Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz

Welcome to Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz — your home for winning fantasy football advice, powered by RotoWire. Ian breaks down everything you need to dominate your leagues: draft rankings and tiers, sleepers and breakouts, busts to avoid, waiver-wire pickups, start/sit calls, and the stats that actually matter — all season long, from training camp through your championship week. No fluff, no hedging. Just sharp, research-driven fantasy football analysis with the occasional hot take that ages beautifully (or doesn't — we keep the receipts). 🏈 New shows multiple times a week, all season long 📊 Rankings, tiers, sleepers, waiver wire, start/sit, DFS and betting angles Get 20% off any RotoWire subscription with code IAN20 → https://www.rotowire.com/?ref=owmwyje Subscribe and let's win your league.

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  Episode #27

  Fantasy football handcuffs: Where would every backup RB rank if every starting RB took a season-long vacation?

  Aug 19, 20261h 12m

  Not injuries. Let's say every starting running back in the NFL won the lottery, retired, or just took a season-long vacation. Where would his backup finish? Ian Hartitz ranks all 32 of them, one per team, in five tiers, counting up from the guy he would want most. The board on screen fills in as he goes. Get 35% OFF Ian's Rotowire 2026 Draft Kit — promo code IAN35 https://www.rotowire.com/football/draft-kit/ian/?ref=owmwyje Timestamps: 0:00 The premise: every starting RB takes a vacation 0:57 RB1 TreVeyon Henderson, Patriots 1:55 RB2 Blake Corum, Rams 2:56 RB3 Tank Bigsby, Eagles 5:39 RB4 Ray Davis, Bills 7:58 RotoWire, code IAN35 8:47 RB5 Rico Dowdle, Steelers 11:36 RB6 Kyle Monangai, Bears 13:21 RB7 Rachaad White, Commanders 15:38 RB8 Woody Marks, Texans 18:19 RB9 Mike Washington, Raiders 21:10 RB10 Jonathon Brooks, Panthers 24:27 RB11 Kenneth Gainwell, Buccaneers 27:05 RB12 Brian Robinson, Falcons 29:10 RB13 Tyler Allgeier, Cardinals 31:27 RB14 Jordan Mason, Vikings 33:04 RB15 Chris Rodriguez, Jaguars 35:13 RB16 Isiah Pacheco, Lions 38:11 DraftKings 40:08 RB17 MarShawn Lloyd, Packers 42:17 RB18 RJ Harvey, Broncos 44:48 RB19 Keaton Mitchell, Chargers 46:36 RB20 Alvin Kamara, Saints 49:03 RB21 Tyjae Spears, Titans 50:43 RB22 Dylan Sampson, Browns 53:08 RB23 Braelon Allen, Jets 54:51 RB24 Emmett Johnson, Chiefs 57:25 Splash Survivor 58:20 RB25 Kaelon Black, 49ers 59:54 RB26 Jaydon Blue, Cowboys 1:01:55 RB27 Tyrone Tracy, Giants 1:03:40 RB28 Jaylen Wright, Dolphins 1:05:20 RB29 Samaje Perine, Bengals 1:07:08 RB30 Seth McGowan, Colts 1:08:36 RB31 Adam Randall, Ravens 1:09:58 RB32 George Holani, Seahawks Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  Episode #25

  5 Must-Draft Fantasy Football SLEEPER Wide Receivers

  Aug 18, 202630 min

  Five wide receivers going outside the top 120 in home leagues that Ian Hartitz is willing to make an exception for. For each one: where Sleeper, ESPN and Yahoo are drafting him, where Ian has him ranked, and why the gap exists. KC Concepcion is the headliner. A great preseason debut, lightning in a bottle as an all-purpose weapon, and Todd Monken's new Zay Flowers. The market has him between WR50 and WR63; Ian has him WR46 at pick 99, inside his top 100 and well ahead of all three sites. The one catch is that it would be a lot cooler if this team had a quarterback. Matthew Golden is the favorite to work alongside Christian Watson in two-receiver sets, and Ian's WR44 ahead of Makai Lemon, Xavier Worthy and Alec Pierce. 361 receiving yards as a rookie is light, but he had competition and a shoulder issue, and if we trust Love and LaFleur we should probably like the cheapest clear-cut starter too. Rashid Shaheed got three years and $51 million to be New Orleans' No. 2, and Darnold and Goff are the only quarterbacks over 4,000 yards in each of the last two seasons. Ian's WR53, though he thinks the price sits closer to Shaheed's floor than his ceiling. Tre' Harris is the value: WR74 on Sleeper and undrafted on both ESPN and Yahoo. Per ESPN's camp reporting the Chargers are not planning to add a veteran receiver, he rested alongside Ladd McConkey and Quentin Johnston, and in eight games at Ole Miss in 2024 he put up 1,000 yards and seven scores. Ian's WR58. And Travis Hunter, where the answer depends entirely on the price. The No. 2 pick from last year's draft is often free, everything out of Jacksonville says he stays involved, and if there was ever a high-end receiver handcuff to keep on your bench this is it. But at the Sleeper price he's fine and inside the top 120 Ian is out. Rankings, tiers and the Draft Assistant are all at RotoWire. Use code IAN35 for 35% off any subscription: https://www.rotowire.com/?ref=owmwyje Timestamps: 0:00 Sleepers outside the top 120 0:42 KC Concepcion 4:07 RotoWire, code IAN35 4:49 Matthew Golden 9:42 Rashid Shaheed 13:53 Tre' Harris 20:02 Splash Survivor 21:22 Travis Hunter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  Episode #24

