One MANS Opinion with Jeff Mans

One MANS Opinion: Episode 231 – The Mans In The Arena

Do not worry. Jeff Mans does talk a whole lot about football in this episode, but he has some non-football things to get off of his mind first. This includes a reading from the famous Teddy Roosevelt speech “The Man In The Arena,” which motivated Jeff this week and throughout his life. He discusses the difference between having beliefs and tearing others down. Mans also goes to bat for anyone who has ever taken the “cash out” of a bet, relationship, or business deal with some stories from his own life that shows moderate gains can amount to a very profitable life. On the football side of things, Jeff recaps another Jets loss and the subsequent firing of the General Manager. The improvements that the Bears and Caleb Williams made this week. Then he tries to get to the bottom of why Saints “TE” Taysom Hill is the single most beloved player in NFL history. Seriously. As always, Mans gives out his top 15 waiver wire pickups for the week 12 “byemageddon” week, his survivor pick, and his Thursday Night Football Steelers Browns bet of the week. Remember to hit the like, favorite, thumbs up, heart, comment, and subscribe buttons for this episode!!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 230 – Perspective

Try not to be turned on too much by Jeff Mans’ raspy voice this week, as a medical issue has him sounding more like Barry White than a geeky fantasy football guy. This week, Jeff is recapping NFL week 10 by breaking down the problems with the Jets, the return of Christian McCaffrey, and the Bears firing coaches already. Despite some DFS NFL cash game struggles this season, Mans had a revelation this week that spurs a much larger conversation about the state of each skill position in fantasy football this season. He goes on to break down the number of QB, RB, WR & TE that normally finish in the top 25, 50 & 100 of scoring and compares that to what is happening this year. The results are surprising but will help us make better decisions moving forward. Mans also gives out his top 10 waiver pickups for the week, which does NOT include a key player he’s had on this list in the last two weeks who had a breakout game in week 10. As always, he gives out his survivor pick of the week and gives out his Thursday Night Football bet for the Commanders and Eagles game in week 11. Remember to hit the like, favorite, thumbs up, heart, comment, and subscribe buttons for this episode!!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 229 – What I Got Wrong (So Far)

This week, Jeff Mans is fired up and excited to talk about all that he has gotten wrong so far this NFL season. He covers all 32 NFL teams and discusses points that he has gotten wrong about them during the course of the first half of the season. This includes players, coaches, systems, specific games, matchups, player investments, daily fantasy selections, and bets that he missed. Jeff also recaps week nine, which shall forever be called the “Mike Gesicki Week,” and he takes the listeners step by step on what so many others got wrong, but ultimately right, about the Bengals tight end last week. Mans also covers the NFL trade deadline and gives his takeaways from each deal that was made. As always, the top 10 fantasy football waiver wire pickups for the week, his survivor pick for week 10, and the Thursday Night Football bet for the Bengals and Ravens. Remember to hit the like, favorite, thumbs up, heart, comment, and subscribe buttons for this episode!!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 228 – Current Values

We are at the midway point of the 2024 NFL regular season and Jeff Mans is in auditing mode. This week, Jeff gives a full breakdown of his own personal fantasy football leagues, his DFS winnings (and losings), and his NFL betting record through the first eight weeks. After that, it is time to reveal the top 10 waiver wire pickups of the week, which includes reactions to the Diontae Johnson trade and the injuries to Stefon Diggs and Brian Thomas Jr. This week, Mans also reveals his “Fantasy Football Depth Chart,” which details the top 12 QBs, top 24 RBs, top 36 WRs, and top 12 TEs right now in terms of fantasy value. This is a great guide for starts, sits, add/drops, and trade value in fantasy football. As always, he gives out his favorite survivor team of the week and a big +130 bet for Thursday Night Football between the Texans and Jets. Remember to hit the like, favorite, thumbs up, heart, subscribe, and comment buttons for this episode!!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 227 – Late Swapping

Jeff Mans is back for another HUGE episode as he gives out his first NFL power rankings of the 2024 season, mostly just to generate anger amongst the superfans out there. In this episode, Jeff dives into the very important daily fantasy football strategy of late swapping. Last week, Mans needed to make a miraculous late-day pivot in order to win in cash games. So, he goes over what prompted him to make this lineup change and analyzes why it has become necessary to make late swaps almost every week. He provides some very easy-to-follow rules for late swapping and discusses how to properly align your DFS lineups. The entire NFL and fantasy football landscape has changed this week due to the rash of injuries all over the league. Mans discusses the impact of these injuries and how we should adjust our fantasy rosters accordingly. As always, he provides the top 10 waiver wire pickups of the week and adds a bonus “players he is done with” portion this week. Then it is time for the survivor pick of the week and the bet for the Vikings and Rams on Thursday Night Football. Remember to hit that like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment button for this episode!!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 226 – Receivers On The Move

