Yahoo Fantasy Forecast: Draft Edition

We have a massive trade in early May to sink our teeth in to. Andy Behrens and Matt Harmon breakdown every angle of the George Pickens trade to the Dallas Cowboys. The two also reveal Yahoo staff's first mock draft of the 2025 season and it's full of surprises. From shocking early picks to critical questions about position depth and round scarcity, the two break down all the key takeaways.Is this the deepest year we've seen at the running back position? What happened to the mid-round wide receivers? Can you afford to wait until the late rounds to draft a quarterback? All important fantasy questions are answered in this jam pack pod. (1:50) - Fantasy fallout and ripple effect from George Pickens being traded to the Dallas Cowboys (21:40) - Yahoo staff mock draft 1.0 takeaway: RB depth is crazy this year(42:00) - Yahoo staff mock draft 1.0 takeaway: There is a huge WR drop off in the middle of the draft (54:15) - Yahoo staff mock draft 1.0 takeaway: Every league should switch to superflex format and here's why   Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tvAnd check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials:📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/

Now we have had time to set the fantasy rankings post-NFL Draft we got some beef with them. Dalton Del Don makes his return to the pod with Matt Harmon to share 15 rankings he has vastly different than expert consensus. In the first two segments, Dalton identifies 10 rookies that ECR is getting wrong and how you can take advantage of that. To end the show, Dalton and Matt discuss 5 veterans that are being ranked incorrectly heading into the summer.(3:30) - Dalton's Top 5 debates vs. Fantasy Pros consensus rankings: Rookie RBs(30:20) - Dalton's Top 5 debates vs. Fantasy Pros consensus rankings: Rookie WRs + TEs(49:05) - Dalton's Top 5 debates vs. Fantasy Pros consensus rankings: Veterans Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tvAnd check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials:📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/

We are officially in post-draft content season and now know where all the players have landed. It's also prime dynasty rookie draft season for many managers so no better time for a mock draft. Nate Tice joins Matt Harmon for a dynasty rookie superflex mock draft. The two alternate picks in a 12-team, 2-round mock and discuss some of the biggest debates in dynasty right now. Harmon and Tice touch on Travis Hunter's fantasy value and when it's the right time to take a dart throw on Jaxson Dart. (6:00) - 1st round picks 1-8: When should you take Travis Hunter? (33:20) - 1st round picks 9-12: Is it okay to gamble on Jaxson Dart this early in superflex? (47:40) - 2nd round picks 1-4: This one WR could be the best sleeper pick in the draft(59:30) - 2nd round picks: 5-12: Which sleeper RBs should you target here? Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tvAnd check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials:📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/

The NFL Draft is in the books and we decided to do something no one has ever done after the draft warps up. We decided to identify the biggest fantasy winners and losers from this year's draft. What a concept! Andy Behrens joins Matt Harmon to pick the guys that had the best landing sports and worst landing spots for fantasy in this year's draft. The two also 'stand on the table' with their boldest rookie fantasy predictions for 2025. (3:45) - Fantasy loser: Tyler Warren going to the Colts (8:05) - Fantasy loser: Rhamondre Stevenson after Patriots drafted TreVeyon Henderson (12:30) - Fantasy loser: Kevin Stefanski because that QB depth chart is YIKES (17:50) - Fantasy loser: Emeka Egbuka going to the Bucs(21:40) - Fantasy loser: Rome Odunze after Bears adding two weapons in draft (28:00) - Fantasy loser: Damien Martinez going to the Seahawks (30:25) - Fantasy winner: Carolina Panthers passing offense (36:35) - Fantasy winner: Quinshon Judkins to the Browns (39:45) - Fantasy winner: Terrance Ferguson going to the Rams(43:00) - Fantasy winners: Drake Maye and Kyle Williams (46:40) - Fantasy winners: Isaac Teslaa going to the Lions(51:40) - Fantasy winners: Bhayshul Tuten going to the Jaguars(55:50) - Fantasy winners: RJ Harvey going to the Broncos (1:00:10) - Stand on the table: Harmon and Behren's bold rookie predictions   Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tvAnd check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials:📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/

Why did Shedeur Sanders fall out of the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft? Nate Tice, Matt Harmon and Charles McDonald share their perspectives on the polarizing QB prospect as they break down all of the drama from day 1 of the draft. Then, they move on to some superlatives. Who are their favorite picks? Who are their least favorite picks? And is it really possible for Travis Hunter to play both ways for the Jacksonville Jaguars? They break it all down on a very special crossover episode.(2:15) - Shedeur Sanders falls to day two!(8:55) - Biggest surprises from the first round(20:50) - Favorite first round picks(27:30) - Least favorite first round picks(50:15) - Best players still available(56:10) - Things we want to see on day two Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tvAnd check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials:📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/

