D-UP Lessons: What We Got Right (And Wrong) in 2025

D-UP Lessons: What We Got Right (And Wrong) in 2025

From The IDP After Show by The IDP Show

February 12, 2026 · 55 min

About this episode

The hosts reflect on the D-UP contest from 2025 and discuss strategies and lessons for the upcoming 2026 NFL season.

The Super Bowl is behind us, which means the 2026 NFL offseason is officially underway! While there are many things we are looking forward to, like free agency, the NFL draft, startup season, and then the redraft push, one of the highlights of IDP in 2025 was the D-UP contest by FastDraft . In this episode, hosts Scott Soltis and Jake Kohlhagen take a look back at D-UP 2025 with an eye towards this year’s contest. They share some observations from the inaugural year of this exciting product. Highlights include a discussion of the best configurations at the top of your drafts, whether we should interpret 2025 results with caution as we plan for 2026, the best slots to draft from, and whether young players (rookies and sophomores) are worth the risk in the D-UP format. The guys wrap up with some thoughts on what they hope to see in a 2026 version of the contest (and beyond). 0:00 Intro 4:41 Lesson #1: Nailing the top of the draft 11:13 Lesson #2: Scoring distribution 17:01 Lesson #3: Best spots to pick from 26:57 Lesson #4: Fading youth 34:53 Jake's wish for 2026 40:15 Scott's wish for 2026 Check out our free IDP trade calculator, powered by Adam's dynasty rankings…

People in this episode

Hosts: Scott Soltis, Jake Kohlhagen

Topics covered

  • IDP
  • NFL offseason
  • D-UP contest
  • fantasy football
  • draft strategies
  • player evaluation

Keywords

  • D-UP contest
  • fantasy football
  • NFL draft
  • free agency
  • draft strategies
  • rookies
  • sophomores

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FastDraft

Products: D-UP contest

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