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Auction Brief with Drew Davenport
Hosted by Fighting Chance Fantasy · EN
The Auction Brief, with host Drew Davenport, is a fantasy football show that will give you a unique perspective found nowhere in the fantasy community. He is not only a fantasy football analyst as a writer for Footballguys, but is a legal expert, and an auction draft expert. Enjoy this journey through all aspects of fantasy football with hard hitting analysis, in-depth conversations on how to be a better auction drafter, and discussions with some of the top minds in the fantasy industry. Along the way you might even learn a little about the intersection of life and fantasy football. Powered by Fighting Chance Fantasy Sports. Weekly episodes during fantasy draft season. Find Drew on Twitter: @DrewDavenportFF
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Auction Deep Dive with Joe Dolan from Fantasy Points
1w ago00:49:28Tap to summarizeThe Auction Brief invites Editor in Chief of Fantasy Points, Joe Dolan, to the show for Discussions with Drew and a special All Auction deep dive with one of the best auction minds in the business. Dolan and Drew take a fun 45 minute meandering trip through all things auction: QB strategy, TE strategy, and how hard we should chase RBs with the rest of the community. The duo also ponders the future of spending on WRs in auctions and what effect last year's results and the prevalence of more heavy personnel is having on fantasy production. You don't want to miss this auction-heavy episode of Discussions with Drew on the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenport
Transcribe →My Guys in 2026 Auctions
2w ago00:53:26Tap to summarizeAfter spending last week building your auction game mindset, this week your host Drew Davenport hits the mic with his favorite guys for 2026 auctions. Your host walks you through four categories of players that you should start to think about for 2026 drafts: Floor Guys, Close Your Eyes Guys, Guys I Don't Want, and Boring Roster Finishers. On this episode you'll run through almost 30 players and why they fit in these categories and how their value is a key to your 2026 auction draft success. Don't miss this deep dive into an expert auction mind headed into July! @DrewDavenportFF
Transcribe →Muddy Fantasy Backfields with Brian Drake from Fantasy Points
2w ago00:49:26Tap to summarizeThe Auction Brief invites Brian Drake from Fantasy Points and Sirius XM onto the show for Discussions with Drew this week and the two pick up where they left off last time on the mic - common sense fantasy talk with plenty of context and wisecracks. The pair play a game of 'This or That' as they explore muddy fantasy backfields like the one in Tampa Bay, plus the situations in Pittsburgh, Carolina, and Arizona. After that, Drake drops his 4 undervalued and overvalued players as we head into July. Don't miss one of the most popular episodes of the summer on the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF @DrakeFantasy
Transcribe →The Tao of Auctions: Building Your Auction Mindset
3w ago00:45:18Tap to summarizeThe Auction Brief wades back into auction theory for this episode of the show. With redraft season slowly gaining steam, your host dives into the foundations of how we prepare our mind to dominate once our auctions get underway this summer. Drew reaches back to Taoist philosophy to teach you how to have Adaptability without Force, how to Practice Humility, and how to Embrace Simplicity as bedrock tenents of strong auction game theory. The month of June finishes hot with some deep thoughts on auctions, and ushers in the month of July where the mocks, player evaluations, and practical conversations will take you into August full of confidence to smash your auctions! Enjoy another fun and thought-provoking episode of the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF
Transcribe →Over and Under Valued Players with Marcas Grant from NFL Media
3w ago00:49:36Tap to summarizeThe Auction Brief brings another heavy-hitter analyst on for Discussions with Drew to give you what you need for your fantasy drafts. NFL media personality Marcas Grant joins the show to talk about mining value from offenses like the Titans and Jets, what to do with the Saints offense, and who are his over and under valued players at this point in the summer. Don't miss another information packed conversation for another episode of the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF @MarcasG
Transcribe →7 Things I Think that I Think
4w ago00:53:20Tap to summarizeYour host Drew Davenport comes back on the mic this week to leave 2025 behind and talk about the trends and values he's seeing early in the summer. Follow Drew as he talks about some of the things he's thinking right now about how the fantasy football landscape is shaping up and how we can follow these storylines through the summer to dominate our 2026 fantasy drafts. Don't miss this meandering walk through a chinese proverb, finding balance in life, refusing to be a prisoner of the moment, and how we can aggressively build our fantasy teams with no fear. It's another actionable episode on the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF
Transcribe →Untangling Wide Receiver Rooms with Rich Hribar from Sharp Football
4w ago00:51:01Tap to summarizeThe Auction Brief drops another episode of Discussions with Drew, and this time it's Rich Hribar from Sharp Football Analysis giving you an in-depth look at some difficult wide receiver rooms around the NFL. Rich starts the discussion with some thoughts on things he nailed from the 2025 season involving the use of more 12- and 13-personnel in the league and what it's doing to fantasy production. Then, Drew and Rich get into a conversation about who we should be watching as the WR2 in Philadelphia, Green Bay, and Atlanta, followed by trying to untangle the mess in Jacksonville, who should we chase in Chicago, and what to do with the Michael Wilson v. Marvin Harrison conundrum. It's another information packed episode of the Auction Brief for Discussions with Drew. @DrewDavenportFF @LordReebs
Transcribe →Upon Further Review...Fixing our 2025 Fantasy Mistakes
Jun 1100:48:37Tap to summarizeThe Auction Brief returns with some more conversation about what we can fix from our 2025 fantasy football mistakes. Your host, Drew Davenport, gets into four mistakes from last fantasy football season that, upon further review, reveal a hole in the pre-draft analysis that we can use to help our 2026 drafts. What did we learn about Sean McVay and the Rams offense? The Lions without Ben Johnson? The fantasy prospects of a receiver like D.J. Moore changing teams? The Auction Brief gets into all of this and more on another week of making you ready to dominate your drafts and win titles! @DrewDavenportFF
Transcribe →5 Fantasy Situations to Monitor with Jim Coventry of Rotowire
Jun 900:44:06Tap to summarizeThe Auction Brief transitions to a new model this week as the show splits into two parts for your listening pleasure. Discussions with Drew now drops on Tuesday morning featuring interviews with the top names in the fantasy business to focus on player evalutations and how you should be attacking your drafts. This week the show welcomes Jim Coventry from Rotowire and Sirius XM to discuss some of the more difficult situations we are facing in fantasy drafts this summer. How do we handle the Miami Dolphins and their highly ranked running back, De'Von Achane? Can we get back in on the Minnesota Vikings pass catchers? What about Drake London with Tua Tagovailoa in town? We hit this and much more as we talk about how to approach your drafts this summer. Welcome to another episode of the Auction Brief! @JimCoventryNFL @DrewDavenportFF
Transcribe →5 Lessons from the 2025 Fantasy Football Season
Jun 400:57:30Tap to summarizeThe Auction Brief and Drew Davenport are back for another summer of fantasy football talk to focus on getting you ready to dominate your fantasy drafts. The beginning of the show starts like any other draft season, by examining the lessons we can take from the 2025 fantasy football season. Your host takes a look at what made him successful and what made him fail in last year's campaign and condenses it down to five important lessons that will help us win more in 2026. Let's get stoked for another season of the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF
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