Rough Draft Research Dynasty Podcast

We are almost to the start of the 2025 regular season!!! With that comes our final division preview, the NFC North! Plus the blockbuster Micah Parsons trade! 

Only two divisions left in our 2025 preview series. This week, the AFC North. 

We are back from a small break with our NFC West preview! 

After our running back break, we pick up our division previews with one of the most exciting divisions for 2025, the AFC West. 

Join us for our annual running back episode. We have been tracking the top 24 (PPR) running backs over the past 13 years to identify some interesting statistics and trends. How important is age? Usage? Draft Capital? We'll discuss all today! 

We continue our division preview this week with the NFC East! 

We continue our division preview this week with the AFC East! 

We continue our division preview this week with the NFC South! 

It's that time of year again, the dead season of the NFL schedule. Let's take up this time as we always do by previewing each division of the NFL, starting with the AFC South!  

We are trying something new this year with a preseason rookie tier list! We go through all of the rookies taken within the first 5 rounds of the NFL draft and predict how effective they will be in their first NFL seasons. Who is a superstar? Who is destined to disappoint? Join and find out now. If you would like to create your version of our rookie tier list, you can do so at this link: https://tiermaker.com/create/rdr-2025-dynasty-rookie-tier-list-18366530. 

How did the NFL draft affect some of the defensive veterans we know? Who could be an IDP secret after the NFL draft? We try to find out today. 

Getting caught up in the rookie hype after draft season is easy. But how did the NFL draft affect some of the veterans we know? Who might be losing some playing time? Who benefited from their team ignoring their position group? 

The first IDP rookie draft is in the books. Join us as we discuss every pick!

Apologies for the reuploaded episode. Here is the actual episode for this week! Our first dynasty draft is in the books. Let's look at each pick and see which made sense and which we thought were questionable. 

Our first dynasty draft is in the books. Let's look at each pick and see which made sense and which we thought were questionable. 

The 2025 NFL Draft has ended. Join us as we discuss all the landing spots of the inbound rookie class. 

The 2025 RDR Rookie Bracket finale is finally here. Who will be crowned this year's champion? The elite 8 are down to the championship. Join us and find out. 

We only have two episodes of the 2025 tournament left. This week is the Sweet Sixteen matchups, which include Ashton Jeanty vs Shedeur Sanders, Tetairoa McMillian vs Travis Hunter, Luther Burden III vs Quinshon Judkins, Tyler Warren vs Jaylin Noel, Omarion Hampton vs Bhayshul Tuten, Xavier Restrepo vs Cam Ward, Dylan Sampson vs Jack Bech, and Jaxson Dart vs Matthew Golden. 

Second half of the round of 32! We are moving over to the bracket's Atlantic and the South side. Matchups include Omarion Hampton vs Marcus Yarns, Bhayshul Tuten vs Elijah Arroyo, Klye Monangai vs Xavier Restrepo, RJ Harvey vs Cam Ward, Dylan Sampson vs Brashard Smith, Jack Bech vs Mason Taylor, Isaiah Bond vs Jaxson Dart, and Tre Harris vs Matthew Golden. 

On to the round of 32! We start with the West and Midwest side of the bracket. Matchups include Ashton Jeanty vs Tez Johnson, Shedeur Sanders vs Elic Ayomanor, Cam Skattebo vs Tet McMillian, Jalen Roayls vs Travis Hunter, Luther Burden III vs Jayden Higgins, Quinshon Judkins vs Kaleb Johnson, TreVeyon Henderson vs Tyler Warren, and Jaylin Noel vs Emeka Egbuka. 

For our final portion of the round of 64, we head over to the Atlantic side of the bracket. Matchups include Omarion Hampton vs Trevor Etinne, Raheim Sanders vs Marcus Yarns, Bhaysshul Tuten vs Arian Smith, Elijah Arroyo vs Tai Felton, Kyle Monangi vs Da'Quan Felton, Xavier Restrepo vs Montrell Johnson Jr., Kobe Hudson vs RJ Harvey, and Damien Martinez vs Cam Ward.  

Next up in our 2025 bracket is the South! Matchups include Dylan Sampson vs Jaydon Blue, Brashard Smith vs Roc Taylor, Jack Bech vs Quinn Ewers, Mason Taylor vs Ollie Gordon II, Isaiah Bond vs Cont'e Thornton, Savion Williams vs Jaxson Dart, Jalen Milroe vs Tre Harris, and Tahj Brooks vs Matthew Golden. 

