The Auction Brief, with host Drew Davenport, is a fantasy football show that will give you a unique perspective found nowhere in the fantasy community. He is not only a fantasy football analyst as a writer for Footballguys, but is a legal expert, and an auction draft expert. Enjoy this journey through all aspects of fantasy football with hard hitting analysis, in-depth conversations on how to be a better auction drafter, and discussions with some of the top minds in the fantasy industry. Along the way you might even learn a little about the intersection of life and fantasy football. Powered by Fighting Chance Fantasy Sports. Weekly episodes during fantasy draft season. Find Drew on Twitter: @DrewDavenportFF
This week's Discussions with Drew brings you another top-level fantasy analyst when Michael F. Florio from the NFL Network joins your host to break down some training camp stories and tell us whether we should buy the training camp hype we are hearing, or fade the developing narratives. Michael and Drew walk through the Jahmyr Gibbs and Bijan Robinson hold-ins, the 49ers troubles, the Eagles offense, Marvin Harrison, and much more! Don't miss another hard hitting actionable episode of the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF
Your host Drew Davenport is solo on the mic for this episode as he tackles the difficult task of unraveling what happened at the King's Classic auction in Canton against the industry's best analysts. Drew walks you through the auction chronologically, and points out some interesting prices, why certain players spiked or tanked in price, and pulls out some valuable concepts that you'll need to take into your auctions this summer. Don't miss this look inside the mind of an auction expert as he navigated a difficult auction in a deep league. It's another jam-packed episode of the Auction Brief helping you get ready to crush your auctions! @DrewDavenportFF
Training camps are in full swing and the King's Classic has already put their drafts in the books, so your host Drew Davenport and Yahoo Fantasy Sports's auction extraordinaire Scott Pianowski came together less than 48 hours after the draft to discuss what happened. Learn from two of the best as they talk about how they failed, how they should've reacted to a conservative room, and what results they wish they could revisit in this fantastic in-depth breakdown of the King's Classic expert auction that took place in Canton this past weekend. Enjoy another informative episode of Discussions with Drew as we get your ready for your auctions! @DrewDavenportFF
The month of July is winding down and training camps are starting up. With player evaluations and news on the horizon, your host Drew Davenport dives into one last episode of auction theory to get your mind right for the upcoming auction season. Walk through five different stages of an auction and talk about your goals in each stage, how nomination strategy changes, and how you should be approaching your bidding. As the auction unfolds and changes, your approach to these important auction skills changes as well. Follow an expert through the various stages and get ready to crush your auction! @DrewDavenportFF
Discussions with Drew returns with more analysis from the best in the business. This time it's Matt Harmon from Yahoo Fantasy Sports and Reception Perception. We tackle 11 wide receivers that you want to know about, including the situations in Jacksonville, Chicago, and San Francisco. When it's time to talk about wide receivers and fantasy football there is nobody better than Matt Harmon, and when the pair gets done talking pass catchers they end the show talking about Harmon's favorite targets and fades. Don't miss this excellent episode of the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF @MattHarmon_BYB
Discussions with Drew returns with more analysis from the best in the business. This time it's Matt Harmon from Yahoo Fantasy Sports and Reception Perception. We tackle 11 wide receivers that you want to know about, including the situations in Jacksonville, Chicago, and San Francisco. When it's time to talk about wide receivers and fantasy football there is nobody better than Matt Harmon, and when the pair gets done talking pass catchers they end the show talking about Harmon's favorite targets and fades. Don't miss this excellent episode of the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF @MattHarmon_BYB
The Auction Brief gets down to business in today's episode. With training camps approaching, your host Drew Davenport breaks down 20 different players in three distinct ways. He discusses a recent mock auction with player specific pricing, along with some important reminders of some strong auction habits we need to be remembering. Then Drew talks about some players that he's struggling with as his head and his gut go to war about what to think on four hot-button players. Finally, the Brief gets in-depth about some players who might seem like they should be cheaper in auction rooms than they really are. You don't want to miss this episode as we hit some of the biggest names in your drafts and have a discussion about how to treat them in your auctions. Enjoy another actionable episode of fantasy football talk on the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF
The Auction Brief never fails to deliver the biggest names with the best information for your fantasy football drafts. This week on Discussions with Drew, your host has J.J. Zachariason on the show for his smart, insightful, takes on snake drafts, overestimating mid-round draft picks, and what trends will help you win more in your drafts. Plus, Drew and J.J. discuss the Lions, Saints, Browns, and Panthers for what players you should be targeting from these offenses. The duo then ends the show with players J.J. is targeting, and fading, this summer in drafts. Don't miss this information PACKED show on another dynamite episode of the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF @LateRoundQB
Your host and auction draft expert Drew Davenport is back on the mic solo to talk about his 6 Things Nobody Tells You About Auctions. The episode begins with a wandering journey through a couple stories that help you begin to think about all the ways we can stay on track in the auction room with a surprising conclusion. After this journey, your host leads you into the topic of the day by breaking down all the things you don't hear anywhere else about auctions but are critical to being an elite auction drafter. When you want a unique, targeted perspective on how to get better at auctions, the Auction Brief is your spot, and no episode will demonstrate this better than the view you get from the information here. Enjoy a different slant on the auction room and take your game to the next level! @DrewDavenportFF
The Auction Brief invites Editor in Chief of Fantasy Points, Joe Dolan, to the show for Discussions with Drew and a special All Auction deep dive with one of the best auction minds in the business. Dolan and Drew take a fun 45 minute meandering trip through all things auction: QB strategy, TE strategy, and how hard we should chase RBs with the rest of the community. The duo also ponders the future of spending on WRs in auctions and what effect last year's results and the prevalence of more heavy personnel is having on fantasy production. You don't want to miss this auction-heavy episode of Discussions with Drew on the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenport
After spending last week building your auction game mindset, this week your host Drew Davenport hits the mic with his favorite guys for 2026 auctions. Your host walks you through four categories of players that you should start to think about for 2026 drafts: Floor Guys, Close Your Eyes Guys, Guys I Don't Want, and Boring Roster Finishers. On this episode you'll run through almost 30 players and why they fit in these categories and how their value is a key to your 2026 auction draft success. Don't miss this deep dive into an expert auction mind headed into July! @DrewDavenportFF
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 on the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF @DrakeFantasy
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 will take you into August full of confidence to smash your auctions! Enjoy another fun and thought-provoking episode of the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF
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 actionable episode on the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF
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 we chase in Chicago, and what to do with the Michael Wilson v. Marvin Harrison conundrum. It's another information packed episode of the Auction Brief for Discussions with Drew. @DrewDavenportFF @LordReebs
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 win titles! @DrewDavenportFF
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 on the Minnesota Vikings pass catchers? What about Drake London with Tua Tagovailoa in town? We hit this and much more as we talk about how to approach your drafts this summer. Welcome to another episode of the Auction Brief! @JimCoventryNFL @DrewDavenportFF
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 to know to go into your auction on draft day and come away with a championship roster. Don't miss the final draft episode that takes all your knowledge and all the hours of content and distills them down for you in a neat package so you can crush your auction. The Auction Brief may be saying goodbye for now, but not before one last episode to make you an elite auction player. Don't miss the Auction Primer! @DrewDavenportFF
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