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It’s week 16 of the 2025 NFL season, and thus, it is a good time to recap what we learned so far this season. Jeff Mans goes over his week 16 power rankings and gives out a few things that he’s learned about all 32 NFL teams this season. Mans reacts to the abundance of injuries across the NFL, including how the season-ending losses of Patrick Mahomes and Micah Parsons reshape the NFL playoff picture. He also has a list of fantasy football streamers heading into the semifinal round of our playoffs. Since it is Christmas time and he loves the holidays, Jeff reveals some of his all-time favorite Christmas traditions, including things to do with family, friends, and co-workers this holiday season. As always, he has his survivor team of the week and shares a Thursday Night Football bet for the huge game between the Rams and Seahawks this week. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!

The holiday season always brings out the sentimental version of Jeff Mans, and this week is no different. Mans reflects on his 2025 year as a whole and how dealing with quite a bit of personal tragedy shaped the sports seasons for him. Jeff discusses the Colts' signing of 44-year-old QB Philip Rivers and wonders what this means for their playoff chances. With the fantasy football playoffs upon us, Mans breaks down some of the best streamer options in week 15 to help make better lineup decisions. As usual, he has his week 15 NFL power rankings, which lead to a deeper conversation about which teams actually have a realistic shot at making it to Super Bowl 60. Jeff also does a quick round of AMA in which he answers dozens of questions ranging from coaching scheme adjustments, parenting advice, DFS lineup building, players to target in fantasy football in 2026, the best advice he got from his parents growing up, and so much more. As always, Mans gives out his week 15 survivor pick and his Thursday Night Football best of the week for the Falcons/Buccaneers matchup. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!

A lot of information is jammed into this week’s episode as Jeff Mans takes us through some of the latest news around NFL Training Camp, including updates on Najee Harris, Stefon Diggs, Brandon Aiyuk, and more. Even though it's early, Jeff gives out some of his highest owned players in the Drafters $2.5 million Main Event contest this season. He also updates his 2QB/SuperFlex chart for 2025 and breaks down his top five ideal QB pairings in those league formats. Then it’s time to go over the places with the most vacated targets entering the 2025 season in order to find the wide receivers, tight ends, or running backs that will be stepping up. Mans breaks down the teams with the most targets, red zone targets, air yards, and fantasy points available and identifies some late-round players who are in a very good position for a fantasy breakout this year. Just in case the show has been too “friendly” lately, Mans also whips through a few “hot button” stories in pop culture right now and gives his quick opinions to stir the pot. From Coldplay to cold products, this episode has everything. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment button for this episode!

Back from a week on the beach, Jeff Mans is ready to go and is unveiling his 2025 Fantasy Football Draft Guide to the world on Fantasy Guru dot com. Mans dives into everything that will be available in the guide this year and also discusses his welcome message that has a very special dedication in it this year. He gives the background on why three rookie running backs made this year's cover and breaks down why the RB position will determine success and failure in 2025. Jeff also looks at some early average draft positions (ADPs) and gives out his optimal draft plan for now. Mans also shares some stories from his vacation in San Diego, including yet another example of why the people there are the friendliest on earth. It’s also time for the last installment of the fantasy football rookie skill position history by taking a look at the best rookie tight ends ever. Hint: Every rookie TE record of the last 25 years was broken by last year’s breakout Brock Bowers. But why does Mans tell us to pump the brakes on this year’s rookie TE class? You have to tune in to find out! Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment button for this episode!

Jeff Mans is live on tape from the beach house, and not even a good ole-fashioned family vacation can stop him from taking care of the One Mans Opinion Listeners this week. Jeff is in full dynasty fantasy football mode as he discusses a few of his current drafts, including a startup dynasty draft that he had to go way against the grain to build his squad. In that spirit, Mans counts down his top 10 best rookie draft pick values right now, according to the latest rookie ADP prices. None of these players are being taken in the first two rounds either, so there are some definite deals here. He also looks at some of the upcoming 2026 NFL free agents at QB, RB, WR, and TE and discusses how we can plan accordingly in our dynasty leagues. Our all-time best rookie season series takes us to the wide receiver position this week, where we uncover that the best rookie WR of the last 25 years wasn’t even the #1 or #2 pick in his rookie draft that year (per ADP). Mans reveals all the best and worst rookie receivers here. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment button for this episode!

