Yahoo Fantasy Forecast: Draft Edition

The Chargers and Austin Ekeler have roared back to life the last two weeks so no better time to identify the biggest fantasy bounce back candidates for the second half of the season with the L.A. RB and Matt Harmon in the latest edition of Ekeler's Edge.But first the two recap the Chargers dominant performance against the Jets on MNF and the bad beats caused by Ekeler's late TD. The two then discuss the significance of Chargers WR Keenan Allen eclipsing 10,000 career receiving yards and what makes him a special route runner.Harmon also gets Ekeler's perspective on Josh Dobbs' heroic performance for the Vikings in Week 9 and how hard it is for anyone to step in and play QB for a new team in a pinch. The two then update the Ekeler Invitational fantasy league where both got Ws in Week 9.The two end the show by identifying bounce backs candidates for the second half of the fantasy football season and providing their bold predictions for Week 10:3:52 - Recapping big MNF win over the Jets8:37 - Austin reacts to bad beats for his late MNF touchdown11:19 - Putting into perspective the greatness of Keenan Allen16:35 - Chargers being 'in the hunt' + Eyebrow-gate20:04 - The Chess Match that is football26:32 - Austin explains how insane Josh Dobbs performance was31:41 - Ekeler Invitational Update: Austin and Matt get the W34:17 - Austin's thoughts on Raiders rebirth39:15 - Second half bounce back fantasy candidates45:01 - Bold fantasy predictions for Week 10 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/

It's another Tuesday edition of the 'People's Panic Meter' as Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens go through your submissions to determine which guys we should be panicking about the rest of the fantasy season. Behrens also provides his top waiver wire pickups for Week 10:4:17 - 'Coping Corner'5:02 - Coping Corner candidate: Players who are coached by Arthur Smith17:53 - Dallas Cowboys RB Tony Pollard24:45 - L.A. Rams WRs Cooper Kupp + Puka Nacua28:51 - New York Giants (all of them)31:07 - Pittsburgh Steelers WR George Pickens35:28 - Seahawks offense (all of it)42:03 - Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson47:08 - Buffalo Bills QB Gabe Davis47:51 - Eagles skill players not named AJ Brown52:58 - Top 5 Waiver Wire adds for Week 10 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/

Week 9 was all over the place. We had an instant NFC East classic between the Eagles and Cowboys, a weird game in Germany between the Dolphins and Chiefs, and a Sunday night football clash that leaves more questions than answers for the Buffalo Bills. Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski go game-by-game and provide their instant fantasy reactions:0:54- BUF VS. CIN: Is it time to panic for the Bills? 13:06 - DAL VS. PHI: Will Tony Pollard ever be a thing this season? 22:45 - MIA VS. KC: Are the Dolphins frauds or is this Chiefs defense legit? 29:08 - SEA VS. BAL: Are Ravens Super Bowl contenders but not 'league winners'?35:07- MIN VS. ATL: Dobbs might be story of the year? Arthur Smith is not a good HC. 44:52 - TB VS. HOU: C.J. Stroud is a bonafide franchise QB50:44 - NYG VS. LV: How bad was Josh McDaniels as a HC? 55:30 - CHI VS. NO: Taysom Hill is a TE cheat code58:22 - WSH VS. NE: Time to buy into Sam Howell? 1:01:12 - IND VS. CAR: Bryce Young... yikes 1:03:44 - LAR VS. GB: This game was microcosm of QB issue 1:06:20 - AZ VS. CLE: We are going to forget this game happened 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/

What a weekend slate of games we have in Week 9. Joining Matt Harmon for our weekly fantasy viewer guide episode is Dalton Del Don. Harmon and Del Don tell you which games you need to binge, stream, and skip in Week 9:2:15 - Binge games:2:24 - Miami Dolphins vs. Kansas City Chiefs: Can Mahomes and company get back on track?9:05 - Seattle Seahawks vs. Baltimore Ravens: Which one of these teams is a true contender?17:22 - Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles: AJ Brown or CeeDee Lamb?24:30 - Buffalo Bills vs. Cincinnati Bengals: Joe Burrow might be ready for a real run30:58 - Stream games:31:00 - Minnesota Vikings vs. Atlanta Falcons: Which backup QB will be more functional?37:22 - Washington Commanders vs. New England Patriots:40:55 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Houston Texans: Can CJ Stroud bounce back?44:14 - Indianapolis Colts vs. Carolina Panthers: Breakout game for Jonathan Taylor?46:31 - L.A. Chargers vs. New York Jets: Time for Chargers to show they're serious48:41 - Skip games:48:50 - Arizona Cardinals vs. Cleveland Browns: How close are we to seeing Kyler Murray?52:14 - L.A. Rams vs. Green Bay Packers: It might be close to panic time for these teams53:12 - Chicago Bears vs. New Orleans Saints: Can Chris Olave finally get going?58:23 - New York Giants vs. Las Vegas Raiders: These teams are a disaster 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/

