I think the free podcast is all you really need to gauge value and find prospects; its all I use, as long as you know Bloom's personality. I been posting here more than 10 years lurking for more than that. I pretty much know Bloom is going to love the Christine Michaels of the world so I discount his waiver % when hearing about it. Just look at all the posts on this board about Christine Michael, a guy with more pages on this forum site than carries for his career so you know the FBGs have been pushing him as their darling for years so you know any situation that changes for him will be interpreted as good for his value. Instead of seeing a guy that couldn't break out when given the opps, that couldn't beat out Turbin or Rawls for the backup position, basically cutting ties with him for a 7th round (Mr. Irrelevant type pick) they see a guy with a whole new world of opportunity in Dallas, and they might be correct, but remember that they been pushing this guy for years so any ambiguous changes are looked upon as good, where as if a guy like Sharc was traded to Dallas, they would shrug their shoulders and say, "they just want some added depth at RB, nothing to see here", when that is probably all Dallas was looking for from Christine Michael, which after seeing usage, (especially since the perfect storm occurred of Joseph Randle going down from injury) appears to be correct. If he was so good he would have taken over, not McFadden. But they apologize just as they did with Latimer over and over even in the face of reality, cos its "their guy". When McFadden goes down and they put another guy in or he doesn't produce they will have another excuse, "The line isn't giving him holes, the system isn't set up for his style," etc.
So the podcast is good as long as you can avoid the Cody Latimer type minefields, and I love the Gene Bramal segments. I pointed out just the few items that are bad, mostly its a very valuable show with likeable personalities. I tried some other podcasts for FFB and I couldn't stand listening to some of them, wont name them but it was horrible. I like to watch the film each week and when it jives with what Bloom is saying its good reinforcement that what I see is correct. When it goes against what I am seeing on tape then I usually take a closer look and if I still feel good about a guy, like I did West then I know I can get them for a "steal" because a lot of the guys in my league listen to FBG. Even if I didn't get West in the WW I could have traded for him most likely as Bloom suggested as the main strategy. The tough guys to get are the Christine Michaels or the guys Bloom fawns over for 20 minutes. Deangelo WIlliams would be impossible to trade for this week. As far as FBG is concerned, watch out for the 2nd coming of Bell 2.0. I see legitimate concerns.
I went on about the bad but the good is I usually hear about a guy that I didn't notice on film each week, usually if I am locked and loaded at a position like TE I don't pay as much attention to potential breakouts. I always scour for any RB activity because its such a value position with a lot of injuries so I focus on that when watching film more. I usually do this during my workouts as I don't have time to just watch film each week so I combine activities of watching/working out and usually not every game. This is the time I listen to the podcasts as well. I have to combine all activities in an hour or two and multitask. I think it works because it forces me to work out more during football season cos I want to watch the games. Sometimes I get so into it my wife informs me that I been working out for 3 hours, but its so fun that I don't even notice, that's how I like to work out, LOL. Some weeks I don't have time to fit them all in so I prioritize the games that have breakout talents playing. Anyway its always valuable to hear other points of views on players. I personally don't pay for the info, but I wouldn't put down others that don't have time or dedication to do all this. $30 a year can save you a lot of time if you don't enjoy the digging for prospects process (I do) and you will hit on 90% of what is available, but might not get those nuggets like Dion Lewis as no site was promoting him to even be drafted, let alone a RB1 in PPR.
