Andy recently jumped on the Fantasy Focus pod to discuss a variety of draft strategies with longtime friend and collaborator Liz Loza. They had a near-skirmish related to Rome Odunze, some sensible discussion of Trevor Lawrence and a fair dose of beverage talk. Honestly, there’s a lot going on here:

Per the usual, you can also find the episode on Apple or Spotify. Listen up!

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Per the usual, you can also find the episode on Apple or Spotify. Listen up!

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