27 JUN 2024 · The Auction Brief dives into the deep end of auction content in Episode 4 with an entire show devoted to making you better in your auction drafts. First, your host Drew Davenport walks you through the foundations of auction drafting as he builds on the first three backward-looking episodes to start pouring the foundation for your 2024 Auction House. Drew takes you through a birds-eye view of how you should start to orient your process and begin to train your thoughts for auction success. Then, in Discussions with Drew, the Auction Brief Listener League Champion Ryan Baas stops by to tell you how he took down one of the toughest auction leagues around. This is an episode that fantasy football auction drafters won't want to miss!

20 JUN 2024 · The Auction Brief success continues to build off of two huge episodes to start the summer. Episode 3 is no different as J.J. Zachariason joins the show to share his knowledge with you. But first, your host Drew Davenport starts the show by giving you his 7 Fantasy Football Commandments that you can use to play the game better. The, in Discussions with Drew, the Late Round QB joins the program and shows you why he is one of the smartest minds in the business. JJ dives into fantasy football game theory on drafting wide receivers, what running backs show the propensity for success, and so much more! Drew and JJ also discuss some of the tougher situations to parse this summer, including what to do with Zamir White, Javonte Williams, the Patriots' backfield, and the gridlocked Packers' wide receiver corps. They end their talk focusing on 4 guys that JJ is either fading or drafting in current drafts. You don't want to miss who he picked, and you don't want to miss another great episode of the Auction Brief!

13 JUN 2024 · The Auction Brief is fully underway as Episode 2 dives deeper into what we can expect from some big name players in 2024 and what lessons we should be heeding from 2023. Discussions with Drew welcomes guest Mike Clay from ESPN and the two break down what you should think about the Detroit backfield, the Miami backfield, and whether the prices on Bijan Robinson and Jonathan Taylor are appropriate. Then, Mike leaves you with 2 players he's fading and 2 players he thinks are values right now as we look at things in the middle of June. Before Discussions with Drew you don't want to miss your host walking back through his favorite lessons from 2023 and what they can teach us about how to succeed in fantasy football this year. It's another chock-full episode with actionable information in this week's dynamite episode of the Auction Brief!

6 JUN 2024 · Join your host, Fantasy Football Lawyer Drew Davenport, in the first episode of the summer for the Auction Brief! This episode is jammed full of actionable information to get your draft preparation off to a roaring start. The show begins with your host talking about three essential foundations of draft preparation for the season and how those are necessary for fantasy success, particularly in auctions. Then Drew breaks out a Legal Update on Rashee Rice, Dak Prescott, and Brandon McManus before launching into talk about what was right and wrong with his player evaluation process in 2023. Before wrapping up the opening segment, Drew spends time going over his biggest player hits and misses and what 3 lessons he learned from those results. Finally, Marcas Grant from the NFL Network hops on for Discussions with Drew and breaks down cloudy situations and players with difficult evaluations. Listen to conversations about the Bills WRs, the Bears' RBs, the Washington backfield, the Houston WR corps, plus Joe Burrow, Justin Jefferson, Derrick Henry, and many more! Don't miss this fantastic opening episode of the Auction Brief!

24 AUG 2023 · It's the moment the Auction Brief has been building towards all summer long. The Auction Manifesto: Everything you Need to Know about Auctions before your draft. Drew goes back over all the lessons from Season 3 of the show this summer and walks you step-by-step through an auction from the moment you start preparing to the moment you break it down after it's over. Your host leaves no stone unturned as he tells you how to prepare, how to start the draft, how to follow the flow, tips and tricks on bidding and nominations, how to grind in the room, how to read people and situations, how to spot inflection points, and how to finish your draft like a killer. It's all here in one episode. If you only have 90 minutes to prepare for your auction draft then this is the episode for you! Happy Draft Season! @DrewDavenportFF

17 AUG 2023 · The Auction Brief continues to go hard at prepping you for your auction drafts coming soon. Your host Drew Davenport is fresh off the King's Classic Expert Auction and he's got 4 Lessons you need to remember from his experience at the draft. But he doesn't stop there as he tells you his pre-draft strategy, whether he executed his plan, and then winds his way through the draft to give you the flow of the draft while pointing out when the inflection points hit along the way. You don't want to miss this recap of the King's Classic auction draft! Then on Discussions with Drew 4for4's John Daigle joins the show to hit all the hot topics of the moment. Can you trust Breece Hall? What do we do with Rhamondre Stevenson? Is Jonathan Taylor a buy low? And then, before signing off, Daigle runs through his flag plant guys, his fades, and his late round gems. It's all here on another information packed episode of the Auction Brief! @DrewDavenportFF @notJDaigle

10 AUG 2023 · The Auction Brief continues to try to get your ready for your auction drafts coming up fast! Your host Drew Davenport takes the Top 3 questions he's getting in his Inbox this time of the year and tackles each one in turn. First up it's a conversation about how he approaches Superflex Auctions, what percentage of his budge he uses, who he's targeting, and how many he's going to draft. Then your host talks about how you should think about choosing your keepers in your auction leagues. Drew takes you through the thought process that lets you decide who you should be keeping based on 4 different factors. Then finally, Drew builds off the idea of "Dropping the Hammer" from last week by talking about how you know you should be dropping the hammer, or not. After Drew finishes up, he then welcomes Howard Bender to the show for Discussions with Drew and the two of them hit big camp news and hype before playing a game of "Who would you rather?" with similarly priced players in ADP. It's another jam-packed episode of the Auction Brief to get you ready for your fantasy drafts. @DrewDavenportFF @rotobuzzguy

5 AUG 2023 · The Auction Brief can't be derailed for long. Your host Drew Davenport returns from illness to drop this week's episode a few days late.You don't want to miss this special 50th Episode of the Auction Brief that tells you how you can become a KILLER in the auction draft room. Drew first takes you through 4 ways you can focus on becoming a killer when you enter your draft room, including his breakdown on what to do with Market Price Enforcing and bidding people up. After that, Discussions with Drew welcomes Matt Schauf to the show and he delivers as he always does. The duo discusses the Chiefs WRs, the 49ers QB situation, Najee Harris, Jameson Williams, Sam LaPorta, and many more situations you're grappling with as you go to your drafts. Enjoy this very special episode of the Auction Brief and get ready to emerge as a killer! @DrewDavenportFF @SchaufDS

27 JUL 2023 · The last episode for the month of July hammers away at auction strategy with over 100 minutes on theory, concrete examples, and tips for success. Your host starts the show with his 9 Illustrations of Auction Concepts from a real auction draft room. This topic manages to blend the theories you've heard about for 3 years with actual circumstances from a mock draft room and how to use that information to make your auction game grow stronger. Then Drew welcomes 3 Listener League team mangers from last year to discuss their success in a tough auction draft room and what they're thinking about doing in 2023 to have another big year. Enjoy another fantastic episode of the Auction Brief as we roll into August! @DrewDavenportFF

20 JUL 2023 · The Auction Brief marks the eve of training camp with a deep dive into some players that have Asymmetrical Risk right now in drafts. These players are being drafted at or below their floors and have situations that have either remained the same or been improved and yet still aren't being drafted high enough. Your host walks you through 9+ targets he's looking at as we sit here at the official start of the 2023 NFL season with players reporting to camp. After Drew hits his favorite price inequities he then invites John Bosch, auction guru, into Discussions with Drew and the two of them have a deep, long, winding discussion through auction tips, tricks, and strategies they employ in auction rooms pulled from their hundreds of auction drafts. You don't want to miss this week's Auction Brief as we head into the height of draft season! @DrewDavenportFF