How to CRUSH Your ESPN Knockout League Draft

**Field Yates** (0:00)
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**Daniel Dopp** (0:59)
What's good, everybody? Welcome to Fantasy Focus Football, alongside Field Minister Yates and Michael Lester Clay Jr. My name is Daniel David Dopp. Here on a Wednesday with some Mew to Computers Field. Thank you for that. I did it earlier this week.

**Field Yates** (1:11)
I'm just going to blame Mike for that one.

**Daniel Dopp** (1:13)
I did it earlier this week. We got a very big show plan for today. We got a Knockout League Draft. We are diving into an 18-team Knockout League. We'll tell you about that and what it is in just a moment. But first and foremost, hello, my friends. How are you guys doing on this wonderful Wednesday?

**Field Yates** (1:27)
I'm doing great. Fired up for a Knockout League Draft. We have 18 teams. We are going to rip through this draft. And this is like all the friends. It's not just Fantasy Focus. It's people that you may know now as colleagues of ours.

**Daniel Dopp** (1:39)
That's right.

**Field Yates** (1:40)
From the NFL Network.

**Daniel Dopp** (1:41)
We're pumped for this.

**Mike Clay** (1:42)
I'm excited too. I'm going to do my best to knock both of you out in the first round here.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:46)
Before we get there, before we get there, let's not let that happen.

**Mike Clay** (1:50)
Maybe we should check out the rules and regulations.

**Daniel Dopp** (1:53)
Maybe we do a quick check out of the rules and regulations first, my friends. Here's how a Knockout League works. Welcome to a new format to ESPN Fantasy Football this year.

**Field Yates** (2:04)
Knockout style.

**Daniel Dopp** (2:06)
The Knockout format works similarly to a traditional Fantasy Football League. We'll draft your players, then set your line up each week. But there's one key change, and this is the most fun part of the format. At the end of each week, the lowest scoring team gets knocked out of the league. Done for the season. As you try to avoid this fate, each week, you can track your live results in the app, including alerts when you're in danger of being knocked out, or if you're not in any position to relax. The team knocked out has all of its players released into the free agent pool, available for anyone to claim alongside all of the usual weekly pickups. Consistent players are paramount, and fab budget management is critical. One knockout happens each week until season's end, when the final team to avoid elimination is crowned league champion. Can you last long enough to be the last team standing?
There you go, my friends, going to be a ton of fun. Who's here? Here is who we have in the league so far. Field Yates, David Presley, Matthew Bowen, Daniel Dopp, Mike Clay. Why is the draft order? So field is one. I'm four. Mike is five. Nothing like drafting right next to your best friends. Six is Michael Florio, seven, Cynthia Freeland, Eric Carabelle, Dan Graziano, and Tyler Fulgium. That rounds out the top 10
Adam Rank, Kiana Martin, Tristan Cockroft, our producers, Christina and Zach, Joe Fortenbaugh is at 15, Kevin Pulsifer, our guy from chat, Eric Moody. Follow him in chat at Eric and Moody. By the way, big news about Eric Moody coming up on tomorrow's show, something very exciting we're going to launch. And then our friend Liz Loza pulling up the rear field.
You are going to be the number one pick in our knockout league.

**Field Yates** (3:51)
We're not going to waste any more time or anything.

**Daniel Dopp** (3:53)
Let's get into it, baby.

**Field Yates** (3:54)
Nobody will be surprised. The conversation centers around Jameer Gibbs and Bijan Robinson. I'm going to go with Jameer Gibbs, who actually have ranked second. Very simple reason here. I like Gibbs matchup more in week one. That's reason one. Reason two, I have no shares of Jameer Gibbs so far this year because this is the first time I've gotten the first pick. There you go. So I now have Jameer Gibbs on at least one of my teams. There we go. Love that.