Jeff Mans is back (finally!) and is on fire from start to finish on this season four premiere episode. Right out of the gates Mans explains why he had to take a couple of additional weeks off of this podcast in order to attend to some very serious family issues. As always, he holds nothing back in discussing his daughter’s medical issues and gives a status update as it stands right now. Then it is time to talk about the start of the 2023 MLB regular season which was a rude awakening in the betti...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 152
The final episode of season three of One Mans Opinion begins with a season in review. Jeff Mans takes us through all of the uncertainty we faced at the start of the season to the present time. Mans thanks everybody who participated in this podcast this season despite many very tough topics that were covered. He also goes over the upcoming NFL offseason and discusses the important dates we need to know. Mans also reviews how we should be preparing in dynasty and keeper fantasy football leagues. J...
Feb 23, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 151
Jeff Mans is solo once again for this full Super Bowl week recap episode. Mans dishes on all of the behind-the-scenes happenings in and around Super Bowl 57 including radio row, press events, and the Elite Sports crew living together for a week. He also breaks down what went right and wrong for both the Chiefs and Eagles in the game and what Philadelphia should have done to stop the Kansas City comeback. He announces the XFL coverage which begins this week that he and his team will provide on th...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 150
Jeff Mans brings in his crew of Ted Schuster, Ray Flowers, Phil Backert, and Sandro Anello for a super-sized preview of Super Bowl 57. The gang breaks down the best and worst matchups for both the Chiefs and Eagles. The group projects the likely game script for the big game and which players benefit the most. They are giving us the best seasonal, DFS and betting plays for the final game of the NFL season. The crew also dishes on all of the behind-the-scenes from their time on Radio row in Phoeni...
Feb 09, 2023•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 149
The age of conspiracy theories has gotten to Jeff Mans as he opens the show with five brand new sports-based conspiracies that have developed over the past week alone. It is time for people to start thinking for themselves and stop digesting the propaganda that keeps all of us down. Jeff recaps the AFC and NFC Championship Games and explains why the referees did not cost either the 49ers or the Bengals the game. Mans reacts to Arian Foster's claim that he received “scripts” from the NFL during h...
Feb 02, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 148
Jeff Mans begins this week’s episode with a rant on how lousy conspiracy theories have gotten over the year including the new one surrounding Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin. He evolves into a full review of the NFL Divisional Playoff Round games. He wonders why the Bills are getting almost zero blame despite the majority of fans believing they were Super Bowl bound all season while the Dallas Cowboys are being dragged across all of sports media. This launches a full investigation into the las...
Jan 26, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 147
Five days after the infamous Fanduel DFS shutdown, Jeff Mans is still fuming over the way it was handled and the lack of empathy toward their customers. Jeff goes over how customer service has become a lost art in sports and other industries. After the fiery start, he recaps all six NFL Super Wild Card Round playoff games including what went right and wrong for each team. Mans also goes over the five NFL head coaching vacancies right now and breaks down the assets each brings to the table. He ma...
Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 146
If there is one thing you need to know about the One Mans Opinion Podcast is that it is about transparency always. As the NFL moves into the postseason, Jeff Mans is reviewing his advice, analysis, preseason predictions, rankings, fantasy leagues, DFS performances, and betting record from the 2022 NFL regular season. Jeff goes over what he got right and what he learned from being so wrong about teams like the Indianapolis Colts and players like Courtland Sutton. He gives his biggest takeaways fr...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 145
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is front and center on all our minds right now and Jeff Mans dedicates this episode to him, his family, and sports fans everywhere as we hope for his health right now. Jeff begins the show by discussing what it was like as the situation unfolded on Monday Night Football and how watching it all with his kids made a profound and lasting impact on him. Mans also explains why fantasy leagues shouldn’t be holding out for the Bills and Bengals to play down the road be...
Jan 05, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 144
The final episode of 2022 has Jeff Mans reflecting on the year that was including where he was at in his personal life a year ago at this time. He reviews the year in sports including what he learned through the college basketball, USFL, MLB, and NFL seasons. After the recapping is done Mans discusses some of the changes that sports and fantasy sports need to make to stay on top of their game and engage their fans better. Then he takes a stroll down memory lane in remembering the random players ...
