One MANS Opinion with Jeff Mans

One MANS Opinion: Episode 167 – MANSifesto 2023

The audio version of Jeff Mans 2023 Fantasy Football draft plan is live.  In this episode Mans builds his ideal fantasy football leagues from the number of owners, point scoring, starting lineups and roster size. Then it is time for him to go round by round over every single step of a fantasy football draft. For every round, Mans breaks down the goal of the round, ideal targets, value options, most upside, biggest risk, player he is not touching, the pocket of value, the perfect draft choice and the All Mans Team for every round of the draft. Along the way he gives us strategies for different league formats, positions and levels of competition. If you wait to draft a quarterback this year, how does that affect which tight ends you should be targets? Jeff Mans answers this and so many more fantasy football questions here.

One MANS Opinion: Episode 166 – A Little Bit of Everything

NFL Training Camps have begun and Jeff Mans is here to make sense of all the activity throughout the league. In this episode Jeff discusses the new contract for Saquon Barkley and what it means for the Giants and the rest of the running back marketplace. He also discusses why the latest injury to Kadarius Toney is enough to throw in the towel on him from a fantasy football perspective. Mans also breaks down his Scott Fish Bowl draft round by round providing commentary on his best selections and the mistakes he made along the way. He also discusses the top and bottom 10 NFL teams in terms of backfield value this season. For the first time ever Mans is endorsing a “tandem backfield” drafting approach where you select two RB’s from the same team and use them both every week. This leads to a discussion of who should be the Elite Mafia’s “Mike Honcho” for the 2023 season? Jeff needs your help in selecting this year’s undercover player so download this episode and let him know who you think it should be!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 165 – Running Backs Matter

Jeff Mans takes on the “great anti-running backs craze of 2023” with his own perspective of how NFL running backs should be paid. Jeff combs over the salaries and production from NFL running backs from the last decade to uncover the truth on whether the recent salary drops are fair or not. He also dives into how the running back production has impacted the fantasy football space including a unique opportunity for us in drafts this season. He also has thoughts on the recent Joe Mixon restructured contract and DeAndre Hopkins signing in Tennessee. Should running backs be paid more? Should running backs be drafted over similar caliber wide receivers in fantasy football? Download and listen to find out!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 164 – Coaching Breakdowns 2023

For 18 years now Jeff Mans has been studying, reporting on and breaking down NFL coaches and systems on both sides of the ball. He has mastered the art of identifying schemes and matchup advantages especially when it comes to fantasy football and betting. On this episode Mans gives you one (or sometimes 12) nuggets from all 32 NFL teams that he uncovered in doing his research this season. You will learn about a few star players who are about to be disappointments this season. You will identify several breakout players for the 2023 season. You will learn things such as why Sean McVay’s offense isn’t what it used to be and why we must forget everything that we thought we knew about Tampa Bay offense.  This episode is full of useful information that you will not find in any other source other than right here and at FantasyGuru.com.

One MANS Opinion: Episode 163 – 13 Seasons

Jeff Mans survived a disastrous “vacation” to the east coast during one of the biggest storms ever and is back to tell the tale. After a lesson in finding the positives in everything, Mans gives some updates on the sale of Fantasy Guru and what they have prepared for the upcoming NFL season. He laughs at the outrage over Twitter’s limitations and wonders why we are all so reliant on social media in the first place? While on vacation, Jeff did several large fantasy football research projects that he begins unveiling on this episode. Here he reviews the top 100 fantasy football player performances since 2010 and breaks it all down by player, team, age, position, year and point total. In every step, we learn something valuable that we can apply to the 2023 season which gives us a big advantage over the opposition. Winning never takes a break here on One Mans Opinion.

One MANS Opinion: Episode 162 – Moving On Up

There is no such thing as a vacation when you are Jeff Mans. This week Mans brings us a special episode live from his east coast journey where he discusses the huge news of Fantasy Guru being acquired by Podcast One. Mans talks about what this means for him, the site, the company and all of the members of the Elite Mafia going forward. He also takes some time to give out some more coaching nuggets in advance of the big coaching breakdowns that will live in a couple of weeks. Then it is time for an NFL free agent wish list where Jeff goes over all of the remaining skill position players who are currently free agents and discusses where they fit best for fantasy and for reality. It’s a short but sweet episode of One Mans Opinion this week!

One MANS Opinion: Episode 161 – Binging The Broncos

It’s that time of year again when Jeff Mans puts all of his offseason work into identifying that one NFL team that will take the league and the world by surprise in 2023. Over the last three years his “buying the Browns”, “chasing the Chargers”, and “digging the Dolphins” episodes have proven to be right on the money and the belief is that this year’s team will be no different. How can a team with one of the greatest NFL head coaches, an all-time franchise QB, a young powerful running back, a significantly upgraded offensive line, a deeply talented wide receiving corps and a top 10 defense be ignored? Jeff Mans believes they shouldn’t be and that is why he strongly recommends binging on the Denver Broncos in 2023.

One MANS Opinion: Episode 160 – The Boys are Back

It’s an extra-large episode this week as Jeff Mans welcomes in three of the best minds in fantasy football for a full 90+ minute episode.  Armando Marsal, Tyler Buecher & Russell Clay join the show to preview the upcoming NFL season in every way possible. The group discusses their goals for this season, the surprise teams, the imbalance between the AFC & NFC and their ideal draft spot this year. Each analyst also gives out their must have fantasy player, their deep sleeper and a prominent player to fade in 2023. The crew dives into where the Jacksonville Jaguars fit within the stacked AFC, which Giants wide receiver will pop and why the Rams might be gunning for the #1 overall pick in 2024. Also find out why Armando Marsal will win the Football Writer of the Year Award, how Russell Clay plans on beating the sportsbooks this year and if Tyler Buecher will leave Mans high and dry after winning the $3 million grand prize in bestball this season. This is a can’t miss episode so sit back, relax and let the content flow.

One MANS Opinion: Episode 159 – Don’t Fall In

This week’s episode is a very personal one for Jeff Mans as he makes a pledge to himself and to the listeners to try to be a better person. He discusses the events of the past six months that helped him arrive at this decision and the steps he is taking to follow through. There are a lot of special messages in the open for those who can look past political and lifestyle differences that set the trap for us all to fall into. Mans also dives into his list of potential pitfalls this NFL season including teams, players and fantasy football situations. He discusses the ongoing Dalvin Cook situation in Minnesota as well as a pair of first round players who could all by themselves sink your season. Football and life, that is what One Mans Opinion does and this episode is no different.

One MANS Opinion: Episode 158 – Draft Guide SZN

The launch of the 2023 Fantasy Football Draft Guide over at FantasyGuru.com has Jeff Mans is a celebratory mood for this week’s episode. Mans discusses what is new for this year’s guide while providing a sampling of the juicy nuggets he has discovered along the way. He reveals some interesting facts about the new coaches around the NFL, his offensive line grades, QB screen pass leaders, warning signs for running backs, wide receivers versus man coverage and how certain tight ends perform in the red zone. Jeff also reacts to the news of DeAndre Hopkins release for Arizona and the latest injury to Raiders QB Jimmy Garoppolo. It’s officially football season now!