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Of course the NFL had to make news over Easter weekend. Odell Beckham Jr. is officially a Baltimore Raven and we have our fantasy experts Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don break down all the real life and fantasy implications of the big move.With the Sacramento Kings set to break the longest playoff drought in the major four sports this weekend, Matt and Dalton also look at which NFL team is primed to break their postseason drought in 2023.Meanwhile, the NFL Draft is so close you can taste it. We continue our 'teams that will shape the 2023 draft series' as we dive into the state of the Seattle Seahawks and Las Vegas Raiders - two teams potentially going in opposite directions.Matt and Dalton look at how the Seahawks haven't rebuilt but retooled after the historic Russell Wilson trade a year ago. They also debate if it makes sense for Seattle to consider a QB in the top 10 or build a 'win-now' team around Geno Smith.To finish the show, Matt has NBC Sports' Lawrence Jackson Jr. on to discuss where exactly the Las

In this month-long lead up to the 2023 NFL draft at the end of April, it seems like all of the discussion has centered around the top four quarterbacks, who could all likely be selected with the top four picks. After discussing the 2023 class of running backs last week, Matt Harmon and Charles McDonald spend today's podcast finally diving into this year's blockbuster QB draft class in Alabama's Bryce Young, Ohio State's CJ Stroud, Florida's Anthony Richardson & Kentucky's Will Levis.Before they talk about this year's class, the guys spend the first 20 minutes of the show looking back at the 2018 QB class and the odd similarities between this year's prospects and that year's group, which included Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen, Josh Allen & Lamar Jackson.For the bulk of the episode however, they talk about how Young, Stroud, Richardson & Levis are being evaluated by NFL front offices, their green flags, their red flags and why it's very likely we could see all four be selected with the top

Our teams that will shape the draft series rolls on this April with the Indianapolis Colts and the Detroit Lions. Matt Harmon is joined at the top of the show by our very own Scott Pianowski to report on the pulse of the Lions franchise, but before that they tackle a few pressing news stories.First, they talk about the Tennessee Titans reportedly being interested in trading up for the third overall pick, currently held by the Arizona Cardinals. Next, they talk about Dalvin Cook's recovery from a February shoulder surgery and whether he may be shopped by the Minnesota Vikings later this offseason. Closing out the news segment, Matt & Scott discuss reports that the New England Patriots may have tried to trade Mac Jones this offseason amid purported animosity between the former first round QB and Bill Belichick.Next, Matt & Scott dive into what the Detroit Lions could do in this year's draft, with both the 6th and 18th overall draft picks. With a strong roster that barely missed out on the playoffs, coul

With the 2023 NFL Draft officially one month away, it's time to start breaking down the positions that matter most to fantasy managers, starting with the running backs. Matt Harmon is joined by Yahoo's own draft expert Charles McDonald to take an extended look at the running back position ahead of April's draft.Of course, if you've been paying attention, Bijan Robinson from Texas and Jahmyr Gibbs of Alabama may be the two names you're most familiar with, but the guys take the time to dive into some of the lesser-known names, likely day-three picks and lottery tickets that you might very well need to be aware of come this September when they're playing on NFL rosters.00:00 - Introduction & NFL uniforms to allow '0'8:00 - What to make of the 2023 draft class as a whole20:00 - Texas RB Bijan Robinson33:30 - Alabama RB Jahmyr Gibbs38:20 - UCLA RB Zach Charbonnet41:30 - Texas A&M RB Devon Achane, Texas RB Roschon Johnson, Tulane RB Tyjae Spears50:25 - TCU RB Kendre Miller, Georgia RB Kenny McIntosh, Pitt R

It's (almost) April - which means it's absolutely time to dive fully in to the 2023 NFL Draft. All April (and we're including the last week of March in this), we'll be rolling out podcast episodes devoted to breaking down the draft from a team angle and from a positional angle.Today kicks off the team portion of that exercise, as Matt Harmon is joined by Underdog Fantasy's Josh Norris and Football Outsiders' Rivers McCown to look at the teams picking at the top of next month's draft: the Carolina Panthers and Houston Texans.Before they dive into that analysis, Matt & Josh talk about a pair of news items in Lamar Jackson's trade request from the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers top brass indicating that Brock Purdy will be the starter in 2023 (if he returns from an elbow injury in time).For the bulk of the podcast, Matt and Josh discuss the Carolina Panthers' offseason, whether they are more likely to pick CJ Stroud or Bryce Young with the first overall pick & how the new-look Panthers offe

