[4] The initial idea came after Holloway and Wright had started a joke podcast for their own personal workplace league while all three were working in the video game industry in Arizona, discussing trades and ridiculing other members of their fantasy football league.

[4][6] In 2018, both Holloway and Moore featured in the top 10 most accurate fantasy experts on FantasyPros while staff writer Robert Waziak was ranked No.

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[16] In June 2018, Andy, Mike and Jason began a weekly spinoff comedy podcast called The Spitballers.

[17] During the 2019 season The Fantasy Footballers competed in several high-profile celebrity leagues including Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster's Sleeper Bowl featuring Zac Efron and Ninja,[18] and the NFL Network's own celebrity fantasy league which had a companion show hosted by NFL analyst Adam Rank.