Establish the Edge Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football

Looking to step out and compete beyond your home fantasy football league? Mike Leone and guests cover a wide range of topics for serious players, including strategies for Best Ball, high-stakes formats like FFPC, NFFC, Dynasty Leagues, and more. This podcast is for players looking to go deeper -- and find their edge.

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224 episodes
Updated July 24
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Oct 6, 2023 · 32 min
Week 5 GPP Game Scores with Adam Rauch
Mike Leone and Adam Rauch take a closer look at Week 5's NFL slate with GPPs in mind. They search for the best game environments for stacking and talk through some correlated plays.
Sep 21, 2023 · 28 min
Week 3 GPP Game Scores with Adam Rauch
Mike Leone and Adam Rauch take a closer look at Week 3's NFL slate with GPPs in mind. They search for the best game environments for stacking and talk through some correlated plays.
Sep 15, 2023 · 29 min
Week 2 GPP Game Scores with Adam Rauch
Mike Leone and Adam Rauch join forces to talk through Week 2's best games from a GPP perspective. The GPP Game Scores are designed to identify the best game environments for game stacking in GPPs by evaluating game totals, ceiling projections, ownership projections, average salary, and value.
Sep 13, 2023 · 13 min
3 Players To Worry About After Week 1
Mike Leone recaps a strange Week 1 of NFL DFS action. He takes a closer look at three players whose usage is a concern early in the season: Christian Kirk, D.J. Moore, and Rachaad White.
Sep 13, 2023 · 13 min
7 Players To Be Excited About After Week 1
Mike Leone analyzes Week 1 fantasy usage for a number of players and highlights why this particular group of seven stood out: Jordan Addison, Puka Nacua, Dalton Kincaid, Durham Smythe, Tony Pollard, Christian McCaffrey, and Tyler Allgeier.
Sep 8, 2023 · 30 min
Week 1 GPP Game Scores with Adam Rauch
Mike Leone and Adam Rauch take a closer look at Week 1, searching for the best DFS GPP stacks on both DraftKings and FanDuel. Which game caught their eye the most?
Aug 30, 2023 · 33 min
Dominate Your Home-League Draft
Mike Leone sits down with Mark Dankenbring and Jack Miller to discuss the home-league draft landscape for this season. They talk through each position, different pockets of the draft, where to find value, sleepers to target, busts to avoid, and more.
Aug 25, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
Legendary RB Upside with Pat Kerrane
Pat Kerrane of Legendary Upside joins Mike Leone to talk about legendary RB upside for 2023.
Aug 23, 2023 · 41 min
FFPC Main Event Strategy & How To Draft As A Team
Mike Leone is joined by Dom, Nick, and Sean of the Go Bills team that won both the 2021 and 2022 FFPC Main Event Finals for a combined $1.5 million. They talk through strategy, roster construction, and much more.
Aug 22, 2023 · 44 min
Bold Fantasy Takes To Help You Win Your League
Mike Leone is joined by Davis Mattek of SportsGrid to talk through their boldest takes for the upcoming 2023 NFL season.
Aug 18, 2023 · 37 min
Beating WR Heavy Draft Rooms in Best Ball
Mike Leone of Establish the Run is joined by Dan Falkenheim and Peter Overzet to discuss how WR heavy the current ADP is on Underdog Fantasy and what strategies you can use to take advantage of this landscape. Dan is the winner of the FantasyDataPros Best Ball Data Bowl, co-run by Peter, for his submission evaluating WR runs and heavy draft rooms from Best Ball Mania 2 and 3. You can read Dan's analysis here: https://www.si.com/fantasy/2023/08/07/fantasy-draft-strategy-wide-receiver-run Also, check out Peter's YouTube video looking at 3 specific tactics to beat WR heavy rooms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxlBM_sE44E&t=1s
Aug 16, 2023 · 48 min
Best Ball Mania IV Strategy
Mike Leone is joined by Hayden Winks of Underdog Fantasy to talk through some micro and macro strategies for this year's Best Ball Mania contest. For more on BBMIV, check out Leone's Best Ball Mania Manifesto here.
Aug 15, 2023 · 40 min
Position Battles and Projection Uncertainty with Hidden Upside
Drew Dinkmeyer, Jack Miller, and Mark Dankenbring check in on the various position battles going on at training camp. They talk through each notable battle and work through the different outcomes and how they could affect the fantasy landscape.
Aug 10, 2023 · 39 min
Undervalued Offenses to Target
Drew Dinkmeyer, Mark Dankenbring, and Jack Miller sit down to talk about their favorite offenses that they believe to be undervalued heading into the 2023 NFL season.
Aug 8, 2023 · 54 min
Fantasy-Revelant Coaching Changes
Drew Dinkmeyer, Mark Dankenbring, and Jack Miller discuss notable coaching changes from around the NFL, and share insight into why they will be so impactful from a fantasy perspective. For more on the various coaching changes that happened this offseason, check out this article by Jack Miller: 2023 NFL Coaching Changes: Fantasy and Betting Impact.
Jul 26, 2023 · 29 min
Differences Between Best Ball and Managed Leagues
Mike Leone is joined by Jack Miller and Mark Dankenbring to discuss key differences in roster construction and strategy between best ball leagues versus managed leagues.
Jul 19, 2023 · 16 min
Best Ball Musings: Don't Freak Out Over Stacking
Mike Leone of Establish the Run concisely covers a few best ball strategy points: -Diversifying your player exposures -Ranking Nick Chubb -Ease of Argument does not equal Strength of Argument -Not micro analyzing W17 stacking in tournaments
Jul 18, 2023 · 10 min
DeAndre Hopkins - Titans Fantasy Reactions
Mike Leone of Establish the Run outlines the fantasy impact of DeAndre Hopkins to the Titans on the following players: -DeAndre Hopkins -Treylon Burks -Chig Okonkwo -Derrick Henry -Ryan Tannehill
Jul 10, 2023 · 1 hr 22 min
ETE Projections Special Part 8: NFC West with Ben Gretch
In Part 8 of a special offseason projection series, Mike Leone and Ben Gretch analyze the NFC West and turn their projections process into actionable advice.
Jul 8, 2023 · 1 hr 20 min
ETE Projections Special Part 7: AFC West with Ben Gretch
In Part 7 of a special offseason projection series, Mike Leone and Ben Gretch analyze the AFC West and turn their projections process into actionable advice.

Establish the Edge Fantasy Football

Week 5 GPP Game Scores with Adam Rauch

Week 3 GPP Game Scores with Adam Rauch

Week 2 GPP Game Scores with Adam Rauch

3 Players To Worry About After Week 1

7 Players To Be Excited About After Week 1

Week 1 GPP Game Scores with Adam Rauch

Dominate Your Home-League Draft

Legendary RB Upside with Pat Kerrane

FFPC Main Event Strategy & How To Draft As A Team

Bold Fantasy Takes To Help You Win Your League

Beating WR Heavy Draft Rooms in Best Ball

Best Ball Mania IV Strategy

Position Battles and Projection Uncertainty with Hidden Upside

Undervalued Offenses to Target

Fantasy-Revelant Coaching Changes

Differences Between Best Ball and Managed Leagues

Best Ball Musings: Don't Freak Out Over Stacking

DeAndre Hopkins - Titans Fantasy Reactions

ETE Projections Special Part 8: NFC West with Ben Gretch

ETE Projections Special Part 7: AFC West with Ben Gretch