Fantasy football strategy, rankings, and podcasts

9/23/14, To Start, or Not to Start

This week we're joined by one of our staff writers, Graham Sell. You can check out Graham's article every week reviewing the state of our drinkfive fantasy league. I want to thank Graham again for making the trip up all the way from Florida to join us.

We had a couple of excellent brews during the show, the Bitchin' Blonde from Lake Effect Brewing Compay in Chicago and the Imperial Hatter from New Holland Brewing Company in New Holland Michigan. Both of these were excellent, but of course I'm partial to the Hatter, which is a hop loaded IPA.

So, the Arizona Cardinals are undefeated. Wonders will never cease, no? We also talked about the current crop of rookie QB's and we tried to pick between Bortles and Bridgewater. Green Bay is having a poor start and we tried to diagnose the patient to figure out what they need to cure them and make those guys fantasy relevant again. Dave then tries (and succeeds) to show that the high drafted WR's are much more durable and valuable than the high drafted RB's.

Make sure to join us next week, live at 9pm CST on blogtalk radio (blogtalkradio.com/drinkfive). Feel free to send us your questions and we'll answer them on the podcast! Ask us on our Facebook page, follow us on twitter (@drinkfive), or send us an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also grab the podcast on iTunes.

8/05/14, We Go North! Chile Verde Saison Country!

This week we're joined by one of our writers, Graham Sell. Graham took care of the 'Extra Point' article last year, breaking down his team each week in our drinkfive league. This year, stay tuned - with our new site design, we can do anything!

Anyways, back to the show. There were no bets, unfortunately, but soon we'll compile all of the offseason bets and start keeping track of them.

We started off with the Hall of Fame Practice breakdown, which really only took a few seconds. Then we decided it'd be a good idea to talk about as many fantasy players as we can for the next couple weeks. First up, the NFC and AFC North. Next week, we'll move on to two more divisions and hopefully we finish every team before the end of August.

We had just a few minutes left, but we were able to get in some talk about the most recent episode of The Leftovers, my personal favorite of the season so far. Be sure to read Dave's review of this episode.

Make sure to join us next week, live at 9pm CST on blogtalk radio (blogtalkradio.com/drinkfive). Feel free to send us your questions and we'll answer them on the podcast! Ask us on our Facebook page, follow us on twitter (@drinkfive), or send us an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also grab the podcast on iTunes.

10/14/14, Revisiting RB/WR Consistency, Rating the Rookies

Thanks to mother nature, our rookie expert Shawn Foss had a rain out and was able to join us for tonight's show. Tonight we enjoyed beers from Stone, Rogue, 5 Rabbit and St. Bernardus. It's quite a selection, check out the show for details.

Tonight we went over Joe Flacco's excellent game against Tampa, Andre Holmes showing up against the Chargers and Knowshon Moreno winding up on the IR. Then we revisited the top 10 drafted WR's and RB's and where they are at. Once again, we found that the WR position is more consistent at the top of the draft.

Make sure to join us next week, live at 9pm CST on blogtalk radio (blogtalkradio.com/drinkfive). Feel free to send us your questions and we'll answer them on the podcast! Ask us on our Facebook page, follow us on twitter (@drinkfive), or send us an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also grab the podcast on iTunes.

9/30/14, Navigating the Wire and Week 5 Matchups

It’s hard to believe we’re already 25% complete with the fantasy football season. After such a long wait to get started, the weeks are flying by. This week’s show featured some leftover craft beers from the weekend, including the Revolution Oktoberfest and the 80 Acre Hoppy Wheat beer from Boulevard Brewing Co. We started off the show going over some surprises from Week 4, including the revelation that is Jerick McKinnon and whether or not Martellus Bennett is the real deal.

We also resumed our degenerate ways by making not one, but two bets. The first bet is for beers for next week’s show – I picked the Bengals over the Patriots and am giving Dave 3.5 points (the Vegas line opened with -2.5 for the Pats – I’m so generous!). We are also betting on the production of Trent Richardson (Jason) vs Ahmad Bradshaw (Dave). The stakes will be a steak! This bet is only valid if everyone is healthy going in to the game.

Finally, we broke down the waiver pickups that you need this week and previewed week 5. We fielded questions from the peanut gallery, and if you want us to answer your lineup questions on air, just ask in the chat room or give us a call during the show.

Make sure to join us next week, live at 9pm CST on blogtalk radio (blogtalkradio.com/drinkfive). Feel free to send us your questions and we'll answer them on the podcast! Ask us on our Facebook page, follow us on twitter (@drinkfive), or send us an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also grab the podcast on iTunes.