One MANS Opinion with Jeff Mans

One MANS Opinion: Episode 216 – MANSifesto 2024

The first order of business this week is to discuss all of the injuries around NFL Training Camp and also address the possible trade outlets for Brandon Aiyuk. Then it is time for Jeff Mans to take us round by round on his fantasy football draft plan for 2024. Mans covers all players that are going in each round and identifies the best value option, players with the most upside, the biggest risks, and the player he is not touching in that round. He also provides the legendary “draft pockets” for each round of our drafts. Along the way Jeff makes draft picks for the “Perfect Team” and his 2024 fantasy football “All Mans Team.” Whether your fantasy football drafts go perfectly or there are bumps in the road, Jeff Mans gives you the roadmap to a championship this season. Remember to hit like, favorite, heart, subscribe, and please leave any comments here as well!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 215 – The Other Half

Jeff Mans opens up this week’s episode on a heater as he is fired up about NFL team superfans always thinking they must defend their team against truth and honesty. Mans speculates on why this kind of attitude is leading to such watered-down sports coverage.  Then it is time to go around the NFL and discuss some of the news around training camps including injuries to a rookie wide receiver and a veteran QB. Jeff also offers his opinion on the new contracts given to QBs like Tua Tagovailoa, Trevor Lawrence, and Jordan Love this offseason and how NFL teams are seriously mismanaging their payroll. Finally, Mans goes through all 16 AFC teams from a coaching and scheme point of view to offer the players he is investing in and fading in 2024. It's another super-sized episode this week, so remember to like, favorite, subscribe, and comment!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 214 – NFL Coaching Breakdowns

There is so much you can learn by studying the coaching styles, personnel groupings, pace of play, play call tendencies, and play design of NFL head coaches and coordinators. This takes a lot of time and effort to break down, and fortunately, there is one man who does it all for us, and that is Jeff Mans. This week, Mans takes out his notes for all 16 NFC teams and breaks them down from a real-life and fantasy point of view. He fully intended to do all 32 NFL teams this week, but there is SO MUCH information that he was only able to get to half of them in this episode. This is the kind of information that others in your league will not have and thus will give you a massive advantage over the competition. Remember to like, favorite, subscribe, and comment, and join us next week for the AFC coaching breakdowns and more!!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 213 – One Mans Interview Part 2

The tables have turned on Jeff Mans this week as he invites “man of the people” Rich Maletto in to conduct an "anything-goes" interview with the Mans himself. Part two includes Jeff’s college years, the end of his athletic career, and the beginning of his business career. The guys discuss lessons and advice they would offer to their younger selves and why being overly competitive can lead to misery. Rich asks Jeff about the decision to get into the fantasy sports industry, making the move to Guru Elite and then taking over at Fantasy Guru. This part even includes the background of how Jeff Mans breaks down NFL coaches and what led him to the realization that this had the impact that it does. Remember to like, favorite, subscribe, and comment, and be sure to download and listen to part one that is already live!!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 212 – One Mans Interview

The tables have turned on Jeff Mans this week as he invites the “man of the people,” Rich Maletto in to conduct any anything-goes interview with the Mans himself. This episode is so big that we had to split it into two parts. In part one, Rich Maletto interviews Jeff Mans about his upbringing, his childhood in Chicago, his love of sports, and one traumatic experience as a teenager. Mans' responses provide an insight into childhood depression, loneliness, and finding his true self. There is so much unpacked on the life and times of Jeff Mans in this episode. Be sure to like, favorite, subscribe, and comment, and be on the lookout for part two dropping soon!! 

