Auction Brief with Drew Davenport

The Auction Brief invites Brian Drake from Fantasy Points and Sirius XM onto the show for Discussions with Drew this week and the two pick up where they left off last time on the mic - common sense fantasy talk with plenty of context and wisecracks. The pair play a game of 'This or That' as they explore muddy fantasy backfields like the one in Tampa Bay, plus the situations in Pittsburgh, Carolina, and Arizona. After that, Drake drops his 4 undervalued and overvalued players as we head into July. Don't miss one of the most popular episodes of the summer...

The Auction Brief wades back into auction theory for this episode of the show. With redraft season slowly gaining steam, your host dives into the foundations of how we prepare our mind to dominate once our auctions get underway this summer. Drew reaches back to Taoist philosophy to teach you how to have Adaptability without Force, how to Practice Humility, and how to Embrace Simplicity as bedrock tenents of strong auction game theory. The month of June finishes hot with some deep thoughts on auctions, and ushers in the month of July where the mocks, player evaluations, and practical conversations...

The Auction Brief brings another heavy-hitter analyst on for Discussions with Drew to give you what you need for your fantasy drafts. NFL media personality Marcas Grant joins the show to talk about mining value from offenses like the Titans and Jets, what to do with the Saints offense, and who are his over and under valued players at this point in the summer. Don't miss another information packed conversation for another episode of the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF @MarcasG

Your host Drew Davenport comes back on the mic this week to leave 2025 behind and talk about the trends and values he's seeing early in the summer. Follow Drew as he talks about some of the things he's thinking right now about how the fantasy football landscape is shaping up and how we can follow these storylines through the summer to dominate our 2026 fantasy drafts. Don't miss this meandering walk through a chinese proverb, finding balance in life, refusing to be a prisoner of the moment, and how we can aggressively build our fantasy teams with no fear. It's another...

The Auction Brief drops another episode of Discussions with Drew, and this time it's Rich Hribar from Sharp Football Analysis giving you an in-depth look at some difficult wide receiver rooms around the NFL. Rich starts the discussion with some thoughts on things he nailed from the 2025 season involving the use of more 12- and 13-personnel in the league and what it's doing to fantasy production. Then, Drew and Rich get into a conversation about who we should be watching as the WR2 in Philadelphia, Green Bay, and Atlanta, followed by trying to untangle the mess in Jacksonville, who should...

The Auction Brief returns with some more conversation about what we can fix from our 2025 fantasy football mistakes. Your host, Drew Davenport, gets into four mistakes from last fantasy football season that, upon further review, reveal a hole in the pre-draft analysis that we can use to help our 2026 drafts. What did we learn about Sean McVay and the Rams offense? The Lions without Ben Johnson? The fantasy prospects of a receiver like D.J. Moore changing teams? The Auction Brief gets into all of this and more on another week of making you ready to dominate your drafts and...

The Auction Brief transitions to a new model this week as the show splits into two parts for your listening pleasure. Discussions with Drew now drops on Tuesday morning featuring interviews with the top names in the fantasy business to focus on player evalutations and how you should be attacking your drafts. This week the show welcomes Jim Coventry from Rotowire and Sirius XM to discuss some of the more difficult situations we are facing in fantasy drafts this summer. How do we handle the Miami Dolphins and their highly ranked running back, De'Von Achane? Can we get back in...

The Auction Brief and Drew Davenport are back for another summer of fantasy football talk to focus on getting you ready to dominate your fantasy drafts. The beginning of the show starts like any other draft season, by examining the lessons we can take from the 2025 fantasy football season. Your host takes a look at what made him successful and what made him fail in last year's campaign and condenses it down to five important lessons that will help us win more in 2026. Let's get stoked for another season of the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF

Are you looking for a quick primer before you head into your auction? The Auction Brief is here for you. The show finishes up draft season with a tight, sleek 40 minutes that crystallizes the entire summer into five key ways to dominate your auction. Your host not only gives you five mantras to repeat in your auction room, but he also drops his six favorite players that are being consistently undervalued in the dozens of auctions he's been in so far this summer. The combination of these six foundational players plus the five foundational auction concepts are all you need...

The Auction Brief is bringing you near the end of draft season with some of the most actionable information yet. Your host starts off the show with an FFLegalUpdate containing critical information about Jordan Addison, Rashee Rice, and Quinshon Judkins. After helping you navigate that minefield, Drew takes you inside a live, expert auction to break down some lessons he learned from the King's Classic auction, tells some stories from the draft room to give concrete examples of things that will happen in an auction, and reveals where he went terribly wrong. After that, your host welcomes in Matt Harmon...

