Episodes
We're back! After a short break to end the 2019 season the Takeaway is back ready to look ahead to 2020. On our newest episode the guys talk coaching changes and how it could affect your fantasy studs. We talk about our hopes and fears for players like Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb, Saquon Barkley, Daniel Jones, Dak Prescott, Zeke Elliott, and many more. Don't miss this episode, our first of the 2020 season! Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the...
Published 02/22/20
Running backs ran long, so we're back today with wide receivers. Once again, Chris McConnell of the RotoBros podcast joins the show. This one is jam packed with stat nuggets from the 2019 season addressing Chris Godwin, Michael Thomas, Julio Jones, Allen Robinson, John Brown, and MANY more. Don't miss this one, y'all.  Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show, please contribute to our Patreon! Even a $2 contribution helps immensely, and...
Published 01/10/20
Chris McConnell is back joining The Fantasy Takeaway for part 2 of the 2019 Year in Review series. This week it's running backs! McCaffrey, Jones, Singletary, Sanders and all the other great (and not so great) backs from a wild season find their way into this week's discussion. Stick around tomorrow for a special bonus episode covering the best and worst of 2019's wide receivers.  Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show, please contribute...
Published 01/09/20
On this 2019 Year in Review episode, Joe & Murphy bring on Chris McConnell & Mark Wemken of the RotoBros Fantasy Football Podcast to chat about the quarterback & tight end positions in 2019 and beyond. Baker Mayfield stole the show. Is Baker Mayfield just Gardner Minshew drafted almost 6 rounds later? Can Dallas Goedert emerge as a number one option at the position in 2020? Will Lamar Jackson continue his historic pace in the coming seasons? Find out on this RotoBros Fantasy...
Published 01/02/20
On this championship week primer episode, Murphy brings in Chris McConnell of the RotoBros Fantasy Football Podcast to fill in for Jeff & Joe. They roll through all the latest injury news for this pivotal Week 16 slate, then jump into a special Championship Week Mailbag segment to finish off the 2019 fantasy football regular season right. Let's do this, Takeaway Nation! Take home that hardware this week.    Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you...
Published 12/20/19
Win. That's all. It's time to secure spots in the championship. No excuses, Takeaway Nation! Hit us up in the NFL Fantasy Football Discussion group on Facebook and tag the guys with all your playoff start/sit or strategy questions. #TakeawayTitleSzn is upon us.    Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show, please contribute to our Patreon! Even a $2 contribution helps immensely, and you'll get access to The Fantasy Takeaway Community just for...
Published 12/13/19
It's time! The fantasy playoffs are here! I'll spare you the runaround. We're taking home the hardware starting this week. If you're out of the playoffs, we've got some DFS content here too. Make sure to jump into the NFL Fantasy Football Discussion group on Facebook and tag the guys with all your playoff start/sit or strategy questions. #TakeawayTitleSzn is upon us.    Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show, please contribute to...
Published 12/05/19
Heads up Takeaway Nation! Since this was a small slate, we decided to release one more free DFS Breakdown to the listeners of The Fantasy Takeaway and RotoBros Fantasy Football Podcasts. Don't miss out! The Thanksgiving slate is a little unpredictable, but it's a ton of fun. If you want to continue to hear these DFS podcasts, check out The Fantasy Takeaway Patreon.    Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show, please contribute to...
Published 11/28/19
On this one, the guys run through the news of the week, recap a wild slate in Cheap Dates, tell you what they saw in Week 12 in Booth Review, and cap it off with their favorite waiver grabs and quarterback streamers for Week 13. Don't miss Mark & Joes Thanksgiving slate DFS breakdown! These episodes will be Patreon only for the rest of the season, but this one's on the house.    Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show, please contribute...
Published 11/26/19
On this Week 12 Primer Episode, the guys roll through a story that's slid under the radar in the NFL community, dive into all the major injuries, talk about their favorite pay down options for a week with some insanely tight pricing on DraftKings in Cheap Dates, and wrap things up by letting you know What 2 Watch 4 this week in fantasy.  Follow along with this week’s Cheap Dates lineups here.   Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show,...
Published 11/21/19
Week 11 is in the books, and it's time for a recap. On this one, the guys run through a wild weekend of NFL News, recap their Cheap Dates from a strange Week 11 DFS Slate, talk about what they were watching for in the weekend's biggest games in Booth Review, and cap things off with an unusually eventful Week 12 Tapping the Wire. Don't miss Thursday's episode when the guys unveil their best DFS plays in Cheap Dates!   Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If...
Published 11/19/19
Heads up Takeaway Nation! Mark Wemken and I have decided we're going to make one of these pods every week, but from this point on you're going to have to be a Patreon subscriber to get me! You can become a patron here. Thanks for listening, and good luck in Week 11!~    Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show, please contribute to our Patreon! Even a $2 contribution helps immensely, and you'll get access to The Fantasy Takeaway Community...
Published 11/17/19
On this Week 11 Preview Episode, the guys run through the latest News, Notes, & Injuries, dive into their favorite DraftKings plays in Cheap Dates, put some lipstick on yet another a pig in Thursday Night Preview, and finally close things out with What 2 Watch 4 on a weekend packed with fantasy goodness. Follow along with this week’s Cheap Dates lineups here.    Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show, please contribute to our Patreon!...
