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Fantasy Football is Life

Matthew Berry"s Fantasy Life

Are you a fantasy football sicko?! Well you are in good company! On Fantasy Football is life, fantasy football experts Dwain McFarland, Ian Hartitz and Matthew Freedman take a deep dive into the nooks and crannies of what it takes to win a fantasy football championship! We"re here to break down film, advanced analytics, projections, rankings and so much more! These are the nuts and bolts as to what has won us a multitude of fantasy championships ourselves. And the best part? We"re giving it all

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143:22

Week 4 Sunday Recap | Fantasy Football is Life

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/10/05

Week 4 delivered plenty of fantasy football chaos! 🔥 Dwain McFarland and Ian Hartitz break down all the action from Sunday’s NFL slate, including the biggest performances, emerging breakouts, disappointing stars, key injuries, and the developments that could reshape your fantasy teams.Get the fantasy fallout from every game and everything you need to know as we turn the page toward Week 5. #FantasyFootball #FantasyFootball2026 #NFL #Week4 #FantasyFootballAdvice #FantasyFootballNews

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101:08

NFL OC Scott Turner Tells Us What We Get Right &...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/10/02

Dwain McFarland sits down with former NFL offensive coordinator Scott Turner — Commanders OC from 2020 to 2022, Raiders pass game coordinator and OC in 2023 and 2024, and Jets pass game coordinator in 2025 — for the conversation fantasy players never get to have.They start with the trend nobody can ignore: NFL passing yards per game have fallen from 254 in 2020 to 231 this season, with 2025 the lowest since 2008. Average target depth is down nearly a full yard since 2017 and dropback rates are at

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213:16

Week 4 Game-by-Game Preview: What to Look for in All...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/10/01

Zain Dhanani is joined by Dwain McFarland for a special Dwain and Zain edition of the game-by-game breakdown, going through the entire Week 4 slate, all 16 matchups, using spreads, implied totals, injury reports and positional funnel data to sort out who's actually startable and who you're better off benching.They open with Jaguars-Bengals, the highest total on the Sunday board at 51.5, where Jacksonville has been one of the easiest defenses in the league for opposing receivers. From there it's

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123:19

Week 3 Utilization Report: Risers, Fallers, Waivers &...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/09/29

Three weeks of data now, and a Week 3 injury wave just rewrote four backfields and a passing game.Dwain McFarland and Alex Cupps go through the Week 3 Utilization Report — snaps, routes, rush share, target share — and turn it into the specific moves to make this week, on waivers and in the trade market.They start with the upgrades. Jeremiyah Love hits liftoff, Cam Skattebo's pass-game role is back, and there's movement for Kenyon Sadiq, George Kittle and Josh Downs. Then the injury fallout: De'Von

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170:26

Week 3 Sunday Night Recap | Fantasy Football is Life

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/09/28

What a Sunday! 🔥 Dwain McFarland and Ian Hartitz run through the biggest fantasy football storylines from across the Week 3 slate, from monster performances and unexpected breakouts to brutal injuries, disappointing stars, and everything in between. Get the fantasy fallout from every game before Week 3 is officially in the books.#FantasyFootball #FantasyFootball2026 #NFL #Week3 #FantasyFootballAdvice #FantasyFootballNews #NFLFantasyFootball #FantasyFootballLive ____________ If you want more of

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120:44

Week 3 Injury Report: What You Need to Know for Every...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/09/25

Week 3 is finally here, and Alex Cupps and Zain Dhanani has you covered with the latest NFL injury news and the fantasy football impact across every team. 🏈From key players who could miss Week 3 to injury situations that might change your lineups, we’ll break down everything you need to know before kickoff. Tune in LIVE for the complete Week 3 injury report and get your fantasy roster ready. ____________ If you want more of Fantasy Life, check us out at FantasyLife.com, where all our analysis

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145:18

Week 3 Game-by-Game Preview: What to Look for in All...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/09/25

Matthew Freedman and Zain Dhanani go game by game through the entire Week 3 slate, all 16 matchups, using spreads, implied totals, injury reports, and last year's positional funnel data to sort out who's actually startable and who you're better off benching.They open in Rio de Janeiro with Ravens-Cowboys, the highest total on the board at 52.5, where Dallas's defense was No. 1 last season in fantasy boost allowed to both quarterbacks and wide receivers. From there it's Chargers-Bills,

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118:51

Week 2 Utilization Report: Risers, Fallers, Waivers &...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/09/22

Two weeks of data now, and the picture is getting clearer for some players and much worse for others.Dwain McFarland and Alex Cupps go through the Week 2 Utilization Report — snaps, routes, rush share, target share — and turn it into the specific moves to make this week, on waivers and in the trade market.They start with the upgrades. Parker Washington moves into low-end WR1 territory, and the Panthers' passing game finally gives Jalen Coker a path into WR3 range. Then the backfields that changed

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148:56

Week 2 Sunday Night Recap | Fantasy Football is Life

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/09/21

Week 2 is almost in the books! 🔥 Join Dwain McFarland and Ian Hartitz for a live recap of Sunday Night Football and the biggest fantasy football takeaways from around the NFL, including standout performances, surprising results, injuries, and what it all means heading into Week 3.#FantasyFootball #FantasyFootball2026 #NFL #Week2 #FantasyFootballAdvice____________ If you want more of Fantasy Life, check us out at FantasyLife.com, where all our analysis is free, smart, fun, and has won a bunch of

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217:44

Every Week 2 Game Broken Down: Start/Sit for All 16...