The Auction Brief continues on this summer trying to get you prepared for your drafts and auctions this draft season. This episode is no different as your host takes you through The 5 Pillars of Auction Drafting. But, the pillars aren't the same for everyone, so Drew takes you into how to see each of the Pillars if you are a beginner, someone who has some experience, or someone who is advanced at auctions. The Pillars are different for different skill levels and your host walks you through how to see the different tactics based on your experience level. After that...

The Auction Brief wades into uncharted waters this week with the show's first ever Mailbag. Your host tackles 8 questions from auction aficionados that will help you think about how to make your par sheet, how to think about keeper decisions, and many more auction issues you want to know about before you draft. After the Mailbag, Drew welcomes Auction Brief favorite Brian Drake from FantayPoints and the two talk common sense fantasy, training camp storylines, and a lot of nonsense you didn't know you wanted to hear. Don't miss a fun, fast-paced, informative episode of the Auction Brief as we...

The Auction Brief is back with more information to help you dominate your fantasy drafts. No other show can bring you legal insight, auction expertise, and player expertise from the industry's best like this show. This time, your host Drew Davenport leads off with a huge legal update covering the Rashee Rice and Jordan Addison criminal cases and their resolutions. After that, your auction guide takes you into his Auction Do's and Don'ts to dial in your approach in your auction rooms. Then Discussions with Drew welcomes John Daigle from Establish the Run to talk about coaching tendencies, his targets...

The Auction Brief cruises into the weeks before training camp with some massive legal updates, a chock-full auction slate, and guest J.J. Zachariason. Don't miss this episode as your legal analyst discusses the current situation for Jordan Addison and Quinshon Judkins and what he expects to happen in their pending criminal cases. Then Drew turns to the auction world as he hits 7 Auction Habits you need to break before your drafts. After that your host welcomes Lateround.com's J.J. Zachariason to the show for a whole range of topics including the RB Dead Zone, Embracing Variance, and what...

The Auction Brief enters uncharted waters this week as your host discusses his 3 Unpopular Yet Unwavering Auction Beliefs. These 3 opinions are some of Drew's strongest opinions about auctions that are nevertheless controversial takes on how to approach the format. Come check out your host's reasons for swimming upstream on these massively important auction concepts. After Drew takes you through that topic, plus an update on Rashee Rice, the Brief welcomes star analyst Jim Coventry to the show for some in-depth analysis on the impact of coaches like Ben Johnson, Kevin O'Connell, and Liam Cohen. Plus, Jim tells you what to...

The Auction Brief is coming in hot this summer as your host Drew Davenport begins the month of July by blasting you with his entire, player-specific, auction strategy. Your host holds nothing back as he rolls through every position on the board with his general auction approach to each position, his targets, fades, favorite nominations, and most importantly, his favorite budget-wasters in any auction room. You don't want to miss Drew wading into the deep end of the pool with dozens of auction specific player takes! Then, your host welcomes in Dave Richard from CBS Sports to play a game...

The Auction Brief has another big episode for you as the show turns the page on 2024 and starts to focus on 2025 to help you win your fantasy football leagues. Your host Drew Davenport starts the show talking about how you can win your auctions by paying attention to five things he noticed in his own auctions last year. After going over 5 Ways to Win Your Auction, Drew then welcomes in guest Rich Hribar for an enlightening discussion on offenses like New England, Las Vegas, and Detroit, and then more conversation on what to expect from Jordan Love and his messy...

Episode number two of the Auction Brief is here to dive back into some topics that will define your 2025 drafts. Drew does a quick FFLegalUpdate on Vikings WR Jordan Addison amidst the news that his Jury Trial is set in July. After that your host gives you all the numbers on how rookies finished for fantasy football in 2024 and what that means for how you should treat them going forward. After Drew gives you his conclusions on rookies in redraft, he then welcomes Marcas Grant from the NFL Network to the show to talk about offseason changes for players like...

The Auction Brief is back for fantasy draft season to help you crush your fantasy footbal drafts. Drew starts off the year by giving you an in-depth legal update on Chiefs WR Rashee Rice and Vikings WR Jordan Addison. He then goes into his Three Big Fantasy Lessons from 2024 and how he's applying those to his 2025 drafts. After breaking down the major lessons from last year, Drew has guest Scott Pianowski on from Yahoo Sports to hit a whole range of topics including auction strategies, who looks mispriced right now, and how 2025 rankings are shaping up. Don't miss these two...

The summer is drawing to a close for the Auction Brief, but not before your Fantasy Football Lawyer Drew Davenport provides one final call to action in the episode everyone has been waiting for: The Auction Manifesto. Your host weaves a 70 minute tale of every concept and idea that has been discussed this summer into a coherent, chronological walkthrough of auction theory and the skills that make you an auction master. Don't miss the long-awaited Auction Manifesto as Drew hammers home everything you need to crush your auction on draft day. Enjoy, and let's go win a title!

