Fantasy Football, in Theory

Fantasy Football, in Theory

A fantasy football podcast dedicated to high-level strategy in the abstract.

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September 19, 2020 54 mins

Welcome to Fantasy Football, in Theory, your only podcast devoted to fantasy football strategy in the abstract.


It is said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. We are told that history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.


But the past and the future are temporally distinct, and one is not the other. So how are lessons to be drawn? This is the paradox at the heart of any efforts to let our kno...

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Welcome to Fantasy Football, in Theory, your only podcast devoted to fantasy football strategy in the abstract.

What if everything we thought we knew about football was wrong? What if the all-time greats and the all-time goods and all-time okays were really just an indecipherable mess distinguished primarily by chance, a series of coins that could have just as easily landed on the other side (if they were even destined to be flipp...

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Welcome to Fantasy Football, in Theory, your only podcast devoted to fantasy football strategy in the abstract.

 

Who we choose to speak to shapes not only what we come to believe, but even the manner in which we think about things. Most fantasy football podcasts feature people within the fantasy football industry speaking with other industry insiders, which is a useful way to sharpen our thoughts and feelings about fantasy footbal...

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Welcome to Fantasy Football, in Theory, your only podcast devoted to fantasy football strategy in the abstract.

 

How do the labels we use affect how we see things, taste things, hear things, feel things, and interact with the world around us? And perhaps more importantly, what the heck does this have to do with football? Special guest Matt Harmon joins us to discuss.

 

Content referenced during this episode includes:

Fighting thro...

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Welcome to Fantasy Football, in Theory, a fantasy football podcast dedicated to high-level fantasy strategy in the abstract.

 

In today's episode: Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant podcast about it from the comfort of their living rooms. 

 

 

If you enjoy my work, you can find it exclusively at www.footballguys.com. An archive of links to past articles of mine is also available at my blog, http://dynastytheory...

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July 17, 2017 33 mins

Welcome to Fantasy Football, in Theory, a brand new fantasy football podcast dedicated to high-level fantasy strategy in the abstract.

 

What do you do when one of your cornerstone beliefs is suddenly called into question? In the quest to be right, what does it mean to be wrong?

In our quest to answer that question, we'll discuss stupid bar bets, obtuse statistical biases, overconfident basketball researchers, the history of the ph...

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Rivers McCown (@riversmccown) and Danny Tuccitto (@IR_DannyT) ran a podcast called the Three Cone Drill. Last August, they invited Sigmund Bloom (@SigmundBloom) and me on to discuss a sprawling array of topics, and the resulting conversation was my favorite that I've ever had about Football, or a number of other topics for that matter.

 

The Three Cone Drill podcast is now defunct, but Rivers and Danny have given me permission to r...

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Rivers McCown (@riversmccown) and Danny Tuccitto (@IR_DannyT) ran a podcast called the Three Cone Drill. Last August, they invited Sigmund Bloom (@SigmundBloom) and me on to discuss a sprawling array of topics, and the resulting conversation was my favorite that I've ever had about Football, or a number of other topics for that matter.

 

The Three Cone Drill podcast is now defunct, but Rivers and Danny have given me permission to r...

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August 16, 2016 42 mins

Welcome to Fantasy Football, in Theory, a brand new fantasy football podcast dedicated to high-level fantasy strategy in the abstract.

 

The 2007 San Diego Chargers were faced with a choice: part with one of the most successful coaches in NFL history, or with the hot GM who had figured out how to beat the NFL draft.

Today, we re-examine that choice with the benefit of hindsight. In our autopsy, we'll discuss John Bogle, Wyatt Earp,...

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Welcome to Fantasy Football, in Theory, a brand new fantasy football podcast dedicated to high-level fantasy strategy in the abstract.

 

Episode 2 continues our look at questions of size and how much it matters for NFL players. If you're curious about any of the essays cited, you can read them here:

I, Pencil, by Leonard Read - http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl1.html

On Being the Right Size, by J.B.S. Haldane - http://ir...

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July 29, 2016 16 mins

Welcome to Fantasy Football, in Theory, a brand new fantasy football podcast dedicated to high-level fantasy strategy in the abstract.

 

Episode 1 looks at questions of size and how much it matters for wide receivers in the NFL. If you enjoyed this episode and are interested in further exploring this topic, here are some suggested readings:

WR Size: Is It Valid Analysis, by Matt Waldman and Chase Stuart - https://mattwaldmanrsp.com...

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