Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz

Ian Hartitz and Dwain McFarland recap every Sunday game from NFL Week 4, all 13 of them, from the London opener through Seahawks vs. Chargers. They break down the utilization, the injuries, and the fantasy takeaways you need heading into Week 5.

What we get into:
- Josh Downs' 4.6-point dud as Daniel Jones and the Colts passing game sputter, plus Jayden Daniels targeting a Week 5 return
- CeeDee Lamb's 17-catch, 189-yard day and the game-winning touchdown from Dak Prescott
- Ja'Marr Chase's concussion, Tee Higgins' 157 yards, and the Bengals receiver pecking order
- Drake Maye's...

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Ian Hartitz and Billy Collins run through the full Week 4 fantasy football injury report after Friday's practices: who is good to go, who is questionable and who is out at quarterback, running back, wide r...

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Week 4 TE rankings and TE tiers: Ian Hartitz ranks his top 32 tight ends for Week 4 of fantasy football and sorts them into four tiers. Darren Waller is the TE10, "and that doesn't feel high enough," with a Lions defense that has already allowed six touchdowns to tight ends. George Kittle is the TE3 with three touchdowns over the past two...

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Zay Flowers is averaging 9.36 yards per route run, more than twice the next-best receiver, and the highest mark over the last 10 years was 2023 Tyreek Hill at 3.85. Kalif Raymond is the PPR WR12 and Matthew Golden already leads the NFL in DPI yards. Ia...

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After three weeks, D'Andre Swift and Chuba Hubbard are top-10 fantasy running backs and the Packers have the fewest rushing yards through three weeks of any team since the pandemic. Ian Hartitz ranks his top 48 running backs for Week 4, sort...

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Through three weeks, Bryce Young and Tyler Shough are top-four fantasy QBs while Drake Maye and Justin Herbert don't crack the top 25. Ian Hartitz ranks his top 32 quarterbacks for Week 4, sorts them into five tiers, and stops after every tier for a bigger question about the position, from bye-week streamers to which QBs are playing scared.

TIER 1: THE...

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The Week 3 box score lied to you. Ian Hartitz goes back through every play that did not survive to the stat sheet: touchdowns wiped out by penalty, drives that died at the one-yard line, the unrealized air yards leaderboar...

Ian Hartitz and Dwain McFarland break down all 13 Sunday games from NFL Week 3 on Fantasy Football is Life. Get the biggest fantasy football takeaways, snap counts, route participation, target shares, injury fallout, and early waiver-wire thoughts heading into Week 4.

The guys discuss Rashee Rice’s bounce-back, the Dolphins’ backfield after De’Von Achane’s injury, Harold Fannin’s two-touchdown day, Jahmyr Gibbs’ three scores, Kenyon Sadiq’s breakout, and Brock Bowers’ dominant return. Plus: Jordan Addison’s opportunity without Justin Jefferson, the Saints’ backfield after Travis Etienne’s injury, and the fantasy fallout from Ravens–Cowboys.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Open...

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Ian Hartitz and Billy Collins run through the full Week 3 fantasy football injury report after Friday's practices: who is good to go, who is questionable and who is out at quarterback, running back, wide r...

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Travis Kelce is averaging career highs in yards per catch (14.3) and yards per target (10.8) to open his 14th season, Patrick Mahomes looks like Patrick Mahomes again, and the Chiefs get the Dolphins. Ian Hartitz ranks his top 32 tight ends for Week 3, sorts them into four tiers, and stops after the first three for a bigger question about the position...

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Matthew Golden averaged 25.8 receiving yards per game in his first 14 career games, and 79 per game across his last three. He's tied for seventh among all wide receivers in targets and 10th in air yards, and Jayden Reed is out of the picture. Ian Hartitz ranks his top 60 wide receivers for Week 3, sorts them into six tiers, and stops after e...

