www.patreon.com/taekcast Davis is joined by Smizz himself to talk about his journey in DFS, content creation in 2018, the changes that sports betting is bringing to our corner of the world, FIFA19, streaming, Youtube, Twitch and much more. Sponsors: MyBookie.AG Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Oct 19, 2018•59 min•Ep. 44
www.patreon.com/taekcast Drew Dinkmeyer from Daily Roto joins the podcast to chat DR's NBA DFS product, how to prepare and play NBA DFS in 2018, some potential NBA trades, looking in depth at some 2018-19 NBA win totals and rotations before chatting some DK Showdown for NFL and do defenses matter. SPONSORS: MyBookie.AG Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...
Oct 15, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 43
www.patreon.com/taekcast Keegan Abdoo from NFL Next Gen Stats joins the podcast to discuss expected completion percentage, expected yards after the catch, machine learning, how the NFL is beginning it's own data revolution the way all other major sports have and much more. In the 42-episode history of the show, this is easily the most informative one. Sponsors: DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choi...
Oct 12, 2018•48 min•Ep. 42
www.patreon.com/taekcast Josh Hermsmeyer joins the show to break down once and for all, why defenses do not matter and the math behind it. Josh holds that this is true for DFS, seasonal and forecasting picks Against The Spread. Sponsors: MyBookie.AG Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.Com Promo: Janis Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Oct 11, 2018•43 min•Ep. 41
www.patreon/taekcast Davis is joined by coach Mark Colyer from spreadoffense.com to define the spread offense, find how it impacts play-calling, how to coach quarterbacks to run a spread system, runnning out of spread formations and coaching decisions that drive other coaches nuts. Sponsors: MyBookie.AG Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Oct 10, 2018•49 min•Ep. 40
www.patreon/taekcast Davis is again joined by our favorite guest, Pat Mayo to have larger discussions about life and existence in the 21st century. Among the topics discussed are why do travel agencies still exist, why is it important to go to college and Pat's continual battle against smoking. This is Part One of a Two-Part episode, where Part 2 can be found at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/21849420 Sponsors: MyBookie.AG Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS PowerHourDFS.com Learn more abou...
Oct 04, 2018•46 min•Ep. 39
https://www.patreon.com/taekcast The show is not going anywhere! You will still get your weekly updates on football, basketball, digital living, the hellscape and all your favorite #Taekcast guests. However, if you want more of what the show has to offer, more in-depth and off-track conversations both with solo Davis shows and with guests (and without ads!!!) the Patreon is now open for business. https://www.patreon.com/taekcast Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast...
Sep 28, 2018•5 min•Ep. 38
For the first time in the history of the show, Davis is joined by a bonafide high-level football playcaller. Nick Coleman is the offensive coordinator at D1 Murray State who play in the Ohio Valley conference. Nick and Davis discuss the Air Raid, calling run plays on 2nd and 10, who makes the decision to punt when trailing in the 4th quarter and what NFL teams are taking from CFB teams in terms of concepts. SPONSORS: MyBookie.AG Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS PowerHourDFS.com Learn mor...
Sep 27, 2018•41 min•Ep. 37
Davis is joined by Pat Mayo to give a quick Ryder Cup preview before discussing financial literacy, what people believe their purpose of their job to be, how difficult it is to quit smoking, the corrupt nature of the banking industry and much, much more. One of the most diverse episodes of the Taekcast to date. Sponsors: MyBookie.AG Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS PowerHourDFS.Com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad ch...
Sep 25, 2018•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 36
In a rare double-guest episode, Davis is joined by Ben Baldwin of the Athletic and Danny Kelly of The Ringer to talk about the lessons learned from the Russell Wilson/Pete Carroll era of the Seahawks, what Ben has learned from his research into play success, Danny's opinion on why so many quarterbacks are playing well right now, why scoring is up and the ideal way to construct an NFL roster from the top down. Sponsors: MyBookie.Ag Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS PowerHourDFS.com Promo: ...
