Yahoo Fantasy Forecast: Draft Edition

Matt Harmon is joined by Andy Behrens for a wrap-up of the news heading out of Week 8 and into the NFL’s Week 9. The guys break down some injury updates and recap the Buffalo Bills’ win over the Green Bay Packers before diving into some waiver wire pickup recommendations.Justin Fields probably leads the pack of waiver pickups for this week, but there’s a surprisingly frisky group of TEs to consider and it’s time to start stashing RBs for the run up to the fantasy football playoffs.Lastly, the guys tell you who you can safely drop from your fantasy roster, who you should hold on to (loosely) and which guys you should get on your roster early before they start putting up good fantasy numbers.01:10 NEWS / Rashod Bateman will miss a few weeks with a foot injury06:15 NEWS / Cooper Kupp is “day to day” with sprained ankle08:00 Andy Reid says working WR Kadarius Toney into Chiefs offense will be “gradual process”12:40 NEWS / LB Roquan Smith traded to the Baltimore Ravens13:40 NEWS / Vikings TE Irv Smith suffered high ankle sprain15:10 Bills 27, Packers 1726:20 Waiver Wire Pickups: Running Backs37:35 Waiver Wire Pickups: Wide Receivers48:30 Waiver Wire Pickups: Quarterbacks54:10 Waiver Wire Pickups: Tight Ends57:30 Drops61:20 Hold On Loosely64:45 Getting In Early67:40 Treviso Babes UpdateCheck out all the episodes of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts 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/

Matt Harmon is joined by Scott Pianowski to provide a recap of Sunday’s Week 8 NFL action with an eye towards fantasy football.After a few down weeks for some of fantasy’s brightest stars, this week included some huge games from newly acquired Christian McCaffrey, Derrick Henry against a division rival, Tony Pollard in place of Ezekiel Elliott, Alvin Kamara (who is now QB dependent), D’Onta Foreman and A.J. Brown. Many of them ended up in the end zone three times on Sunday.Matt and Scott talk through the games, debating where both Tyreek Hill and Jonathan Taylor would go if fantasy football drafts happened today, and thank D.J. Moore and Terry McLaurin for returning to fantasy relevance.02:25 49ers 31, Rams 1408:40 Cowboys 49, Bears 2916:00 Broncos 21, Jaguars 1721:40 Vikings 34, Cardinals 2625:45 Seahawks 27, Giants 1330:15 Dolphins 31, Lions 2735:45 Saints 24, Raiders 041:55 Falcons 37, Panthers 3448:30 Patriots 22, Jets 1755:10 Eagles 35, Steelers 1362:55 Titans 17, Texans 1065:40 Commanders 17, Colts 16Check out all the episodes of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts 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/

Matt Harmon is joined by Scott Pianowski and Frank Schwab, who are chock full of movie quotes and references in this very fun fantasy football preview of the NFL’s Week 8 slate of games.The podcast kicks off with all three guys giving their takeaways from the trade that sent WR Kadarius Toney from the New York Giants to the Kansas City Chiefs.After that, the guys discuss everything and anything, including whether or not D.J. Moore’s fantasy value is rising, where Josh Allen would go if leagues redrafted today, how to unsubscribe from Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos, and why Christian McCaffrey changes everything for the San Francisco 49ers.Since Scott and Frank used to host the betting pod, they use the opportunity to give out some of their favorite (and least favorite) lines to put money on this week.02:40 NEWS / WR Kadarius Toney traded from NYG to KC09:55 San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams14:20 Chicago Bears at Dallas Cowboys19:20 LONDON: Denver Broncos vs. Jacksonville Jaguars23:20 Arizona Cardinals at Minnesota Vikings28:14 New York Giants at Seattle Seahawks32:50 Miami Dolphins at Detroit Lions38:00 Las Vegas Raiders at New Orleans Saints43:40 Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons48:55 New England Patriots at New York Jets52:39 Pittsburgh Steelers at Philadelphia Eagles56:15 Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans59:05 Washington Commanders at Indianapolis Colts65:05 SNF: Green Bay Packers at Buffalo Bills72:50 MNF: Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland BrownsCheck out all the episodes of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts 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/