  KEY Fantasy Football Preseason Week 1 Takeaways For All 32 Teams

  Aug 17, 20261h 30m

  After six long, cold months we finally had a full slate of NFL football back on our screens. Ian Hartitz goes team by team through all 32, covering the usage and key plays from every quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end room, then gives the one fantasy takeaway that actually matters for each. It is August, so keep your composure out there. Usage matters more than performance in these glorified scrimmages. The point is working out who each team's starters actually are instead of trusting those silly unofficial depth charts. Some of what came out of it: Jeremiyah Love hit his signature hurdle inside his first 30 minutes of football and looked the part as the No. 3 overall pick, but he has a high ankle sprain and is not expected to play again this preseason, which does drop him down the ranks. MarShawn Lloyd was THE running back in Green Bay with Josh Jacobs and Chris Brooks out, playing all 12 snaps of the first two drives. Tank Bigsby played every snap of Philadelphia's first three drives with Saquon out and, encouragingly, was not taken off the field on pass downs. Washington fed rookie Kaytron Allen 23 carries, which is a wild number for a preseason game. In Buffalo the real story might not be DJ Moore, whose ankle is a genuine worry, but Khalil Shakir finally getting downfield usage. Cincinnati leaned into under-center play action on 43% of Joe Burrow's dropbacks after doing so on just 8.3% of them last season. Chicago's Luther Burden was moving laterally a week after the groin injury, and Ian is buying the dip. Plus Anthony Richardson's full first half in Indianapolis, Emmett Johnson and Cyrus Allen in Kansas City, KC Concepcion moving up to WR46, whether Fernando Mendoza should just start Week 1 in Las Vegas, and a whole lot more. Rankings, tiers and the Draft Assistant are all at RotoWire. Use code IAN35 for 35% off any subscription: https://www.rotowire.com/?ref=owmwyje Timestamps: 0:00 The plan 0:31 Arizona Cardinals 4:12 Atlanta Falcons 7:35 RotoWire, code IAN35 8:25 Baltimore Ravens 12:04 Buffalo Bills 17:49 Carolina Panthers 20:49 Chicago Bears 22:14 Cincinnati Bengals 25:43 Cleveland Browns 30:30 Dallas Cowboys 32:41 Denver Broncos 36:09 Detroit Lions 37:03 Green Bay Packers 40:13 Houston Texans 41:34 Indianapolis Colts 44:36 Jacksonville Jaguars 45:07 Kansas City Chiefs 49:09 Las Vegas Raiders 53:15 DraftKings 55:12 Los Angeles Chargers 57:18 Los Angeles Rams 59:31 Miami Dolphins 1:03:12 Minnesota Vikings 1:05:56 New England Patriots 1:08:29 New Orleans Saints 1:10:13 New York Giants 1:14:21 New York Jets 1:16:55 Philadelphia Eagles 1:18:26 Pittsburgh Steelers 1:20:01 San Francisco 49ers 1:21:56 Seattle Seahawks 1:23:00 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:24:55 Tennessee Titans 1:27:02 Washington Commanders Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  Episode #22

  WASHED? 10 veterans who could be fantasy football BUSTS

  Aug 16, 202655 min

  There are a handful of players who get the same response every time you suggest they might do something good this season. That guy is washed. Father Time is undefeated, and the overwhelming majority of top fantasy performers have been under 30. So Ian Hartitz takes the 10 veterans he keeps getting yelled at about, works out how bright the red flags actually are, scores every one of them on the WASHED SCALE out of 10, and figures out who benefits if the player really is finished. Rankings, articles and the Draft Assistant are all at RotoWire. Use code IAN20 for 20% off any subscription: https://www.rotowire.com/?ref=owmwyje Timestamps: 0:00 The washed scale, explained 0:33 No. 1 Alvin Kamara 4:42 RotoWire, code IAN20 5:32 No. 2 Mike Evans 10:37 No. 3 Davante Adams 16:18 No. 4 Christian McCaffrey 20:03 No. 5 Aaron Rodgers 24:57 No. 6 DJ Moore 32:07 No. 7 Geno Smith 38:35 Splash Survivor 40:15 No. 8 Mark Andrews 44:52 No. 9 JK Dobbins 50:09 No. 10 Travis Kelce Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  Episode #23

  How to DOMINATE your fantasy football auction draft with Drew Davenport

  Aug 15, 202635 min

  Ian Hartitz is joined by Drew Davenport of Footballguys, host of Auction Brief with Drew Davenport, to break down how to actually win a fantasy football auction draft. If you have never done one, this is the episode to start with. If you have done twenty, Drew has been doing them for 25 years and still has to work at keeping up with the room. Rankings, tiers and the Draft Assistant are all at RotoWire. Use code IAN20 for 20% off any subscription: https://www.rotowire.com/?ref=owmwyje Timestamps: 0:00 Talking auctions with Drew Davenport 1:20 The biggest mistake new auction drafters make 5:32 Chill or pounce in the first few picks? 9:02 Nominating strategy 14:31 Stars and scrubs, or balanced? 18:58 RotoWire, code IAN20 19:32 The par sheet 23:28 What changes from a snake draft 28:10 Lawyer hat on: the Josh Jacobs update 31:33 How to prep in 10 minutes 34:26 Wrapping up Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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