All About Reality Presented by Reality Sports Online

Luke and Goody discuss a mock draft for superflex and 1 QB leagues based on the recent NFL draft. Obviously the top post is occupied. At what point are you trading out of this draft or Round 1? Where to pick QBs? Which WRs do you like? In a unique year where TEs were drafted high where do you take the leap in Reality Sports Online leagues (or do you?). All of these questions get answered on this podcast.

Rookies, rookies, rookies! Listen to Luke, Ryan and Goody dissect the 23 class for All About Reality and league implications for your Reality Sports Online rookie drafts (Superflex and standard). Also, where's the Mendoza Line where you want to sell off picks in this class from a tier perspective?

Luke and Goody discuss foundational pieces and contract values for startup auctions and suggests some deeper plays as well.

The trio is back for Season 6 of All About Reality. They talk about Ryan's historic two league wins including one taking over an orphan team in Pod Guest League, Goody getting caught in the hype of a historic comeback and all things 5th Year Rookie Options.

Luke and Goody are back searching for what's real after 3 weeks of NFL action. Is it James Robinson coming back successfully from an achilles tear? Is it C-Mac & DJ Moore seeming mortal in a moribund Panthers offense? The duo discuss RB volumes/the narrative about pass catching RBs, players they are finally out on, and how they use Air Yards/Target information to help aid their strategy.

In a very special 100th overall episode, Luke, Goody, and Ryan talk a million little fun things with noted actor, philanthropist, Titans superfan, and fantasy football enthusiast James Roday Rodriguez. Roday Rodriguez, best known for the hit shows Psych and ABC's current top drama A Million Little Things, sheds light on his acting career, the coolest things he's gotten to do as a Titans superfan and then breaks down SFB12 rosters and Reality Sports Online early auction values and chooses player contracts to build his ideal roster in this hallmark episode.

A special thanks to all the podcast guests, listeners, our co-hosts and fellow writers and Stephen, Matt, and Kyle for making All About Reality the great ride it has been and for the ability to play GM for the best fantasy platform around!

With Goody out for his first episode ever, Luke and Ryan talk early auction values and player contract building blocks. Check it out and don't miss our 100th episode coming up next with a huge special guest!

RSO and Washington Intervention Podcast Host Ryan Krauchick joins Goody and Luke to talk rookie drafts in depth. After a long period between episodes, all three catch up on the latest happenings including trade embargoes and stashing IR drama in the MLB.

Full Press Fantasy Podcast's Kyle Senra joins Luke and Goody who are back for Season 5 and a few short episodes away from their 100th overall to talk about the key strategic inflection points and decisions he made to go from worst to first in a shrunken cap and injury-filled season. The three then discuss RSO new history features on the website, preview a higher salary cap and key offseason storylines. Lastly, Goody drops the "most favored nations" promo code, the best RSO has available, good through the end of February.

Luke and Goody are back on opposite ends of the Teeter Totter in Championship Week with Luke unfamiliar with the sitting out the Championship and Goody finding himself surprisingly in the Writers League final after a string of injuries decimated his team.

The two share funny brother football stories and then proceed to go through all Week 17 games looking for players to start and sit for your Championship game as well as to trade for and future outlooks in the offseason, all through a Reality Sports Online lens as only they can.

The boys are back to discuss the questions they receive about the extension algorithm. Is it really that complex? What are the best ways to navigate with math what the best path forward is to protect league-changing players with the multi-year extension and franchise tag? Who are Luke and Goody wanting in start-ups as the top positional players shuffle? What are some of the great stories for fantasy in 2021 thus far?

Check out the latest All About Reality podcast to find out this and more. And don't forget to leave some 5 star reviews if you like the podcast. Either way, let's hear some feedback, folks!

Anand Nanduri, who has worked in the past with the NFL reviewing NFL transactions for the salary cap and is currently at RotoUnderworld, joins Goody and Luke to talk all things salary cap. How should one look at real-life NFL deals and what it means for Reality Sports Online? Which NFL deals for stars recently have been good ones? What should the Browns do with Baker Mayfield? What are some early extensions offers in RSO that our podcast likes? Check out the latest episode to find out.

Goody brings in long time friend and 9 year Reality Sports Online league former champion, former pod guest, and former NFL and Yahoo Sports Digital Media Executive Mark Pesavento to do some live analysis of the Friends of Reality Podcast Guest League 2nd Year Auction.

Find out what happened with several teams fighting the reduced NFL cap this year try to go after premium free agents. The participants of the league also chimed in with some of their key strategies, including day of auction trades, etc.

