In this week’s episode, Jeff Mans is reacting to all of the news across NFL Training Camps including the DeShaun Watson suspension, the Miami Dolphins tampering violations, and various injuries around the league. He then gives out where he stands on his top 24 overall rankings for fantasy football right now and compares them to the first two rounds in ADP. Mans quickly whips through his list of mid to late-round targets while refusing to mention one player by name to keep him private from the “J...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep 122•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Mans has officially unveiled his 2022 MANSifesto aka the 2022 fantasy football draft plan on Fantasy Guru dot com and walks us through it on this week’s episode. Jeff begins the show by discussing some of the latest news coming out of NFL training camp including the Buccaneers signing veteran WR Julio Jones and Rhamondre Stevenson getting first-team reps in Patriots camp. Then he goes over how he plans on attacking each position in fantasy football this season while giving out his list of t...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep 121•Transcript available on Metacast Mans is fired up this week due to some absurd Twitter drama percolating around the fantasy football industry. He sounds off on why so many people are choosing to copy/steal work instead of simply creating their own. He also reacts to the news of the day which includes the likely trading of Jimmy Garoppolo, the reported obesity of Leonard Fournette, and JK Dobbins's injury timeline. Then it is time for some fantasy football sleepers and Mans rolls through his list of “sneaky good” fantasy players...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep 120•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Mans does not celebrate birthdays, so he has decided to record another episode of One Mans Opinion instead. In this week’s episode, Jeff discusses the rise of popularity of 2 QB/SuperFLEX fantasy football league formats and diagnoses one major problem people have in these types of drafts. Mans breaks down the goals you should be setting for the quarterback position in 2QB/SuperFLEX leagues and gives you the math to back it up. He discusses his Scott Fish Bowl 12 draft as well which is a Sup...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep 119•Transcript available on Metacast This week we take a step back from the hard-core fantasy content and talk to one of the most exciting people in the fantasy sports industry, Sandro Anello. We ride with Sandro through his early years of playing pickup sports, being an only child, and growing up in an immigrant household. He gives us the background on how he fell in love with radio, his early career choices, and what made him give it all up to ride a bicycle across the country. Jeff and Sandro talk about the first time they met a...
Jul 07, 2022•2 hr 38 min•Ep 118•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Mans presents his annual “NFL team of the year” for 2022 and he has chosen the Miami Dolphins. Come in and listen to why he disagreed with the firing of Brian Flores after last season but upon inspection of the “new” system here in Miami, he has decided to buy in. Mans breaks down how the front office has made a number of good moves over the last four years to produce a high-quality roster that has produced many pro-bowl caliber players on both sides of the football. He breaks down what new...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep 117•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Mans is back and has brought with him a brand-new fantasy football metric that he created called “league winners.” With this formula, he can differentiate which NFL players are most responsible for helping their owners win a fantasy football championship. Mans tests this metric by going back over the last few seasons and giving out the top five fantasy football league winners for each season. He also has a lot to say about his time in Seattle Washington which includes some highs and lows fr...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep 116•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Mans is recording this episode live (on tape) from his vacation in Seattle! Join Mans as he discusses the importance of getting away, taking some time off, and how it replenishes the creative tank. He goes on a trip back to his childhood and recalls never leaving the state of Illinois until his teenage years and how that made him thirst for seeing new and interesting things. Mans also talks a ton of fantasy football in this episode as he comments on the latest NFL news around OTA’s and mini...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep 115•Transcript available on Metacast With the dynasty fantasy football season already in high gear, Mans takes some time to go over a lengthy list of players who are in good buy low acquisitions right now. He highlights some of his favorite players and landing spots from the later rounds of the 2022 NFL Draft and diagrams which of them have the easiest path to fantasy football production. Jeff also has some tips for those in deeper dynasty leagues on how to stash players and attack the trade market as soon as your rookie draft ends...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 114•Transcript available on Metacast It’s the official launch of the 2022 Fantasy Guru Fantasy Football Draft Guide and Jeff Mans brought along his crew to preview the upcoming season. Armando Marsal, Tyler Buecher, and Russell Clay join Mans to discuss the behind-the-scenes work that went into building this year’s Draft Guide. The gang talks about the tumultuous NFL offseason, why the AFC West will rule the football world, and the advantages of drafting early. They cover their favorite best ball strategies, first-round booms/busts...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep 113•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Mans made a promise to listeners of this podcast two years ago and that was to never be afraid to have the difficult conversations and this episode was one of the most difficult yet. Mans gives his thoughts about the latest school shooting in Texas and his opinions on gun control and the right to bear arms. Luckily, there is still a ton of fantasy sports conversation here. The Fantasy Guru DFS MLB team has caught fire and Jeff gives them a shout-out while discussing the winning environment ...