In the second-to-last episode of the draft season the Auction Brief gets into the weeds about how the auction draft room shifts as the draft goes on. Your host dives into how to spot the Inflection Points that tell you when and how to act so that you aren't caught unaware during your auction. After Drew breaks down Inflection Points he welcomes guest Bob Harris to Discussions with Drew for a thorough conversation about the King's Classic drafts from the perspective of two different draft rooms happening simultaneously. Bob then leaves you with his favorite targets, fades, and late round...

The Auction Brief is barrelling towards the end of draft season with a foot on the gas. This week Drew Davenport starts the show with all the information you need on Vikings WR Jordan Addison and why you should be paying attention to the latest developments. Then your host drops his 7 Winning Auction Moves that he's pulled together from his 25 years of auction experience to help you dominate your auction draft room. After that, Brian Drake comes in for another fun and informational segment of Discussions with Drew. The two talk about their favorite players, how to attack bigger leagues...

The Fantasy Hitman Mike Wright of the Fantasy Footballers joins the Auction Brief this week as the red-hot summer for the show continues. Before Discussions with Drew, your host takes you through some Do's and Don'ts of Bidding in an auction and helps you understand what should drive your bidding thought process. After a thorough walk through bidding strategies, Drew then welcomes in fantasy star Mike Wright to the show for Discussions with Drew. The two play a game of "This or That" as they pick between two players in the first four round rounds with similar value. Breece Hall...

The Auction Brief continues to hit topics that get you primed and ready for your 2024 Fantasy Football drafts. Your host leads off the show discussing instinct and how you get better at the game of fantasy football and follows that up with an in-depth look at how Nominations in an auction room are critical to success. Drew takes the listener through early, middle, and late-stage nomination approaches, plus talks about the common nomination mistakes you'll see from your fellow drafters. Then the Auction Brief welcomes in Matt Schauf from Draftsharks to break down our biggest questions heading into training camp...

The Auction Brief continues to deliver high level fantasy content and conversation as we get to the brink of training camp. Drew Davenport starts the episode with an FF Legal Update on Vikings WR Jordan Addison and what he's facing after his recent DUI arrest. Then, your host takes you inside his head on how he prepares for an auction and gives you dozens of actionable tips to help you prepare for your auction drafts. After that, Drew welcomes in Yahoo and Reception Perception's Matt Harmon to dive deep on receivers like Brandon Aiyuk, Stefon Diggs, Zay Flowers, and many...

The Auction Brief is in mid-summer form as Episode 6 goes for over 2 hours about important fantasy concepts and player evaluations that are going to help you crush your fantasy football drafts! Your host starts off the show by giving an amateur lesson in reading your opponents in an auction room both through physical tells and through game play decisions. Then, Drew gives you 4 players you should be thinking about in your auctions as guys that could slip in price during your draft to allow you to compile a loaded roster. Then, the show shifts to Discussions with Drew as guest...

Your host Drew Davenport takes the gloves off in Episode 5 with a 2-hour odyssey through the deepest auction concepts you can imagine. Drew leads off the show with a long awaited update on Rashee Rice, and then launches into Five Ways the Fantasy Industry has Failed Auction Drafters. Your host walks you through the reasons why we need a big paradigm shift for how we view and prepare to win auction drafts. Then, in Discussions with Drew, the Auction Brief welcomes Yahoo Hall of Fame writer Scott Pianowski to break down the Steelers passing game, the Giants passing game, plus...

The Auction Brief dives into the deep end of auction content in Episode 4 with an entire show devoted to making you better in your auction drafts. First, your host Drew Davenport walks you through the foundations of auction drafting as he builds on the first three backward-looking episodes to start pouring the foundation for your 2024 Auction House. Drew takes you through a birds-eye view of how you should start to orient your process and begin to train your thoughts for auction success. Then, in Discussions with Drew, the Auction Brief Listener League Champion Ryan Baas stops by to tell you...

The Auction Brief success continues to build off of two huge episodes to start the summer. Episode 3 is no different as J.J. Zachariason joins the show to share his knowledge with you. But first, your host Drew Davenport starts the show by giving you his 7 Fantasy Football Commandments that you can use to play the game better. The, in Discussions with Drew, the Late Round QB joins the program and shows you why he is one of the smartest minds in the business. JJ dives into fantasy football game theory on drafting wide receivers, what running backs show the...

The Auction Brief is fully underway as Episode 2 dives deeper into what we can expect from some big name players in 2024 and what lessons we should be heeding from 2023. Discussions with Drew welcomes guest Mike Clay from ESPN and the two break down what you should think about the Detroit backfield, the Miami backfield, and whether the prices on Bijan Robinson and Jonathan Taylor are appropriate. Then, Mike leaves you with 2 players he's fading and 2 players he thinks are values right now as we look at things in the middle of June. Before Discussions with Drew you don't want to...