Sep 18, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 35
Davis is joined by #RotoPat from Rotoworld to talk about Pat's journey from Fanball to Rotoworld, his career in fake sports journalism, the impact that DFS has had on the fantasy industry, how gambling might impact the fantasy industry, how to escape the #HellScape, and people forgetting that Kaepernick was actually good. Sponsors: MyBookie.AG Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices....
Sep 12, 2018•56 min•Ep. 34
This is PART TWO of a Two-Part Episode The Taekcast enters the draft room of a $1,200 Best Ball Draft Champions league with Davis Mattek, Drew Dinkmeyer and Michael Leone as they swim with the sharks and attempt to draft a National Fantasy Football Championship Winning Squad. Link To The Draft Room: https://draft.sportshubtech.com/dpf/6514 Sponsors: MyBookie.AG Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS ApexFantasyLeagues.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-adve...
Sep 04, 2018•38 min•Ep. 33
This is PART ONE of Two Parts The Taekcast enters the draft room of a $1,200 Best Ball Draft Champions league with Davis Mattek, Drew Dinkmeyer and Michael Leone as they swim with the sharks and attempt to draft a National Fantasy Football Championship Winning Squad. This is PART ONE of Two Parts Link To The Draft Room: https://draft.sportshubtech.com/dpf/6514 Sponsors: MyBookie.AG Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS ApexFantasyLeagues.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.ih...
Sep 03, 2018•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 32
The great Warren Sharp from sharpfootballstats.com and sharpfootballanalysis.com joins the podcast to discuss several NFL teams who are on the prospective rise, several teams with major warning flags, Warren's favorite Over/Under Win Total bets for the 2018 NFL season, a few players he is higher on consensus on in fantasy and his life during the NFL season. Sponsors: MyBookie.Ag PROMO: MATTEK DailyRoto.com PROMO: JANIS ApexFantasyLeagues.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.ihear...
Aug 29, 2018•59 min•Ep. 31
Fresh from DailyRodeo.com, Drew joins Davis to talk about his inspiration behind creating the Welly Maker (if you want to donate the link is here: https://my.charitywater.org/drew-dinkmeyer/welly-maker-2-0 ), the wealth gap in the Western World, the banal evil of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, how to #unplug and why it's so hard and much more. Sponsors: MyBookie.AG Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS ApexFantasyLeagues.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-adver...
Aug 22, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 30
The assistant general manager of one of the Canadian Football League's most storied franchises, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, sat down with Davis to have a conversation about the CFL, how Americans can get into the game, Johnny Manziel, and much more about the pigskin game of the Great North. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 20, 2018•21 min•Ep. 29
Trigger Warning: This is barely a football podcast. Denny Carter joins Davis to talk about the digital nightmare that we find ourselves living in, why the political right has a love affair with football, JJ Zachariason's beauty and grace, cryptocurrency weirdos and Owning The Libs. Sponsors: MyBookie.Ag Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS ApexFantasyLeagues.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...
Aug 16, 2018•50 min•Ep. 28
Bales takes a break from running the ship at Fantasy Labs and The Action Network to have a conversation with Davis about ways to find edges in sports betting and DFS, the Gambling Olympics, his progression through the world of sports journalism and coverage and much more. SPONSORS: MyBookie.ag Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS Apexfantasyleagues.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...
Aug 14, 2018•55 min•Ep. 27
To celebrate #MaddenDay, Davis is joined by Matt Franciscovich, formerly of NFL.com and currently responsible for reporting on competitive Madden gaming and e-Sports. The guys have a conversation about Madden, eSports, what Ultimate Team is and why it's so profitable and much more. Sponsors: MyBookie.AG Promo: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS ApexFantasyLeagues.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...
Aug 09, 2018•43 min•Ep. 26
That's right, Empire is back to steal more of Davis' money and preview the 2018 PGA Championship in Saint Louis, Missouri. The guys bet against each other, talk about cash game lineup construction on DraftKings, the negative value associated in betting outrights and why it's more profitable to bet head to heads and what sports betting legalization is going to do in terms of fairness of lines. Sponsors: MyBookie.AG Promo Code: MATTEK DailyRoto.com Promo Code: JANIS ApexFantasyLeagues.com Learn mo...
