Don't Chase The Week 1 Pops

Watch Your Fantasy Team In Action On Fire TV

On football Sundays, isn’t it best when you can watch your fantasy players live? Josh Allen throwing and galloping his way to multiple TDs. Ja’Marr Chase taking the top off the defense on a long bomb. Jahmyr Gibbs blazing past defenders as if they’re standing still. Even better, how about watching without endless scrolling to get to the correct apps? If so, you need Fire TV. 

It organizes all your live games from your favorite teams in one place across apps, right on the home screen. No more searching. 

Find where the game’s playing and easily subscribe to that streaming service (as needed)—all from one tab on your home screen.

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Around the Watercooler

Happy Labor Day! Your favorite football nerds are hard at work and bringing you the latest news, content and memes from the NFL universe …

🙌 Last-minute mock draft from 1.05. Building on JSN.

📈 Early look at the Week 1 rankings. Saquon how high?

🤩 Behind the scenes on Freedman’s Favorites and Fades. Weekly must read.

⬆️⬇️ Plenty of movement in Dynasty Stock Watch. Rookie TE faller actually a bargain?

✈️ Don’t sleep on this Jets WR. Been a camp darling.

🐬 A TE could be a top target earner on his squad. Someone has to.

😎 Got one more draft? Matthew’s cheat sheet is here to help.

👀 And keep his top-75 rankings handy. Just in case.

🌴 Some have My Guys. Zain’s Zeals plants 5 flags.

➕ Want the latest projections? That and more with FantasyLife+.

🍋 Join a league and get a shot to win $25K. Play Harder & it’s Free.

🥵 Enjoy the best sweat in fantasy. Sign up for Guillotine Leagues^TM.

🚌 Matthew’s most-drafted players. We’re riding with who’s No. 1.

Are You Ready For Your Fantasy Draft?

It’s here. The end of the last draft weekend of the year! Time to celebrate. Are you done? OK, time to lock in. Do you have everything ready for your draft? Just to make sure, we made a quick checklist of what you need from Fantasy Life:

• Fantasy Life Draft Guide

• Fantasy Life Rankings

• The Perfect Draft Strategy Article

• Matthew’s Draft Day Manifesto

• Matthew’s Love/Hate

• Matthew’s 10 Lists of 10

• ADP

• Projections

• Draft Companion

• Cheat Sheets

• Drafting From 1.01 to 1.12

• Strategy on ESPN

• Strategy on Sleeper

• Strategy on Yahoo

• Weather and Fantasy Football

• Draft Champion (Pregame help)

• Fantasy Football Team Names

And when you’re done drafting, make sure to Sync Your League. Good luck!

Last-Minute Do Not Draft These Players in 2026

This is your final warning. 

With your last draft(s) on the line, you need to watch out for some players that Adam Pfeifer is avoiding.

• TreVeyon Henderson | RB | NE

• DK Metcalf | WR | PIT

Wait! Wait just a minute … 

His "Do Not Draft List" includes a WR who finished WR16 in 2025?? ⬇️

Keep Getting Bad Trade Offers?

Jake Trowbridge has a few things to get off of his chest before the season begins. And every fantasy manager should relate to his three requests. 

If you've ever received a trade offer that p*ssed you off, this is for you. 

You might even want to send Jake's letter to your least favorite trade partner. Maybe, just maybe, they'll finally get the hint.

Remember These Hot Takes to Avoid the Guillotine

Make sure you’ve got something cool on hand, because the takes are HOT on the latest episode of the CHOP podcast. Marcas Grant and Tipp Major hand out their boldest takes heading into the 2026 season, and if you don’t want to get yourself chopped in Guillotine Leagues^TM you’ll listen up. Make sure to subscribe to the CHOP Podcast YouTube channel.