It's another edition of 'Stat Nerd Thursday' on the pod as Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don provide one stat you need to know for every time in the NFL heading into Week 9. The two also breakdown all the fantasy angles of the TNF matchup between the Titans and Steelers:1:05 - Arizona Cardinals3:26 - Carolina Panthers5:44- Chicago Bears6:55 - New York Giants9:46 - New England Patriots11:54 - Green Bay Packers13:45 - Indianapolis Colts16:00 - Las Vegas Raiders20:35 - Denver Broncos21:34 - L.A. Rams23:00 - Washington Commanders28:15 - Houston Texans29:12 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers30:35 - L.A. Chargers32:37 - New Orleans Saints35:15 - New York Jets36:17 - Cincinnati Bengals 38:55 - Atlanta Falcons40:27 - Minnesota Vikings41:50 - Cleveland Browns 43:52 - San Francisco 49ers 45:46 - Buffalo Bills47:49 - Seattle Seahawks48:29 - Dallas Cowboys50:50 - Jacksonville Jaguars52:35 - Baltimore Ravens53:57 - Detroit Lions57:19 - Miami Dolphins 58:12 - Kansas City Chiefs 1:05:14 - Philadelphia Eagles1:02:20 - TNF Preview: Steelers vs. Titans 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/

It's another edition of 'Ekeler's Edge' with LA Chargers RB Austin Ekeler and Matt Harmon. On this week's pod they discuss the Chargers big SNF win. While Ekeler had a big performance, he reveals one play he's still pining over.The two then discuss the Ekeler Invitational Fantasy Football league and how the Chargers RB keeps stacking up wins while the supposed 'fantasy expert' continues his losing streak. Harmon and Ekeler dive into the Ask Austin Mailbag and discuss the players you should consider trading away and trading for before the November 18th deadline on your fantasy teams.The two end the show by providing their three biggest fantasy surprises of the first half of the season and share their bold predictions for Week 9.0:36 - Are Matt and Austin participating in 'No shave November'?2:45 - Chargers, Ekeler get back on track5:45 - Ekeler Invitational update: Ekeler keeps winning, Harmon keeps losing10:55 - Ask Austin Mailbag: Who should you trade for and away?11:38 - Trade away candidates: Davante Adams + Chris Olave17:51 - Trade away candidate: Jahmyr Gibbs20:55 - Trade away candidate: Tony Pollard24:22 - Trade for candidate: Austin Ekeler27:37 - Trade for candidate: Javonte Williams30:51 - Midseason review: Austin and Matt share their top 3 fantasy surprises of the season38:49 - Bold Fantasy predictions for Week 9 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/