Aug 07, 2018•58 min•Ep. 25
The Taekcast has it's first return guest as Josh Hermsmeyer from airyards.com & 4for4.com comes back to the show to talk about David Johnson vs the Field, the YOLO QB theory, surprising results that he found in his research in proprietary data, conversations he's had with some people inside the NFL and how we can go about fixing soccer for an American audience. Sponsors: MyBookie.AG Promocode: MATTEK ApexFantasyLeagues.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-a...
Jul 31, 2018•58 min•Ep. 24
Davis is joined by Charlotte Wilder (host of the Wilder Things on SI.TV) to have an important discussion about the future of women's sports, the role that sports journalism has in the wider world we live in, the impact that gender has and continues to play in sports reporting and more. Sponsored: Mybookie.ag Promo code: MATTEK Apexfantasyleagues.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jul 26, 2018•33 min•Ep. 23
@Cole_Kev joins the show to discuss how he and Davis fell in love with sports, his passion for the NBA and the NFL & how those intertwine, inefficiencies in evaluating NFL draft prospects, how to mathematically attack DraftKings Showdown slates and more. Presented by www.MyBookie.AG Promo code: MATTEK & ApexFantasyLeagues.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jul 24, 2018•57 min•Ep. 22
New ESPN NFL and NCAA college football analyst (and former NFL quarterback) Dan Orlovsky joins the podcast to discuss the evolution of the quarterback position, training for the position from a youth to professional ranks, the future of the RPO and two tight end sets and much more. The Taekcast: A (mostly) Sports Podcast Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jul 19, 2018•32 min•Ep. 21
The Open betting and DFS preview with Davis Mattek and Empiremaker 2, covering DraftKings cash game and GPP strategy, matchup bets for Pinnacle sports and other picks, Outright picks, poker talk and more. The Taekcast: A (mostly) Sports Podcast Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jul 17, 2018•59 min•Ep. 20
Mike Gallagher (@MichaelSGallagher on Twitter) joins the podcast to talk Lebron James to LA, the surprising roster addition in Houston that can make it reasonable for Ariza and Mbah A Moute to leave, how to make it in sports journalism and fantasy sports as a writer, what path the 76ers should take to winning the East and much more hoops talk. The Taekcast with Davis Mattek: A (mostly) Sports Podcast Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about...
Jul 13, 2018•58 min•Ep. 19
The one and only @LordReebs joins the show to run back one of the first fantasy football webcasts, The Sports Wunderkind Podcast. Davis and Rich talk about the structure of fantasy football, why people care so much about football relative to other sports, how to make it in the fantasy industry, 1990's television, the most annoying things about twitter and much more. SPECIAL OFFER: Deposit on MyBookie.ag using promo code MATTEK to get 50% deposit bonus andTwitter follow from Davis. The Taekcast: ...
Jul 10, 2018•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 18
Scott Fish was gracious enough to join the podcast to explain the genesis of the Scott Fish Bowl, Fantasy Cares, the way he has come up with the scoring systems and all the info that you could ever want on #SFB8. Follow along with the league here: http://scottfishbowl.com/ The Taekcast: A (mostly) Sports Podcast Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jul 09, 2018•21 min•Ep. 17
The show reached 100 ratings on iTunes! For every 100 ratings, there will be a bonus episode posted that is not the normal format of the show. This bonus episode is a reunion of the old Fantasy Insiders Podcast with Sammy Reid and Nate Nohling. The guys talk about their cryptocurrency losses, life after FI, the history of Fantasy Insiders, poker and sports betting, Nate's addiction to Red Bull and all that you could have wanted after FI shuttered its' doors. The Taekcast: A (mostly) Sports Podca...
Jul 06, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 16
In a rare guest appearance, Pat Mayo joins Davis to talk about the Danny Willett Masters win, life in Canada, his feud with the author of the Handmaid's Tale, playing Canadian Rules football growing up, his love for baseball and hatred of running and literally all that you could ever want to know about The Pat Mayo Experience. The Taekcast: A (mostly) Sports Podcast Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...
Jul 03, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 15
