Outspoken radio host Jeff Mans takes on all subjects in this no holds barred uncensored podcast, part of the Elite Sports Network. From fantasy sports advice to interviews with high profile guests, there are no topics uncovered and no punches pulled. Whether you’re looking to win your fantasy football league, cash your tickets in sports betting, discuss the hot topics of the day or just relax and be entertained, Jeff Mans has you covered. If you’re a snowflake looking for a reason to be offended, keep moving because this is just One MANS Opinion.
The time has come for this season’s “all-in” fantasy football player of the year. A player so hot that we cannot even call him by his real name and will henceforth refer to him only by his alias. Jeff Mans would like to introduce you to his good friend for 2026…Mr Duke Silver!! Jeff reviews how each of the code-named players has done since their inception in 2022 and discusses what he’s learned from the process. He also breaks down the list of players who were in consideration this year but who came up short. Then he provides a full childhood, high school, college, and NFL scouting report of this player, taking us step by step through all the concerns that there might be. As it turns out, Mr. Silver has been producing quite a bit over his four-year career, yet according to his ADP this season, he is hiding in plain sight. Keep the name a secret unless you want everybody else in your league to be reminded of him and drive the price up. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
His voice is back, and that means nearly an hour and a half of pure fantasy football goodness on tap this week. As promised, Jeff Mans dives deep into all of the NFL coaching changes this offseason and uncovers which players get the biggest upgrades and downgrades as a result. There are 21 new offensive coordinators in the league, and that means some massive differences in personnel, personnel groupings, formations, play design, play calls, pace, and adjustments. If you want to be a difference-making fantasy football player, you need to look deeper than the box scores, which is what Mans is teaching in this episode. Jeff also reviews his entire Scott Fish Bowl team with his thoughts behind picks #1-#20. He discusses how the league format plays such a big part in which players should be in or out of your player pool. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
Normally, his voice can be heard from atop the tallest mountain, but this week, Jeff Mans is as quiet as a church mouse due to a battle with laryngitis. Despite the illness, however, he is battling through to provide a quick breakdown of some of his favorite players for fantasy football this season. This week, Mans uses the information that he learned writing the NFL Coaching Breakdowns on Fantasy Guru dot com to reveal some of his favorite late and super late players at each skill position. For QB, RB, WR, TE, kicker, and DST, Jeff provides at least one of his favorite deep sleepers (rounds 8+) and at least one of his super deep sleepers (rounds 12+). He discusses how each player’s skillset fits the offense and breaks down their path to fantasy production in 2026. Please excuse the raspiness of his voice this week, but for those who love it, Jeff Mans is for hire for birthday parties, bar mitzvahs, and holiday get-togethers for a nominal fee while supplies last. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
The rampant layoffs occurring in the fantasy sports industry prompted Jeff Mans to devote part of this week's show to the business side of fantasy sports. Mans discusses how the industry has changed from when he first started his website in 2005 through the explosion of DFS and high stakes to the current rise of sports betting. Jeff was one of the first ever to partner with a gaming site, and his experience there is what has led to a very different career path within the content space. He also reveals who he chose with his first three picks in the famous Scott Fish Bowl 16 that is going on right now, and why this league has reminded him and all of us that fantasy sports is ultimately supposed to be fun. Then Mans takes a walk through several of the new offensive coordinators around the NFL in 2026. Jeff breaks down the new offenses for the Lions, Chargers, Jets, and Eagles and uncovers which players fit and do not fit the new systems. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
It’s the annual “most underrated team” episode of One Mans Opinion this week, so buckle in for an extra-long show. Jeff Mans reviews the last six years of his surprise teams and totals all of the results. Although they started out hot, the last two years, the underrated teams have been buns. Jeff walks us through the list of teams to consider and why the Las Vegas Raiders were the best choice for 2026. Mans breaks down the ownership, front office, coaching staff, facilities, organizational grades, depth chart, schemes, and schedule to show his work on why this Vegas team is going to surprise people this season. He also addresses the Facebook rant from his SXM show this week and reveals what made him melt down on and off the air. He also apologizes for one rant that nobody else heard, but that Jeff was embarrassed by nonetheless. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