Participants include:

Luke Patrick, Reality Sports Online

Graham Barfield, Fantasy Points

Sal Leto, FF Funhouse

Tyler Buecher, FantasyGuru

Jaron Foster, Dynasty League Football

Kyle Senra, Full Press Fantasy Podcast

Kevin O' Brien, FF Engineer

Joseph Babalola, Fan

Bob Lung, Big Guy Fantasy

Kyle Dvorchak, NBC Sports Edge

Shaun Washko, RotoUnderworld

Ray Marzarella, RotoUnderworld

Fresh off their pod league bidding, Luke and Goody bring Drew Davenport of Footballguys.com on the pod to talk about bidding strategy for auctions, leveraging Drew's expertise at the 2020 Kings Classic Auction champion. Additionally, the hosts tap into Drew's background as a criminal defense attorney to discuss character concerns and how to navigate those on a multi-year platform like Reality Sports Online.

After a really long pause, Luke and Goody are back to talk offseason and in the spirit of hot temperatures in the PNW, talking hot takes for the upcoming season by position. As usual, strategy is discussed. Has the value for Trey Sermon and Michael Carter gone off the rails? Check out the pod for more.

Luke and Goody finally carved some time out of their dad schedules to talk about the Writer's League and Pod League rookie draft results. Who went higher/lower than expected? How polarizing is Michael Carter against some top flight WRs? Where to take Devonta Smith in 1QB leagues? We answer all that and more in this episode. 

Remember to hit up the Reality Sports Online Promo code for 15% of your favorite NFLPA and other sports wearable moments at BreakingT.com

Sly Johnson, former WR at Miami University and the Detroit Lions joins Luke and Goody to talk about the athletes he has trained since a young age and for the NFL Draft, including Ole Miss WR Elijah Moore, UNC RB Michael Carter, Louisville RB Javian Hawkins, Notre Dame TE Tommy Tremble and more. What makes them unique and what does Sly try to teach skill wise? Listen in to see what traits you may find in your next rookie draft pick gem.

Positivity has risen! Troy King of FF Confidential and FootballGuys.com joins Goody and Luke to talk about his Rookie QB Superflex rankings, the QB who will shape the draft and some other key draft decisions. The guys also debate where they'd pick Kyle Pitts in drafts and what RB landing spots are ideal.

One of the premier female and overall analysts in the fantasy space, Sam Holt (Fantasy Focused, One on One with Sam Holt, The Fantasy Debate) joins the All About Reality Podcast to talk about her beloved Steelers offense, the remaining free agent RB landscape, her surprise picks for Top 5 Tight Ends and more on this jam-packed podcast. Also listen for the new BreakingT.com promo code for now new NFLPA licensed gear!

Goody flies solo on this pod to discuss a deep dive of Superflex QB's based on RSO salaries with 4 for 4 Football's Salvatore Stefanile. The two also discuss advocating for others in the fantasy football space and initial thoughts about Clubhouse.

Drew Osinchuk, formerly of Player Profiler and Dynasty League Football joins Luke and Goody to talk rookies and talent evaluation using "Metrics That Matter". Goody and Luke foreshadow future episodes on what the NFL Salary cap decline does to the RSO league trade dynamic, especially with valuation of high salaried players.  Drew walks through his process of evaluating talent and who lands on his "Bulletproof" list. Check out Drew on YouTube and on the Bulletproof Fantasy Football Podcast.

John Bosch of many podcasts including his groundbreaking Fantasy Insanity Podcast, Dynasty Wall Street and DynastyGameNight joins look and Goody for the most enthusiastic and energy filled podcast in All About Reality's history.

John breaks down his value-based contract strategy, tells you why he's not giving running backs 4 year deals, and hits on the Carson Wentz trade as well before concluding talking about his amazing charitable Fantasy Eliminators and his famed Superpowers league.

And through the end of February, you can save 10% of your league rollovers, by going to Season 4, Ep 2 and listening for the promo code.

Pat Fitzmaurice of the Fitz on Fantasy Podcast and footballgirl.com joins us to talk about his process in being FantasyPros' #1 ranker for 2020. How does Pat think about player matchups, volume, etc? How does he look into offseason decisions on key players in a Reality Sports Online lens?

Also, if you listen carefully there may be a promo code in this episode.

Lastly, the three finish off talking about whether former Packers WR Sterling Sharpe deserves to be in the Hall of Fame and which lower tier QBs would Pat start a position player over in Superflex as of now.

The Friends of Reality Podcast Guest League champion, Kyle Dvorchak (Awesemo, PFF Fantasy, Rotoworld, diehardspod Exec Producer, RotoUnderworld) joins Luke and Goody fresh off his win. The three outline his build and strategy, which went with a derivative of Zero RB. 

Other topics include players who were most represented on RSO Championship rosters and a tease into the 2021 offseason.

Luke and Goody are back live mid-game of Thursday Night's Chargers/Raiders game to share what they've learned in 2020 and how they'd act differently in 2021.

