Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don are back for another season of Stat Nerd Thursday! Heading into the week 1 games, they go deep into their bag of stats and pull out reasons to be excited about Aaron Jones and James Conner, a debate between Trey Lance and Justin Fields, and Elijah Moore’s prospects with Joe Flacco as his QB.

The guys close the show with a thorough fantasy preview of the Thursday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Rams, including some DFS recommendations.

01:15 NEWS / Bills sign TE Dawson Knox to contract extension

04:30 NEWS / WR Michael Thomas appears on track for week 1

05:10 NEWS / Joe Flacco is NYJ’s QB1 / Zach Wilson out for first 4 weeks

10:55 NEWS / Chris Godwin’s week 1 availability

15:40 STAT / Aaron Jones led all RBs with 300 snaps with a screen route percentage of 15.4%

20:55 Ranking Antonio Gibson for week 1

21:50 STAT / James Conner averaged 4.5 yards per carry running into light boxes (59% of his carries)

24:35 STAT / Top 5 QB scramble %

32:40 STAT / Dolphins plays the most man coverage (and it’s not close)

38:45 STAT / Top 7 players in air yards share

43:50 TNF preview: Buffalo Bills @ Los Angeles Rams

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Matt Harmon and Los Angeles Chargers RB Austin Ekeler are back with another episode of Ekeler’s Edge! This week, the guys chat through some news for the Chargers backfield and the Steelers’ QB position before previewing the Chargers/Raiders game and welcoming New Orleans Saints DE Cameron Jordan to discuss fantasy football punishments and the Saints’ “transition” to a new head coach.

Send your questions to Austin at [email protected].

03:30 Austin’s giveaways

04:30 NEWS / Steelers name Trubisky starting QB

10:50 Ask Austin questions!

12:25 Sony Michel signing with LAC

14:55 Austin’s 2nd favorite / childhood favorite NFL team?

18:00 Austin got tired of being home during COVID

19:10 Austin’s pre-game rituals

21:50 Why does Austin wear #30?

24:55 Mentality while rehabbing an injury

30:05 As the AFC West Turns

30:30 Broncos/Seahawks - Russell Wilson revenge game

32:50 Chargers/Raiders preview

37:45 Cameron Jordan interview

39:00 Why does Cam hate fantasy football?

42:15 New Orleans Saints preview

44:10 Cam’s leadership style

46:10 Saints-Falcons rivalry

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Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens each picked three Week 1 games that they’re excited to watch for fantasy purposes. Find out why Andy is excited to watch the Jaguars and why Matt wants to see the Joe Flacco revenge game against the Ravens.

Later in the episode, Matt is joined by Buffalo Bills WR Stefon Diggs for a conversation about the expectations on this year’s Bills team, Gabe Davis’ potential, and underwear.

02:40 49ers @ Bears

09:10 TNF: Bills @ Rams

15:30 Chiefs @ Cardinals

20:20 Ravens @ Jets

24:30 Jaguars @ Commanders

31:00 Eagles @ Lions

37:10 SNF: Buccaneers @ Cowboys

41:00 Stefon Diggs interview

41:45 Pressure on the Bills?

43:20 What’s it like being a veteran?

46:20 BUF adding talent to the roster

48:30 Gabe Davis

50:20 Austin Ekeler

51:00 Isaiah McKenzie

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Matt Harmon is joined by Scott Pianowski, who shares an interesting theory about the top tier of fantasy RBs and how quickly they age out of that position.

Later, the guys preview the Green Bay Packers (who may not have any fantasy-relevant WRs) and the Minnesota Vikings (who might be fantasy gold this season).

00:45 NEWS / Russell Wilson contract extension

01:50 NEWS / Brian Robinson, Trey Sermon, Eno Benjamin

04:35 NEWS / Isaiah McKenzie injury

07:10 RB Age Cliffs

14:00 Alvin Kamara

14:30 Ezekiel Elliott

15:10 Javonte Williams / Melvin Gordon

17:10 Derrick Henry

18:20 RB Danger Zone

19:15 Dalvin Cook

19:30 Aaron Jones

19:55 Austin Ekeler

20:20 Draft younger RBs

20:30 Jonathan Taylor

24:00 RBs aging gracefully

26:45 RBs under 26

28:50 PACKERS PREVIEW

29:00 Aaron Jones / A.J. Dillon

34:20 Would you draft A.J. Dillon over any starting RBs?