Earlier in the week, Jeff Mans took a phone call from “Wayne” on the Elite Sports Show, and that caller’s request became the subject of this week's show. Thus, Mans went back and revisited his 2025 Fantasy Football MANSifesto on Fantasy Guru dot com to see just how well or not well the advice turned out to be. In that article, Jeff drafted two separate teams based on his beliefs back in July of 2025. How did those two teams perform when plugged into a simulator? Mans reveals those results, including playoff advancement rate and championships won here. He also goes over every single player at every single position that he recommended to target and fade at their cost. There were some great hits, one legendary miss, and a ton of useful information that can help us make better decisions in 2026. Jeff also covers some of the latest news around the NFL, including the league shutting out Texas Tech QB Branden Sorsby. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
Jeff Mans is in a World Cup state of mind this week as he wrestles with the idea of watching soccer while also being incredibly bored and distracted at the same time. So, he invented his own game inspired by the World Cup, in which he pits every wide receiver in the NFL against one another in a steel cage-like tournament decided by a simple math formula of his own creation. First, he finds the WRs on each team that he has the most interest in based on their current market price, then he puts them into a bracket sorted alphabetically by NFL team name. Mans rolls through each matchup explaining what he likes and dislikes about each player and whittles the field down to the final four, the championship matchup, and finally the lone victor of the 2026 World Cup of Wide Receivers. Jeff also hits on NFL news, the Knicks winning the NBA Finals, the Carolina Hurricanes winning the Stanley Cup, and the future of his SXM radio show. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
Jeff Mans is shot out of a cannon this week as he first addresses the wild Twitter trolling that suggests he “doesn’t play fantasy football.” In 20+ years in the fantasy industry, this was one of the wildest accusations ever, and Mans discusses the cult-like tribalism that leads to these sorts of wild conversations. For those interested, he does go over a quick recap of his resume, just in case anybody is curious. Jeff gives out a few of his best values in fantasy football right now, according to the latest ADP. Then he dives into a detailed conversation about what fantasy players should be expecting from each position (QB, RB, WR, TE) on a weekly basis. Mans reveals the players at each position that hit those marks the most, revealing the most consistent weekly winners over the last three years. This information is huge, whether you are playing in redraft or best ball league formats this year. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
He’s back from a week at the beach, but the sunshine has not softened Jeff Mans one bit as he comes in hot with a ton of takes and analysis. Two blockbuster NFL trades this week have the football world abuzz, and Mans offers his biggest takeaways from both deals. As AJ Brown arrives in “heaven,” the Eagles are left with a pool of wide receivers who will need to step up and become the alpha. Mans makes his case for one of those Eagles WRs here this week. Is it possible that the Browns traded away the best player in recent franchise history and yet somehow made a good deal out of it? Jeff believes so and offers his reasoning here. The Falcons gave Drake London $141 million, but Mans has concerns with that contract specifically because of who may be throwing him the football. It's that time of year to take a spin around the redraft and best ball average draft position (ADP) numbers and break them down by position. As he goes through it, Mans uncovers a sizeable mistake the best ball drafters are making right now and tells us exactly how to exploit it right now. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
Jeff Mans is live on tape from the beach, and even though he is not on the radio this week, he’s still providing that deep diving fantasy football content right here. This week, Jeff is revealing all of the new upgrades he and the team have been working on over at Fantasy Guru dot com in anticipation of the launch of the 2026 Draft Guide. Mans has a strong warning concerning fantasy football content creators and engagement farmers after his interaction with one this week that was blindly misleading people with full-on fake statistics. That interaction leads to a much more honest look at how to analyze rookies. He looks back at the 2025 rookie ADP and notes the hits and misses from a year ago. Then Jeff reviews the top 20 fantasy football rookie seasons ever and discusses what led to each of those players’ breakouts. Then it is time to get dirty by going in the trenches and breaking down which NFL teams have made the biggest upgrades and downgrades along their offensive lines this offseason. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