Goody and Luke are back, talking playoffs, tanking etiquette, and players that will be keys down the stretch as key chess pieces in 2021.

Luke and Goody are back and talking key concepts at the trade deadline. For the first time, the duo talks about the fun and strategy involved with flexing QBs and their pass catchers in Reality Sports Online. Has Luke shifted paradigms on what he's willing to pay for Superflex QBs? What are moves that can put you as a prime contender at the deadline? Who's above replacement? Find out by listening.

Luke and Goody are back and talking dynasty trades and value with DLF's Josh Brickner. Is Josh jumping off the Baker Mayfield ship? What about JuJu who has seen his RSO extension offers plummet? 

The three talk about lots of players heading into Week 7 of the season.

After last week's live scoring issue based on the Reality Sports Online stats provider going down, COO Stephen Wendell joins Luke and Goody to give a behind the scenes on what happened, what the plan is for Week 6 and the messages he's received in the process.

In the second half, the three talk Le'Veon Bell to the Chiefs, some game theory and why going for it is the only option Stephen gives himself in his leagues.

In light of this being Week 5 and the first week that Reality Sports Online GMs can hand out multiyear extensions to players on their team, Luke and Goody bring along Nick Andrews, Bernard Faller and Ryan Krauchick to dish a little extensions game theory, strategy, and discussion around how to navigate the extensions process. A must listen before extensions lock with game action on Sunday, Monday, and now Tuesday.

The group that talks some COVID-19 risk-based lineup decisions on a weekly basis as well.

Following huge injuries to Saquon Barkley and Christian McCaffrey, and many others in Week 2, the boys are back with special guest Nando Di Fino, Managing Editor of The Athletic's Fantasy Sports section.

The three talk trades of stars, what's real after two weeks and what's not, and what makes The Athletic unique.

Luke and Goody get a late night jam session in to talk about some key things going on for Week 1 and season. Who are you starting Boston Scott/James Robinson over? What are you trading those players for? What do the big WR injuries mean (Deebo, Golladay, Sutton, Evans)? 

The two offer their thoughts on the takeaways from the Chiefs/Texans game as well with RSO implications. Lastly, they finish with bold predictions for the 2020 season.

The 12 team Friends of Reality Podcast Guest League did a Zoom call during the first half of their start-up salary cap league jumping into the Free Agent Contract Room to sign 75 players off the bat. See who industry faves gave big contracts to in this 1QB/2 RB/2 WR/1 TE/3 FLEX starting lineup league.

Participants include Graham Barfield, Sal Leto, Kevin O' Brien, Luke Patrick, Kyle Senra, Tyler Buecher, Shaun Washko, Ray Marzarella, Kyle Dvorchak, Kevin O' Brien, Bob Lung, and Jaron Foster.

The pioneer of the fantasy industry Matthew Berry from ESPN joins Luke and Goody to answer questions about his Fantasy Life, his most worthy opponents, and how he'd make some difficult salary cap based decisions that Reality Sports Online GMs face.

They talk Avengers Endgame, the benefits of having the Rotopass (with a special promo code for RSO GMs), and compare teams in the Sorry! Division of SFBX where Matthew and Goody are leaguemates.

Check this can't miss episode!

With auctions starting to happen and training camp underway, Luke and Goody welcome Shawn Siegele, famed Zero RB enthusiast and industry-wide contrarian to talk about his recent articles and strategies. Some topics include how to do Zero RB in Reality Sports Online, how to identify players at a discount who may perform equal/better than their higher priced peers, and what TJ Hockenson's value is in RSO Leagues.

RSO Founders Matt Papson and Stephen Wendell and Chief Technology Officer join Goody and Luke to take all questions regarding platform related options regarding COVID-19. How many games constitutes an RSO season per the platform? How does the contract tolling work for players like Damien Williams who have opted out? This and many other questions/scenarios are addressed for league commissioners and GMs to navigate how to best manage their teams/leagues in this unprecedented season.

Also, we introduce a new sponsor, Fantasy Points. Check out the podcast for a special offer for a discount on a Fantasy Points subscription.

Goody and Luke are back with Sal Leto, anchor of the SFBPodathon and the FF Funhouse Podcast. Sal announces some big news and the three talk about some offseason happenings, including players opting out due to COVID-19 concerns and his future involvement in the Friends of Reality Podcast Guest league.

The boys are back in town and recording another power-packed episode with Travis May, host of the newly-minted College to Canton podcast and long-time Rotoviz analyst and host. The three talk about the vaunted 2021 class and a Top 5 as of now, focus on devy strategy a bit and then pivot to dynasty strategy and Reality Sports Online topics, including potential turnaround players.

