What A Week

In this week's P.O. Box:

What a week for the best ball community.

In the span of five days, we:

• Partook in a massive (and mostly unproductive) debate about the future of the game, specifically regarding dynamic rankings tools and draft assistants

• Salivated over the release of the NFL Schedule &

• Celebrated the return of Underdog to New York

You can say a lot of things about best ballers—and, boy, have a lot of things been said this week—but you certainly can’t question our passion for the game.

I don’t have many words left in me after a long week, so today’s edition is going to be brief.

Before I get to the ICYMI, I did want to remind everyone about a Ship Chasing event we are going to host in Florida later this summer. More details are available in the Ship Chasing channel in the Deposit Kingdom Discord if you are interested:

🤓 FANTASY LIFE: Ranking Every Week 17 Game For Best Ball 2025. I ranked all 16 of the Week 17 matchups and shared my favorite correlation angles for each game.

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☕️ BEST BALL BREAKFAST: The Best Late-Round Picks In BBMVI Drafts. Neil Orfield joins as our special guest.

☣️ LOLZ: ETR’s Controversial New Best Ball Tool. A complete meltdown in the comments. Enjoy!

🚢 SHIP CHASING: The Best & Worst Week 17 Matchups. One hour of us brainstorming clever ways to remember Week 17 matchups. I’m sorry?

⏰ OFF & ON THE CLOCK: How To Attack Weekly Winners In 2025. Talked strategy for this unique Underdog best ball contest with Jon and Nez.

💪 THE SWOLECAST: Swoletime Assistance Tools. Kitchen returns from Hawaii with big time island vibes.

📈 ADP CHASING: How To Handle The WRs Rising Up Draft Boards. The crew reacts to the George Pickens trade and the ADP fallout.

🥃 DFS AFTER DARK: Life After Winning $8 Million. Scott Blumstein joined me to discuss life after the big WSOP win, not enjoying poker, searching for his next thing, and his spiciest best ball taeks.

Best Ball After Dark returns Saturday night (8:00pm et) with Michael Dubner from Rotoviz and LegUp. We’ll be discussing best ball fallout from the NFL schedule and draft a team.

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🐊 Book #4 for May (60%): Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner

My favorite part of this book might be the vivid descriptions of the Everglades. It reminds me a bit of the book we read last year about Teddy Roosevelt’s expedition into the Amazon, The River of Doubt.

The idea of these massive, unexplored areas that only the locals really understand and know how to navigate is a fascinating dynamic. Renner does a really good job of painting that scene.

🍌 Book #3 for April (COMPLETED): The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America’s Banana King by Rich Cohen
💉 Book #2 for March (FINISHED): Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe.
🐃 Book #1 for February (FINISHED): The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry

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