Earlier in the week, we did free agency winners; today Matt Harmon is joined by Upper Hand Fantasy's Faraz Siddiqi to look at the other side of the coin: the big losers in the 2023 free agency period.Before diving into that, the guys take a look at some recent news and notes from the wire including the Cleveland Browns trading for former Jets WR Elijah Moore and those very same New York Jets signing Mecole Hardman. They also chat about possible DeAndre Hopkins trade locations and Ezekiel Elliott's reported preferred landing spots.For the bulk of the podcast, they talk about who they believe were the big on-field losers in free agency, including the Tampa Bay and Denver WR corps, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Jakobi Meyers & more.Wrapping up the show, Matt ranks the entire offseason's RB carousel and talks about the backs whose positions have improved, stayed the same or worsened a little bit as a result of free agency.2:50 Browns trade for Elijah Moore; Jets add Mecole Hardman9:40 Ezekiel Elliott's preferred desti

With the bulk of the 2023 NFL free agency season in the rear view mirror, Matt Harmon is joined by Yahoo's very own Scott Pianowski to chat about who they feel were the big winners coming out of this season of player movement.They kick off the podcast, however chatting about all sides of the recent trade between the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans, which sent WR Brandin Cooks to Dallas. The guys discuss how this shores up the Cowboys offense & why the recent spate of Houston Texans additions (TE Dalton Schultz, RB Devin Singetary, extending OT Laremy Tunsil) makes them an interesting team to keep an eye on in 2023.Then, after talking about the Carolina Panthers adding WR Adam Thielen and the Chicago Bears signing RB D'Onta Foreman, Matt & Scott break down their big winners in this month's free agency period, including Dak Prescott, Justin Fields, Rashaad Penny and more.4:45 Dallas Cowboys trade for Houston Texans WR Brandin Cooks; Texans follow up with Tunsil, Schultz, Singletary signings22:20 Panth

Most of the NFL's juiciest player moves occurred during the early-week "legal tampering" period, but as free agency kicked off in earnest on Wednesday, there were still plenty of signings for fantasy managers to feast on. The biggest move wasn't even technically a transaction, as the endlessly introspective Aaron Rodgers announced his intention to be traded to the New York Jets, but nothing will be official until the Green Bay Packers sort out trade compensation with his team of the future.Matt Harmon is joined by Fantasy Life's Dwain McFarland to look at all of the biggest moves from Wednesday and Thursday, starting off with a deep-dive on the Jets offense with Rodgers at the helm. How high up should managers draft sophomore WR Garrett Wilson next year? What about third-year WR Elijah Moore who had an intriguing first season in New York, but found himself in the doghouse for much of 2022?Later, Matt and Dwain talk about the New England Patriots signing JuJu Smith-Schuster and whether they could be in the mar

Though free agency only technically begins on Wednesday afternoon, Monday and Tuesday's "legal tampering period" gives football fans much to discuss in terms of player movement ahead of the 2023 NFL season.Matt Harmon is joined by 4for4's John Daigle to recap all of the biggest transactions from this early-week period, but first kick things off with Friday night's news that the Carolina Panthers traded for the Chicago Bears' first overall pick in exchange for four future picks and WR DJ Moore. The guys talk about why it's a great trade for both teams, how Carolina can get their QB of the future and Chicago can bolster a weak WR room with one of the best wideouts available this offseason.Next, they talk about Los Angeles Chargers RB Austin Ekeler requesting a trade and why it's potentially a tough market for free-agent RBs at the moment. For the rest of the show, Matt and John run through a boatload of teams and their bigg offseason moves: the Las Vegas Raiders signing Jimmy Garoppolo and trading away Darren W

What happens next with Aaron Rodgers and Lamar Jackson will absolutely be the focus at the start of the NFL's free agency period next week, despite the fact that neither are technically free agents. Since quarterback is the most important position, Matt Harmon and his guest, the NFL Network's Patrick Claybon, take a look at a whopping seventeen teams who could be making some sort of QB move in the coming months and play a massive game of QB matchmaker.Lamar to the Buccaneers? Baker Mayfield to the Falcons? Ryan Tannehill to the Commanders? Yes, all the most bizarre choices have made it into the show. Listen as Matt and Patrick spin the QB carousel and place new quarterbacks in just about half of the league's franchises.1:55 Update on Lamar Jackson's non-exclusive franchise tag7:10 Veteran-needy teams: New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Washington Commanders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers24:10 Eyes on a rookie QB: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Las Vegas Raiders, Atlanta Falcons & Carolina Panthers39:25 Looking

