The Situational Awareness Fantasy Football Podcast
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around with situational awareness!
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March Madness
Episode 71 March Madness (Apple Podcasts)
Best Ball Drafts from Episode 71
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown & Jerry Carrington. Welcome to Season 3 of the Situational Awareness Podcast! We review winners and losers of off-season free agent moves, discuss coaching factors, and review and pick live in Best Ball Drafts.
Super Bowl Party
Episode 70 Super Bowl Party (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy expert Jerry Carrington. We're having a Super Bowl Party this week! Prop bets and a prop betting sheet for your own Super Bowl party along with DraftKings DFS "Showdown" lineup suggestions and a discussion about this great matchup between the City of Brotherly Love and the City of Fountains!
Super Bowl Party Prop Bets Ballot
Week 20: One Shining Moment
Episode 69 Week 20 One Shining Moment (Apple Podcasts)
Week 20 DraftKings DFS Google Sheet
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington.
Week 20 - NFL Playoffs "Great 8" - Feeling like the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Which DFS teams and players will have their One Shining Moment this weekend? We think: Daniels, Barkley, Williams, McLaurin, Other Williams, Brown, Gray (no, not colors), Montgomery, and the Texans....
Week 19: Sundown
Episode 68 Week 19 Sundown (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington.
Week 19 - NFL Playoffs Round 1. It just hit us the sun is going down on the 2024 fantasy season. Some reflections on 2024, a recap of our come from behind Super Bowl win in our Episode 043 ESPN League, some thoughts on NFL Playoff fantasy contests / drafts, a look ahead to break out players and early round picks in 2025 drafts, and general sadness as we say DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME!
Week 18: Blowin' in the Wind
Episode 67 Week 18 Blowin' in the Wind (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy expert Tom Brown and special guest Chris Coxon, head coach and owner of the Mystic Megalodons.
Week 18 - The fantasy season finale, but trouble as NFL teams out of the playoffs ans teams locked into their playoff seed are likely to sit their star players and leave fantasy owners Blowin' in the Wind.
We analyze fantasy Super Bowl strategies for those that have NFL Week 18 Super Bowl matchups. Also, if it is your cup of tea, stay tuned after the fantasy football chat for a few minutes on the new Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown (IMDB)...
Week 17: Final Countdown
Episode 66 Week 17 Final Countdown (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. We welcome special Guest Chris Coxon for Week 17 - The Final Countdown. Raindrops on roses, fantasy super bowl games, flaming rum punch and bright yellow flags on my opponents touchdowns, wild passes to my receivers that fly with wings, these are a few of my favorite things!
It is the final week in the fantasy season. We review our Super Bowl lineups and final thoughts as we countdown to the end of the fantasy season!
A three-touchdown game to all, and to all a good fight!
Week 16: We Wish...
Episode 65 Week 16 We Wish (Apple Podcasts)
Celtic Thunder - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. Week 16 - We Wish You... the strength, guts, and courage to trust yourself to submit your best lineup without second guessing yourself and flip flopping right up until kickoff.
In this episode we examine our Episode 043 and 049 teams that we drafted live on the air and position both teams for their semi-final playoff game, get advice on QBs from the best UPS driver, and try not to obsess about starting the wrong QB!
Week 15: Believe!
Episode 64 Week 15 Believe! (Apple Podcasts)
Hallmark Movies to Soothe the Fantasy Soul...
Situational Awareness Podcast - fantasyinc.net Situational Awareness Podcast - Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. Week 15 - Don't Stop Believing! Find out what "The Juice" is, get some tips for comfort if you are out of the playoffs, get our Sincere thoughts, and start Baker!
Week 14: Turn the Page
Episode 63 Week 14 Turn the Page (Apple Podcasts)
Situational Awareness Podcast - Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. Week 14 -We are turning the page on the fantasy regular season and focusing on the fantasy playoffs. Fair Warning: Gridiron Magnolia mode this week as we meander through a myriad of topics including interceptions, bye weeks, free agents, playoff matchups and the 2025 fantasy season.
Week 13: Fankful
Episode 62 Week 13 Fankful (Apple Podcasts)
Situational Awareness Podcast - Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. Week 13 - What are we "Fankful" (Fantasy Thankful) for this week, this year and in life? What are we fankful and unfankful for regarding the teams and games this holiday weekend (including the Black Friday game. UPSET Alert: Host picks Bears to Beat Lions! Happy Thanksgiving from Fantasy Fankful FantasyInc!
Week 12: Keeping the Faith
Episode 61 Week 12 Keeping the Faith (Apple Podcasts)
Keeping the Faith (football book)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. Week 12 - How do we keep the faith? Who do we have faith in going forward (teams, players, coaches) and who have we lost faith in? Maybe you learned stickball as a formal education and never thought much about faith, trust, hope, and despair! Well if you're a diehard fantasy football player you have probably lost a lot of fights that (hopefully) taught you how to lose OK. Join us - we can help!
Week 11: Catch 22
Episode 60 Week 11 Catch 22 (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. Week 11 - A tipping point to prepare for the fantasy playoffs. What is the Catch 22 for Barkley and Henry? Receiver injuries, limitations on running backs, selfish quarterbacks, lions, tigers, and bears (Oh My!) Who, why, where and what to do???
Week 10: Livin' on a Prayer
Episode 59 Week 10 Livin' on a Prayer (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. Week 10 means 9 weeks are in the books and that we are halfway there on the NFL and fantasy seasons. We look at week 9 injuries and look ahead to week 10 and the fantasy playoffs (weeks 15-17). In addition, we revisit our Episode 049 (May the Force be With You) ESPN League Draft team and make adjustments with some of our receiver injuries.
