. I review
this or do the exercise in all six of my leagues,
which this year five Dynasty one redraft. Is it a
tough task in terms of time consumption, of course, but
that's why we play this game. As a result, I'm
going to dedicate the time to scour every single drop
made during the regular season in my leagues, whether it's
an email that a player was dropped, or it's that
weekly waive run and I'm going to see does that
player that was dropped improve my team? Do I have
someone I can cut bait with to make an immediate swap.
In short, it is critical to always pay attention to
the waiver wire. It's not all about the ads, it's
also about the drops and who is then placed into
the open player pool.
Speaker 2: Tip number seven. Ask for a pick to be added
as a sweetener in trades.
Speaker 1: I do this for all of my trade offers, whether
it's someone coming to me or I am sending out
the offer. I use this strategy because it can't hurt
to ask, and stockpiling draft picks increases the probability of
finding mid round gems. This is not us asking for
a first or a second to be added on.
Speaker 2: To a future trade.
Speaker 1: No, this is thirdspods fits ideally thirds, that's a sweet
spot think you're going to find potentially then the next
pukunakoul or Bucky Irving as recent examples. Most of the
time it works if someone really wants a player and
you're in negotiations or at the end or finish line
of a transaction being complete, asking for a third on top,
whether it's the immediate class or a next US class
is going to break a deal. However, it can reap
long term rewards if you do find that steal or
sleeper that people are not expecting to have such strong
value or roi in the middle rounds of a dynasty
rookie draft. Tip number eight. Always have a pivot in
place for a Sunday Night Football or a Monday night
football game. It's actually similar logic to removing players on
Thursday Night Football from your flex and instead in a
running back, wide receiver, or a tenant spot in order
to create as much roster flexibility as possible if needed
in the event that a lineup swap has to be made.
So if you need to drop a player in order
to fill in for someone that was questionable then ruled out,
make sure you have that pivot in place on any
primetime game, especially for the sake of this tip, Sunday
night or Monday night games.
Speaker 2: Otherwise, you're taking a goose.
Speaker 1: Egg a zero when you could have had more roster
flexibility by keeping them in your flex and or having
an open spot on your roster to make that ad
or drop if there's a game time or inactives are
announced surprise player that is not playing in that game.
You never want to take a zero in any redraft
keeper or Doncie format, and using that pivot when applicable
is a good way to have a backup plan in place.
Speaker 2: You do this one of two ways.
Speaker 1: One you always keep an open roster spot on your
team to make that add off the wave wire. Or
two again, just have that flex. If it's a running back,
wide receiver, or a tight end, then odds are you
could pick up a player to have as a backup
with two teams playing in each primetime game on your
bench to then make that pivot if needed. Tip number nine,
Play to win or retool for next season. There is
no middle ground. I no longer view Dynasty with the
lens of being the middle of the pack team. I
changed my perspective on this. I'd say over the past
year or so. Basically, if you're in that boat.
Speaker 2: We'll say middle ground or middle of the pack.
Speaker 1: It's time to decide if you want to go all
in as a good tender or hit the reset button.
Not full blown rebuild, but retool for next season by
cashing out in some aging veterans or expiring contracts in
real life, acquiring youth in the form of disappointing or
potential emerge rookie sophomore's, third year players in exchange for
depreciating assets on your team, or even acquiring more draft
capital for your next year's class. This is the way
to look at dynasty the two to three year window,
but you know if you're in it or not when
it comes to the playoff race. Therefore, I view it
as play to win or retool for next season. There's
only one winner in a ten twelve. I don't care
how many team league. If you don't win, you lose,
So play to make the playoffs, contend, make that postseason push,
or realize it's not your season and start to make
minor or wholesale changes for the next season. Because it's
better to be proactive in that regard than wait and
everybody else be eliminated for the playoffs all trying to
do the same thing or compile the seam strategies, and
tip number ten is to make note of possible rule
proposals or changes instead of ignoring league flaws, which is
often what leads to dynasty leagues dis mantling. Keep a
list of notes to bring up if you're the commissioner
or to the commissioner of roup proposals or changes for
the next offseason.
Speaker 2: It's unlikely that people will.
Speaker 1: Make changes in season because they could dictate payouts or
standings things of that nature. However, keeping a list to
then share with your league once the fantasy playoffs and
a champion in your league is determined is the best
way to go about it, and you can do that
with league chats, hitting up the commissioner and sending him
a few notes of your opinion. No matter what, it's
going to require most of the time of majority oranim's
decision in a league to put a new rule into place.
So a few of my favorite league trends to implement
or at least put up a vote are weekly double headers,
so one versu an opponent and then one versus league
gaverage sort of eliminates a lot of the bias or
randomness of a regular season schedule, and then The other
is to remove kickers defenses and put in more flex spots.
This is not super flex oriented, it's just regular flexs.
So running back, wide receiver, or tight end. There's a
lot of variables that we bake in when drafting to
stash or pick as many high upside running back, wide
receiver or tight ends as possible, whereas kickers and defense
do come with a lot of luck or unforeseen spike weeks.
Look at it this way, if you have a few
players that go off on your bench yet could have
been in your lineup over a kicker or defense, it's
so frustrating, let alone losing to an opponent because the
kicker or defense scored more than your quarterback, running back,
wide receiver.
Speaker 2: You get the picture.
Speaker 1: So those are two of my favorite trends to at
least put up for a ruproposal or change. The idea
here though, is that you should be doing the same
seeing what is wrong with your league. There's always room
for improvement, whether it be scoring format, the website platform
are using. Don't settle or become too comfortable when there's
better options alternately that could be out there. All takes
is a few conversations put.
Speaker 2: Up a vote.
Speaker 1: Before you know it, the improvement can be made for
the next season. Thank you all for listening. Hope you
enjoyed episode five hundred of the Dynasty Do Podcast in
the form of ten fantasy football tips for twenty twenty five.
I'm so excited to kick things off for another year
of fantas football Dynasty, mostly for the sake of this show.
In twenty twenty five, Week one is here by the
time I'm you're listening, if not a few days away.
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Speaker 2: Thanks again, good luck in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1: I hope it's full of a ton of league championships
with the help of the Dynasty Do Podcast.
Speaker 2: Talk to you all next week. See you