Trying out a new format, Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don get together and come up with one interesting stat for all 32 NFL teams.Find out why Chris Olave might be on the Justin Jefferson trajectory, how the Bengals fixed their offense, why DeAndre Hopkins’ usage was different in his first week back, who Aaron Rodgers should give his MVP Award to, what the Buccaneers offense is doing wrong, why Daniel Jones and Justin Fields are better fantasy QBs than you think and a lot more.The guys also preview the Thursday night matchup between the Bucs and Ravens, and discuss if Baltimore’s rushing identity has returned for real and why they were forced to adjust.05:05 Philadelphia Eagles07:20 New York Giants10:30 Buffalo Bills13:30 Minnesota Vikings15:15 Dallas Cowboys17:45 Kansas City Chiefs20:20 New York Jets24:45 Tennessee Titans26:00 Cincinnati Bengals30:00 Los Angeles Chargers33:00 Miami Dolphins33:55 Seattle Seahawks35:15 Indianapolis Colts37:10 Los Angeles Rams39:00 Arizona Cardinals40:25 Atlanta Falcons42:00 Chicago Bears43:15 Green Bay Packers46:25 New England Patriots46:55 San Francisco 49ers50:40 Washington Commanders51:20 Las Vegas Raiders52:20 Carolina Panthers53:15 Cleveland Browns54:25 Denver Broncos56:40 Jacksonville Jaguars57:00 New Orleans Saints58:20 Pittsburgh Steelers58:45 Houston Texans59:30 Detroit Lions60:15 TNF PREVIEW: Baltimore Ravens at Tampa Bay BuccaneersCheck out all the episodes of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts 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/

Heading into his bye week, Los Angeles Chargers RB Austin Ekeler joins Matt Harmon to break down the trades of James Robinson to the New York Jets and Christian McCaffrey to the San Francisco 49ers before talking about his own performance against the Seattle Seahawks and what he saw from rookie RB Ken Walker.After going through the Ask Austin mailbag, the guys play a Halloween-theme game of “Trick or Treat” with some RBs that had surprisingly good week 7 performances to predict if they will keep it up or come crashing back to Earth in the coming week.03:00 NEWS / RB James Robinson traded to the Jets09:15 NEWS / RB Christian McCaffrey traded to the 49ers14:25 Seahawks 37, Chargers 2325:18 Ask Austin mailbag38:10 Trick or Treat RBs41:15 Trick or Treat: D’Onta Foreman42:40 Trick or Treat: Raheem Mostert43:25 Trick or Treat: Travis Etienne44:45 Trick or Treat: Gus Edwards47:40 Trick or Treat: Eno BenjaminCheck out all the episodes of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts 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/

Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens try and solve the Week 8 waiver wire for fantasy football managers, but first they go through all of the news of the day.First, the guys discuss Matt Ryan's benching in Indianapolis and what it means for Michael Pittman and Alec Pierce to have Sam Ehlinger as their QBThen, the guys talk about the Breece Hall injury and what it means for the Jets (this part of the podcast was recorded before the James Robinson trade was announced).The guys also discuss David Njoku's recovery timeline and DK Metcalf's impact on the Seahawks offense before getting to a few recommendations on the waiver wire for each position and recapping the Sunday night game between the Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers.Finally, the guys provide fantasy managers with players to drop, guys to "hold on loosely" and an update from the Treviso Babes league.Check out all the episodes of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts 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/

Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski go through all of the weekend games from Week 7 in the NFL and discuss the best fantasy performances, the disappointments, and the news that fantasy managers will have to adjust for.Scott starts out the show apologizing for being wrong about Gus Edwards, who had a nice week as the Baltimore Ravens starting RB, and firing back at Twitter trolls.After discussing how offense is down, defenses are winning, and fantasy studs are missing out on touchdowns to unknown guys that usually sit on the bench, Matt and Scott at least agree that it was really fun to see the Cincinnati Bengals offense take flight again and to watch Patrick Mahomes have such a great game against a good San Francisco 49ers defense.As thy go through the games, and discuss the frailty of aging QBs like Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady, the guys keep coming back to the same question: Who is more likely to fix their team, the Green Bay Packers or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?00:50 Scott on Gus Edwards / Kenyan Drake05:00 Lots of major injuries this week, not a lot of offense08:45 Chiefs 44, 49ers 2316:45 Seahawks 37, Chargers 2323:35 Ravens 23, Browns 2029:20 Bengals 35, Falcons 1735:45 Jets 16, Broncos 940:35 Cowboys 24, Lions 644:00 Commanders 23, Packers 2150:50 Panthers 21, Buccaneers 358:50 Giants 23, Jaguars 1762:20 Raiders 38, Texans 2066:35 Titans 19, Colts 10Check out all the episodes of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts 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/

