GM Jr. is a podcast about what makes a good football team. You would think this would be obvious to everyone, especially the 32 General Managers whose responsibility is to build the teams. Unfortunately, the importance of starting with a highly effective Offensive and Defensive Line seems to be beyond the ken of mortal understanding. Mediocre quarterbacks can win Superbowls behind a ridiculous Offensive Line that spends most of the game on the field because its ridiculously violent and murderous Defensive Line is firmly in the business of getting the ball back after three downs.

Frequently, Fantasy Football Teams are drafted based on the reputations or past performance of star players who may have had a career year the previous year or are touted as a game-changing, franchise-elevating, can’t-miss rookies. In the case of wide receivers, the vast majority of them have quiet rookie years as they adjust to the speed of the NFL – you need to remember the hype from two years ago to know who has a chance to be great, and most important is their ability to memorize the playbook and to run a route correctly.

Running backs can have an immediate impact, but their offensive line will tell you more about their chances for success than their college stats. Prototypical size and speed, being younger than 27, run-first offensive philosophy, ability to catch passes and the lack of a viable second option all combine to tell you what the future holds for a running back in the upcoming season.

Quarterbacks, kickers, tight ends and defenses all have their hallmarks for success in the upcoming season, and while strength of schedule can tell you a lot, how do you know whether that other team from last year will be anywhere close to as hard to beat this year? GM Jr. has a pretty good guess, and from predicting actual strength of schedule based on offseason successes or disasters, to knowing whether the Offensive Coordinator is about to completely waste 20% of a player’s career this year, GM Jr. will put you in the best position to absolutely crush your opposition.

You won’t be able to draft every player GM Jr. predicts will be great, but you’ll definitely be able to avoid the likeliest disasters and chuckle to yourself as your friends draft a tremendous bust followed by a complete zero. Every year can be destroyed by injuries, but GM Jr. will talk you through the best handcuffs and how to fill your bench with potential second-half heroes to hedge your bets.

There are no guarantees in life or in Fantasy Football, you may disagree with the thirteen-year-old, but write down what you were told to do at the beginning of the season and then look at who won your league and see if it matches up. More often than not, the basic building blocks that every general manager should know but doesn’t, prove out. Crush your friends, then rub their noses in the fact that a Seventh Grader told you how to beat them.