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Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

Rookie Snapshot 2021: Best fantasy landing spots

Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

Yahoo Sports

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🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The 2021 NFL draft is in the books, so now it's time to look back and see how we did. Liz Loza & Eric Edholm grade their pre-draft predictions and analyze the top rookie prospects, the teams they were drafted by and which ones have the path to immediate fantasy success in 2021.Najee Harris is on a no-doubt path to volume in Pittsburgh, but will his offensive line hold up? Is Trey Sermon destined for success in San Francisco, or is he doomed to split touches in Kyle Shanahan's RBBC system?On the receivers side, Ja'Marr Chase seems primed for a season where he could see at least 100 targets thanks to his old buddy Joe Burrow. Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, Liz & Eric see Devonta Smith easily snatching the WR1 position on the depth chart sooner rather than later.Hear Liz & Eric's thoughts on 14 rookies plus one late-round sleeper you should keep an eye on.Stay up to date with the latest fantasy football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooFantasyFollow Liz @LizLoza_FFFollow Eric @Eric_EdholmCheck 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

Hello and welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast. I am Liz Loza and I am here with my rookie

0:07.1

snapshot partner in crime, also known as Eric Ed Holm, the Yahoo Sports NFL draft expert. Eric,

0:14.3

how you doing? Did you get any son? Have you reunited with your family? You're already working on

0:18.9

2022. What is wrong with you, man?

0:22.2

Yeah, no, there's a lot going on in my head. None of it is good. I did get some, I did get some

0:27.5

rest. That was an important thing. Monday was a relaxing day. That it's back to the grind on

0:33.4

Tuesday and trying to figure out what's going on for next year's class, trying to figure out

0:37.6

some other stuff to write this summer. I'm in a good place. And I'm here with you guys. This is

0:41.7

exciting. What did you do on Monday? Like when you woke up Monday morning, when did you decide,

0:47.5

how many hours into Monday did you decide to take your phone off of silent? Yeah. Well, so here's the

0:54.0

deal. I actually took the kids to school early, did a little off of silent. Yeah, well, so here's the deal.

0:54.3

I actually took the kids to school early, did a little bit of work.

0:59.6

First sort of two hours of the day, got to about, I don't know, 10 a.m. let's say.

1:04.9

And I just said, you know what, that's it.

1:06.9

We're going to close up shop for the day.

1:08.4

I didn't have to work.

1:09.4

I didn't need to.

1:10.1

I just did a few things to get. And I think I had one or two radio shows that night, but I purposely planned it

1:16.7

so that I wasn't going to be like talking about six round fullbacks on a Monday after the draft.

1:22.3

That just doesn't play well. Okay. All right. So it sounds like you're in a good place. You've had enough time to

1:27.8

recover. Anyone in your position doesn't sleep a whole lot anyway, so I guess you're used to it.

1:34.4

Let's then discuss your general post-draft thoughts, particularly those sixth round fullbacks.

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