Next up in our 2025 bracket is the Midwest! Matchups include Luther Burden III vs Donovan Edwards, Jayden Higgins vs Harold Fannin Jr., Quinshon Judkins vs Kalel Mullings, Kaleb Johnson vs Pat Bryant, TreVeyon Henderson vs Devin Neal, Tyler Warren vs DJ Giddens, Colston Loveland vs Jaylin Noel, and Isaiah Neyor vs Emeka Egbuka. 

The 2025 Rough Draft Research Rookie March Madness Bracket is finally here! We start on the West side of the bracket with the round of 64. Matchups include Ashton Jeanty vs Wood Marks, Tez Johnson vs Ricky White, Shedeur Sanders vs Jordan James, Elic Ayonmanor vs Kyle Williams, Cam Skattebo vs Terrance Ferguson, Tetairoa McMillan vs Nick Nash, Jalen Royals vs Tory Horton, and Oronde Gadsden II vs Travis Hunter. 

The new league year begins and that means 2025 free agency is here! Who is on the move and how will that impact their 2025 fantasy season? Join us as we discuss.  

The NFL combine is over. Whose stock is on the rise, and who is plummeting? Join us while we discuss a few standouts and disappointments from Indianapolis. We also profile a few more 2025 rookies including Dont’e Thornton, Tyler Shough, Montrell Johnson Jr, Arian Smith, Chimere Dike, and Isaiah Neyor. Finally we reveal the 2025 Rough Draft Rookie Dynasty Tournament Seeding! 

This week we are covering a few QBs and TEs who might be on new teams next season. In addition, we cover a few rookie profiles including Elijah Arroyo, Colston Loveland, Jaxson Dart, and Riley Leonard. Finally, Rough Drafts Research’s first official 2025 rookie mock draft!  

Free Agency is around the corner so it is time to see who is potentially suiting up for a new team next season. This week it is all about the running game. We also continue our profiles of the 2025 draft class with, Jaydon Blue, Tahj Brooks, DJ Giddens, Jordan James, RJ Harvey, and Kaleb Johnson.  

Free Agency is around the corner so it is time to see who is potentially suiting up for a new team next season. We also continue our profiles of the 2025 draft class with, Kaden Prather, Nick Nash, Roc Taylor, and Pat Bryant! 

Review of the 2025 senior bowl in addition we continue our 2025 rookie profiles with Trevor Etienne, Woody Marks, JaQuinden Jackson, Ricky White, Elic Ayomanor, and Jaylen Royals.

This week, we profile four players from the 2025 BFL draft pool who showed up during their bowl games: Kyle Williams, Jaylin Noel, Damien Martinez, and Matthew Golden. 

Season five of Rough Draft Research is here! Join us as we profile some of the 2025 rookies participating in this year's Senior Bowl, including Xavier Restrepo, Jayden Higgins, Tai Felton, Marcus Yarns, Jarquez Hunter, Brashard Smith, Harold Fannin Jr., and Jalen Milroe. 

A breakdown of the top scorers on the defensive side of the ball for IDP leagues. Then a look at the 2024 All-Rookie team and how they stand up against previous rookie classes. 

With the fantasy playoffs in the rearview mirror, it's time to take our final look at the 2024 rookie class. Who has improved from their midseason tier ranking? Who fell off after a hard start? Secondly, we discuss the top 12 finishers at each position and whether or not their ADP from the preseason lines up. 

With the 2024 fantasy season done, it is time to look back at all our preseason predictions and expectations. What did we get right? How about what we majorly fumbled? Come find out now. 

As we look ahead to the future of dynasty leagues, the College Football Playoffs start this week. We will give you one name to watch for each of the 12 playoff teams including some defensive players for those IDP players out there. 

The crucible of the fantasy season is here, the playoffs! This week let's cover our favorite starts, sits, and cuts for the playoffs as we try to help you claim the championship in your home league! 

We are back! Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are preparing for your league's playoff runs! This week, we are looking at some surprising players on playoff rosters, and some players who disappointed potentially causing you to miss out this year. For good measure lets throw in some IDP league-winning waiver pick ups. 

This week we look into the future a bit, trying to figure out what might happen in the 2025 NFL Draft. Which teams in the NFL are primed to be looking for skill position help in April? Who are the top prospects currently in line to help them? 

With a large portion of the season finished, it's time to decide where the 2024 rookie class stacks against each other. The rookie tier list is here! Where do your favorite rookies fall? We also look at the bottom five offenses over the last few years and how they tried to fix their offense's woes in the draft.