AI Summary
5 min readOne of the most telling moments in this episode is when the hosts describe the feeling of drafting a certain wide receiver: "everyone just kind of nodded." That quiet, unenthusiastic nod is the exact signal they are hunting for. The episode is built around identifying players who have fallen out of the mainstream fantasy conversation for reasons that may be temporary, superficial, or simply boring—guys the hosts call "Glensbergs," after the Superbad character who eats lunch alone but ends up a successful lawyer. The goal is to find the gap between a player’s current draft cost and their realistic ceiling, often because of age, team narrative fatigue, or an injury that everyone has already priced in.
The Age-Discount and Narrative Fatigue
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What you'll learn
- 1 (03:18) **The Glansbergs Concept** - The hosts introduce the episode's premise: identifying the best fantasy players nobody is talking about, named after Steven Glansberg from *Superbad*.
- 2 (03:37) **Devontae Adams (LAR) - Value or Trap?** - DK kicks off with Adams, arguing he's a great value at WR25 despite being 33 years old.
- 3 (07:24) **Terrence Ferguson (LAR) - The Ultimate Dart Throw** - Craig pivots to Ferguson, a Rams tight end going undrafted who could be a league-winner.
- 4 (09:19) **Breece Hall (NYJ) - The Unsexy Stud** - Craig makes a case for Hall, a top running back who's falling in drafts due to Jets pessimism.
- 5 (11:37) **A.D. Mitchell (NYJ) - The Late-Round Receiver** - DK adds Mitchell as a literal last-pick dart throw for the Jets' passing game.
- 6 (14:08) **Tee Higgins (CIN) - The Perennial Underrated WR2** - DK highlights Higgins as a consistently productive receiver who's been overlooked this offseason.
- 7 (17:05) **Chris Godwin (TB) - The Post-Injury Bounce-Back** - Craig argues Godwin is being written off too quickly after a dislocated ankle in 2024.
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Show Notes
The guys channel their inner Steven Glansberg to pick the most boring players no one is talking who can win you your league.
(02:20) The Glansbergs
(46:33) Emails!
(55:08) Clippers Reaction + More 80s Heat
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