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Patron Q&A Session(s) Megareplay

Hello everyone! This long video above is the combined replay of the last two Q&A sessions together! It's a behemoth, so hopefully it entertains y'all while you're doing your Christmas cooking today.

(also as a side note, if any of you have any tips for how not to screw up a 25lb prime rib, I'm all ears. This one is much larger than I'm used to this year)

0:00 - Intro
0:23 - How good is Aubrey Pleasant?
2:30 - Why are the coaches linked to the Giants so unappealing?
4...

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Call for Questions for the next Patron Q&A!

Hello everyone!

Tomorrow (Friday) at 7PM Eastern time, we will be having yet another Patron-Only Q&A session. Obviously not everyone will be able to make it live to watch it on Discord, but the replay will be posted here to watch at your leisure.

I would love to collect more questions from y'all in the comments below for me to answer throughout the Q&A. Whether it's about a team, a scheme, a player, or anything else you've got on your mind. I'm an open book.

Thank...

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October 25th Patron Q&A Replay

Thank you everyone who came out for the livestream of the Q&A on the Patron section of the Discord server!

We are going to have another Q&A when I get back from my buddy's wedding next week, so be on the lookout for the date for that some time next week or weekend. I'll make sure to post that here, as well as on my socials.

It will almost certainly be held in the first week of November!

0:00 Intro + cat butt
1:14 How to make NFL YouTube content without show...

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October 9th Patron Q&A Replay

Thank you everyone who came out for the livestream of the Q&A! For everyone who couldn't make it, we have a VERY, very long replay for you today. As usual, we answered every single question so this one ended up being a whopping 2.5 hours!

0:00 Wasting time before starting
2:31 All Pro Assistant Coaches
12:02 Devin Lloyd is awesome
13:31 What is the main target for Baltimore to improve in the offseason?
18:17 Is Kevin Patullo the reincarnation of Brian Johnson?
21:11 ...

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Submit your questions for this week's Patron Q&A!

Hello everyone!

We will once again be having another Patron-only Q&A session over on the Discord tomorrow, Thursday the 9th, at 6:00 PM ET.

If you cannot make it for the live stream of the Q&A, I would love to have you submit questions below for me to read and answer tomorrow for when we post the entire playback here!

As usual, all questions will be answered, even the non-football ones. Thank you all once again for the support this season!

- Brett

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September 12th Patron Q&A Replay

Hey everyone! Thank you to those who came out for the HUGE two-hour live Q&A session yesterday. It was a long one, but I had a blast answering these. We had a ton of awesome discussion points this week.

And for everyone else who couldn't make it live, I answered all of your questions as well! Below are time codes to help you navigate the entire replay. Thank you all!

0:00 Where were you when the Parsons trade hit?
1:43 What would you run on defense if you were going up...

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Question submissions for the September 12th Patron-Only Q&A!

Hello everyone! We have another Patron-Only Q&A session taking place this Friday, September 12th, over on the Discord at 4:00PM ET.

Obviously not everyone will be able to make it live, but the replay will be posted here for everyone to watch. I would love it if you would ask any and all questions you want answered below, and I'll make sure to include them in the Q&A for you to watch back later if you can't make it live!

Cheers,

- Brett

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2025 Fantasy Rankings V2.0 (Half-PPR and Full-PPR)

Alright everyone, they're here!

This is an updated version of the Fantasy Rankings as we head into the third and final weekend of the preseason, and this version also includes tabs for Full-PPR!

Keep in mind that the receiver orders and tiers are quite similar between Half and Full PPR, while the running back orders were more differentiated. That is largely because over the last decade or so, the NFL has moved away from "slot machine" types of receivers that benefitted from hig...

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August Patron-Only Q&A Recording

First things first, I am a very dumb person that keeps moving in the middle of preseason.

DO NOT EVER DO THAT. IT SUCKS. TRUST ME.

Thank you to everyone who has had patience with me this week while I get the Fantasy Rankings up (v2 already coming shortly!) and the recording of the Q&A. Here are all of the time codes below. As you can probably tell, we had a ton of questions come in so it was quite the monster!

0:00 - Brett’s top 5 WRs

4:24 - What current Super...

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2025 Half-PPR Fantasy Rankings V1.0

My deepest, sincerest apologies for getting these up later than usual this year, everyone!

My move ended up taking way, way more time than expected, so I was significantly delayed in getting all my preseason film study done from PWK1 to finalize version 1.0.

