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Derek Brown — Podcast Appearances & AI Summaries
Derek Brown has appeared on 25 podcast episodes in our AI-summarized catalog, including FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast. Every appearance below has a free 5-minute AI summary.
What Derek said
“Ben Johnson just feels like one of these uh head coaches that the mentality and all of this like wannabe Bill Belichick grindstone. I'm a hard-nosed coach and all this kind of crap. That wears them players, man.”
— Derek Brown on the potential clash between Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams.
“Over the last two years, when Jalen Hurts targets the short middle area... first in completion rate, sixth in yards per attempt, fourth in pass rating. But I've been told by the masses that Jalen Hurts cannot throw over the middle.”
— Derek Brown
“The splits during Mike McDaniel's tenure in Miami... with Tyreek Hill on the field, EPA per play seventh best. Without Tyreek Hill on the field, EPA per play twenty-seventh.”
— Derek Brown
“Doesn't the emergence of Marshawn Lloyd and Jonathan Brooks make going zero RB a little bit easier in the year 2026?”
— Derek Brown, introducing a contrarian take on draft strategy.
“You go to a team and you say, 'All right, you can have two of Swift, Scataboo, and Bucky, who you give me at the top of the board?' People like choices.”
— Derek Brown, on a specific trade negotiation tactic.
“Colston Loveland bests [Trey McBride and Brock Bowers] on every single metric on a per route basis. This encapsulates the upside that Colston Loveland has in the Bears passing attack to be their wide receiver one.”
— Derek Brown
“Tyler Allgeier is one of those running backs that grandfathers love him. Uncles love him. John Madden would be talking about him.”
— Derek Brown
“I'm gonna start this off... Carnell Tate... could be this year's... production very akin to rookie season Malik Neighbors. And I don't think that's insane.”
— Derek Brown
“Greg Dulcich... it's free money. Top twelve in every single per route metric you can pull up last year. Who's the wide receiver one in Miami this year? The answer really is Greg Dulcich.”
— Derek Brown
“Expected fantasy points per game... they don't actually grace your lineup, so have fun with that.”
— Derek Brown (on Quinshon Judkins)
“It is so important to know when there's a run coming on a position. It's so important to know when hey, you know, there's eight running backs I still like roughly the same, and there's only two receivers I like roughly the same. Take the receiver.”
— Derek Brown
“Deebo Samuel... this is this year's Keenan Allen. As a veteran wide receiver that gets no respect, and he signed late, so ADP will not catch up.”
— Derek Brown
Episode appearances
25 "Last year, the Philadelphia Eagles were 29th in motion rate, 29th in pass play action, 31st in YAC per reception," Derek Brown rattled off, making the case that the offense was so unimaginative…
The FantasyPros crew is broadcasting live on Twitch during the final weekend before the biggest fantasy football draft period of the year. Host Seth Woolcock and analyst Derek "Debro" Brown are…
"The evidence was right in front of us" Parker Washington averaged 22.3 PPR points per game across weeks 16-19 last season, posting 29% target share, 113.5 receiving yards per game, and 3.78 yards…
When the Draft Board Pushes You Toward Running Backs In a 12-team, full PPR mock draft with three starting receivers, the FantasyPros analysts found themselves in an unusual position: by the time…
Colston Loveland finished last season as a statistical monster. Over his final five games, he posted a 25.6% target share, 81.6 receiving yards per game, and 2.49 yards per route run. On a…
Who's Actually Earning It This Preseason? | NFL Risers & Rookie Standouts (Ep. 2147) "One of the things I love the most about working for United Healthcare is that everybody matters. Every moment…
The episode opens with a practical admission: Derek Brown once lost a championship because he played ADP games, waiting too long on Lamar Jackson only to see the team ahead of him snatch the…
In a lively half-PPR mock draft on the FantasyPros Draft Wizard, a panel of analysts including Chris Welsh, Andrew Erickson, Derek Brown, and Jake Seely (from The Athletic) tested their strategies…
The FantasyPros crew (Sarah Roberts, Derek Brown, and Andrew Erickson) opens this episode with a clear, pragmatic definition of a sleeper: a player whose draft cost is lower than what the analysts…
The FantasyPros crew—Alfredo Brown, Pat Fitzmorris, and Derek Brown—spend this episode doing something harder than hyping breakouts: they talk themselves out of seven running backs they believe…
The FantasyPros crew—Alfredo Brown, Pat Fitzmaurice, and Derek Brown—spend this episode identifying nine players they are willing to draft ahead of their current ADP. These are not simply players…
For a fantasy manager sitting at pick three in a 12-team league, the decision to chase elite wide receivers early has never felt harder to justify. Ryan Warmly and Derek Brown spent a full hour on…
10 Must-Have Players the Experts Are Drafting Everywhere in 2026 Zay Flowers just signed a $140 million contract extension, making him a top-five paid wide receiver in the NFL. But in fantasy…
10 Fantasy Football HOT TAKES | Don't Miss These BOLD Predictions (Ep. 2111) The FantasyPros crew—Chris Welsh, Andrew Erickson, and Derek Brown—returned for their annual hot takes episode, this…
Safe Picks That Won't Sink Your Fantasy Season The FantasyPros crew—Alfredo Brown, Pat Fitzmorris, and Derek Brown—spent an episode identifying the six safest fantasy football draft picks for the…
“If he is Kenneth Walker this year, but he gets more of the red zone usage,” says Derek Brown of rookie running back Jadarian Price, and that sentence captures the core bet of this episode. The…
Who Are the Most Overrated NFL Players in 2026? The FantasyPros crew—Joe Pisapia, Andrew Erickson, and Derek Brown—spent an episode of The Tailgate doing something that reliably gets reactions:…
Dark Horse NFL MVP Candidates and the Super Bowl Rings That Never Were The average age of a first-time NFL MVP-winning quarterback since 2000 is 27 years old, and this season five quarterbacks…
Four Running Backs the Experts Can't Stop Drafting David Montgomery is being drafted as RB24 in expert consensus rankings (ECR) and RB20 in best ball, but Derek Brown sees a back who could flirt…
The FantasyPros crew—Joey, Derek Brown, and Andrew Erickson—spent an episode of The Tailgate doing something that sounds simple but is actually a minefield: ranking every NFL starting quarterback…
"Over the past fifteen seasons, running backs drafted on day three who had at least 120 points... there's been twenty-two," says Jake Seely. "It's about one and a half per season." That statistic…
"Amongst 37 qualifying quarterbacks, he was first in hero throw rate, and he was fifteenth in CPOE." That was Derek Brown, defending JJ McCarthy against the charge that the Vikings were right to…
The episode opens with a surprising trivia question: Mike Oliphant, a running back from the University of Puget Sound, was traded from the Washington Redskins to the Cleveland Browns for Ernest…
2026 NFL Mock Draft: Two Rounds of Picks Before Free Agency Chaos The FantasyPros crew—Joe Pisapia, Andrew Erickson, Derek Brown, and special guest Trevor Sikkema from PFF and the NFL Stock…
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