Beyond the Box Score: Rookie Gems, Best and Worst Fits and More (04/30 Fantasy Football Podcast)
4/30/20261 hr 11 min
Dan and Jacob hop on with the annual "Rookie Gems" episode! First, some overall thoughts on this draft class (3:00) and news and notes (10:50) including Deshaun Watson reportedly being the frontrunner for the Browns starting quarterback job ... Dan and Jacob give their perspectives on the Round One rookies. Which rookie is a good fit for his team's offense (18:00)? Jadarian Price and Jordyn Tyson come to mind. Which rookie is a bad fit for his team's offense (24:45)? And which rookie should be drafted second in redraft leagues (29:30)? Carnell Tate? Tyson? Price? Makai Lemon? ... Moving on to the Rookie Gems! These guys might be under the radar right now, but there is potential for Fantasy relevance in 2026. We start with Antonio Williams (32:30), De'Zhaun Stribling (37:35), Chris Bell (43:10) and Ted Hurst (47:40) before rattling off more rookie gems ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com Fantasy Football Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday Shop our store: shop.cbssports.com/fantasy SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179 FOLLOW FFT Dynasty on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1 SUBSCRIBE to FFT DFS on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dfs/id1579415837 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsCharles Barkley0:00
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Dan Schneier· Co-host0:27
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Speaker 2· Soundbite0:30
[upbeat music] This is Fantasy Football Today from CBS Sports.
Jacob Gibbs· Co-host0:33
What a play!
Jamey Eisenberg· Panelist0:34
Can you believe this?
Jacob Gibbs· Co-host0:36
[laughs] No, I can't.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:38
It's time to dominate your fantasy league.
Jamey Eisenberg· Panelist0:40
Off to the races. And he stays on his feet.
Jacob Gibbs· Co-host0:43
This is gonna go the distance.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:45
Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.
Adam Aizer· Host0:48
[upbeat music] It is Fantasy Football Today meets Beyond The Box Score. What do they call this? Crossover episode?
Dan Schneier· Co-host0:57
Crossover episode.
Adam Aizer· Host0:59
Yeah. Remember... Do you guys remember Flintstones Meet The Jetsons?
Dan Schneier· Co-host1:03
No, we don't remember Flintstones Meet The Jetsons. We're not in your age bracket.
Jamey Eisenberg· Panelist1:07
[laughs] I thought I'd get a reference BoJack Horseman, uh, which is kind of old, and then you gave us Flintstones.
Adam Aizer· Host1:12
[laughs] Jamie, you've seen Flintstones Meet The Jetsons, right?
Jamey Eisenberg· Panelist1:15
Yeah.
Dan Schneier· Co-host1:16
Yeah, I was four.
Adam Aizer· Host1:17
I think it's Jetsons Meet The Flintstones or something like that. Um, it was great. Wonderful episode. Anyway, welcome to the show. You hear Jacob and Dan. Jamie is here. I'm Adam, and we're gonna talk about some rookie gems. We're gonna also get Dan and Jacob's