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Chuba Hubbard has more fantasy points than Christian McCaffrey right now. With Jonathon Brooks sidelined, Chuba is the running back in Carolina. Ian Hartitz ranks his top 48 running backs for Week 3, sorts them into six tiers, and stops after every tier for a bigger question about the position.

TIER 1: BALLERS, SHOT CALLERS
Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinso...

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Two weeks of football are in the books, and Bryce Young is BALLING. Ian Hartitz ranks his top 32 quarterbacks for Week 3, sorts them into six tiers, and stops after every tier for a bigger question about the position. Only Josh Allen has scored more fantasy points than Bryce so far this season, and he is still only 34% rostered.

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The Week 2 box score lied to you. Ian Hartitz goes back through every play that did not survive to the stat sheet: touchdowns wiped out by penalty, drives that died at the one-yard line, the unrealized air yards leaderboard, defensive pass interference, interceptions that were not the quarterback's fault, and the drops that cost six points.

Terry McLau...

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Ian Hartitz and Dwain McFarland recap every Sunday game from NFL Week 2, one offense at a time, with the utilization numbers that actually move rankings. Route shares, target shares, air yards, snap splits, short yardage work and the injuries that blow up Week 3 lineups.

A rough Sunday for almost every running back not named James Cook, three offenses that lost their quarterback, and a handful of receivers who just forced their way into the weekly must start conversation.

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Ian Hartitz runs through the full Week 2 fantasy football injury report after Friday's practices: who is good to go, who is questionable and who is out at quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight en...

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Ian Hartitz ranks his top 27 tight ends for Week 2, sorts them into five tiers, and stops after every tier for a bigger question about the position. Trey McBride opens at TE1, Colston Loveland holds at TE2 after the Week 1 goose egg heard round the world, Dalton Kincaid jumps all the way to TE3, Isaiah Likely lands at TE5 in his fi...

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Ian Hartitz ranks his top 60 wide receivers for Week 2, sorts them into six tiers, and stops after every tier for a bigger question about the position. Puka Nacua opens at WR1, DJ Moore lands at WR9 in his first Week 2 as a Bill, Drake London sits at WR26, and Jordan Addison comes in at WR37 with a matchup that...

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Week 2 is here, and one week of football has already changed how people feel about their running backs. Ian Hartitz ranks his top 48 backs for Week 2, sorts them into six tiers, and stops after every tier for a bigger question about the position. First up: everyone who drafted Christian McCaffrey at RB3 should take a step back and chill out. The 49ers gave him 18 combined carries and targets in Week 1, in Australia, while he was dealing with cramps, and they...

Week 2 is here, so it is time to overreact to 60 minutes of football. Ian Hartitz ranks his top 32 quarterbacks for Week 2, sorts them into six tiers, and stops after every tier for a bigger question about the position. And put some respect on Brock Purdy's name: he has averaged north of 20 fantasy points per game since Week 10 last season and ranks first in the Super Bowl era in yards per attempt and passer rating.

TIER 1: EASY 20+ FANTASY POINT UPSIDE
Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Jalen Hurts, Brock Purdy, Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels.
Key question: who has...

Football is back, and so is heartache. Ian Hartitz goes beyond the box score on Week 1 with the Sheesh Report: every near miss you only caught if you watched every single game. Players stopped at the 1-yard line, the unrealized air yards leaderboard, touchdowns wiped out by penalties, the biggest DPIs, the interception doctor, and the drops and better ball touchdowns that would have been a lot cooler as six points. New episode every Monday after the slate.

UNREALIZED AIR YARDS
Aaron Rodgers was partying like it was 2015 again, with his highest single-game average target depth...

Week 1 is in the books—but which fantasy performances should you actually believe? Ian Hartitz and Dwain McFarland break down Sunday’s afternoon games, using snaps, routes, targets, and backfield usage to separate real changes from one-week noise.

