The Sports-casters

Steve interviews Field Yates (00:15:48) from ESPN and ESPN Fantasy to talk about the evolution of fantasy football and the upcoming season. Steve and Field discuss the way fantasy football is changing, what it means to play in a standard league and what Field thinks it will mean five years from now. Field discusses the different ways you can play fantasy football and they ways he enjoys most. Finally, Field talks about the Fantasy Focus podcast after Matthew Berry, ranks the rookie quarterbacks, and assesses the impact of the Alvin Kamara suspension. Also, Aaron Schatz (00:59:26) returns to discuss the annual FTN Football Almanac. Aaron starts the interview explaining his departure from the company he created, Football Outsiders. Then, Aaron explains how FTN saved the 2023 Almanac and how it is different his year. Steve and Aaron go over the simulations based on DVOA and get into why the simulations love Dallas and Cleveland but despise Minnesota and Chicago. Last, Aaron makes the Chris Berman Super Bowl pi