One MANS Opinion: Episode 211 – 2024 Fantasy Football Rankings

It's a huge episode this week, and Jeff Mans tackles several very important topics. First off, Mans gives a breakdown of his first few picks of the Scott Fish Bowl 14 league draft, including a pair of really tough decisions between premium players on the round 1-2 turn. That decision actually leads to a bigger conversation regarding Jets QB Aaron Rodgers and his tendency to throw super short TD passes. This inspired Mans to do a research project on all 32 NFL starting QBs and their average depth per TD pass. These results were pretty surprising and helped us make decisions regarding some elite-caliber wide receivers this season. Then Jeff reveals his 2024 fantasy football rankings by position and in tiers of where they should be targeted in our drafts. Mans also gives us a preview of his 2024 NFL coaching breakdowns that are live on Fantasy Guru dot com this week and offers some players to keep our eyes on this summer. Remember to like, follow, share, and subscribe to the show!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 210 – Be The Bears

Jeff Mans is back, and as promised, he delivers an extended episode this week all about his surprise NFL team of the 2024 season. After a quick recap of his vacation that included trips to Dodgers Stadium and PetCo Park in southern California, he dives right into the criteria for this year's surprise team. First, he lists teams that were under consideration for this year's title, including a couple of obvious choices and a pair of teams that were just a step behind. Mans then reviews his track record of the last four teams he has profiled in this space and discusses how each of them improved from the year before, and two even made extended playoff runs. This episode is full of data points that will surprise and even amaze the majority of listeners, as nobody seems to have noticed just how good this NFL team was last year, nor the additions they have made. As always, Jeff goes from the top of the organization all of the way down and even projects all 17 regular season games in order to stamp his endorsement. If you are wondering how you should attack the 2024 NFL season, his advice is really simple: Be The Bears.

One MANS Opinion: Episode 209 – Mailbag

There is so much to talk about right now in the world of sports, so Jeff Mans once again opened up the podcast lines to ask the listeners what topics they wanted him to break down the most. So, Jeff went through hundreds of questions in this week's episode and tackled as many as possible. Thus he winds up discussing topics such as betting strategies on prop sites such as PrizePicks, favorite future NFL bets, how to deal with injury-prone players, NFL training camp battles, jorts, Pookie the Unicorn, worst NFL defenses, biggest fantasy upgrades due to coaching changes, life inspirations, Ted Schuster stories and favorite pizza. Mans also gives us an update on his health battles that so many listeners have requested and has thoughts on the battles he is facing. He even identifies who the most likely candidates are to be “this year's Kyren Williams” and “this year's Puka Nacua” fantasy breakout players. Remember to please like, favorite, subscribe, and comment on this episode and support our sponsors!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 208 – It’s Back

It’s a very emotional episode of One Mans Opinion this week as Jeff Mans opens up about some of his recent health issues, including a trip to the hospital over the weekend with less-than-ideal results. But there is plenty of positive news in this one, too, as Jeff forges a new best ball fantasy football partnership where everybody can draft a best ball team for a shot at the $500,000 top prize and a total prize pool of $2.5 million. Mans also dives into his latest research project, which is the top 100 fantasy football point scorers since the year 2000. He breaks down the list by player, team, position, and year in order to sort out how and where these huge breakout seasons come from. He also has some data concerning the first-round picks over the last 10 years, what percentage of them have hit, and what percentage went bust. The numbers will surprise you. Jeff also reacts to Aaron Rodgers ditching his Jets teammates at minicamp, Darren Waller’s retirement, and some notable wide receiver holdouts that are happening under our very noses. Remember to like, favorite, subscribe, share, and comment on this episode!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 207 – Opportunities

We are officially in the thick of the 2024 fantasy football, and Jeff Mans is getting you ready to dominate your drafts. This week, Mans is a little under the weather, but that doesn’t stop him from sounding off on the big WNBA Caitlin Clark controversy and offering up some advice for every WNBA player. This leads into a story of how Mans wound up hosting a radio show on SiriusXM and a lesson in how a rising tide lifts all boats. Jeff reacts to the new contracts given to Vikings WR Justin Jefferson and 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey while explaining how CMC’s deal is the end of Brandon Aiyuk in San Francisco. Then he dives into the most important stat in fantasy football that nobody ever talks about: opportunities. Mans reviews all “open” opportunities for all 32 NFL teams at RB, WR, and TE this season and identifies which players will most likely step into those big roles. Remember to like, favorite, subscribe, and comment on this episode and the podcast in general!