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It was a Wild Card weekend that saw shocking blowouts, a thrilling finish in Detroit and ripple effects that will shape the NFL offseason. In part one of our Wild Card Weekend recap pod, Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski breakdown the four games from Saturday and Sunday. The two begin debating what this playoff run means for the Detroit Lions and what the future looks like for the Rams and Puka Nacua. Harmon and Pianowski then discuss the debacle in Dallas and debate if this is the end of Mike McCarthy's tenure as Cowboys head coach. They finish the pod by recapping the two Saturday matchups and debate if CJ Stroud is already a top 5 QB in his rookie year and if the Dolphins have reached their ceiling with Tua: 1:10 - Lions vs. Rams: Putting into context what this game meant for Jared Goff and the city of Detroit21:40 - Cowboys vs. Packers: Why Dak isn't going anywhere but another HC could be on the way in Dallas39:05 - Texans vs. Browns: Putting perspective on a historic rookie year by CJ Stroud 51:10 - Chiefs vs. Dolphins: Is this Miami's ceiling with Tua as their QB? 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 wild week it's been in the NFL (and football in general). We saw titans of the game in Pete Carroll and Nick Saban retiring from coaching while the Patriots parted ways with Bill Belichick after a 24-year marriage. Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don dive into all the coaching news and preview a stacked Wild Card weekend slate.To start the show, the two play matchmaker with the head coaching vacancies and top candidates. Both discuss if there's a team not currently on the board, and playing this weekend, that could make sense for Belichick.Combining our viewer's guide and star nerd format, Harmon and Del Don break down all six games this weekend and provide the data and matchups you need to know heading into the weekend. The two then end the show by providing their favorite bets to place in the Wild Card round:0:45 - Reacting to the wild coaching news this week3:05 - Head Coach Matchmaking game19:13 - Wild Card Weekend Preview: Viewers Guide + Stat Nerd19:45 - Browns @ Texans: Are we expecting a repeat performance from Flacco and Amari Cooper?30:33 - Dolphins @ Chiefs: Can Miami win in a historically cold environment?37:20 - Steelers @ Bills: Can Pittsburgh turn this into a sloppy game?45:44 - Packers @ Cowboys: Should we expect offensive fireworks from both teams?53:57 - Rams @ Lions: Which team is primed to take advantage of advantageous matchups1:00:58 - Eagles @ Buccaneers: Can Baker Mayfield light up this defense?1:06:42 - Matt and Dalton's favorite bets of the weekend1:09:55 - Matt and Dalton's Super Bowl 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/

The playoff field is set and Wild Card Weekend is going to be must watch television. Or in the case of Dolphins- Chiefs, a must stream on Peacock. But before we dive into the postseason later this week, Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens put one final bow on the regular season and give out their 2023 fantasy awards. However, the awards, like any pod with Behrens, goes not how you'd traditionally think:1:44 - Initial thoughts on Wild Card Weekend slate2:15 - Harmon is stunned at the Wild Card Peacock game bashing8:51 - Quick thoughts on teams that just missed playoffs: Jaguars, Colts, Seahawks11:05 - Black Monday firings: Ron Rivera, Arthur Smith and Panthers mess21:28 - Yahoo Fantasy Football Award Show22:34 - 'The Juice Squeezer' aka the Shane Steichen Award (Coach of the Year)28:05 - 'The Bad Bartender' aka the Arthur Smith Award (Worst coach of the year)34:22 - The 'What If Wonder' aka Garrett Wilson award40:48 - 'Diamond in the rough' aka the Puka Nacua Award48:43 - The 'Death Star Defense' aka the Cleveland Browns D/ST Award51:31 - 'The Roller Coaster' aka the Gabe Davis Award57:05 - 'The YFFer' aka Christian McCaffrey Award 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/