Dec 29, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 143
The annual Christmas and holiday episode of One Mans Opinion features a lot of nostalgia and a lot of football talk this year. Jeff Mans begins the show by recapping a wild week 15 in the NFL. After a narrow loss in the HOFL League semi-final round, Jeff discusses balancing multiple leagues while also playing favorites. This leads into a discussion on how draft strategy shapes so much of our success and failures throughout the season and Mans looks back on how a few of his drafts propelled him t...
Dec 22, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 142
The fantasy football playoffs are here and Jeff Mans has the strategies you need to close out championships this season. Mans kicks off the show with a recap of the entire 2022 season beginning with the draft advice he gave last summer. He talks about which players and strategies worked out and which let us down this season. This leads into a conversation about new fantasy football league setups for the 2023 season including the need for team QB, total point playoff requirements, and having more...
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 141
This week Mans is riding solo and recapping everything from NFL week 13 including DeShaun Watson’s first start, the rash of injured QBs, the surging Detroit Lions, the Cowboys' pursuit of OBJ and so much more. Lamar Jackson’s injury particularly bothers Mans as he wonders if the soon to be free agent QB has cost himself more money than he would have made anyways. This propels him to talk about the difference between “dreamers” and “doers” and how the age of influencers has disrupted a once proud...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 140
Jeff Mans is on fire as he begins the show with his response to the crazy “Tuanon” people that attacked his Twitter timeline this week. Jeff contends that if we continue to attack people for having opinions and providing analysis, we are left with a collective of same-thinking dullards. After that rant, Mans explains why he will not be posting bets in the Fantasy Guru discord room anymore and why transparency is the most significant need in the fantasy sports and betting industries right now. He...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 139
Jeff Mans is giving thanks this season to all that have supported him, Fantasy Guru dot com, the Elite Sports radio show, and this podcast this year. Mans has a very special holiday message this week including a tribute to his late Uncle Ed and the joy he created during the holidays. The week 11 recap is full of lessons learned in both DFS and NFL betting while he reviews the 10 players who have gotten injured in his DFS lineups this season. Jeff discusses the art of forming your bets first and ...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 138
His pappy used to say that there was nothing wrong with a good tight end, but that is harder than ever entering week 11 of the NFL regular season. Jeff Mans goes over all of the injuries and inconsistencies with the tight end position in fantasy football this season and breaks down who the best really are and which replacements are worth our time. Jeff has some choice words for anybody who criticized the Colts' hiring of Jeff Saturday especially if they got their job without extensive experience...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 137
Jeff Mans is fired up in this episode as he explains why he nearly had a nervous breakdown this week because of dealing with the negative attitude displayed by so many people. It begins with a recap of NFL week nine which culminates with a decision to pivot from Lions TE James Mitchell in his DFS NFL Core 4 which turned out to be a big mistake. Mans updates us on how his seasonal, DFS, and betting seasons are going so far since we have hit the midway point of the season. Jeff goes back to his pr...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 136
By popular demand, Jeff Mans begins this episode with his Halloween night “Ryan Fitzpatrick story” as teased on the Elite Sports Show this week. He then gives his reactions to all of the NFL trade deadline deals and breaks down who the big winners and losers are from the flurry of deals. Then he recaps a very profitable week eight in which the light bulb went on when it comes to betting on the games. Mans breaks down how alternate lines are the salvation many NFL bettors are searching for and gi...