For the pure PPR or traditional standard scoring players among us, I will have a v1.5 released in a couple of days that makes the necessary tweaks to these rankings to reflect those formats, but in the meantime if you have ...

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Question submissions for the August 15th Patron-Only Q&A!

Hello everyone!

We are doing another Patron Q&A this Friday (8/15) in the Discord at 7:00 PM EST. I would love for y'all to submit some questions here, in addition to the ones we've already sourced from Patrons on the Discord.

And don't worry, even if you submit your question after the Q&A is over, I'm still more than happy to answer them here!

See you all very soon,

- Brett

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Patron-Only July Q&A!

We had nearly a full TWO HOUR Patron-Only Q&A session over on the Discord, and I want to thank everyone for submitting your questions! There were so many good ones this time, and I had a blast talking through these with all of you that were there live.

Here are the time codes for those who are catching the replay!

0:00 - Setting up and chatting

6:28 - NFL trade trees

7:50 - Could Aldon Smith have been the GOAT defender? 

11:52: - What should you look f...

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Question submissions for the July 3rd Patron-Only Q&A!

Hello everyone!

We are doing yet another Patron-only Q&A session live on the Discord server this Thursday at 2:00 PM ET, and I would love to get some question submissions directly from this thread as well!

https://discord.gg/NK9gWMQq

Any burning questions that you have on your mind, drop them down below! Even if you don't see this until after the live Q&A, still feel free to ask questions anyway. ...

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Patron-Only Mid May Q&A!

Hey everyone! Here is the replay of our most recent Patron-Only Q&A. We had a ton of excellent questions and I think all of you for submitting them!

Keep in mind that a few of these questions I reserved to answer for a video on the main channel, so keep an eye out for that coming soon as well!

Intro - 0:00


What are the strongest and weakest divisions? - 1:13


Does Brett lean more towards freak athletes or guys who are naturally limited but have lots of pro...

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Question submissions for the mid-May Patron-Only Q&A!

Hey everyone! We are gearing up to do another Patron-only Q&A this Friday at 4:00PM ET over on the Discord server.

If you can't make it for the livestream, I would love it if y'all could submit your questions here and I'll include them in the Q&A for you to watch back on replay later on.

Additionally, a few of these questions submitted here will be turned into an upcoming video for the channel. Thanks everyone!

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2025 Rookie Dynasty Position Rankings

Hello everyone!

Some of you have been asking for me to put together position rankings for your upcoming rookie dynasty drafts, so I put them all into a downloadable excel document for you here (attached below).

Keep in mind that many of these placements are quite divorced from my initial film grades on these prospects from the Pre-Draft process, and they are very much influenced by their current environments, scheme fits, and (likely) roles on their new teams.

If you have...

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[Patron Bonus Episode] -- A Legendary Boxer Created a First Round Corner

I really want to give all of my wonderful Patrons more exclusive content on this page throughout this offseason to pay y'all back for everything you've done for me over the years, and that exclusive content starts today!

Here is a fun little bonus episode that I started working on while at the Combine this year. Enjoy!

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Answering your NFL Draft questions

I want to thank all of our wonderful Patrons who submitted questions this week! For those of you who did not have their questions make it into the video, rest assured I will be going through the rest of the thread this weekend and answering them all here as well!

- Brett

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Ask me Questions for my next video!

Hey y'all! I just released an episode today about some of my favorite underrated prospects for this draft season (linked below), but I'm already working on my NEXT episode as well for this weekend.

I want that episode to be a Q&A show, since last draft season we did a Q&A episode that I thought went really well.

Instead of sourcing the questions from Twitter or Bluesky, I want to source it here from Patrons (or in the Patron section of the Discord). So hit me below with...

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2-7-25 Patron-Only Q&A

We're finally to the end of the road - the 2024 NFL season ends tomorrow! With only one more day to go until we fully dive into 2025, we were due to hold the last Patron-Only Q&A session of (technically) 2024. Thank you once again to Hawkies for the time codes!

0:00 - Jags hiring of James Gladstone

1:45 - Should Mahomes be flopping/slowing up, from a team perspective? 

7:19 - Do the Bears take a defensive player in the first for the first time since Roquan in 2018?...

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1-10-25 Patron-Only Q&A

Thank you everyone who came by today for the live Q&A! Here is the full recording for those who missed it.