Hopefully your fantasy league has wrapped up by now given the chaos and uncertainty that Week 18 brings. With that said, there's still plenty of intriguing storylines in the regular season finale. Matt Harmon and Jorge Martin go game-by-game to identify which matchups to binge, stream and skip in Week 18:4:00 - Binge games4:05 - Texans @ Colts: Which team has a brighter future? 10:55 - Bills @ Dolphins: Is Miami healthy enough to win this game?19:15 - Jaguars @ Titans: Will Jacksonville complete the all-time collapse?24:55 - Bears @ Packers: Chicago can pull off the upset 30:50 - Stream games (these games matter) 31:25 - Steelers @ Ravens: Will Pittsburgh waltz to a win?35:15 - Buccaneers @ Panthers: We need Tampa Bay to win the south36:55 - Cowboys @ Commanders: Is Washington tanking for No. 2 pick?39:35 - Seahawks @ Cardinals: Seattle is on upset alert 43:55 - Falcons @ Saints: This game matters in a really weird way 49:33 - Stream games (they matter... sort of)49:38 - Rams @ 49ers: Sickos will watch Darnold vs. Wentz53:48 - Eagles @ Giants: Does Philly rest key guys?55:20 - Vikings @ Lions: Minnesota needs a miracle 58:30 - We try to say one nice thing about the Skip games this week 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/

For the final regular season edition of 'Stat Nerd Thursday' we decided to open up the Yahoo Fantasy vault and share the internal stats and data that tells the story of the 2023 fantasy football season. Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don use Yahoo Fantasy's internal stats to answer some of the biggest questions of the season:Who were the true league winners? Who were the heroes of the waiver wire this season? Who out-kicked their preseason rankings? Who did the complete opposite and busted in 2023? Which position in the draft had the most success this year? Which draft strategy in the first two rounds was the best, which was the worst?The two go through all the data and stats to see what lessons we can learn and take into next year:1:40 - Who's playing QB this weekend?!2:52 - Programming note: Two pods a week starting next week3:10 - Final Stat Nerd Thursday: Deep dive on internal Yahoo fantasy data3:55 - League Winners: Here are the top 14 players on championship teams4:57 - Lessons to learn from Kyren Williams + Puka Nacua11:26 - QB 'league winners': Josh Allen + Jalen Hurts15:43 - Lessons to learn from Rachaad White and RB dead zone19:11 - The 10 most added players on the Waiver Wire this season22:23 - Top 5 players of first place teams (regular season)25:50 - These are the players that severely out kicked their pre-season rankings44:31 - Here are the top 10 players on last place teams48:59 - Players that severely underperformed preseason rankings56:46 - Which draft position was the best to have in 2023?57:21 - Which draft strategy in first two rounds was best in 2023? 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/

For many the 2023 fantasy football season is in the books. While there's plenty of exciting games to talk about in Week 18- which we will do in full later in the week - Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens reveal the 5 things they care most about from this fantasy football season. Secret list style so you know it's fun.The two share the biggest lessons we can learn from this season at the QB, WR and TE position and offenses to invest and avoid next year based on current situations. Harmon also gauges the state of the Bears and Justin Fields with die-hard Chicago fan Behrens to see what the polarizing QB and the organization's offseason options could look like:1:15 - 2023 fantasy season is in the books, but we are just getting ramped up :)1:49 - Secret List: 5 things we care about from 2023 fantasy season3:03 - Andy's #1 thing: Sam LaPorta was a hit, so were other young TEs13:49 - Matt's #1 thing: Jordan Love is a GUY17:52 - Andy's #2 thing: Young QBs stepped up, but not the ones you thought23:11 - Sidebar: The Justin Fields conversation has gotten toxic31:34 - Matt's #2 thing: A trio of WRs graduated to elite play34:12 - Andy's #3 thing: DJ Moore was a home run trade for Bears40:52 - Matt's #3 thing: WRs situations matter A LOT45:39 - Andy's #4 thing: Antonio Pierce made the Raiders respectable again50:03 - Matt's #4 thing: It was a great year to avoid bad ecosystems53:40 - Matt's #5 thing: The fall of the 'too big to fail' offenses57:23 - Andy's #5 thing: Chiefs weapons (outside of Kelce, Rice) were 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/