This week’s episode starts with the breaking news that Chiefs WR Rashee Rice is headed to jail for the next 30 days while also rehabbing a surprise knee surgery that we are just learning about now. Jeff Mans breaks down how this impacts Rice’s availability for the Chiefs and his fantasy value in 2026. He also has reactions to NFL OTAs where one quarterback is back in the saddle (Aaron Rodgers) while another is holding out for more money (Jacoby Brissett). Then it is time for Mans to count down his top 10 best and worst moves of the entire 2026 NFL offseason so far. These include coaching changes, trades, free agency, NFL Draft, retirements, hirings, firings, and anything else executed by the 32 NFL teams. Jeff discusses what the overall impact of all 20 moves is, both in the short and long term. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
Another jam-packed episode this week, folks, as Jeff Mans begins by discussing his emotions as he watched his oldest daughter graduate from law school this week. Mans pontificates that while getting older comes with plenty of advantages, he longs to go back and take that ride again. Of course, there is a ton of football talk here as well as Jeff wraps up his first dynasty league rookie draft and reveals the six players he took this season. Then it is time to take a spin around the super early average draft position (ADP) in fantasy football right now. Mans reveals the top 12 players who are going in the first round and where he has each one ranked right now. He also gives out his top 12, which features three players not in the top 15 in the current marketplace. This leads to a deeper conversation about players that Jeff Mans is higher on right now than the current market. If you or someone you know is drafting early, this is an episode that you cannot miss. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
With so many dynasty leagues having their rookie drafts immediately after the NFL Draft, Jeff Mans felt it was the right time to reveal his 2026 rookie fantasy football rankings this week. These all can be found on the Fantasy Guru website, of course, but in this episode, Jeff breaks down exactly how to handle a weak class of NFL rookies and which traits to look for when searching for fantasy production. He expresses how league formats matter because those who are playing in a Superflex and/or an IDP league will find this rookie class much better than those in skill-position-only league setups. Mans also reveals how two of his dynasty league drafts have gone so far, including who he landed on for his first pick in each league. Also, Jeff discusses how different the NBA betting scene is now in the playoffs and wonders why every professional sport is addicted to resting players at every possible opportunity. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
The NFL Draft has ended, and Jeff Mans is here to recap all seven rounds and 257 picks. First off, Jeff addresses the silly “consensus draft board” argument plaguing social media the last few days and explains why certain people are so desperate to have their opinions fit in with the mainstream. Also, the idea that this was a “bad draft for fantasy football” is simply impossible because the production will be there one way or another. Then Jeff goes round by round, giving out his top five best picks of each round, then his top five worst picks out of each round of the draft. He provides his reasoning why those picks are hits and misses along the way, too. As usual, Mans recaps every single pick made by all 32 NFL teams and, using his draft prospect formula, gives each team a score, letter grade, and ranking. He explains the hits, misses, what he would have done differently, and the fantasy impact for each selection here, too. This is a super-sized episode this week, full of juicy NFL Draft nuggets, so pull up to the table and eat. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
It’s NFL Draft week here at One Mans Opinion, and Jeff Mans is getting us ready for the first round and beyond. He begins this week's show with some news across the NFL, including the latest in the soap opera of Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini, a contract extension for Trent Williams, an update on Colts QB Daniel Jones, and the status of Rams WR Puka Nacua. Mans discusses a few of the NFL Draft prospects that he feels have slipped through the cracks this cycle, including the player who had the best odds to go #1 overall at this time last year. Then it is time again for the “Mans Vs Mock” simulation, where Jeff goes through all 32 of the first round picks and makes the best decision for each team while comparing his choices to the mock drafters out there. A few very telling trends then emerge as we wonder if the mock drafters are even trying to fit the player with the right team. Along the way, Mans points out each team's offseason additions/subtractions, coaching changes, and draft history in trying to make the optimal selections. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
