{"podcast":{"title":"Fantasy Life Show","slug":"fantasy-life-show-5672947","podcast_index_feed_id":5672947,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/fantasylifeshow","website_url":"https://www.fantasylife.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9a72dca0-5430-11ef-b774-7f68c97d1f0b/image/d71d306b546c3d128fcc19c9265a7dff.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Matthew Berry's Fantasy Life","episode_count":884,"summary":"Your fantasy football league doesn't take days off. Neither do we. The Fantasy Life Show is a daily fantasy football podcast hosted by Kendall Valenzuela, Peter Overzet, Ian Hartitz and Dwain McFarland, with special guest appearances from the Matthew Berry! We eat, sleep, and breathe fantasy football so you don't have to (but let's be honest, you do too). Rankings, sleepers, busts, waiver wire adds, start/sit calls, NFL Draft breakdowns, trade advice, and enough data to make your league mates nervous. Redraft, best ball, dynasty, DFS — we cover it all, all year long! Fantasy football is our life! If it's your life too, follow along with The Fantasy Life Show","last_synced_at":"2026-09-05T16:24:18.957656+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fantasy-life-show-5672947"},"episode":{"title":"The Worst (& Best) Way You Can Start Your Fantasy Football Drafts in 2026","slug":"the-worst-best-way-you-can-start-your-fantasy-football-drafts-in-2026","published_at":"2026-08-22T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fantasy-life-show-5672947/the-worst-best-way-you-can-start-your-fantasy-football-drafts-in-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fantasy-life-show-5672947","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/https://mgln.ai/e/p667665/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NLLWS3229789609.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/https://mgln.ai/e/p667665/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NLLWS3229789609.mp3","summary":"You don't win your fantasy league in the draft. But you can absolutely lose it there, and it usually happens in the first twenty minutes. Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet go pick-by-pick through every single draft slot, 1.01 through 1.12, and lay out the worst possible way to start your 2026 draft from each one. Not bad players — bad combinations. The two-pick starts that look defensible on the clock and leave your roster broken by Round 4. Then they flip it. Every slot also gets the best way to open, so you're not just walking away knowing what to avoid. Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Christian McCaffrey, Ja'Marr Chase, Puka Nacua, Justin Jefferson, CeeDee Lamb, Ashton Jeanty, Saquon Barkley, De'Von Achane, Jonathan Taylor, James Cook, Chase Brown, Kenneth Walker, Josh Jacobs, Kyren Williams, Omarion Hampton and Jeremiyah Love all come up, along with Malik Nabers, Nico Collins, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Rashee Rice, Drake London, George Pickens, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Brock Bowers, Derrick Henry and Josh Allen. Some of these guys show up on both lists depending on where you're picking from — which is the whole point. There is no universally correct start. There's only the correct start from your slot. Find your pick number in the timestamps below and skip right to it. 🔍 Topics in this video: 2026 fantasy football, fantasy football draft strategy, worst draft picks, best draft picks, draft slot strategy, first round picks, second round picks, Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Christian McCaffrey, Ja'Marr Chase, Puka Nacua, Justin Jefferson, CeeDee Lamb, Ashton Jeanty, Saquon Barkley, De'Von Achane, Jonathan Taylor, James Cook, Chase Brown, Kenneth Walker, Malik Nabers, Nico Collins, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Rashee Rice, Drake London, Brock Bowers, fantasy football rankings, ADP, PPR d…","meta_description":"You don't win your fantasy league in the draft. But you can absolutely lose it there, and it usually happens in the first twenty minutes. Kendall Valenzue…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3556,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fantasy-life-show-5672947/episodes/the-worst-best-way-you-can-start-your-fantasy-football-drafts-in-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fantasy-life-show-5672947/the-worst-best-way-you-can-start-your-fantasy-football-drafts-in-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}