Join your host, Fantasy Football Lawyer Drew Davenport, in the first episode of the summer for the Auction Brief! This episode is jammed full of actionable information to get your draft preparation off to a roaring start. The show begins with your host talking about three essential foundations of draft preparation for the season and how those are necessary for fantasy success, particularly in auctions. Then Drew breaks out a Legal Update on Rashee Rice, Dak Prescott, and Brandon McManus before launching into talk about what was right and wrong with his player evaluation process in 2023. Before wrapping up the...

It's the moment the Auction Brief has been building towards all summer long. The Auction Manifesto: Everything you Need to Know about Auctions before your draft. Drew goes back over all the lessons from Season 3 of the show this summer and walks you step-by-step through an auction from the moment you start preparing to the moment you break it down after it's over. Your host leaves no stone unturned as he tells you how to prepare, how to start the draft, how to follow the flow, tips and tricks on bidding and nominations, how to grind in the room, how...

The Auction Brief continues to go hard at prepping you for your auction drafts coming soon. Your host Drew Davenport is fresh off the King's Classic Expert Auction and he's got 4 Lessons you need to remember from his experience at the draft. But he doesn't stop there as he tells you his pre-draft strategy, whether he executed his plan, and then winds his way through the draft to give you the flow of the draft while pointing out when the inflection points hit along the way. You don't want to miss this recap of the King's Classic auction draft! Then...

The Auction Brief continues to try to get your ready for your auction drafts coming up fast! Your host Drew Davenport takes the Top 3 questions he's getting in his Inbox this time of the year and tackles each one in turn. First up it's a conversation about how he approaches Superflex Auctions, what percentage of his budge he uses, who he's targeting, and how many he's going to draft. Then your host talks about how you should think about choosing your keepers in your auction leagues. Drew takes you through the thought process that lets you decide who you should...

The Auction Brief can't be derailed for long. Your host Drew Davenport returns from illness to drop this week's episode a few days late.You don't want to miss this special 50th Episode of the Auction Brief that tells you how you can become a KILLER in the auction draft room. Drew first takes you through 4 ways you can focus on becoming a killer when you enter your draft room, including his breakdown on what to do with Market Price Enforcing and bidding people up. After that, Discussions with Drew welcomes Matt Schauf to the show and he delivers as...

The last episode for the month of July hammers away at auction strategy with over 100 minutes on theory, concrete examples, and tips for success. Your host starts the show with his 9 Illustrations of Auction Concepts from a real auction draft room. This topic manages to blend the theories you've heard about for 3 years with actual circumstances from a mock draft room and how to use that information to make your auction game grow stronger. Then Drew welcomes 3 Listener League team mangers from last year to discuss their success in a tough auction draft room and what they're thinking about doing...

The Auction Brief marks the eve of training camp with a deep dive into some players that have Asymmetrical Risk right now in drafts. These players are being drafted at or below their floors and have situations that have either remained the same or been improved and yet still aren't being drafted high enough. Your host walks you through 9+ targets he's looking at as we sit here at the official start of the 2023 NFL season with players reporting to camp. After Drew hits his favorite price inequities he then invites John Bosch, auction guru, into Discussions with Drew and the...

Just 2 weeks away from training camp has the Auction Brief in high gear. Drew starts the show by talking about how we tend to make the same mistakes every summer and we don't learn from the poor results. So, he resolves to change that this year by pointing out his 7 Fantasy Draft Season Resolutions and how they can make us better drafters this year. After that your host has Brian Drake on for Discussions with Drew to talk about specific fantasy players and who he is drafting and fading this year. Plus, the two play a game of "Would you...

Episode 6 of the Auction Brief begins with your host Drew Davenport opining on the fact that life, and fantasy football, don't always have to be as hard as it seems. He wanders through the idea that often the meta-concepts will take us most of the way in fantasy football and that losing ourselves in the weeds can end up negatively impacting our results. He then plays an auction game where he envisions 3 hypothetical scenarios that come up during an auction draft and what your move should be in each one. Once he's finished, the Auction Brief brings on guest Josh...

Guest Marcas Grant joins the Auction Brief in this week's Discussions with Drew to talk some auction strategy in tough rooms, how to approach it, and how to fight through the brutal nature of an experienced auction room. Then Drew and Marcas talk about players who had great, or poor, seasons in 2022 and whether they will repeat those performances. But before Marcas and Drew chop it up, your host gives you a legal update on Joe Mixon, Alvin Kamara, and Tyreek HIll and then launches into the topic of the day: The 4 Circles of Auction Success. Drew gives you the 30,000...