35:05 Do you want to draft any GB WRs?

38:40 Sammy Watkins

40:10 Romeo Doubs

42:10 VIKINGS PREVIEW

42:20 Dalvin Cook

44:50 Justin Jefferson

49:50 Adam Thielen

50:30 Jalen Raegor

51:30 NFC North division odds

52:30 Kirk Cousins

54:20 K.J. Osborn

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Matt Harmon is joined by Dalton Del Don for a podcast episode that is filled with debate over fantasy rankings and which players you should (or should not) be drafting.

The episodes starts with coverage of Jimmy Garoppolo’s restructured contract and what it means for Trey Lance’s fantasy value this season, the guys also touch on Sony Michel signing with the Los Angeles Chargers, and then it quickly turns into a debate about rankings.

Later, the guys provide a fantasy preview of the 2022 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which leads to another debate between Mike Evans and Gabe Davis.

02:25 NEWS / Jimmy G contract restructure

10:25 NEWS / Sony Michel signs with Chargers

12:00 Roster cuts

12:30 Greg Dulcich to IR

15:10 Christian McCaffrey as #1 overall pick

16:22 Kyle Pitts ahead of Travis Kelce

21:10 CeeDee Lamb as WR3

27:30 Christian Kirk a top 25 fantasy WR

32:00 Trevor Lawrence moving up the rankings

34:00 NEWS / Jalen Raegor traded to MIN

35:45 Who is NYJ’s #1 RB?

39:15 Darrell Henderson > Cam Akers

42:00 Tony Pollard > Ezekiel Elliott

48:20 BUCCANEERS PREVIEW

48:25 Will any TB WRs outscore Mike Evans?

54:00 Julio Jones

55:55 Mike Evans vs. Gabe Davis (again)

58:00 Chris Godwin

61:15 Tom Brady

62:40 Leonard Fournette

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The award-winning Ekeler’s Edge show is back for season 2, and now it’s also a part of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast podcast!

Los Angeles Chargers RB Austin Ekeler joins Matt Harmon at the team’s training facility to talk about his journey from college to the NFL and fantasy football stardom before Chargers QB Justin Herbert joins the show to preview all of the playmakers on the team heading into fantasy draft season.

03:30 Austin offseason

04:30 working out

06:30 workout videos

07:55 The fantasy football community

11:00 Austin’s journey

19:00 interactions with fantasy football managers

23:10 talking fantasy football with other NFL players

25:40 Show mission statement

29:30 As the AFC West Turns preview

33:45 Quick Chargers preview

36:00 Ekeler’s role

39:45 why you should draft Austin Ekeler

43:00 JUSTIN HERBERT / CHARGERS PREVIEW

43:45 getting Austin Ekeler the ball

46:25 Justin Herbert’s dad’s fantasy team

47:25 do Austin’s friends and family draft him in fantasy?

48:45 weird things we don’t know about Justin Herbert

50:25 excited about the 2022 offense / expectations?

52:10 LAC offensive line

53:45 Chargers are “all in”

55:10 Austin Ekeler scouting report

55:50 Keenan Allen

57:10 Mike Williams

58:10 sleeper picks

59:00 who is the RB2?

60:10 most fun part of playing with each other

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Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens go through some of the most common mistakes fantasy football managers make while drafting their team (such as paying attention to bye weeks) and explain how you can avoid them.