From Jahmyr Gibbs’ dominant opener and the Bears–Panthers shootout to Josh Allen’s big day and Christian Watson’s breakout performance, they unpack the biggest fantasy storylines. Plus: what to make of Colston Loveland’s quiet start, Jalen Coker’s production, Kyler Murray’s injury, and the crowded backfields shaping early lineup decisions. Get the context behind the box scores before...

Ian Hartitz and Billy Collins break down the full Week 1 fantasy football injury report before Sunday kickoff. Malik Nabers and Rome Odunze are both officially questionable, and Ian goes position by position through every designation so you can get your lineups right.

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Week 1 is here. Ian Hartitz ranks 25 tight ends across six tiers and takes on a bigger picture question at the end of every tier: the best and worst early season schedules, the best bench stashes, the injuries to monitor, and which tight ends survive a bad offense.

Ian also re-ranked twice on the fly during the show. Juwan Johnson moves up to TE9 and Terrance Ferguson moves to the top of tier 6, so you are watching the board change in real time.

CHA...

Week 1 is here after seven long, cold months. Ian Hartitz ranks his top 60 receivers for the opener, sorts them into seven tiers, and stops at the end of every tier for a bigger question about the position. QB, RB, WR and TE ranks and tiers, every single week.

TIER 1: THE BIG FOUR
Puka Nacua, Ja'Marr Chase, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Key question: was 2025 an outlier year for JSN? He took 35.8% of his team's targets in the games he played; the only other receiver to clear 35% in a decade was 2017 DeAndre Hopkins at 35.3%. He also...

Ian Hartitz ranks 48 running backs for Week 1, sorts them into seven tiers, and stops at the end of every tier for a bigger question about the position. QB, RB, WR and TE ranks and tiers, every week.

TIER 1: THE BIG THREE
Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson, Christian McCaffrey.
Key question: what does Vegas say about the scoring upside of these offenses? Implied team totals are the reason people were happy to take Gibbs over Bijan at 1.01. Lions 28.3, second on the slate. Falcons 19.3, 28th. 49ers 22.5. Gibbs has averaged 25.1 half PPR points in the eight career games David...

Week 1 is here after seven long, cold months. Ian Hartitz runs through his top 32 quarterbacks for the opener, sorts them into seven tiers, and stops at the end of every tier for a bigger question about the position. This is the new weekly format: QB, RB, WR and TE ranks and tiers, every single week.

Timestamps:
0:00 The plan and the seven questions
0:28 Tier 1: The dual-threat ballers
2:21 Key question: which o-lines have the most pressure problems
3:38 Tier 2: Plenty of reason for excitement
5:08 Key question: how bad was Drake Maye down the stretch
6:09...

Ian Hartitz and Fantasy Life Director of Analytics Dwain McFarland draft an FFPC high-stakes team from the 1.08 in tight end premium scoring, pick by pick, with the reasoning on every call.

Brock Bowers or Christian McCaffrey at 1.08? In TE premium, with both guys already sitting on plenty of their teams, the answer was Bowers. From there it was two running backs sooner rather than later, a receiver room built almost entirely between rounds six and nine, and a late-round plan that shores up the backup running backs before touching the onesie positions.

THE FULL SQUAD<...

Ian Hartitz and Dwain McFarland, Director of Analytics and Lead Analyst at
Fantasy Life, draft a full 20-round FFPC team for real money from the 1.10.
Every pick and every debate, in real time.

This is tight end premium, so tight ends get 1.5 points per reception, and it
changes the board completely. Worth saying out loud before you copy anything
here: do not take Brock Bowers this early in your standard home league. The
scoring is doing the work.

THE BUILD

Four running backs and four receivers are gone...

Six bold calls from Ian Hartitz ahead of the 2026 NFL season. In his words: an opportunity to go out there and say some wild stuff, and if it does not work out, throw it right back in his face after the season is over.

