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Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

Data & trends that will define 2024 season: 1st downs per route run

Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

Yahoo Sports

Football, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Sports, Sports, Nfl

4.3790 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

For the first installment of the 'Data and trends that will define 2024 season' series, Fantasy Points' Ryan Heath joins the show to discuss why '1st downs per route run' should be one of the biggest guides to determine the success and efficiency of wide receivers in the NFL.

Transcript

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banger of a show today. Ryan Heath of Fantasy Points joins me to talk first downs per route run as we kick off a new mini series here on the podcast of stats and data trends that matter heading into the 2024 NFL season.

0:13.0

Why is first downs per route run even more predictive than the great yards per route run?

0:17.2

Who are some big play merchants we need to be aware of and maybe a little skeptical

0:22.0

of heading into fantasy drafts? And who are some players that first downs per route run can

0:26.9

actually shine a light on that might be a little bit underrated and undervalued? All that

0:30.9

and more coming up on today's show. Let's get into it.

0:48.3

Yeah. So let's get into it. It's Wednesday, May 29th.

0:50.1

I'm Matt Harmon.

0:50.8

Welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Show.

0:52.6

It is a hell of a day to talk ball.

0:55.9

I hope you all enjoyed your Memorial Day weekend. Took a little extra day off from the pod.

1:01.1

I know I sure as hell enjoyed it, even though we got some rain here. But again, hell of a day to talk ball.

1:05.7

And joining me to do just that is Ryan Heath of Fantasy Points.

1:09.6

Ryan, what's going on, buddy?

1:11.4

Hey, I'm having a, have had a great Memorial Day weekend.

1:15.2

Very excited to be talking to you, man.

1:17.9

Yes.

1:18.4

If you guys are not familiar with Ryan's work over at Fantasy Points, it's absolutely

1:23.1

fantastic.

1:23.7

You guys know I reference Fantasy Points data here on the site all the time. It's, you know,

1:29.6

in my opinion, the best bang for your buck. If you're looking for data, this is not a planned

1:35.9

ad for fantasy points. Okay, I'm just, this is a full, wholehearted endorsement. But, you know,

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