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The Fantasy Football Prophet podcast is your best source for Fantasy Football Auction Draft content. We highlight the best auction draft strategies to use, the best players to target, and more to help you win your league!
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Auction strategy becomes concrete through Craig Phillips and Jeff Torrey's close attention to budgets, bidding pressure, player value and roster tradeoffs.
Craig Phillips and Jeff Torrey treat an auction draft as a moving market, tracking budgets, player prices and the moments when a planned roster has to change.
An untouched auction budget is Craig and Jeff's draft-day horror story, especially if it's yours.
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A practical auction draft primer that keeps the focus on each build's tradeoffs.
The episode gives a plain, useful tour of auction draft strategy. It lays out studs and duds, zero RB, hero RB, and a balanced build in a way that makes the tradeoffs easy to see. Studs and duds leaves very little for the back end.
Auction value shifts fast once a tier starts to thin out.
This episode keeps its footing on auction-draft basics that matter. It spends time on tiers, early nominations, and the point where a last dollar still changes the outcome.
A practical warning list for auction drafters who want a sturdier roster, not a louder room.
The episode keeps its focus on practical auction draft mistakes, especially going too hard too early and loading the roster with upside before the base is stable. It keeps circling back to one warning: once the budget is spent, the rest of the build gets harder fast.
Auction plans only hold until the room starts driving prices higher.
The episode tracks a keeper-auction draft and makes the usual fantasy lesson feel immediate: mock drafts help, but they do not prepare managers for a room that keeps pushing prices higher.
A practical auction draft primer on tiers, timing, and holding back money for the finish.
The episode makes a clear, practical case for auction draft prep for the 2025 season, drawing on 15 years of auction experience without losing sight of what matters on draft day.
Auction-draft gambles centered on Drake London and Nick Chubb, with price discipline and health doing most of the work.
The segment examines 2024 auction-draft swings that can change a league, with Drake London and Nick Chubb carrying the main risk-reward appeal.
A practical auction-draft guide focused on who to target and what they may cost.
The segment keeps its focus on auction decisions, moving from Bijan Robinson as the must-have spend-up to Wilson as the lower-cost option, then to Chase Brown and JK Dobbins as cheaper swings.
Fast, practical auction draft prep centered on prices, pivots, and getting your guys early.
The piece frames auction-draft prep as a reset: be aggressive, nominate the right names, and move on fast when the plan stops working. The two hosts circle the same core advice from different angles, and the repetition lands because it tightens the point instead of filling…
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This episode discusses common mistakes to avoid in fantasy football auction drafts, focusing on budget management, avoiding overspending early, and balancing star players with depth.
Hosts Craig and Jeff discuss their must-have auction draft players for 2025, focusing on value picks like Deebo Samuel and breakout candidate Marvin Harrison Jr.
The hosts discuss auction draft nomination strategies in fantasy football, arguing for nominating desired players early to build a team foundation, using examples like David Montgomery for bargains, and emphasizing aggressive tactics to exploit opponent weaknesses.
Craig and Jeff discuss their must-have auction draft players for 2024 fantasy football, highlighting Bijan Robinson as a top running back target, Garrett Wilson as a value wide receiver, and sleepers like Chase Brown and Jameson Williams.
The hosts discuss players to avoid in 2024 fantasy football auction drafts, focusing on overpriced or risky picks like Devon A.
This episode provides three essential tips for dominating fantasy football auction drafts: using customized tier rankings to track player value, attacking early in the draft to secure elite players, and preparing to pivot when unexpected values arise.
The hosts analyze a balanced auction draft strategy where spending is capped per player, concluding it leads to mediocre teams lacking championship firepower.
This episode provides an overview of key auction draft strategies in fantasy football, including studs and duds, hero RB, zero RB, and balanced approaches, with examples from past seasons and player insights.
Craig and Jeff discuss auction draft steals and values for the 2025 fantasy football season, analyzing undervalued players across positions like CJ Stroud, Breece Hall, and Marvin Harrison Jr.
This episode provides a quick 10-minute prep guide for fantasy football auction drafts, emphasizing aggressive drafting, the 'studs and duds' strategy, and key players to target or avoid.
The hosts share advanced auction draft strategies for fantasy football, including tier-based player rankings, early aggression to secure top targets, budget management tips, and cautionary tales about bidding wars and inattention during drafts.
Craig and Jeff analyze their recent fantasy football auction draft, where prices soared unexpectedly with five players exceeding $70.
The episode discusses high-risk, high-reward players for 2024 fantasy football auction drafts, including Drake London, Anthony Richardson, Nick Chubb, Stefon Diggs, and Marvin Harrison Jr., analyzing their potential to win leagues despite uncertainties.