The 2023 NFL scouting combine is only a couple days in the rear view mirror, yet with this weeks news stories as the franchise tag deadline hit on Tuesday afternoon, it feels like it may have been three months ago. Nevertheless, Matt Harmon is joined by NFL.com draft expert, our old friend Eric Edholm!Matt opens the show discussing the New York Giants signing QB Daniel Jones to a long-term extension while placing the franchise tag on Saquon Barkley. Then Matt & Eric discuss former Las Vegas Raiders QB Derek Carr signing with the New Orleans Saints, the Seattle Seahawks extending QB Geno Smith, Jacksonville Jaguars WR Calvin Ridley's reinstatement & a pair of RBs receiving the franchise tag in Dallas' Tony Pollard and Las Vegas' Josh Jacobs.Later in the show, Eric delivers all of his thoughts from last week's scouting combine, including breakdowns of the four top QBs (Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, Anthony Richardson & Will Levis), and two most coveted RBs (Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs).In the middle o

Matt Harmon and Frank Schwab go through each head coach and offensive coordinator change that has happened during this NFL offseason and rank them according to which ones should have the largest fantasy impact.Before they dive into that, the guys go through all of the news coming out of the GM and head coach press conferences at the NFL Scouting Combine. What will the 49ers do at QB? Will the Cardinals trade DeAndre Hopkins? Where will Leonard Fournette land after being released by the Bucs? The guys talk through it all before spending the second half of the episode talking about coaches in new places.02:40 Jaguars to place franchise tag on TE Evan Engram05:15 49ers considering signing veteran QB09:30 Cardinals not sure if DeAndre Hopkins will be traded14:45 Buccaneers release Leonard Fournette17:30 Bengals not sure if Joe Mixon will be back20:20 Giants release Kenny Golladay24:30 Carolina Panthers31:40 Baltimore Ravens36:20 Denver Broncos40:35 Indianapolis Colts43:25 Washington Commanders45:40 Los Angeles Ch

Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don get to enjoy themselves, for a while, and talk about lessons learned at the WR position from the 2021-22 NFL season before having to talk about what happened to the TE position.They start at the top, with Justin Jefferson as WR1 and the lessons we can take away from his awesome season before wondering if he’d be the #1 WR picked next year or if Ja’Marr Chase is ready to pass him.After working their way through the top 12 WRs with lessons for each one of them, mostly that we should trust the talent and ignore everything else when it comes to elite WRs, the guys move on to trying to solve the TE position.Matt believes that this last season was an aberration for TEs and that they’ll come back to reality next year, while Dalton is more concerned about whether it’s (again) time for him to fade Travis Kielce.02:15 Lessons Learned: Wide Receiver06:40 Rookie WRs08:00 WR1 Justin Jefferson11:10 WR12 Ja’Marr Chase12:40 WR2 Tyreek Hill14:35 WR3 Davante Adams19:40 WR4 Stefon Diggs23:40 WR5 A

Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski go through the top 10 fantasy QBs for the 2022 NFL season and the lessons they learned along the way that will guide their fantasy football drafts in 2023.The guys talk about the steep cliff there was between the top 4 fantasy QBs this season and everyone else, making the argument against the popular “Late Round QB” strategy. They also discuss rushing QBs and whether they’re worth the injury risk to get the fantasy value from them.The top fantasy QB for the season was Patrick Mahomes, and most of the lessons learned are about how no other QB can justifiably be compared to him. However, there was plenty to learn from guys like Josh Allen (high floor), Jalen Hurts (influx in talent helps), Geno Smith (we should’ve seen it coming), Trevor Lawrence (coaching matters) and more.02:15 Late round QB?04:20 Steep cliff at QB in 202210:40 Rushing QBs15:10 Patrick Mahomes23:00 Josh Allen26:50 Jalen Hurts32:00 QB aging curve44:00 Joe Burrow46:15 Geno Smith50:45 Justin Fields54:15 Kirk Cousi

Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens get together to discuss what they learned, as fantasy football experts, about the running back position this past season and how they’ll use that knowledge to adjust how they handle it next season.The guys figured that the best way to talk themselves through the top RB lessons learned was to attach one lesson to each of the top 8 RBs in fantasy football last season, with a couple of overachievers added to the end.Find out why you shouldn’t talk about injuries when preparing for your fantasy football draft, why we should’ve seen Saquon Barkley’s big season coming, why Derrick Henry is just different than other RBs and why Andy Behrens might be the GOAT.05:45 Austin Ekeler11:50 Christian McCaffrey19:00 Josh Jacobs26:00 Derrick Henry32:00 Nick Chubb36:00 Saquon Barkley39:15 Tony Pollard43:25 Jamaal Williams49:05 2022 RB OverachieversCheck 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

Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don go through all 32 NFL teams in this podcast, with a fantasy football-relevant question for each one of them.This podcast is a riot, between Dalton’s aggravations over how the 49ers playoff run ended (and how fans are treating Trey Lance this offseason) and Matt going through the pros and cons of Aaron Rodgers’ darkness retreat, there are plenty of moments that will make you laugh out loud.Find out why Matt thinks the Falcons will be great for fantasy managers next season, who Dalton has picked for the Super Bowl (you won’t be able to guess either team), where the guys think Aaron Rodgers and Derek Carr will be in 2023, whether Mike McDaniel was smoking weed on the sidelines of a playoff game and a lot more.03:10 Chicago Bears05:40 Houston Texans07:05 Arizona Cardinals09:15 Indianapolis Colts11:40 Denver Broncos14:35 Los Angeles Rams17:05 Las Vegas Raiders19:45 Atlanta Falcons24:20 Carolina Panthers25:30 Cleveland Browns27:10 New Orleans Saints29:00 New York Jets32:20 Tennessee T

Matt Harmon is joined by Scott Pianowski to recap the Kansas City Chiefs’ exciting 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, but the conversation pretty quickly turns to next year’s fantasy value for Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts, Travis Kielce, Isiah Pacheco, Miles Sanders and just about everyone else who played in this game.The guys start off by talking about the late-game penalty that kept the Eagles from being able to make a game-winning (or overtime-forcing) drive at the end of regulation, and the Eagles classy response to the flag, before turning their attention to the game and the talent on both of these rosters.Patrick Mahomes is on his way to becoming the best QB in the history of the league, the AFC is absolutely loaded, and the Eagles are still probably the most talented roster in the entire NFL. This may not be the last time we see either of these teams, or both of these teams, in the Super Bowl over the next few years.The guys have some fun conversations on if they’d rather have M

Los Angeles Chargers RB Austin Ekeler joins Matt Harmon from Radio Row in Phoenix, Arizona leading up to Super Bowl 57 for the season finale of Ekeler’s Edge.The guys spend some time catching up, including Austin talking about the Chargers’ heartbreaking playoff loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars and getting a new offensive coordinator in Kellen Moore, and discussing their plans for the offseason.After that, the guys sit down with Buffalo Bills WR Stefon Diggs to talk about maybe the most QB talent we’ve ever seen at one time in the NFL before they chat with Chicago Bears QB Justin Fields about improvements his team is trying to make in the offseason.The show closes out with Matt and Austin talking with Cleveland Browns pass rusher Myles Garrett about his dog and his thoughts on more potential rule changes coming to the NFL.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

Matt Harmon returns, along with Charles McDonald, to talk about everything that is going on and has gone on over the last week.The guys kick things off by discussing the news, starting with a couple of NFL legends retiring (A.J. Green & Tom Brady) and ending with a bunch of new head coaches around the league (Frank Reich to the Panthers, Sean Payton to the Broncos, DeMeco Ryans to the Texans, etc.). They also dig in on some new coordinators, including Kellen Moore taking over the Chargers’ offense.Charles talks about what he liked and didn’t like while on the ground in Las Vegas for the Pro Bowl festivities before telling the story of why he wasn’t able to get into this year’s Shrine Bowl, but he’s not too high on this year’s draft class anyway.Matt and Charles then discuss some offseason and preseason takes on the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, and how both teams have made those takes look stupid in hindsight.Finally, we end with Charles reintroducing himself to Andy Reid and talking about M

Scott Pianowski and Frank Schwab break down both the AFC and NFC Championship games from over the weekend, talking about Brock Purdy’s injury in the 49ers loss and Patrick Mahomes playing through a high ankle sprain to lead the Chiefs to victory.The guys start by talking about the Philadelphia Eagles, who cruised to another easy win after their outstanding pass rush knocked both Brock Purdy and Josh Johnson out of the game, leaving the San Francisco 49ers without any options at QB.What are the Eagles’ offseason plans at RB? And is Brock Purdy a shoe-in to be the 49ers starting QB next season or could Tom Brady join this franchise?After that discussion, the guys talk about the officiating that ended the Cincinnati Bengals’ hopes against the Kansas City Chiefs and marvel at just how good Patrick Mahomes is.Finally, Scott and Frank give their very early Super Bowl picks against the spread and explain why they’re picking the teams they are.Check out all the episodes of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast and the