This is a jam-packed episode this week, full of NFL Draft prospect breakdowns and potential landing spots. Jeff Mans reveals his final NFL Draft prospect rankings here and gives deep dives on each and every player, including the best and worst potential landing spots. He discusses what goes into these evaluations and what likely leads to different grades compared to other draft analysts. If the names Taylen Green, Behren Morton, Terion Stewart, Demond Claiborne, Chris Bell, Ted Hurst, and Oscar Delp don’t ring a bell, then this is an episode you simply cannot afford to miss. Mans also reacts to Dianna Russini resigning from The Athletic amid the controversial photos of her and Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel. There is also a big announcement of a brand new “Parents Corner” discord room on the Fantasy Guru dot com discord, where parents, young and old, can help support each other through the tough years of parenting. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
We are just three weeks away from the 2026 NFL Draft, and Jeff Mans has the eye of the tiger for improving our fantasy football process heading into this signature event. In this week's episode, Mans breaks down what fantasy players should be looking for out of the QB, RB, WR, and TE prospects and what each position group brings to the table in terms of fantasy football expectations. Then it is time to count down the top 10 best landing spots for short and long-term fantasy football impact. Mans identifies 10 spots where whoever gets drafted there will deserve a lot of fantasy attention starting in 2026. He identifies a few players for each destination that would make ideal fits, as well as some who would then downgrade that situation. Jeff also recaps a different family Easter celebration that he had over the weekend, provides his biggest takeaways from the 2026 NCAA Tournament, and reacts to the rash of pitcher injuries across MLB. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
The big news in the fantasy and sports data space this week was the sale of Pro Football Focus to Teamworks, which led to over half of the PFF staff being immediately laid off. Jeff Mans discusses the details of this business deal and why it will have a significant impact on the basic fantasy consumer moving forward. Mans speculates on all of the entities that will rush out to replace the PFF data on the consumer side and what role his company, FantasyGuru, will have in that process. He also comments on all of the NFL rule changes that were agreed upon this week at the spring meetings and discusses the impact replacement referees may have on the game in 2026. Jeff also expresses some thoughts on the first week of the MLB season, including his hot & cold lists of the week. Mans counts down the top 10 most underrated NFL free agent signings too, including why the Chiefs' decision to bring back Travis Kelce was a wise one on several levels. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
The sports world and specifically the NFL Draft community were set ablaze this week as ESPN launched a full-on media blitz praising Alabama QB Ty Simpson. Jeff Mans took offense to this and breaks down why Simpson is not in the class of Fernando Mendoza, including a direct comparison between Simpson and an NFL QB he should most resemble. He also has another QB prospect that should be getting a lot more attention this year, but is not. Sports fans are being tricked by talking heads, influencers, and content farmers, and Mans exposes their tricks in this week's episode. Jeff also counts down his top 10 remaining NFL Free Agents and where each would fit best right now. The MLB season begins this week, and Jeff gives out a few of his favorite teams and players to watch for fantasy, DFS, and betting purposes. He also set up the easiest hitters-only fantasy baseball league of all time, which is free to join right now and is almost full, so be sure to claim your spot NOW!! Even though so many brackets are busted, there is still money to be made in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament, and thus, he gives out his thoughts on the tournament so far and a bet to make this weekend. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
In one of the most emotional episodes yet on One Mans Opinion, Jeff Mans dives deep into his “secret life” of being a father. His two oldest daughters are moving out of the house and into their own, which has Jeff reflecting on raising two exceptional, high-achieving young ladies. Nobody ever talks about the emotional roller coaster of raising kids into adults who eventually leave the nest, so Mans takes it head-on this week. There is plenty of sports talk here as well, including Mans reaction to the Jaylen Waddle trade and a couple of NFL wide receivers finding new homes for 2026. Jeff gives out his final four teams and some upset specials from his 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket. After a 31-11 run at NBA betting this month, Mans wonders if this is the hottest anybody has ever been at betting on one specific sport? He dishes out a couple of his strategies behind this amazing run here, too. Remember to share the show with a friend, hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!