Andy Behrens joins Matt Harmon live for our official final preview of the NFL Draft. Instead of your run of the mill mock draft, the two ‘wish cast’ their favorite fantasy fits for the top QB, RB, WR and TE prospects in this year’s draft class. In secret list style, the two hosts go back and forth on each prospect and share their favorite landing spots that would maximize each prospects' fantasy potential.(4:25) - Cam Ward(9:15) - Shedeur Sanders (15:30) - Jaxson Dart (21:15) - Jalen Milroe (28:00) - Tyler Warren (32:40) - Colston Loveland (37:05) - Ashton Jeanty (42:50) - Omarion Hampton (47:05) - TreVeyon Henderson(51:10) - Quinshon Judkins (52:55) - Kaleb Johnson (56:35) - Damien Martinez (59:10) - Cam Skattebo (1:02:30) - Travis Hunter (1:06:00) - Tetairoa McMillan (1:11:22) - Matthew Golden (1:14:25) - Emeka Egbuka (1:17:20) - Luther Burden III (1:21:15) - Jaylin Noel (1:23:15) - Jayden Higgins(1:25:55) - Jack Bech  Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tvAnd check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials:📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/

Draft week is FINALLY here and we kick things off with a banger of a Mock Draft Monday. The Athletic's Dane Brugler joins Matt Harmon for the final installment of the series as he shares his five favorite fits from his latest seven-round mock draft. Brugler also shares his 'Stand on the Table' prospect and it's a WR Harmon thinks could be the best pick to make on day two of the draft. (2:30) - Revisiting Dane's 2024 Mock Draft Monday picks (5:05) - Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty - Jacksonville Jaguars(14:15) - Arizona WR Tetairoa McMillan - New Orleans Saints (22:35) - Oregon DT Derrick Harmon - Cincinnati Bengals (27:45) - Michigan CB Will Johnson - Green Bay Packers(34:45) - Ohio State WR Emeka Egbuka - Washington Commanders(41:10) - Dane's Stand on the Table prospect: Iowa State WR Jaylin Noel Download the Yahoo Sports app to participate in the new NFL Draft Experience! Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tvAnd check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials:📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/

We are ONE WEEK AWAY from the NFL Draft. We put a bow on our Draft Deep Dive series by looking at the TE and OL class with Matt Harmon and Charles McDonald. Can anyone have a Brock Bowers type instant impact in this year's Draft? The two debate if the first round TE prospects could be instant fantasy contributors. In this episode of the pod the two dive into Tyler Warren, Colston Loveland, Mason Taylor, Elijah Arroyo, Harlod Fannin Jr. and the top offensive line prospects in this year's draft: (4:35) - Can we compare or expect any rookie TE to repeat Brock Bowers' instant success? (8:10) - Tyler Warren: Strengths, weaknesses, player comps and best fits (20:15) - Colston Loveland: Strengths, weaknesses, player comps and best fits (28:15) - Mason Taylor: Strengths, weaknesses, player comps and best fits (33:30) - Elijah Arroyo: Strengths, weaknesses, player comps and best fits (37:10) - Harold Fannin Jr: Strengths, weaknesses, player comps and best fits (42:45) - Other day 2-3 TE prospects to note (46:55) - Will Campbell: Strengths, weaknesses, player comps and best fits (52:25) - Armand Membou: Strengths, weaknesses, player comps and best fits (55:55) - Kelvin Banks Jr: Strengths, weaknesses, player comps and best fits (57:25) - Josh Simmons: Strengths, weaknesses, player comps and best fits (1:01:55) - Other top OL prospects to noteDownload the Yahoo Sports app to participate in the new NFL Draft Experience! Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tvAnd check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials:📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/

We are so close to the NFL Draft we can taste it. To wrap up our 'Teams that will shape the NFL Draft' series, The Ringer's Danny Heifetz joins Matt Harmon to do a deep dive on the teams that we have no clue what they plan on doing in this year's draft. Harmon and Heifetz look at the Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers, New Orleans, Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers in the pod to determine what their plan of action could be in the draft. The two end the pod by making some wild predictions for next week's draft. (3:20) - Team we can't quite figure out: Miami Dolphins (14:35) - Team we can't quite figure out: New York Jets(23:15) - Team we can't quite figure out: Indianapolis Colts (30:50) - Team we can't quite figure out: Pittsburgh Steelers(39:05) - Team we can't quite figure out: New Orleans Saints (47:30) - Team we can't quite figure out: Chicago Bears(56:00) - Team we can't quite figure out: San Francisco 49ers(1:03:50) - Who is this year's Michael Penix pick? (Wildest predictions for this year's draft)  Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tvAnd check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials:📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/

Another edition of 'Mock Draft Monday' rolls onto the pod feed as ESPN's Jordan Reid joins Matt Harmon to share his five favorite fits from his latest mock draft and reveals the prospect he'd 'stand on the table' for in this year's draft. Reid previews his upcoming 7-round mock draft and highlights one RB he thinks will be the steal of the draft on day three.(3:15) - Colorado WR/DB Travis Hunter - Cleveland Browns (10:15) - Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty - Las Vegas Raiders(16:00) - Jordan Reid shares his favorite deep sleeper RB target on day 3 (17:35) - Missouri OT Armand Membou - Jets(21:45) - Ohio State RB TreVeyon Henderson - Commanders(26:45) TCU WR Jack Bech - Rams (31:30) - Jordan's stand on the table prospect: Ole Miss DT Walter Nolen  Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tvAnd check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials:📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/