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2026/09/17

Matthew Freedman and Zain Dhanani go through the entire Week 2 slate game by game for fantasy football — spread, total, implied team totals, weather, injuries, and where Fantasy Life's projections disagree with the market — then land on the specific players they're starting and sitting in each one.It opens Sunday afternoon with Commanders at Cowboys, where Javonte Williams took a 75% designed carry share and a 50%-plus route share in Week 1, and Dak Prescott walks into a Washington defense that

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106:56

Week 1 Utilization Report: Risers, Waiver Wires &...

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2026/09/15

Sixteen games of data, and most of your league is still reacting to box scores.Matthew Freedman, Dwain McFarland and Alex Cupps go through the Week 1 utilization report — snaps, routes, rush share, target share — and turn it into the specific moves to make this week, on waivers and in the trade market. They open on Ashton Jeanty's climb to high-end RB1 status and what that does to Mike Washington's value, then work through the backfields that got murkier rather than clearer: Houston still split,

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167:51

Week 1 Sunday Recap Show | Fantasy Football is Life

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/09/14

Week 1 is in the books! 🔥Dwain McFarland and Ian Hartitz break down the biggest fantasy football takeaways from Week 1, diving into the performances, trends, injuries, and surprises that matter most for the rest of the season. In this episode: 🏈 Biggest Week 1 fantasy takeaways 📈 Players whose stock is rising 📉 Players whose stock is falling 🚨 Injuries and important news 👀 Surprise performances you need to react to 🔮 What it all means heading into Week 2 Get caught up on everything that

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132:35

Week 1 Injury Report — What You Need to Know for...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/09/11

Week 1 is finally here, and Alex Cupps and Zain Dhanani have you covered with the latest NFL injury news and the fantasy football impact across every team. 🏈From key players who could miss Week 1 to injury situations that might change your lineups, we’ll break down everything you need to know before kickoff. ____________ If you want more of Fantasy Life, check us out at FantasyLife.com, where all our analysis is free, smart, fun, and has won a bunch of awards. We have an awesome free

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187:22

Week 1 Breakdown of Every Matchup for Fantasy...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/09/10

Matthew Freedman, Dwain McFarland and Zain Dhanani go through the entire Week 1 slate game by game for fantasy football — spread, total, implied team totals, weather, injuries, and where Fantasy Life's projections disagree with the market — then land on the specific players they're starting and sitting in each one.It opens in Australia with the 49ers and Rams, including a genuinely absurd detail about the Rams chartering an A380 and flying in a day before kickoff while San Francisco has been there a

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145:39

Week 1 Utilization Questions and the Waiver Adds to...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/09/08

It's Week 1, and there are still a dozen backfields where nobody actually knows who's getting the ball.Matthew Freedman, Dwain McFarland and Alex Cupps kick off the regular season with the fantasy football utilization questions they have least confidence in heading into Sunday, then each name one running back and one wide receiver you should add before games kick off.The run game comes first and it's a long list. David Montgomery against Woody Marks in Houston. The three-way Jacksonville committee

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124:53

Preseason Week 2 Recap for 2026 Fantasy Football :...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/08/25

Preseason box scores are close to worthless. Snap shares and route participation are not, and that's the whole difference between guessing and knowing.Zain Dhanani and Dwain McFarland go through Dwain's Week 2 preseason charting — who actually played, with whom, and on which downs — and pull out the situations that should move your draft board this week.The risers get most of the attention. MarShawn Lloyd looked like the clear RB2 in Green Bay and one of the better late-round backs on the board

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74:37

Rankings Battle! The 6 Players We Cannot Agree On in...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/08/21

Rankings are usually where analysts quietly agree with each other. This is the opposite of that.Zain Dhanani and Alex Cupps put their 2026 boards side by side and go straight to the places where they're furthest apart — six players where one of them sees a value and the other sees a trap, and neither is willing to move.They start at receiver with Ladd McConkey, then get into the backfield with D'Andre Swift and Jonathan Taylor, two players whose draft prices tell very different stories about what

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131:08

Preseason Week 1 Recap 2026 Fantasy Football :...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/08/17

For the full snap-by-snap breakdown of who played where and for how long, read Dwain's preseason Week 1 takeaways: https://www.fantasylife.com/articles/fantasy/nfl-preseason-week-1-takeaways-for-fantasy-footballPreseason games are mostly noise. A few of them aren't — and this is the pass that separates the two.Zain Dhanani and Dwain McFarland go team by team through everything that mattered in Week 1 of the preseason, starting with the situations that could genuinely move a player's price. The

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107:27

How to Draft QBs and RBs in 2026 Fantasy Football...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/08/14

Matthew Freedman and Dwain McFarland lay out exactly how they're drafting quarterbacks and running backs in 2026 — the strategy behind each position, and the specific players who fit it.QB comes first and it comes fast. Dwain breaks down how many points league-winning quarterbacks actually score by round, why dual-threat QBs account for nearly all the high-WAR seasons, and then sorts the 2026 field by ceiling: Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Drake Maye, Joe Burrow, Jayden Daniels and Jalen Hurts at the

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113:29

What ACTUALLY Matters for WR Success in Fantasy...

Fantasy Football is Life ·

2026/08/07

Matthew Freedman and Dwain McFarland close out the "What Matters in Fantasy Football" series with the position that decides most drafts: wide receiver. This is the full analytical breakdown — which stats actually predict WR production, what the scheme and environment changes tell us, and how to find the guys who erupt.They start with the stats that matter and the one that famously doesn't, then run touchdown regression in both directions. CeeDee Lamb, Justin Jefferson and DeVonta Smith all produced

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