0:00 - Intro

0:24 - Spill vs Box for tackling

6:59 - At what point do you say that Ballard isn’t the guy? 

9:59 - Could Levis be a good starter eventually?

10:52 - Who should the raiders hire to replace AP and who will t...

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11-22-24 Patron-Only Q&A

Thank you to everyone who came out to watch the Q&A live on Discord! Here is the recording for everyone who missed it the first time around.

Great questions this week, everyone!

DMan’s semi finals match - 0:00

What will it take to fix the Bucs defense? - 0:46

Any plans to stream CFB/Madden in the offseason? - 3:32

OSU recruiting class - 4:29

How would Brett fix the Bengals? - 7:54

How would Brett fix the Cowboys? - 9:22

Best fits ...

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11-8-24 Patron-Only Q&A Recording

Here is the recording from today's Q&A. Thank you to everyone who came out to watch it live!

Intro - 0:00:00

Is Nuss Bus QB1? - 0:00:45

Is it worse to be a fan of a team that rarely wins, or a constant mediocre team? - 0:03:13

Can the Dolphins offense return to 2022-23 form? - 0:05:00

Brett ranks all 9 Star Wars movies - 0:07:19

Where would the top receivers in the upcoming class fit best? - 0:09:51

What is UNLVs scheme called, and could it trans...

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10-25-24 Patron-Only Q&A

Hello all! Here is the recording from our Patron Q&A from earlier today. Thank you to everyone who showed up live!

If Lamar gets a ring this year, is he QB1? - 0:00

One takeaway for each team from Vikings @ Rams - 2:33

Ohio State’s problems - 7:39

Is talent regressing at QB? - 11:14

Brett’s favorite kind of cake - 14:03

How would Brett fix the Pats? - 14:18

How would Brett fix the Panthers? - 17:33

Bo Nix’s problems - 19:53

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10-18-24 Patron Q&A

Thank you to everyone who came out to this live in the Discord this morning! We had a ton of great questions this week.

For those of you who missed it, here is the recording of this week's Q&A. Remember, questions can be submitted every single week over in the Patron Discord!

Intro - 0:00

What is Brett watching for in Lions @ Vikings? - 0:42

Will Anderson is a stud - 3:37

What is a good site for tra...

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9-26-24 Patron-Only Q&A Session!

See, I CAN get these recordings up on the same day sometimes!

Intro stuff - 0:00:00

Will CeeCee see a single touchdown at the Pats vs Jags London game? - 0:00:36

Is Doug Pederson the first coach fired this year? - 0:01:30

Brett says something about the Panthers? - 0:02:49

What college players have surprised? - 0:04:00

Should Panthers fans still expect to pick #1 with Dalton starting? - 0:06:06

Will we see more QBs begin to sit a...

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9-19-24 Patron-Only Q&A Session!

Wow, I'm a moron. Apparently I fully uploaded this video days ago but didn't actually click Publish on this post...my bad, y'all!

Here is the recording from this week's Q&A session on the Discord. Remember to submit your questions on the Discord server for next week's Q&A as well!

Setting Up - 0:00

What will the Bears do with Caleb? - 0:59

Are the Saints the greatest offense ever? - 3:14

Is Robert Spillane elite? - 5:56

Has time passed...

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2024 Fantasy Rankings v2.5 (Combined Half-PPR Update)

Hi everyone! I know some of you have your Half-PPR drafts this weekend, so here is a quick update that includes the combined Half-PPR rankings on top of the Half-PPR position rankings that already exist.

Good luck to everyone!

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2024 Fantasy Rankings v2.0 (UPDATE)

Okay folks, the NFL preseason has now come and gone, and I'm finally fully moved into my new place as of today.

Up above is a concept that I mocked up in photoshop for my new shooting space. Expect a build out VERY soon for that room, which for the first time ever will be a full time permanent set for me that I don't have to constantly set up and then tear down in between shoots (thank God).

It's almost midnight here over on the west coast, but I just polished off v2.0 of the Fan...

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2024 PPR Fantasy Rankings V1.5 (FINALLY)

First things first, my deepest apologies for the first wave of rankings taking so much longer than usual this year. 

Preparing for my move out of my current place has taken up way more time than I expected over the last couple of weeks (yes, great timing, I know)...so I couldn't finish all of my research, tape study, and injury report googling until after the second week of preseason. That being said, I have now finally finished the first version of this year's PP...

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