May 26, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep 112•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Mans takes us on a history lesson through past and present fantasy football league formats in order to point out some of the incredibly outdated strategies that are being employed. He also has a message for a certain segment of a high-stakes fantasy community in that they are not as big of shots as they seem to believe that they are. Mans dives deep into dynasty fantasy football on this episode discussing strategies to maximize draft pick return in trades, best times to make roster moves, a...
May 19, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep 111•Transcript available on Metacast Just because that is the way it has always been done, doesn’t mean that is the way it should always be. Jeff Mans challenges our outdated sports philosophies in this episode by discussing the “five monkey experiment” that reminds us how our habits are formed and that they are not always still relevant. This lesson leads into one about Major League Baseball and why they waste top prospects' time in the minor leagues instead of letting them play on the big stage as other sports do. This advice als...
May 12, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep 110•Transcript available on Metacast The 2022 NFL Draft is in the books and Jeff Mans is here to look back on every single pick and give his reactions and projections for each team and player. Mans discusses how we should be evaluating these draft picks and that if some teams can win the draft while others will lose the draft. He also discusses the AJ Brown and Marquise Brown trades and what is next for Baker Mayfield and Deebo Samuel. It is officially best ball fantasy football season as well and the Fantasy Guru team has a brand-...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep 109•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Mans is back with a fresh new episode of his unfiltered, uncensored sports podcast. In this episode, Mans is previewing the 2022 NFL Draft from every possible angle. He walks us through his first-round mock draft by assessing NFL team needs followed by who they likely will draft and who he believes they should draft. He makes several guarantees for the first round including who the Saints and Patriots will select. Jeff discusses the skill position players that he is hoping land in the best ...
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep 108•Transcript available on Metacast After a month away, Jeff Mans is back with the season three premiere of One Mans Opinion! Jeff opens the show by discussing his recent medical surgery which turned out to be a lot more complicated than initially believed. He talks about how the power of positive thinking along with a lot of patience has been the key to his recovery. Mans reveals that while bedridden he was somehow able to win 88% of his bets during the NCAA Tournament mostly because he had nothing else to do. The NFL free-agent ...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep 107•Transcript available on Metacast In the final episode of season 2 of One MANS Opinion, Jeff Mans is joined by Fantasyguru's own Ray Flowers. Together, Jeff and Ray address health care, past health issues and talk about the future of what is to come in regards to the One MANS opinion podcast before season 3 begins. They also analyze Ray's picks from his recent draft, discuss the latest on the MLB lockout, talk about players who may or may not stand out for the 2022 NFL season later this year, and much more! Do not miss this fina...
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep 106•Transcript available on Metacast There are just two episodes left of season two and on this penultimate episode, Jeff Mans announces the plans for season three. He also has a very big health announcement that he has been holding in for months that he can finally go public with as well. Jeff breaks down everything that went right and wrong for the Bengals and Rams during Super Bowl 56 including some of the worst coaching mistakes in NFL history. He has thoughts on Cooper Kupp’s Hall of Fame trajectory, Odell Beckham’s torn ACL, ...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep 105•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is from start to finish the most in-depth Bengals/Rams preview you will ever hear. First, he gives out four of his favorite Super Bowl party games to make your get-together pop. Then, Jeff Mans devotes a full hour to identify the strengths and weaknesses of both teams on offense, defense, and special teams. He also discusses where each team should be attacking one another while on offense and which players would benefit from those optimal game plans. Mans also dives into the strateg...