Nov 03, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 135
One Mans Opinion has finally launched on Stitcher, Pandora, and the SiriusXM (SXM) app! You will still be able to get the podcast on all other platforms but the new partnership with SXM provides a lot of opportunities for the podcast now and in the future. Jeff Mans opens the show with the big announcement while reminiscing on his history with SiriusXM over the last 13 years. Then it is time to recap a painful week six which saw Mans and his Fantasy Guru team lose out on a six-million-dollar pri...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 134
Jeff Mans starts out this episode teasing a very big announcement coming in the next few weeks concerning this podcast. He discusses the benefit of fading the NFL news cycle which only seems to create confusion for fantasy managers in understanding players' true value. Jeff recaps how he was able to thread the needle of a very difficult week six in DFS and gives some of his takeaways from the last week. As good as seasonal and DFS have been of late, his NFL bets have faltered the last two weeks ...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 133
Transparency is everything for Jeff Mans and the crew at FantasyGuru.com. So, this week Mans is giving updates on how all 20 of his seasonal fantasy football leagues are going through the first five weeks. He discusses some of the hits and misses from the draft season as well. This leads into a full version of fantasy football “buy, sell & hold” in which he identifies his targets for each category at each position right now. Jeff also discusses a rough week of betting in week five which saw his ...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 132
Jeff Mans is back and recapping everything that he’s seen through the first four weeks of this 2022 NFL regular season. This entire episode is packed full of strategies for all forms of fantasy football, daily fantasy football, and sports betting. He kicks it off by discussing how the top 10, 20, and 30+ point scorers in fantasy football contradict what so many did in their drafts. Mans also shines a light on how the elite quarterback strategy is paying massive dividends in fantasy football this...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 131
Jeff Mans is riding solo this week and recapping everything we learned from the first three weeks of this NFL season. Mans goes on a rant about the power of positivity both in the world but also when it comes to fantasy sports. He discusses the measures he is prepared to implement to ensure the Fantasy Guru chat rooms remain a safe place for those focused on winning. He also reminds us of the most important statistics for both running backs and wide receivers regarding fantasy football. This lea...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 130
This week Jeff is joined by a special guest, fantasy sports Hall Of Famer Scott Engel. Scott opens up about his life in and around fantasy sports including how winning a contest for Knicks tickets changed the trajectory of his life and career. Mans & Engel reminisce about playing the sports simulation game Strat-O-Matic and how the game fanned their love for fantasy sports. The guys discuss the early days of SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio and what led up to the epic feud between their two shows. ...
Sep 22, 2022•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 129
The NFL regular season is here and Jeff Mans opens the show by giving a dozen of his week one NFL and fantasy football takeaways. He also gives first impressions on the first 24 overall picks in fantasy football and how they performed in week one. This is an excellent exercise to see who is and isn’t paying off their fantasy price tag early in the season. Jeff also reveals the future of sports entertainment in the MANS Cave, a Discord chat room with video, voice, and text capabilities. The MANS ...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 128
The 2022 NFL regular season is here and before the games officially kick off, Jeff Mans “puts it on tape” by going game by game through this season and making his official predictions. From division winners to win-loss records, playoff seeding, postseason award winners, and even the Super Bowl 57 Champion, Mans breaks down the entire season in this episode. He also has two big announcements on how to win money and prizes this season playing daily fantasy contests that will not cost a nickel. The...
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 127
It’s NFL cutdown week and Jeff Mans is here sifting through all the roster changes across the league. There have been many bad news items to come along over the past week but one in particular launches Jeff Mans into an epic rant against supposed beat reporters. He also gives his fantasy reactions to major changes within the Dolphins, 49ers, Chargers, and Ravens running games including which RBs should be moving up and down on your draft board. Since it is the last week of the draft season, Jeff...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 126
This episode is packed to the gills. Jeff Mans starts out with a big announcement concerning some of his best friends and people in the industry and their brand-new programming network. He then dishes out his favorite late-round running backs and wide receivers in fantasy football currently with an ADP of 120 or higher. He gives his three biggest takeaways from preseason week two including a running game that must be invested in and a high-volume WR that nobody is paying attention to right now. ...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 125
It’s the week of the HUGE Fantasy Football Training Camp event at Fantasy Guru dot com and Jeff Mans has all the latest news, guests, and itinerary on this week’s episode. Jeff starts out with a recap of NFL preseason week one including profiles of the two hottest newcomers in Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco and Steelers WR George Pickens. He also reacts to the news of Seahawks RB Kenneth Walker’s hernia surgery and some interesting comments but Broncos RB Melvin Gordon. Mans then proceeds to give out h...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 124
In this week’s episode, Jeff Mans announces the itinerary for the 2022 Fantasy Football Training Camp that is coming up on August 19th exclusively on Fantasy Guru dot com. He also reveals the code name for the “WR to remain nameless” and discusses some of the latest news out of NFL training camp. Then due to popular demand, he breaks down another six players in another edition of “fantasy football player profiles.” Finally, Mans breaks down a few of the least talked about players so far this pre...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 123