Published 11/14/19
This one's short and sweet! We hope you enjoyed the fantastic primetime slate in Week 10. On this one, the guys run through a few players to panic (or not panic) on, recap their Cheap Dates from a wild week on the DFS slate, talk about what they were watching for on the slate in Booth Review, and close things out with their favorite waiver wire grabs for Week 11 in Tapping the Wire. Check out The Fantasy Takeaway Patreon for the BRAND NEW DFS Main Slate Breakdown podcasts with Mark Wemken and...
Published 11/12/19
BONUS EPISODE! On this one, Joe jumped on with Mark Wemken of the RotoBros Fantasy Football Podcast to break down some of their favorite DraftKings and Fanduel plays, fades, and leverage spots on an intriguing Week 10 main slate. Don't miss this one, Takeaway Nation! Last time these two got together it was smash city.    Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show, please contribute to our Patreon! Even a $2 contribution helps immensely, and...
Published 11/09/19
On this Week 10 Preview Episode, the guys run through the latest News, Notes, & Injuries, dive into one of the most nauseating DFS stacks in recent memory in Cheap Dates, put some lipstick on a pig in Thursday Night Preview, and finally close things out with What 2 Watch 4 on a weekend packed with fantasy goodness. Follow along with this week’s Cheap Dates lineups here.    Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show, please contribute to...
Published 11/07/19
In this Week 9 recap episode, the guys get back on track after struggling through a full-squad injury situation in Week 8. Joe won Cheap Dates by a record 144.16 points, Jeff's bad jokes survived through the illness, and the guys have a few trade candidates they think you should make a run at as the deadline approaches. Don't miss Thursday's episode when the guys bring back their Cheap Dates for Week 10 along with all the news, notes and injuries for a wild week 10 on the horizon. It's that...
Published 11/05/19
Jeff was absent on this one, so Murphy & Joe held it down with all the early trade deadline news, notes, and injuries, a Cheap Dates Recap, what they were watching for in Week 8 in Booth Review, and some Week 9 waiver-wire targets in Tapping the Wire. Make sure to tune in Thursday for what’s sure to be a wild post-trade-deadline episode.   Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show, please contribute to our Patreon! Even a $2 contribution...
Published 10/29/19
It's the Week 8 Fantasy Takeaway Primer! Let's go! On this episode, the guys take you through all their favorite plays on the DraftKings Sun-Thur slate in Cheap Dates, run through all the latest News, Notes & Injuries, talk about some of the biggest Week 8 storylines in What 2 Watch 4, and finally kick off the week with a bang with Thursday Night Preview: Vikings vs. Redskins. Check out this week's Cheap Dates Lineups here.    Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end...
Published 10/24/19
On this Week 7 Recap episode, the guys take you through all of the biggest bits of news from a wild week of NLF action. They run through what they learned from What 2 Watch 4 in Booth Review, recap a strange week of Cheap Dates, toss out their biggest takeaways from Week 7 in The Takeaway, and round things out with a Tapping the Wire segment featuring a ton of low owned players to watch out for in Week 8. Don’t miss  Don’t miss Thursday’s episode when the guys unveil their Cheap Dates lineups...
Published 10/22/19
On this Week 7 Primer episode, the guys unveil their Week 7 Cheap Dates on DraftKings, fly through all the week’s most pertinent injuries, discuss the crazy week early trade deadline action, preview Broncos vs. Chiefs in Thursday Night Preview, and wrap things up with What 2 Watch 4 in the coming week’s best matchups. Joe’s pretty sure he’s getting his first Cheap Dates victory this year. Check out all the lineups here. Do you agree?    Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on...
Published 10/17/19
Week 6 has come and gone, and the guys jump in on this episode to talk about all the action! First up it’s some Lamar Jackson talk, followed by the Cheap Dates Review, Booth Review, Murphy, Jeff & Joe let you know what caught their eye in The Takeaway, and finally, they wrap it up with Tapping the Wire to get you ready for all the waiver wire action in Week 7. Don’t miss Thursday’s episode when the guys square off again for bragging rights in Cheap Dates.   Check out Breaking the Game...
Published 10/15/19
It’s time for another round of Cheap Dates! The guys break down all their favorite low priced DraftKings plays, run through all the latest news, notes, and injuries, preview Patriots vs. Giants in Thursday Night Preview, and finally let you know What 2 Watch 4 in this Week 6 Primer episode.   Check out this week’s Cheap Dates Lineups!   Check out Breaking the Game for the best deals on high-end memorabilia! If you love the show, please contribute to our Patreon! Even a $2 contribution helps...
Published 10/10/19
In this Week 5 recap episode, Jeff DiMatteo runs an absolute clinic on finding a cheap date. His 215.54 mark in this week's contest not only destroyed Murphy & Joe with his pay-down picks. He paid up for guys like Michael Thomas, Dalvin Cook, and Tyler Boyd. After that, the guys run through what they were watching for in Week 5 in Booth Review, their big takeaways from the week in The Takeaway, and cap things off with their favorite waiver wire pickups in Tapping the Wire. Don't miss...
Published 10/08/19