The 2025 NFL schedule was released last week, and Jeff Mans has a few thoughts pertaining to this year and the future of the NFL regular season, pertaining to fantasy football, to begin the show this week. Mans also sounds off on the ongoing Ryan Clark and RGIII feud, which, in his opinion, is nothing more than an extension of the WNBA broadcast race-baiting that is running wild. Jeff has some very specific advice for drafting running backs in 2025: When you think you have enough depth on your squad, keep building. Then he launches into why he expects this year’s rookie RB class to make a huge impact on the fantasy game and backs it up with the last 25 years of analysis. He reveals the best rookie RB seasons ever, the best rookie classes ever, and the pattern in which rookie runners get the most and least opportunities. Do NOT draft your team before you listen to this week’s episode. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment button for this episode!

The NBA Draft Lottery has Jeff Mans hot and bothered this week, and he reviews the last forty years of lotteries and uncovers that the “1% chance happenings” actually occur about 27.5% of the time in the NBA. The rest of this week’s episode is spent on the NFL rookie class as Mans opens up his rookie OTA notebook and reveals some initial impressions on players like Cam Ward, Jaylin Noel, RJ Harvey, Luther Burden, Mason Taylor, Travis Hunter, and more. He also discusses the retirement of Derek Carr, the way Carr and the Saints organization handled it, and how many others in sports should be involved. After deep diving into the best rookie seasons in NFL history, Mans decided to portion out his findings into the next few episodes, beginning with the quarterback this week. Jeff reveals the best seasons by a quarterback over the last 25 years, breaks down where they fit from a fantasy football perspective, and how each quarterback fared the following season. This data screams at how we should be drafting quarterbacks in fantasy football, and Mans make those connections for 2025 here. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment button for this episode!

Now that the 2025 NFL Draft has concluded, we can put all the incoming rookies together and rank them for our fantasy football purposes. Jeff Mans goes over his rookie rankings position by position and reveals the players he is higher and lower on than most other players. Jeff also discusses the importance of remaining true to your convictions and reminds us that in fantasy sports, DFS, and sports betting, we are competing against other people to get the results that we want. So, it does not make much sense to try to play the same game as our competitors. Although it is a thin QB class, there is one later-round quarterback that could wind up being the best of the group. At RB, Mans cannot believe that Sean Payton’s selection to lead his Broncos is not getting more attention in fantasy football. He ponders what Jaguars WR Travis Hunter’s value is as “only” a receiver and whether he is being over-drafted because of his name and draft stock. Jeff pleads not to go all in on another tight end despite a pair of them being drafted high this season. Remember to check out FantasyGuru.com for all of Jeff Mans' rankings and projections. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment button for this episode!

The second episode this week is all about grading all 257 picks in the 2025 NFL Draft and assigning each team a grade for the job well or not so well done. Jeff Mans uses his prospect formula that you’ve heard the past few weeks to assign values to the best #1 overall picks and the best & worst values of the last five years, to grade all 32 NFL teams' picks this year. Not only does he review the collection of each team's picks, but Mans also goes through the board and tells us which picks were the best and worst values at the time of selection. He also breaks down the draft picks that landed in the best and worst spots from a fantasy football point of view. So, how did your team do in the draft this year? Download and listen now to find out! Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment button for this episode!

Jeff Mans could not wait to do a recap from the 2025 NFL Draft so he is recording this episode immediately after its conclusion. Obviously the biggest story from the draft was the historic fall of Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders who many thought would be a first-round pick and wound up being drafted in the fifth round. Mans dives deep into what was behind this freefall and whether it was talent, race, conspiracy or entitlement that was responsible for it. He also sounds off on a poor draft by the Chicago Bears who paid a huge premium for 50 or so receptions a year in Colston Loveland. Is Jacksonville going to ruin Travis Hunter by playing him at receiver? Did the Giants do the right thing in taking Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart? Jeff answers these questions and reviews where all the top QBs, RBs, WRs and TEs went in the draft and who he has his eye on already from a fantasy football standpoint. This is a special episode and the regular episode will be posted as usual late on Tuesday night. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe and comment button for this episode!