Should you avoid drafting Ezekiel Elliott & Melvin Gordon?

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4.3 • 790 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Liz Loza and Matt Harmon are joined in this episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Podcast by a familiar face (and very familiar voice), the Big Noise himself, Brad Evans!Before they can get to the regularly scheduled program, Liz, Matt and Brad have the great David Montgomery debate of 2019 (1:00). Friendships will be tested. Minds will be opened. Chicago running backs will be discussed.Next, they dissect one of the looming stories of fantasy draft season: The major holdouts of Melvin Gordon and Ezekiel Elliott (8:45). We already went through a tough year (or lack thereof) with Le’Veon Bell last season, and nobody wants to deal with that again.[Join or create a 2019 Yahoo Fantasy Football league for free today]So, our experts discuss how to manage holdouts in fantasy. As the holdouts cause the running backs to fall in drafts, when is it the right time to scoop them up?Speaking of running backs, Liz, Matt, and Brad discuss the runners of Round 1 (19:45). How many should go in the round? Saquon Barkley, Ezekiel Elliott, Christian McCaffrey, Alvin Kamara, and David Johnson seem like virtual locks, but what about the likes of James Conner, Melvin Gordon, Le’Veon Bell, Joe Mixon, Nick Chubb, Dalvin Cook — and even Todd Gurley?Our experts finish up by previewing the AFC North Cleveland Browns (26:45), Baltimore Ravens (31:20), Pittsburgh Steelers (38:10) and Cincinnati Bengals (49:10).Remember to leave your voicemail for a future episode at 888-85-YAHOO (that's 888-859-2466).And please remember to rate, review and subscribe on your podcast provider of choice and send us your questions for future episodes on Twitter @YahooFantasy.Follow Liz @LizLoza_FFFollow Matt @MattHarmon_BYBFollow Brad @YahooNoise See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Hi!
0:04.4	That's a beautiful intro,
0:06.5	and welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Football podcast.
0:10.0	I am Liz Loza, who is very, very not awkwardly adjusting herself in this seat.
0:16.6	Why are you looking at me?
0:18.7	Next to me, judging, naturally, is Matt Harmon, as he is all too often.
0:24.7	And here's the best surprise of my day, which tells you about my day.
0:28.4	Brad Evans is joining us.
0:30.0	Oh, oh, my amigos.
0:31.1	Why is there not tequila in my hand right now?
0:33.4	I demanded it from producer Brett, and he failed to come through for me.
0:37.2	Producer Brett is, he's, you know, right now he's got some rose quartz in his pocket.
0:41.4	He's working through some stuff.
0:42.2	We do have some Kirkland Spiced Rum back here, if you guys are really interested.
0:45.4	Not in a billion years.
0:46.8	From where, Loza?
0:47.6	From Costco or Costco.
0:48.5	From Costco.
0:50.6	From Costco.
0:53.3	Her Chicago accent just bleeds through in random spots.
0:57.1	You know why? Because I'm so comfortable with you guys that I allow myself to be my authentic self.
1:02.5	That's good.
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