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STASH OR PASS | Dynasty Fantasy Football Cut-Line Decisions

In today’s episode of Stash or Pass, we’re diving into the toughest conversations in dynasty fantasy football:
👉 Is this player worth holding onto… or is it time to move on?

We break down players living right on the cut line — the guys clogging your bench, testing your patience, and making roster decisions way harder than they should be. Are they a stash for the future, or a pass you won’t regret?

Fueled by Woodford Reserve Bourbon, the takes get honest, the debates get s...

MID SEASON BREAKDOWN 2025 | Booze & Ballin’ Podcast 🏈🥃
The fantasy football season is halfway through, and things are getting boozy! In this week’s episode, we dive into the wild first half of the 2025 season — handing out our official Booze & Ballin’ Midseason Awards and breaking down the biggest fantasy surprises, heartbreaks, and hangovers.

🔥 Segments Include:
🏆 MVP & LVP: Who’s carrying rosters… and who’s killing ‘em?
💎 Waiver Wire Heroes & Busts: The best pickups and the biggest traps.
🥃 Booze & Ballin’ Awards:
 - The Houdini (Player who disappeared out of nowhere)
 - The Hangover (Player who gave you regret)
 - The Sober Tr...

We’re a quarter of the way through the 2025 season, and the AFC North is officially up for grabs. Between injuries, inconsistent coaching, and a lot of moving parts, this division might be the wildest in football right now. In this week’s episode of Booze & Ballin, we break down each team’s situation, who’s rising, who’s falling, and why this division could come down to the final weeks of the season.

Joining us this week is special guest JB Cigars, a diehard Ravens fan ready to give us his take on how Baltimore and the rest o...

Fantasy football isn't won in the 1st few rounds of the draft. It is won in the later rounds with the players that support your stars and give you the best value. winning your league is as simple as drafting your WR2 in the late rounds or you set and forget flex player with the last pick of the draft. Tonight we will talk about players we are adding late that we believe can be a constant start or a league winner. Players like Keon Coleman, Calvin Ridley, Brenton Strange, and more...

Our inspiration for tonight's episode...

With the NFL draft in the books it is time to see how the top rookies were effected. This episode, to kick off the new season, we talk about the rookie we think moved up or down the fantasy draft board. Players like Jaydon Blue,  Colston Loveland, and Luther Burden III are among the players on the list. 

Tonights inspiration came in the from of 2XO. Specifically thier American Oak Straight Bourbon Whiskey

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With the combine in the books, its time to give you our pre draft rookie rankings...

We left Travis Hunter out of this discussion because we believe that he will enter the draft as a "DB" and that hurts his offensive potential. 

Tonights inspiration comes in the form of Basil Hayden. A simple starter bourbon. 

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We give off a couple fantasy rookie awards...

We also have a long discussion about ADP and how it can both help and hurt your draft!

This shows inspiration is a Four Grain Whiskey out of Phoenixville, Pa

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We put together a 4 person round table to go through the Divisional slate of games... Who we like, ,don't like, and why...

We also touched on so players we like for daily fantasy lineups this weekend.

And some other around the NFL Banter!

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#FTNF- Love a snow game and so did Jameis Winston! 

Players we love and love less this week. Todd made a small comeback on the Pickem. Danny Dimes got replaced by Tommy Cutlets. And More

This weeks inspiration came from Makers Mark 101 and we both enjoyed it!

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#FTNF- Slow start tot the game, wild misses from Elliott, and underwhelming fantasy production...

Players we love and love less this week, and DK has gotten a bit of a lead on our pickem

This weeks inspiration came from Bowman Brothers SBW and we both enjoyed it!

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#FTNF- But cant be too mad because it seems like Mason avoided a major injury

Players we love and love less this week, and DK has gotten a bit of a lead on our pickem

This weeks inspiration came from Russell 10 year and we both enjoyed it!

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#FTNF but mostly because of 2 key injuries, and we hit your some of our start em and sit em candidates for this weekends slate of games!

The Battle for the tattoo grows closer as we pick this weeks teams. 