02:20 Draft off of tiers

07:40 MISTAKE / Caring about bye weeks

11:45 MISTAKE / Reaching for a player

17:00 MISTAKE / Drafting a backup RB

22:50 MISTAKE / Not focusing on player archetypes

27:10 MISTAKE / Focusing on strength of schedule

31:25 MISTAKE / Getting your feelings hurt

35:45 MISTAKE / Saving your money (Salary cap leagues)

40:00 MISTAKE / Hanging on to a player for too long

45:45 MISTAKE / Ignoring what the teams around you need

50:30 MISTAKE / Giving a damn about your draft grade

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Matt Harmon is joined by Scott Pianowski after the final games of the NFL preseason to go through some fantasy-relevant news, discuss some of the players that had their fantasy sock go up or down as a result of their preseason performance, and preview the 2022 Dallas Cowboys.

03:30 NEWS / Saints O-line & Chris Olave

06:20 NEWS / Geno Smith named SEA QB1

10:15 Trey Lance is a hipster pick

12:40 Darren Waller new agent rumors

16:50 NEWS / Ty Montgomery & Tyrod Taylor injuries

19:25 Dameon Pierce

21:50 Tom Brady

23:30 Chris Godwin

25:30 September is important

28:30 Draft Vikings!

31:15 Justin Fields

35:25 Tua Tagovailoa

38:40 Draft strategy - heavy on WRs?

41:10 Mo Alie-Cox / K.J. Hamler / Albert O

44:50 Courtland Sutton & Jerry Jeudy

46:35 COWBOYS PREVIEW

47:15 Tyron Smith injury

49:00 Ezekiel Elliott & Tony Pollard

50:25 Dalton Schultz

53:00 CeeDee Lamb

53:30 Ezekiel Elliott & Tony Pollard

56:30 Javonte Williams

57:50 DAL sleepers?

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Matt Harmon is joined by Frank Schwab to discuss all of the news, rumors and gossip that is coming out of NFL training camps before they turn their attention to previewing the fantasy-relevant players on the Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs.

01:10 NEWS / Tyron Smith out until December

08:05 Darren Waller’s status for week 1

10:45 Michael Carter is “still RB1” for NYJ?

14:00 Aaron Jones hype train

16:20 Isaiah Likely

18:45 Isaiah McKenzie

22:30 Khalil Herbert

24:20 Hayden Hurst

26:00 Nyheim Hines

30:00 Jonathan Taylor vs. Christian McCaffrey

31:30 Josh Jacobs / Raiders RB committee

34:00 A.J. Brown

40:45 Javonte Williams / Melvin Gordon

44:30 RAMS PREVIEW

44:45 Cam Akers / Darrell Henderson Jr.

49:15 Cooper Kupp or Justin Jefferson?

51:20 Allen Robinson

55:00 CHIEFS PREVIEW

55:15 Clyde Edwards-Helaire

58:20 Juju Smith-Schuster / MVS / Mercole Hardman / Skyy Moore

60:50 Patrick Mahomes

62:50 Travis Kelce

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Matt Harmon is joined by Yahoo fantasy expert (and noted 49ers fan) Dalton Del Don to rank all 9 of the new starting QBs around the NFL this season and discuss their impact on the playmakers around them. The two of them also discuss the Mike Gesicki trade rumors (and some potential destinations) and provide a fantasy preview of the 2022 San Francisco 49ers.

01:10 Mike Gesicki trade rumors

07:45 Mike Davis as BAL’s #1 RB?

08:10 NYG activate WR Sterling Shepard from IR/PUP

08:30 KC placed RB Derrick Gore on IR

10:30 New starting QBs power rankings

11:25 Russell Wilson

21:05 Matt Ryan

23:55 Baker Mayfield

27:30 Carson Wentz

30:50 Kenny Pickett / Mitch Trubisky

34:50 Marcus Mariota

39:20 Geno Smith / Drew Lock

41:50 Jacoby Brissett / Deshaun Watson

43:30 Mark Andrews over Travis Kelce?

44:00 49ERS TEAM PREVIEW

44:05 Trey Lance

51:15 Elijah Mitchell

55:00 Brandon Aiyuk / Deebo Samuel

59:20 George Kittle

61:50 Danny Gray

62:25 49ers defense

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