Matt Harmon kicks off the show with the late-breaking news that the Carolina Panthers have traded star RB Christian McCaffrey to the San Francisco 49ers.After that, we dig into the meat of the show, where Matt is joined by Andy Behrens and Dalton Del Don to preview all of the Sunday and Monday games for week 7 in the NFL.The guys predict that the week’s best fantasy RB performance would come from the Chargers/Seahawks game, whether that’s from Austin Ekeler or Ken Walker, and discuss how the Baltimore Ravens offense will change when Rashod Bateman returns from injury.There’s also a lot of conversation around offenses that seem to be making positive mid-season adjustments, like the Bengals and Colts, and what it could mean for the fantasy players on those teams going forward.00:00 BREAKING: RB Christian McCaffrey traded to the San Francisco 49ers6:30 Kansas City Chiefs at San Francisco 49ers13:00 Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Chargers16:50 Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens22:00 Atlanta Falcons at Cincinnati Bengals25:25 Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans32:50 Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys40:10 Green Bay Packers at Washington Commanders46:15 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers51:50 New York Giants at Jacksonville Jaguars56:45 Houston Texans at Las Vegas Raiders62:10 New York Jets at Denver Broncos67:30 SNF: Pittsburgh Steelers at Miami Dolphins71:25 Chicago Bears at New England PatriotsCheck out all the episodes of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts 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/

Matt Harmon is joined by Dalton Del Don for another episode of Stat Nerd Thursday. The guys spend a long time batting around ideas of why offense is down across the league and how it could end up changing what we think we know about fantasy football before diving into stats about Seattle Seahawks RB Ken Walker, the San Francisco 49ers target share, and the Kansas City Chiefs passing game.They also kick off the show with a roundup of news, including some injury concerns for Amon-Ra St. Brown, D’Andre Swift and Jaylen Waddle, and provide a little peek into their own week 7 rankings.01:10 Update on Dalton’s preseason bets07:15 Love Smith: Houston Texans RB Dameon Pierce needs to get at least 20 carries a game09:20 Detroit Lions RB D’Andre Swift and WR Amon-Ra St. Brown getting healthy11:15 Miami Dolphins are optimistic WR Jaylen Waddle will play vs. PIT15:45 Baltimore Ravens sign WR DeSean Jackson to practice squad18:45 Los Angeles Rams RB Kyren Williams’ role when he returns from IR21:40 Green Bay Packers WR Sammy Watkins designated to return from IR23:40 Total team scoring is down this year29:00 QBs have not been very good35:05 San Francisco 49ers target share38:20 Baltimore Ravens RB Kenyan Drake 35.7% rushing success rate the last two weeks39:40 Seattle Seahawks RB Ken Walker got 70% of the team carries in Week 642:50 The Kansas City Chiefs are the only team with a neutral pass rate over 60%47:45 Thursday Night Football preview: New Orleans Saints at Arizona Cardinals (-2)Check out all the episodes of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts 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/

This week on Ekeler’s Edge, Matt Harmon and Los Angeles Chargers RB Austin Ekeler talk about the team’s overtime win over the Denver Broncos on Monday night and chat about the Broncos backfield situation, as well.The guys then break open the “Ask Austin” mailbag and Austin answers questions about other positions he would like to play, the mentality of a player who has gotten benched, and what not to do when you want to be traded (looking at you, Robbie Anderson).Finally, the guys are joined by WWE superstar The Miz, who is obsessed with fantasy football and comes ready with questions about the RB situations with the Rams and Ravens (with a surprise podcast appearance from his daughter).Check out all the episodes of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts 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/