Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

The regular season of 'Ekeler's Edge' makes it debut with Matt Harmon and Los Angeles Chargers RB Austin Ekeler. To start the show the two look ahead to their Week 1 matchups in the Ekeler Invitational Fantasy Football league. While Ekeler is projected to win his first game, Harmon stresses caution when looking at Week 1 fantasy projections. The duo then dive into this week's 'Ask Austin Mailbag' to select a team name for Ekeler's fantasy squad. The two also highlight some of the worst overreaction moves fantasy owners have made over the years in the early weeks of the season. Harmon stresses for everyone to not overreact to Week 1 in Fantasy Football. The two then end the show by revealing their favorite RB matchups of Week 1. Harmon focuses on his favorite mismatches while Ekeler shares his must watch head-to-head RB matchups on Sunday. 1:30 - Ekeler Invitational update: Will Austin, Matt start 1-0?6:36 - When is it the right time to start trading in Fantasy? 11:54 - Ask Austin Mailbag Part 1: Picking Austin's Fantasy Team Name16:05 - Ask Austin Mailbag part 2: Worst Week 1 overreaction trades35:55 - Under the hood: What's it like to prep for Week 1?42:15 - RB Matchups we are most excited for in Week 142:45 - Matt's top 5 RB mismatches of the week44:35 - Austin's favorite head-to-head RB matchups in Week 1 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 1 is finally here! After months of talking about football we get to finally watch it this weekend. Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens discuss the exciting slate of games this weekend and which matchups they're already circling as much-watches for Sunday. Harmon also reveals our new weekly segment 'People's Panic Meter' that will solicit fantasy issues that people are having over their fantasy teams throughout the season. Every Tuesday during the season Harmon and Behrens will react to what has you panicked after a weekend of action. For the first installment of the 'People's Panic Meter' the two discuss how concerned they are for Cooper Kupp's latest issue with his hamstring and which players and teams may already have serious red flags entering Week 1. Behrens and Harmon then end the show by sharing their top ten biggest and boldest predictions for the 2023 NFL season. 0:25 - Week 1 is here!2:30 - New Segment alert! Welcome to the 'People's Panic Meter'6:10 - Panic Meter: Cooper Kupp hamstring14:05 - Panic Meter: CMC touches18:50 - Panic Meter: Are the Cardinals actually tanking?21:20 - Panic Meter: JK Dobbins25:35 - Panic Meter: Travis Etienne + Tank Bigsby 29:00 - Panic Meter: Denver Broncos 32:05 - Panic Meter: Too much hype for Pollard, Wilson? 34:10 - Panic Meter: Dallas run game 35:30 - Panic Meter: Tennessee Titans 39:00 - Bold predictions for 2023 NFL season 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/

If you listen to one pod before your drafts this weekend, this is the one.Chances are if you’re listening to this special edition podcast you are potentially days, maybe hours, perhaps mere minutes away from your most important drafts of the year. Labor Day Weekend is when the majority of drafts do in fact take place (and we know this from internal numbers at Yahoo - 60% of leagues are drafting this weekend!).To conclude "Cram Week" and our draft season coverage we have everyone on the Yahoo Fantasy staff here to provide their one last piece of advice you need to know before heading into your drafts. Yahoo's Andy Behrens, Dalton Del Don, Scott Pianowski, Dan Titus, Jorge Martin and Kate Magdziuk all share their final convictions of the draft season. To end the pod, Matt Harmon shares the two things he wants you to think about when drafting this year. So enjoy this jam packed, yet efficient, show that puts a bow on draft season. We promise after listening you will be ready for your draft. Good luck to everyone out there this holiday weekend!1:15 - Dalton Del Don's final piece of draft advice4:50 - Jorge Martin's final piece of draft advice8:25 - Scott Pianowski's final piece of draft advice14:22 - Dan Titus' final piece of draft advice16:57 - Andy Behren's final piece of draft advice19:56 - Kate Magdziuk's final piece of draft advice25:20 - Matt Harmon's final piece of draft advice 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/

With the ultimate draft weekend fast approaching we reveal and react to the last Yahoo staff mock draft of the season. Chris Harris of Harris Football joins Matt Harmon on the pod for 'Cram Week' to provide his thoughts on the mock draft.The two also share when they'd be comfortable drafting Colts RB Jonathan Taylor after all the drama that's taken place this week (and month). Both then debate if there are any non-Jonathan Taylor RBs worth drafting from the Colts and if we finally have clarity with the Miami Dolphins RB situation.Harmon reveals he got yet another C- grade in his Yahoo draft and Harris debates which guys he'd avoid in the first round and when it's okay to jump on the elite QBs.To end the show, the two converse on the players and strategies that are potentially misplaced this draft season when it comes to consensus ADP.0:25 - Chris Harris shares thoughts on Ekeler's Invitational Fantasy Football League3:12 - What's next for Colts and RB Jonathan Taylor?10:30 - Do we have a clear picture of Dolphins RBs now?17:30 - Recapping the final Yahoo staff mock draft24:38 - Where should you start to target elite QBs?38:30 - What has consensus ADP gotten wrong this draft season 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/

