Our favorite bets of 2020: Team W/L Totals, Awards, and Fantasy Points

Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

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🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Yahoo’s Scott Pianowski and Dalton Del Don look through the slate of bets up for wagering at BetMGM to figure out what teams will surprise and disappoint, their picks for awards like MVP and Rookie of the Year, and place a few bets on props like fantasy points and most receiving yards in a game.[Create or join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Football League for free today]If you’re new to betting, we suggest checking out Liz Loza's episode with betting analyst Minty Bets to understand betting terminology and how betting lines are structured.You might be wondering what betting has to do with fantasy football, but it’s a great way to have a chance to still be invested if you miss out on one of your favorite fantasy targets in a fantasy draft. Only one team will get Terry McLaurin in a draft, but if you expect a break out year, the over on his season-long fantasy points is available for a wager. And it goes the other way too: You can use odds and lines to see how Vegas projects players to inform your fantasy moves.Team Win Totals (03:45)Awards: MVP, Rookie of the Year, Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year (29:15)QB Props (36:00)RB Props (37:30)WR Props (39:00)TE Props (43:30) Remember to stay tuned to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, which will now have FIVE new episodes per week!Follow Scott: @Scott_PianowskiFollow Dalton: @DaltonDelDonCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports Podcast family at https://apple.co/2Abi8jk or at yahoosports.com/podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Welcome, everyone, welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast.
0:05.1	I am Scott Pianowski, you're here talking about football.
0:08.5	A very special show today.
0:10.7	We'll be talking NFL, of course.
0:12.1	We're going to be talking about player props, team props, stuff that you can do with our partners
0:17.1	and our friends at BetMGM.
0:18.8	All the stuff we're going on today, go over to betmgm.com
0:23.6	slash Yahoo. You can get in the game if we're a part of the country where it's legal. And if you need
0:28.1	more of a refresher course on what exactly these props are about, check out the August 21st
0:33.2	podcast between Liz Loza and Minty Betts. They did a great job outlining what we're talking about
0:38.2	with props and how they can be a great just side dish to your fantasy experience this year.
0:43.7	And even if you're listening to this podcast and maybe you're not versed in props, you know,
0:48.1	you're just going to kind of tiptoe into it. We're going to try to give you information today
0:51.7	and make you a better fantasy player and give you an idea of how I feel about the season.
0:55.5	And I'm very rude. I've not introduced my guest.O. Suddenly, we're, what, 10 days away from
1:12.2	the NFL starting? I mean, this is happening. Let's do this. Yeah, it really snuck up on a lot of people.
1:17.7	I think for a couple reasons. I mean, obviously the tone and tenor of the country and what's going on.
1:23.0	Everything shut down for a while. So I think a lot of people weren't sure yet.
1:29.7	Do I know there's going to be a football season?
1:31.8	Do I want to make an investment?
1:33.6	Maybe I'll wait it out and see how things go.
1:39.6	I also think the lack of preseason football, and it's not that the preseason football is anything great.
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