Stop Faking It: Everything You Need to Know About Fantasy Football

Fantasy football season is back, and your office, your group chat, and your weekend plans are about to revolve around it. Co-hosts Amy and Scott break down everything you need before the season begins, with no sports background required.

Expect a Bachelor-style draft analogy, Travis Kelce's honest odds this season, and punishments that range from eating dinner with a stuffed bear to buying lots of drinks. Save it for your next happy hour, then follow for more sports news you'll want to spill.

In this episode:

  • What fantasy football is and why more people are playing it than you think

  • How draft night works and which format to use if you are brand new

  • The Year of the Horse: why players born in 2002 are dominating the 2026 season

  • Team Fire Horse: the Chinese zodiac draft strategy that actually holds up

  • The waiver wire, bye weeks, and the one thing you have to do every week

  • How to start a conversation about fantasy football even if you are not playing

  • The best last-place punishments in fantasy football history


The Last Night's Game podcast is here to take the awkwardness out of the conversation and help you join the sports conversation, even if you don't know the first thing about sports. We break down what's happening in sports in an easy-to-understand, fun way without all of the statistics and jargon, so you never have to exit stage left when the chatter at the office, dinner table or networking event switches to sports.

 

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