Luke and Goody, in the midst of being entrenched in their Scott Fish Bowl X drafts talk to the man himself, the great Scott Fish about Fish Bowl, Reality Sports Online, what makes the best Fish Bowl candidate, and Goody shares his experience in being in a league with ESPN's Matthew Berry.

Before that, Goody starts with an important message to our audience.

Jake Ciely of The Athletic joins Luke and Goody and breaks down a lot of players in terms of finding sleepers and value, most overdrafted players and his dynasty rankings, all in a Reality Sports Online lens. Then, the three talk a little bit of Scott Fish Bowl, how Jake got his start, and then Jake talks about one of his real passions: ranking cereal.

For those who haven't subscribed to The Athletic yet, go to one of Jake's articles for the 4th of July sale for 50% off and subscribe. This is the best deal around all year for The Athletic.

Goody and Luke are back talking 2020 rookie drafts and analyzing what's happened in the 2020 Writer's League Rookie Draft and the Podcast League as well. RSO stalwarts Bob Cowper and Bernard Faller, who had several first rounders in the Writer's League Rookie Draft, hop on to analyze and share strategy.

A special announcement takes place via #AnnounceThePick as we introduce Ryan Krauchick, an RSO GM behind the campaign, who hopped on the panel to discuss how this charitable movement came about and what organizations are involved as well as his rookie strategy.

In an episode named as an ode to an amazing Sneaker Pimps song, Matt Kelley, aka "The Podfather" from RotoUnderworld joins Goody and Luke to answer some of the toughest Reality Sports Online decision points. Should you pick up a $20MM 5th year rookie extension on Leonard Fournette, Dalvin Cook, and Joe Mixon? What are Matt's RSO building blocks? Russ on a veteran deal or Kyler on a rookie deal? Who would he actually trade Christian McCaffrey for?

Check out many of these topics and more on a jam-packed and high energy episode of All About Reality.

Goody and Luke are back with their most power-packed episode to date. Graham Barfield and Scott Barrett, co-owners and heavy analysis hitters from the newly created website Fantasy Points (Graham formerly of Fantasy Guru, NFL, Rotoworld, and Scott formerly of PFF) come on the podcast to talk about some of their latest work. The four talk about how upside wins championships, Graham's Yards Created, Sophomore breakouts at the WR position and Strength of Schedule analysis between 2020 and 2019 after reminiscing a bit about their numberFire days with Goody.

Luke and Goody had so much fun doing the single QB version of the start-up auction they decided to pivot to Superflex as well in their next episode based on listener feedback. How does the replacing a flex position with a Superflex position change strategies and valuations? How does their inclusion alter some of the other roster moves at the skill positions?

Check it out and also get some Dalvin Cook thoughts here too.

Luke and Goody, after a brief and measured hiatus, return to do something on air they've never done before. The two, using RSO recommended contract values as a guidepost along with dynasty rankings from Fantasy Points, Fantasy Pros and DLF, pick their ideal start up teams and hand out contracts.

They reveal their teams and contracts to each other blindly on the air which leads to some fun and real reactions for their fictional 12 team, 20 player rosters in a PPR league with the following lineup configuration and contracts:

QB,RB,RB,WR,WR,TE,FLEX,FLEX

4 year-  1

3 year - 2

2 year - 3

Post auction minimum extension 1

Taking a different direction, the boys interview Jamie Mottram, President of Breaking T, a sports apparel company that takes sports headlines/moments and makes apparel from them. Mottram, who has a long history of working in sports including creating USA Today's For the Win also talks about his sports interests and explains how he broke into Breaking T and how Breaking T has transitioned somewhat during this pandemic.

Also, through June 30th at Breaking T, if you want to #WearTheMoment, use promo code "REALITY15" to get a 15% discount on Breaking T t-shirts, hoodies, and now masks!

Luke and Goody are back, and one day post his birthday, a wiser Luke decides to follow the German custom of entertaining others on (or near) his birthday. The two co-hosts welcome, the best Samuel to come around since Samuel L. Jackson (sorry Curtis Samuel) in Rotoviz's Samuel Wallace. Wallace, who has cranked around 25 articles since the beginning of the year talks specifically about some post-draft veterans of interest, which players he wants to sell, and how he'd build his foundational pieces for a startup Reality Sports Online league.

Foot clan, assemble! Luke and Goody continue their torrid post-draft momentum bringing in Mike Wright from the Fantasy Footballers. Mixing in the perfect amount of fantasy vs. reality, the guys talk about Mike's experiences as well as sing the praises out of Rookie RB landing spots.

Brad Evans is Hall of Fame in our book (and in that of the FSWA as well!). The award-winning writer and host joined Goody and Luke to discuss The Future of Fantasy Football, Huevos Style! What does he see as where content is heading, analysis, etc? What are some crazy stories Brad has had happen to him over the years? Who does he like in the 2020 draft (including prop advice)?

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