It's another Tuesday edition of the 'People's Panic Meter' as Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens go through your submissions to determine which guys we should be panicking about the rest of the fantasy season. Behrens also provides his top waiver wire pickups for Week 9:0:36 - Co-hosting today... Falcons HC Arthur Smith?4:48 - Big injury updates for Cousins, Bourne7:48 - Trade Deadline update10:12 - Coping Corner candidates11:11 - Candidate: Trevor Lawrence17:42 - Candidate: Dameon Pierce23:32 - People's Panic Meter23:59 - Tony Pollard33:04 - Non Elite QBs38:44 - Zay Flowers42:38 - Chris Olave49:10 - Vikings players after Cousins injury51:29 - Rams WRs: Puka Nacua + Cooper Kupp52:25 - CJ Stroud56:27 -Top 5 Waiver Wire pickups for Week 9 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 saw big name QBs suffer major injuries and a few WRs have massive fantasy performances. Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski go game by game and provide their instant fantasy reactions and implications from all of the Week 8 action on Sunday: 1:17 - CHI VS. LAC: Is this Chargers offense back on track? 5:39 - CIN VS. SF: Time to panic for San Francisco? Is Burrow officially back? 11:45 - PHI VS. WSH: Is Devonta Smith's fantasy slump over? 16:05 - LAR VS. DAL: CeeDee Lamb takes off but time for Pollard Panic? Stafford injury concerns24:08 - CLE VS. SEA: Is there a Browns QB that can support these skill players? 32:13 - ATL VS. TEN: What got into Will Levis? Time to bench Ridder? 38:22 - NO VS. IND: What's up with Chris Olave? 45:39 - BAL VS. AZ: Any sleepers on the Cards when Murray comes back? 49:48 - NE VS. MIA: Is this the Jaylen Waddle we can expect going forward? 51:36 - KC VS. DEN: Why we can throw away this game for the Chiefs 55:09 - MIN VS. GB: Where do Vikings go from here after Cousins injury?59:05 - JAX VS. PIT: Will this Steelers offense ever be reliable? 1:01:48 - HOU VS. CAR: Why Frank Reich can get a good night sleep now1:05:53 - NYJ VS. NYG: This game was rough 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/

It's the crossover episode you didn't know you needed! Joining Matt Harmon for our weekly fantasy viewer guide episode is his partner in crime at Reception Perception James Koh. Harmon and Koh tell you which games you need to binge, stream, and skip in Week 8. 2:45 - Binge games: 2:52- L.A. Rams vs. Dallas Cowboys: Potential fade game for Puka Nacua? 10:04 - Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: Is this the Calvin Ridley breakout game?17:34 - Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Francisco 49ers: The Sam Darnold show?22:45 - Stream games: 23:00 - Minnesota Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers: Two teams going in different directions 27:08 - New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins: Signs of life for Patriots, Mac Jones? 35:22 - Philadelphia Eagles vs. Washington Commanders: Do Eagles break sack record against Howell? 40:53 - Houston Texans vs. Carolina Panthers: Does Frank Reich live with QB regret? 44:29 - Cleveland Browns vs. Seattle Seahawks: Can PJ Walker run a functional offense? 48:42- Baltimore Ravens vs. Arizona Cardinals: When will we see Kyler Murray? 53:25 - Chicago Bears vs. L.A. Chargers: This a get right game for Chargers? 57:23 - Skip games: 57:33 - Atlanta Falcons vs. Tennessee Titans: Will Levis debut is... exciting? 1:00:35 - New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts: Matt does not like the Saints offense one bit1:05:30- New York Jets vs. New York Giants: Which backup QB do you trust more? 1:07:27 - Las Vegas Raiders vs. Detroit Lions: Do Lions bounce back in a big way? 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/

It's another edition of 'Stat Nerd Thursday' on the pod as Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don provide one stat you need to know for every time in the NFL heading into Week 8. The two also breakdown all the fantasy angles of the TNF matchup between the Bills and Buccaneers:2:06 - Carolina Panthers5:45 - Arizona Cardinals6:36- Chicago Bears8:48 - Denver Broncos12:04 - New York Giants 13:58 - New England Patriots16:45 - Green Bay Packers 18:48 - L.A. Chargers20:45 - Tennessee Titans 22:37 - New Orleans Saints 25:57 - Las Vegas Raiders28:25 - Minnesota Vikings30:13 - Indianapolis Colts 32:15 - Washington Commanders34:43 - L.A. Rams39:39 - Houston Texans42:32 - New York Jets43:09 - Cincinnati Bengals 44:59 - Atlanta Falcons46:32 - Dallas Cowboys47:53 - Pittsburgh Steelers50:12 - Cleveland Browns51:33 - Seattle Seahawks 53:40 - San Francisco 49ers (*recorded prior to Purdy news) 54:59 - Jacksonville Jaguars57:24 - Baltimore Ravens58:21 - Detroit Lions59:02 - Miami Dolphins 1:00:27 - Kansas City Chiefs 1:02:22 - Philadelphia Eagles 1:04:00 - TNF Preview: Bucs vs. Bills 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/