Timestamps:
0:00 The premise
0:21 Bold call 1: Javonte Williams leads the NFL in touchdowns
3:16 The last bear case on Javonte is the price
4:21 Bold call 2: Justin Herbert wins MVP
7:17 Bold call 3: Jaylen Waddle finishes as the overall WR5
10:51 Bold call 4: Jared Goff turns in a top five fantasy season<...

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$1,000,000 is on the line in this FFPC contest, and John Daigle and I decided the
move was tight end premium: get two of the best tight ends in the league locked up
before the rest of the room can react, then build everything else around it.

This is a real, live 17-team draft, not a tape study. We argue through zero-RB
builds, which rookie running backs we trust and which ones we are fading...

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Nine guys sitting on waivers or in the back of your draft queue who should not be there. Every one of them is rostered under 30% on Yahoo and/or ESPN, and I think that gap closes fast once games count. The headline: Tank Bigsby, one injury away from the top of every waiver column. Ray Davis, a pure handcuff that rostership and draft ranks are not treating like one. 

Terrance Ferguson ran a route rate north of 70...

Preseason snaps are fake until they are not. Six things showed up on tape this August that I think carry into Week 1, and a few of them should change how you draft. The Chargers are the headline. Mike McDaniel has flipped this offense in a single preseason: outside zone from 17.6% and 29th in the league to 56.1% and first, pre-snap motion from 18th to first, play action from 17th to second, multi tight end from 31st to fourth. Motion and play action are the cheat codes of modern NFL offense and Los Angeles just went from bottom third to top...

Seven rules, then three full mock drafts back to back on the free RotoWire Mock Draft Simulator. ESPN half PPR from the 1.01, Yahoo full PPR from the 1.06, and Sleeper half PPR from the 1.12, so you get an early pick, a middle pick and the turn. Every round called out loud, with the reasoning as it happens.

CHAPTERS

0:00 The seven rules

0:37 Late-round QB for the win

1:12 Two RBs in the first three rounds

1:40 Five WRs by the end of Round 9

2:37 Late rounds are reserved

2:46 The tight...

Every one of these guys is going outside the top 120 picks on Sleeper, Yahoo AND ESPN. That was the only rule. No "sleepers" you have to reach for in the seventh round, no players who are already priced up on one site. Seven names you can actually get at the end of your draft, and where I have them ranked versus where the market has them.

CHAPTERS

0:00 The one rule

0:36 Tank Bigsby, Philadelphia

3:01 Woody Marks, Houston

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Six players going significantly earlier in high-stakes FFPC drafts than they are on Yahoo. Millions of dollars ride on the high-stakes crowd being right, so when the money is this far ahead of the public, it is worth a look. Ian Hartitz gives his own rank on each one and says who is right.

Timestamps:

0:00 The plan

0:26 Parker Washington

4:39 Woody Marks

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Five players whose price moved between August 1 and August 24. For each one Ian Hartitz lays out why they moved up, why the move makes sense, why it does not, and then a verdict on whether the new number is worth paying. 

DE'ZHAUN STRIBLING, WR61 to WR51. A perfect storm of the Ricky Pearsall injury, great camp reports and an awesome preseason: 13 targets and an 11-109-0 line on only 22 routes, plus a drop that could have been...

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Week 2 of the preseason supplied plenty of answers and plenty of questions. 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 still 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...

A full crash course for your 2026 fantasy football draft, position by position, for anyone who has not been grinding this 365 days a year. Where to spend the early picks, where the value actually is, and who the late-round sleepers are.

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Timestamps:

0:00 The plan

0:14 Quarterback

1:02 Jared Goff

1:34 Kyler Murray

2:58 Running back

3:35 Chase Brown, the RB4

5:02 Rounds 7-10: Steelers and Washington backs

6:23 J...

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Ian Hartitz picks his favorite spot in the first round and then proves it, going pick by pick through what is realistically on the board in every round from the 1.01, and then running two live mock drafts to show the roster it actually builds. 

The case for the top of the round is simple. In the first five or six rounds you can find pockets of players you are reasonably confident will be there, and the 1.01 i...