Feb 10, 2022•53 min•Ep 104•Transcript available on Metacast This episode spans perhaps the widest margin of topics to date. Jeff Mans begins by following up on his announcement from last week that all his content moving forward will be only on Fantasy Guru dot com. He provides some follow-up context for this decision and why it will be great moving forward. He recaps the Cincinnati Bengals upset over the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Rams victory over the San Francisco 49ers and explains why these two teams wound up on top. Mans gives his though...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep 103•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Mans begins this episode with the announcement that he was diagnosed with Covid-19. He discusses how he contracted it, his symptoms and what it has been like for him. The good news is that while sick over the weekend, he got to watch the greatest four games on one NFL weekend in history. Mans gives all of his takeaways from the NFL’s Divisional Round playoffs including the solution to fixing the overtime mess. He recaps another profitable week in NFL betting as well while revealing some of ...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep 102•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Mans starts out by shouting out the winners of the Elite Sports Listener Fantasy Football League including the overall champion. He then makes a major announcement on the future of the Elite Sports Network that every member needs to hear. Jeff gives his unfiltered recaps of all six NFL playoff games from the Wildcard Round including embarrassing losses for the Patriots, Cowboys, and Cardinals. This sets off a “how-to” for NFL sports bettors as Mans discusses how he hit five stra...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep 101•Transcript available on Metacast For the 100th episode of One Mans Opinion, Jeff welcomes in his guys from FantasyGuru.com Armando Marsal, Tyler Buecher, and Russell Clay for a very special roundtable episode. The gang recaps the 2021 season by discussing the biggest surprises and disappointments of the year. They also go around the room in revealing their biggest hits and misses of the fantasy football, DFS, and NFL betting season. Mans leads a conversation of what he learned from this past football season including finding hi...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep 100•Transcript available on Metacast 2022 starts out with a bang and Jeff Mans is fresh off of a pair of fantasy football championships and celebrating here with you. Mans starts out the show with a few of his personal and professional new years resolutions which include previews of several new projects he is working on. He pays tribute to the man that gave him his big break in the radio business who is leaving for other opportunities by telling a few stories of how he was hired and nearly fired. Jeff answers some “Ask Mans Anythin...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep 99•Transcript available on Metacast The final episode of 2021 is live and as usual, Jeff Mans isn’t pulling any punches. Coming off of the “most difficult week in fantasy football history,” he reflects on how injuries, rest, and Covid-19 have changed all sports forever. Mans discusses some of the changes he is making both personally and professionally heading into 2022 including a major shift in how he does social media. Jeff reacts to the unexpected passing of the legendary John Madden and how one of his Christmas gifts this year...
Dec 30, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep 98•Transcript available on Metacast In the spirit of the holiday season, Jeff Mans reveals why exactly he loves Christmas so much. He talks about how his parents would always make the most of the holidays despite not having that much to celebrate with. You’ll also uncover some Mans' Family traditions in this episode and why a single Teddy Bear has such deep meaning in his life. There is plenty of football talk as well as Mans recaps a wild week 15 across the NFL including how five of his own playoff teams got bounced by the same d...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep 97•Transcript available on Metacast It has already been a wild week across the NFL and Jeff Mans is here to help you through it all. With the Fantasy Football playoffs upon us, Mans reviews how his seasonal league teams have done this year including the worst playoff knockout he has ever suffered. He recaps week 14 in daily fantasy and explains how his core four was positive despite only one of the four players exceeding expectations. Jeff also gets into why Urban Meyer is out of his league at the NFL level and why defense/special...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep 96•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Mans does not profess to be a professional sports bettor or wagering guru. He is just a guy that has had four consecutive winning seasons of betting on the NFL and is in the middle of a legendary heater. Mans shares his strategies on how to make money betting on the NFL and how to avoid going bust like so many new sports bettors. Jeff recaps a super chalky week in fantasy football while continuing to strategize how seasonal fantasy, daily fantasy, and sports betting all play off of one anot...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep 95•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Mans is back for another solo episode as he discusses the ever-changing landscape of sports, fantasy sports, and sports betting. He is tired of pro-athletes getting paid more money every year to do less work while every sports fan has to pay the freight. This leads to a rant in which he discusses the start of his fantasy sports career and some of the tough decisions he has had to make along the way. There are some changes taking place at Elite Sports Betting too which Mans outlines and give...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep 94•Transcript available on Metacast The great Ray Flowers joins Jeff Mans on this special Thanksgiving edition of One Mans Opinion. With so much negativity in the world today, the guys decided to stay positive and discuss some of the things that make them happy in this chaotic world. They also share their fondest Thanksgiving memories where we see the drastic difference between Jeff & Ray’s upbringing. Eventually, the boys get to recapping the dud that was week 11 in fantasy football and specifically in DFS. Since they only did a ...
Nov 25, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep 93•Transcript available on Metacast 