Say you've been on a beach all summer. Say you haven't been paying close attention to football since the Super Bowl ended. Maybe you have something called... a life? Well now your fantasy football draft is fast approaching and you want to get caught up on everything you may have missed or need to know. Well my friend, this is the podcast for you (and if you've been following football all offseason long, it's still a great refresher!). Continuing 'Cram Week' on the pod, Dalton Del Don joins Matt Harmon to go over all the biggest fantasy headlines from this offseason and preseason for each of the 32 NFL teams. Consider them your fantasy FYIs: the biggest player, coaching and schematical changes that will have a major impact on each team's impact fantasy players. So sit back and enjoy a 72-minute cram session that will have you ready for whatever comes your way this weekend and beyond (in terms of fantasy football... in terms of actual life advice, we are not much help there). 1:00 - Cram Week: Recapping the fantasy offseason for all 32 teams2:05 - "Old reliables" tier of teams (aka teams we know will be good)20:34 - "Hyped up" teams (aka teams that can make the leap in 2023)37:56 - "Who are you" teams (aka teams where season could go either way)59:05 - "Rookie QBs, new coaches, new eras" teams1:02:45 - "Look out below" teams (aka teams that could have disaster years) 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 last preseason edition of "Ekeler's Edge" we are happy to reveal the Ekeler Invitational Fantasy Football League. Matt Harmon, Austin Ekeler and many of the biggest names in the fantasy football landscape will compete in a 14-team league for ultimate bragging rights in the industry.Harmon and Ekeler share their initial thoughts on the league and how it came together. The Chargers RB also shares his reaction and thoughts on Harmon drafting Ekeler with the fourth overall pick, thus not allowing the running back to draft himself in the first round. Harmon reacts to Ekeler taking two rival Raiders with his first two picks.For the 'Under the Hood' segment, Ekeler shares what it's like for players during cut day and making the 53 man roster. Ekeler shares a gripping story from his rookie year where he thought he wasn't going to make the team initially.To end the show, the two dive into the Ask Austin mailbag and react to some of the craziest league traditions people have across the country.0:20 - Big congrats in order for Austin Ekeler1:22 - Austin's eyebrows might be in trouble5:45 - Introducing the Ekeler's Edge invitational league7:45 - Matt drafted who with his first pick?!14:10 - Austin drafted WHO with his first two picks?19:10 - Matt has a problem with his Yahoo draft grade22:30 - Matt and Austin need help naming their teams24:50 - Under the hood: What is cut day like for NFL players?35:05 - Ask Austin Mailbag: Craziest league traditions 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/

Podcast hosts discuss the Trey Lance trade and its implications, Josh Jacobs' pay raise and ADP, Aaron Rodgers' debut with the Jets. They also reveal their pre-season changed opinions on players like Jets RB rotation, James Cook, Jahan Dotson, Adam Thielen, Deshaun Watson, and Quentin Johnston.

What better way to conclude 'Convictions Week' on the pod then the best bets for the 2023 NFL season. The Betting Bros make their 2023 season debut on the pod. While Matt Harmon does his best to reign in Scott Pianowksi and Frank Schwab, the two quickly takeover the episode with their sports bar banter.Before diving into the best bets, the trio reacts to the news that QB Trey Lance will be QB3 in San Francisco. They debate what went wrong for the first round pick and what his future could look like. Pianowski believes there's a possibility we could see Sam Darnold take over at QB in the Bay Area.The three then debate who really should go 1.01 in fantasy drafts for our Friday 'build your team' segment. Schwab believes without a doubt it should be Justin Jefferson. Pianowksi believes McCaffrey offers too much value to pass up. Harmon breaks the tie.The three end the pod with their favorite team, individual and Super Bowl bets for the season.0:23 - Convictions week conclude with the betting bros2:04 - The Trey Lance experiment in SF is over8:34 - Could Sam Darnold be the next Geno Smith?10:13 - Build your team: Who should go 1.01?13:52 - Convictions Week: Best bets for 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/

The podcast discusses the injury concerns and lack of viable fantasy options in the Carolina Panthers' WR room. They also talk about the potential of the Jets' offense with Aaron Rodgers' old buddies. The hosts then identify breakout candidates at each position, including Breece Hall, James Cook, and Jerry Judy. They debate Judy's potential breakout season. They also discuss their lists of breakout candidates for the upcoming season, such as Drake London, Rashad Bateman, and Zay Flowers.

We continue 'Convictions Week' on the pod with one of the more polarizing debates of fantasy draft season: Identifying the biggest busts. Yahoo Sports Dan Titus makes his pod debut with Matt Harmon to help identify potential players to avoid in each round of the draft. But first the two react to the wild Monday Night Football preseason game between the Baltimore Ravens and Washington Commanders. Harmon and Titus share their thoughts on Sam Howell, Jahan Dotson and how much concern there should be with Terry McLaurin's toe injury. The two then react to the news of Baker Mayfield being named QB1 in Tampa and the Colts allowing RB Jonathan Taylor to seek a trade. After the break, Harmon and Titus go round by round with their players to avoid in the draft. The two find consensus in a few rounds on players that could be labeled 'busts' in 2023. 3:24 - Fantasy reactions to wild Commanders-Ravens preseason game12:15 - Baker Mayfield QB1 in Tampa.... yay?15:05 - Seattle JSN wrist injury... how concerned are you?16:55 - Jonathan Taylor drama continues to be dramatic17:35 - Convictions Week: Identifying busts in each round 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/