This weeks episode is inspired by:
Green River - Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

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A look into the week 3 weekend slate of games. Who we like and don’t like along with some other NFL thoughts

This weeks inspiration comes in the form of Wild Turkey 101 Straight Bourbon Whiskey

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A lot of injuries came from week 2, so we wanted to talk about some of the major ones and give you a takeaway or two from the slate of games

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#FTNF - Tua's concussion along with our other thoughts about Thursday Nights Game. And a look ahead to Sunday and a few players we like and don't like. 

Tonights inspiration came in the form of a birthday surprise bottle from DK

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Its not time to panic... Every year week one causes chaos and bad decisions!

We touch on the weekend injuries and other thoughts on the 1st week of the season 

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#FTNF - We look back on the Thursday night game between the Ravens & Chiefs

Sit/Start - A few Players we love and don't love for this weekends games 

2024 Pickem - We pick the 1st weeks teams in this years pickem. The Battle For A Tattoo

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We did a short show of Todds "Taxi Stashes" and late round sleepers a couple weeks ago. Now it is time to hear who Dustin is targeting outside of the 1st round in this years rookie drafts. 

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Training camp isn't here yet but the Draft happened. DK and I draft our season long rookie squads to go head to head. We did a pre-draft team just to get the mind right, but this is the one that counts. All rookies, all season, all points!

Battle For A Bottle
Full Season Team Point Total
No waivers/No IR/No Crying
PPR with no bonuses

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This is more for you Dynasty football leagues out there...

 With fantasy draft season underway I wanted to start off with some late round guys. I call these guys my Taxi Squad Stashes because they are not in the spot to hit your roster but if you have the picks and the depth they area good Taxi stashes to see it the develop and make you look like a genius. Guys like Chase Brown and Will Levis have been guys I put in this category in the past. 

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With the draft in the books its time to get the new season of Booze & Ballin started. We just get together to get the juices flowing agin and touch on some news and have some banter. 

We look forward to stepping our game up this season and taking you along for the ride. 

We kicked the season off with a version of one of our favorites - Breckenridge's Port Cask Finish

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We tried to draft rookie only teams this week based only on talent, potential, and players we like. We will revisit this draft once we find all the landing spots for the 2024 Rookies 

We also drank an Azalea Cocktail and had a little Masters Week Talk

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With pro days, combine, upcoming draft, and rookie news... we decided we would just talk about whats on our mind. Well mainly argue I guess. A good argument on how we value players is always fun. And really its the backbone on fantasy conversations. 

We also gave some trade advice for those teams in need of pre draft moves. 

Tonights inspiration came again from Schaylor Brewing Company. This time in the form on a Sour IPA called Non-Profitable Shit Storm. It was a damn delicious blend!

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With the combine in the books we can now start to look toward the draft. We had some takeaways from the combine and the last couple weeks of NFL player news. 

Our first shirts are designed and we love the prototypes... Stayed tuned for the release along with our other designs to come

This weeks was inspired by the Rum Cask Version of one of our favorite whiskeys... And it was delicious!!!!

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This might have been one of the craziest 1st day of Free agency that I have ever seen.... Going from a very slow last season to 10 TOP TIER Runnings backs being signed or dropped within a 24 hour period is insane.

Even QB, WR, and a handful of other positions were moved! I am looking forward to this season!

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This week we were inspired by a Dustin pick. Dustin brought us the Wine and Spirits Bourbon of the year. And it lived up to the ranking because we both loved it and want more.

We talked a lot of topics tonight, including the Big Game (Super Bowl), Arresets, the Mahomes family, and some Honor Snubs

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Conference Games this weekend... who do you like. I wanna see Lions vs Ravens

We give our thought on the LA Chargers new hire and how it can help their team.

We also let you know who we like for the 2023/24 NFL Honors. 

And we drink and focus on our year 1 show drink... KONA BIG WAVE!

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We hit you with a quick recap of the lopsided Wildcard Weekend slate of NFL games. A lot of blow outs filled the card. 

We were right about Green Bay!

And, we touch on the 4 upcoming Divisional games and cross our fingers for some closer games and some good football!