Week 17, like 2023 and the fantasy football season, is in the books. Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski run it back one last time for our final Sunday night recap pod of the season. The two provide their instant fantasy analysis on every game over this title weekend and attempt to draw the first major conclusions of the 2023 fantasy football season:1:25 - Packers vs. Vikings: Jordan Love can elevate guys around him + Minnesota's 'cursed' season 11:32 - Dolphins vs. Ravens: Baltimore is the best team in the NFL, maybe without doubt 20:15 - Lions vs. Cowboys: Blame the refs for their incompetence, but don't put an asterisk on this game31:14 - Cardinals vs. Eagles: This Philadelphia defense is truly broken 35:28 - Rams vs. Giants: This LA offense may have provided two league winners on the waiver wire41:21 - Bengals vs. Chiefs: Kansas City feels like they are limping to the playoffs45:12 - Saints vs. Buccaneers: You can't trust Tampa 48:04 - Steelers vs. Seahawks: Both these teams never matched offseason hype 54:17 - 49ers vs. Commanders: San Francisco took care of business 59:27 - Texans vs. Titans: Houston aced this season 1:01:42 - Colts vs. Raiders: Indy has a bright future 1:04:56 - Falcons vs. Bears: Justin Fields' offseason value keeps rising 1:07:15 - Chargers vs. Broncos: This game happened 1:10:30 - Panthers vs. Jaguars: David Tepper is a joke 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 money weekend. If you gotten this far you're likely playing for a fantasy championship and eternal glory. Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski provide all the fantasy insight you need for this important weekend and identify which games you need to binge, stream and skip in Week 17: 0:49 - Binge games1:14 - Lions @ Cowboys: Could this be the highest scoring game of the year?11:08 - Dolphins @ Ravens: Can you trust starting De'Von Achane this week? 20:05 - Steam games 20:10 - Packers @ Vikings: What can we expect from Jaren Hall in defacto playoff game26:12 - Bengals @ Chiefs: Can Mahomes get right against this poor Bengals defense? 32:13 - Patriots @ Bills: Is this the game Stefon Diggs finally goes off? 37:37 - Raiders @ Colts: Does the magic keep going for Raiders and Pierce?40:50 - Rams @ Giants: Is there a sleeper starter brewing on Rams offense? 45:59 - Saints @ Buccaneers: Baker Mayfield is balling48:41 - 49ers @ Commanders: Does Jacoby Brissett make Washington players playable?51:12 - Titans @ Texans: What does CJ Stroud's return mean for Texans playmakers? 57:53 - Falcons @ Bears: What will be Justin Fields' market this offseason? 59:00 - Cardinals @ Eagles: Does Philly get back on track? 1:01:52 - Panthers @ Jaguars: Can Carolina pull off upset? 1:04:00 - Charges @ Broncos: The Russell Wilson discourse is off the rails 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 jam packed edition of 'Stat Nerd Thursday' with Dalton Del Don and Matt Harmon. The two provide one stat you need to know for every team in the NFL heading into Week 17. Del Don and Harmon also preview the TNF matchup between the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns:1:52 - Carolina Panthers2:54 - Arizona Cardinals5:18 - Washington Commanders9:39 - New England Patriots11:04 - New York Giants12:19 - Los Angeles Chargers14:15 - Tennessee Titans15:05 - Chicago Bears16:55 - Atlanta Falcons18:42 - New Orleans Saints 20:18 - Green Bay Packers22:29 - Las Vegas Raiders24:58 - Denver Broncos 27:41 - Minnesota Vikings 29:57 - Houston Texans32:34 - Pittsburgh Steelers34:37 - Cincinatti Bengals38:47 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 39:24 - Indianapolis Colts 41:46 - Seattle Seahawks 43:11 - Jacksonville Jaguars 46:56 - Los Angeles Chargers 49:13 - Buffalo Bills51:49 - Kansas City Chiefs 53:13 - Dallas Cowboys 54:33 - Detroit Lions 59:57 - Miami Dolphins 1:00:37 - Philadelphia Eagles 1:01:33 - San Francisco 49ers 1:06:10 - Baltimore Ravens 1:08:25 - TNF Preview: Browns vs. Jets 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 fantasy championship week and there is no longer any time time to panic. It's time to win or go home. In the final 2023 installment of the 'Panic Meter' Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens react to your submissions for the 'Fantasy Forensic Files' and share who they are nervous about playing in Week 17. Behrens also provides his final waiver wire additions for the season:2:27 - One last Panic Meter.... and thank you to you5:15 - Fantasy Forensic Files5:36 - The downfall of Sunday morning tinkering with lineups16:00 - Amari Cooper24:08 - Breece Hall29:57 - Brock Purdy38:57 - DJ Moore + De'Von Achane44:49 - Stefon Diggs + James Cook46:39 - The worst bad beat of Week 1649:26 - Fantasy Playoff Panic Meter: Player we are nervous about starting in Week 1759:33 - Top 5 Waiver Wire adds for Week 17 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/