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Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz

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, no hedging. Just sharp, research-driven fantasy football analysis with the occasional hot take that ages

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00:35:17

Week 1 WR Fantasy Football Rankings and Tiers:...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/09/08

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 35.8% of his team's targets in the games he played; the only other receiver to clear 35% in a decade

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00:24:55

Week 1 Fantasy Football RB Rankings and Tiers:...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/09/07

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 to take Gibbs over Bijan at 1.01. Lions 28.3, second on the slate. Falcons 19.3, 28th. 49ers 22.5

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00:18:37

Week 1 QB Fantasy Football Rankings and Tiers: Trust...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/09/06

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 question: which o-lines have the most pressure problems3:38 Tier 2: Plenty of reason for excitement5:08 Key

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01:38:39

High-stakes fantasy draft from the 1.08 with Dwain...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/09/05

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 receiver room built almost entirely between rounds six and nine, and a late-round plan that shores up the

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01:34:07

High-stakes fantasy draft from the 1.10 with Dwain...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/09/04

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 standard home league. Thescoring is doing the work.THE BUILDFour running backs and four receivers are gone by

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00:21:49

6 BOLD Calls for the 2026 Fantasy Football Season

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/09/03

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 MVP 7:17 Bold call 3: Jaylen Waddle finishes as the overall WR5 10:51 Bold call 4: Jared Goff turns

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01:54:54

BULLY Tight End Fantasy Football Draft for $1 million...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/09/02

📈 Get 35% OFF Ian's Rotowire 2026 Draft Kit — promo code IAN35👉 https://www.rotowire.com/football/draft-kit/ian/?ref=owmwyje $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 draft, not a tape study. We argue through zero-RB builds, which rookie running backs we trust and

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00:20:02

9 GREAT fantasy football players your idiot league...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/09/01

📈 Get 35% OFF Ian's Rotowire 2026 Draft Kit — promo code IAN35👉 https://www.rotowire.com/football/draft-kit/ian/?ref=owmwyje 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 every waiver column. Ray Davis, a pure handcuff that rostership and draft ranks are not treating like one. Terrance

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00:22:44

6 BIG Preseason Trends: Mike McDaniel's Chargers are...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/09/01

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 tight end from 31st to fourth. Motion and play action are the cheat codes of modern NFL offense and Los

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00:29:54

Rapid Fire ESPN, Yahoo and Sleeper Fantasy Football...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/08/31

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 three rounds 1:40 Five WRs by the end of Round 9 2:37 Late rounds are reserved 2:46 The tight end plan 3:20

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00:21:28

The 7 BEST late-round sleepers in fantasy football

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/08/29

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 3:01 Woody Marks, Houston 5:25 RotoWire Draft Kit, code IAN35 7:06 Ray Davis, Buffalo 9:37 KC Concepcion,

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00:26:39

Why High-Stakes Drafters Are So Much Higher on These...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/08/27

📈 Get 35% OFF Ian's Rotowire 2026 Draft Kit — promo code IAN35👉 https://www.rotowire.com/football/draft-kit/ian/?ref=owmwyje 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 each one and says who is right. Timestamps: 0:00 The plan 0:26 Parker Washington 4:39 Woody Marks 7:50 RotoWire, code

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00:45:22

Buying or selling 5 MASSIVE ADP risers from training...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/08/25

📈 Get 35% OFF Ian's Rotowire 2026 Draft Kit — promo code IAN35👉 https://www.rotowire.com/football/draft-kit/ian/?ref=owmwyje 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 the Ricky Pearsall injury, great camp reports and an awesome preseason: 13 targets and an 11-109-0

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01:22:28

Preseason Week 2 Fantasy Football Takeaways: How high...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/08/24

📈 Get 35% OFF Ian's Rotowire 2026 Draft Kit — promo code IAN35 👉 https://www.rotowire.com/football/draft-kit/ian/?ref=owmwyje 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 actually matters for each. It is still August, so keep your composure out there. Usage matters more than

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00:18:13

Everything to know about your Fantasy Football Draft...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/08/22

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.📈 Get 35% OFF Ian's Rotowire 2026 Draft Kit — promo code IAN35 👉 https://www.rotowire.com/football/draft-kit/ian/?ref=owmwyje Timestamps: 0:00 The plan 0:14 Quarterback 1:02 Jared Goff 1:34 Kyler Murray 2:58 Running back 3:35 Chase Brown, the RB4 5:02 Rounds 7-10:

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00:41:12

The BEST draft position for 2026 fantasy football draft

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/08/21

📈 Get 35% OFF Ian's Rotowire 2026 Draft Kit — promo code IAN35 👉 https://www.rotowire.com/football/draft-kit/ian/?ref=owmwyje 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 round is simple. In the first five or six rounds you can find pockets of players you are reasonably

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00:59:26

The BEST pick in every round over at Yahoo Fantasy

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/08/20

📈 Get 35% OFF Ian's Rotowire 2026 Draft Kit — promo code IAN35 👉 https://www.rotowire.com/football/draft-kit/ian/?ref=owmwyje 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 gets wonky after that. Timestamps: 0:00 The plan: every round, full PPR 0:34 Round 1: Jahmyr

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01:12:14

Fantasy football handcuffs: Where would every backup...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/08/19

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.📈 Get 35% OFF Ian's Rotowire 2026 Draft Kit — promo code IAN35 👉 https://www.rotowire.com/football/draft-kit/ian/?ref=owmwyje Timestamps: 0:00 The premise: every starting RB takes a vacation 0:57

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00:29:46

5 Must-Draft Fantasy Football SLEEPER Wide Receivers

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/08/18

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 and WR63; Ian has him WR46 at pick 99, inside his top 100 and well ahead of all three sites. The one

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01:29:37

KEY Fantasy Football Preseason Week 1 Takeaways For...

Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz ·

2026/08/17

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 these glorified scrimmages. The point is working out who each team's starters actually are instead of

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