The NFL trade deadline is still a week away, but that didn’t stop two big-time wide receivers from being traded this week. Jeff Mans gives his thoughts on the Jets and Bills' new acquisitions, including the fantasy football value for them and their former and new teammates. Mans gives out his top 40 wide receivers for the rest of the season, too, in order to properly gauge these big trades. Since he reviewed the running back position last week, Jeff dove into the total fantasy points scored by each NFL team's wide receivers through the first six weeks of the season here. There are definitely some surprising results here that you don’t want to miss. Mans also gives a pep talk to those of you who might be struggling specifically with daily fantasy football right now and explains how better results are right around the corner. As always, he has the top 10 fantasy football waiver pickups of the week, his week seven survivor plays, and his best bet for the Thursday Night Football game between the Broncos and Saints. Remember to hit the like, favorite, thumbs up, heart, subscribe, and comment button to let us know what you think of the show!!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 225 – Climbing The Ladder

His first-ever ladder bet went amazingly well as Jeff Mans said with his chest that Juju Smith-Schuster would become the Chiefs' new Rashee Rice, and that was exactly what happened. Those weren’t the only profits either, as week five proved to be a massive betting week for Mans and the crew at Fantasy Guru dot com. Jeff recaps the week, including his thoughts on the Jets firing of Robert Saleh, the state of the Maimi Dolphins, Kareem Hunt’s breakout, and which wide receivers may be on the move. He also reveals which NFL team backfields have scored the most fantasy points so far this season, including the share of touches and points that have been going to which running back. As always, Jeff gives out his top 10 waiver wire pickups for week six (Hunt and Juju were the top two last week!) and provides a few buy-low candidates in fantasy football right now. Then it is time for the week six survivor pick and his Thursday Night bet of the week from the 49ers/Seahawks contest. Remember to hit the like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and comment button for this episode!!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 224 – First Quarter Check In

As he does every season, Jeff Mans takes some time to review how the first four weeks of the 2024 NFL regular season have gone from a seasonal fantasy football, daily fantasy, and betting perspective. Mans goes through all 16 of his fantasy leagues and gives out his current record in each of them. He discusses which players have been good and bad for these teams and what he expects out of them moving forward. Mans also recaps a wild week four in daily fantasy, which saw him sweating out a massive payday on Sunday Night Football. Here, he talks about the emotions of being in the driver's seat for a DFS tournament and watching your bankroll rise and fall with each play of the game. Jeff also gives his thoughts on Davante Adams's trade request and the apparent season-ending injury to Chiefs WR Rashee Rice. As always, he gives out his top 10 waiver wire pickups for week five, his Thursday Night Football bet of the week, and his top survivor teams. Since we are four weeks into the season, Mans also goes over his official “time to worry list” and discusses who we should and should not be panicking over right now. Remember to hit like, favorite, heart, thumbs up, subscribe, and leave your feedback on this episode!!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 223 – Your Fandom is Hurting You

Jeff Mans has already declared NFL week three as the best game strategizing he will have all season. This is due to a move he pulled in daily fantasy football where a recommended late swap secured victory for all using his cash game lineup advice this week. Jeff explains the game theory behind the move and why it can help all of us be better fantasy players in any format. He had takeaways from the Bears, Colts, Panthers, Bills, Seahawks, Packers, Bengals, and Raiders games last week. This leads to an important discussion about how our own personal fandom is often getting in the way of our fantasy, DFS, and betting success. Mans gives a breakdown of how to put your own success ahead of your favorite teams while still supporting the team here. Then Jeff goes over the fantasy point-scoring leaders at QB, RB, WR & TE and declares “fact” or “fiction” for each of the current leaders. As always, he has the top 10 waiver wire pickups of the week. Then, in a rarity, Mans gives out a prop bet parlay for Thursday Night Football between the Cowboys and Giants, something he rarely does this early in the week. Remember to hit like favorite, thumbs up, heart, subscribe, and comment if you like the show and/or this episode!!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 222 – Not a Mans of Steele

After a very successful week two, Jeff Mans is back recapping all of the games, injuries, and news and looking forward to week three. He covers all of the major injuries across the NFL, including Christian McCaffrey, Tua Tagovailoa, Deebo Samuel, Isiah Pacheco, Kenneth Walker, Cooper Kupp, AJ Brown, Jordan Love, and Evan Engram. Jeff also provides his thoughts on the Carolina Panthers offense moving forward with veteran QB Andy Dalton instead of Bryce Young. Then it is time for the best waiver wire pickups in fantasy football this week which leads to a legendary rant about Chiefs RB Carson Steele. Mans is furious that folks are pushing an unfair and untrue narrative about Steele and offers a couple of reasons why this might be happening. For those in leagues that allow trades, he also gives a few buy low and sell high players including a few ideal trades to make right now. As always, Mans gives you his Thursday Night Football bet of the week and his survivor pick for week three. Remember to his like favorite, heart, thumbs up, and subscribe to the show!