Week 9: Ghostbusters
Episode 58 Week 9 Ghostbusters (Apple Podcasts)
Happy Halloween! If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Joe Flacco! - Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. On this episode we cover Week 8 injuries and "player decisions" and the rest-of-season outlook as the trading deadline looms...
Week 8: Octopus
Episode 57 Week 8 Octopus (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. Week 8 and 8 things you should know. #1 - The Human Head Weighs 8 Pounds! Listen to our podcast for the other 7...
Week 7: Stronger
Episode 56 Week 7 Stronger (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. Tampa Strong! The five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. We are you you after week 6? We can help you get STRONGER! On this episode we discuss players that continue to outperform expectations, emerging players, players that finally showed up, and players you should target. We will also discuss players and coaches on the SEAT OF SITUATIONAL HEAT!
Week 6: The Tide is High
Episode 55 Week 6 The Tide is High (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. Hurricane Milton is our backdrop and guest for week 6. Tom Brown rides out the storm in North Port Florida while Tampa is spared a direct hit. We cover the top 10 fantasy issues for week 6 that include the Jets, the teams on bye week, injuries, the Cleveland Downs (Browns) and much more...
Week 5: M*A*S*H
Episode 54 Week 5 M*A*S*H (Apple Podcasts)
fantasyinc.net Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. Injuries, Injuries, Injuries.... Week 4 review and week 5 preview. Four games in the books and the bye weeks are about to begin. It is an excellent point in the season to take stock of your fantasy team - "you are what you are!" Play the waiver wire like a fiddle and become who you want to be!
Week 4: Thunderstruck
Episode 53 Week 4 Thunderstruck (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. The host attended the Ravens @ Cowboys game this weekend and like the Cowboys, he was thunderstruck by the Ravens running game! Perhaps your fantasy team has been a little thunderstruck with the myriad of injuries and surprise performances. Check our our year-to-date cheat sheet that shows rankings through week 3 at fantasyinc.net/rankings - and yep, Jauan Jennings is WR1! This week we will help you sort out your team and season, we will talk to The Franchise about the state of his Dynasty team and also lick our wounds coming off our first DFS loss of the season. We will put together a revenge lineup for week 4 and offer some silver linings!
Week 3: True
Episode 52 Week 3 True (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. After week 1 the situational strategy was to not overreact, after week 2 the situational strategy is not to underreact. We assess what is true after a two-week sample and what is delusory. We are 2-0 so far this year with our DraftKings DFS Double-Up contest lineups. At the end of this episode we release our Week 3 DFS/DraftKings core lineup.
Week 2: Breathe!
Episode 51 Week 2 Breathe! (Apple Podcasts)
Week 2 DraftKings Google Sheet
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. On this episode we take a moment to breathe. Then we dissect week 1 performances without overreacting. We will also sort out what we got wrong in the preseason and fix it! We also look forward to week 2 waiver wire gems.
Week 1: Let's Get it Started!
Episode 50 Week 1 Let's Get it Started! (Apple Podcasts)
Week 1 DraftKings Google Sheet
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. On this episode we look at our weekly DFS DraftKings lineup choices, review the preseason, and have some last minute tips for Week 1.
May The Force Be With You
Episode 49 May The Force Be With You (Apple Podcasts)
Episode 49X Rounds 7-16 of Episode 49 Live Draft (mp3)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. On this episode we employ Jedi Mind tricks to help you control draft boards, finalize our preseason rankings along with players to target, avoid, pick for upside, and also provide some bargains that can be found on the Island of Misfit Toys! We also go to La La Land on our annual Dress Rehearsal episode in an ESPN Head-To-Head PPR draft as we tune up for the last big draft weekend before NFL Week 1.
Hero
Episode 48 Hero (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington.
On this episode we press PAUSE on the Zero RB strategy and the obsession with WRs and turn our attention to the Hero RB Strategy and something we call the "Henry RB" strategy which combines the traditional Hero RB strategy with a stud WR. We also discuss adjustments to our rankings cheat sheet for your drafts.
Episode 47 Misfit Toys (Apple Podcasts)
Prep and Landing for Fantasy Drafts this weekend. We go back to the Island of Misfit Toys to pick up TEs, Kickers, and Defenses - we also find a running back or two, a QB and some receivers. Late episode adjustments to our rankings cheat sheet.
Episode 46 The Candy Man (Apple Podcasts)
Alright everybody, gather around, the Candy Man is here. What kind of candy do you want? Draft Strategy, Breakout Players, League Winners, Dynasty Strategy - anything you want! You've come to the right man because we're the Candy Man!
Be Our Guest
Episode 45 Be Our Guest (Apple Podcasts)
The FantasyInc team welcomes our guest Michael Bourque, President & CEO of Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Company (MEMIC) www.memic.com. Mike has been participating in a 16-team fantasy football league for over 25 years tflcentral.com that originated in Alaska at the Anchorage Times where Mike was a sportswriter. Put in your airpods and enjoy our conversation when you mow the lawn as we cover the early days of fantasy football, Alaska, the Colts, some sleepers and some danger zone players (and teams).
Episode 44 You're My Best Friend (Apple Podcasts)
Jim Romano is your host along with fantasy experts Tom Brown and Jerry Carrington. The FantasyInc team helps you celebrate the July 4th holiday with some news & notes, a live DraftKings Best Ball Draft and the "laws and sausage" of our July 4th PPR rankings.
Episode 43 Draft Day Memorial (Apple Podcasts)
The FantasyInc team enters a live draft for an ESPN PPR league in this episode to kick of the unofficial Fantasy Draft and Summer seasons with a bang! With draft slot #3 we were able to get CeeDee Lamb. Zero RB might be a thing of the past, and Ray Charles rocks!