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With the playoffs here we run through the first 6 playoff games on the slate

Browns @ Texans
Dolphins @ Chiefs
Steelers @ Bills
Eagles @ Buccs
Rams @ Lions
Packers @ Cowboys

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Week 18 and most fantasy seasons are over. We decided now was a good time to pick the draft order for two Dynasty leagues. Becuase when in a dynasty league the season never ends... We would love to help other leagues draft live!!!

We touched base on some Pro bowl snubs, MVP candidates, and who we thing was a fantasy league winner!

This weeks inspiration came in the form of 1792 Small Batch Bourbon

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It seems to us like Russell Wilson never had the locker room in Denver. A lot of reports are swirling, but does that mean that Jalen hurts is in danger of losing his locker room and becoming the next Russell Wilson? 

We also spoke about the wide receivers, and what we think could potentially happen next year with movement, aging and outbreaks… 

This weeks fantasy. Inspiration came from larceny small badge bourbon. 

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This week we had to do a remote session due to the very busy holiday season and obligations. For this episode we put together our way way to early top 10 2024 Running Backs list. We had different approaches to how we came up with our rankings, which made for some interesting conversation.

Tonights inspiration came from one os Saucony Creek's Uniscorn series of beers. They have a great selection of beers and also serve so great food to the Berks County Area.

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This week we did our way to early top 10 2024 Tight End ranking. We left out the incoming class and ranked the guy in the league this year and how we think they will rank next season. we realized we are in a good time for the TE position in fantasy football. 

This weeks inspiration come from Breckenridge Colorado Bourbon Whiskey. This was Dustin pick this week and one of the more complex bourbons we have tried so far. We were both very impressed with this selection!

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This week we hit you with a way way too early 2024 Fantasy QB ranking… well at least our thoughts as of right now. Our lists were not the same but had some similarities.

We were inspired tonight by a 3 beer Flight Night from Ever Grain Brewing Company. They are a microbrewery in Camp Hill, Pa. We had a Stoud, Porter, and NEIPA, and we enjoyed all of them. Can’t wait to try more from their selection! 

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We had Stat Guy E with us on the show today so we figured we would do one of his favorite bourbons for our inspiration. We went with the well known Buffalo Trace...

We also talked about what if CJ Stroud and Bryce Young were drafted by the opposite teams. Would Stroud make the Panthers better or would Young be playing at the Stroud level?

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This weeks inspiration came from Puncher's Chance Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. This was a recommendation from our Bartender in Geneva, NY... And it doesn't disappoint. 

We also came to an agreement that Zay Flowers might be a copy of OBJ. and he gets to learn from him with could be great for his development. 

We also touched briefly on if the 1st round of this past years draft would be any different if drafted today!?

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This Weeks inspiration comes from Finger Lakes Distilling in the form of a Straight Bourbon Whiskey called "McKenzie" We weren't sure about it when we cracked the bottle but really enjoyed it throughout the episode! 

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This week was just some random mid season conversations that got easily derailed by a "Girls Night"!

Some more injury talk, and so interesting pickems rounded out the week!

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This week we decided to try a variety pack of VooDoo Ranger. Made by New Belgium. This variety pack included:
VooDoo Ranger - IPA
Xperimental - IPA
Cashmerize - IPA
Haze Glaze - Hazy IPA

We agreed this was one damn delicious  variety pack and we highly recommend it. 
We also touch base on trades, the fantasy trade deadline, and a couple players we like to target before its to late. 

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This week we tried a sour beer called Berry Delight. Big Alice was one of Todd's stops in his galavanting around Seneca lake. They are a great brewery located in Geneva, NY. Highly recommend making a stop by there if you are ever in the area!

Thanks Davante Adams... Well actually Jimmy G for keeping Todd from a comeback in the pickem this week. A few QB changes this week due to both preformance and injury, as well as the firing of Las Vegas Head Coach and GM... Which was overdue in our opinion!

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This week was inspired by a Straight Bourbon Whiskey from Five &  20 Spirits.
It was a delicious slightly smokey Bourbon that was worth the price. Five & 20 is a distillery and brewery located in Westfield, NY.
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This week we finally got back together in studio and it felt right. We went through our pickems and had some general fantasy talk. One thing we found out is the A Kamara doesn't get the credit he deserves! We also touched on a couple arrests that took place this week. 

And ra...