Stat Nerd Thursday: Lamar Jackson’s best season yet and DeAndre Hopkins’ slow start

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🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don get together to discuss some of their favorite stats (Which running backs are getting at least 1 goal line look per game? Which wide receivers make up that largest percentage of their team’s air yards?) heading into week 5 of the NFL season.The guys also spend a good amount of time breaking down the news of the day, wondering if fantasy managers should be concerned with DeAndre Hopkins’ low volume, and previewing Thursday’s game between the Rams and Seahawks.Stay up to date with the latest fantasy football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooFantasyFollow Andy @AndyBehrensFollow Dalton @DaltonDelDonFollow Liz @LizLoza_FFFollow Matt @MattHarmon_BYBFollow Scott @Scott_PianowskiCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj 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 back to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, where it is.
0:10.2	Stat nerd Thursday, that means I'm Matt Harmon.
0:12.9	Well, I mean, I guess I'm Matt Harmon every day of the week, not just stat nerd Thursday.
0:16.7	But it does mean that I'm joined by my good buddy Dalton Del Don.
0:20.3	We have plenty of good stats to dig into this week. But before we get into the fun, first, we have some pre-show business to take care of. By now you've probably heard us talk about how valuable Yahoo Fantasy Plus is for your fantasy football team, which means you've tried it out for yourself with great success, or you just don't like winning, which is weird.
0:38.3	I thought your people were in this to win. So what are you doing with yourself? If you do in fact
0:43.2	like to win and you still haven't tested out Yahoo Fantasy Plus, come on, what are you waiting
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1:02.8	Andy Barron's weekly fantasy newsletter.
1:05.0	That thing is hot fire.
1:07.0	You definitely want to make sure you're checking that out.
1:09.5	With that over and done with, let's first get into some news.
1:12.8	But before I asked about the news, Dalton, how are you doing, man?
1:16.3	Doing well, fantasy baseball season officially over.
1:19.4	My 49ers are in a bit of chaos.
1:21.9	Bourbon Meyer.
1:23.0	I don't know.
1:23.3	We got a lot to talk about, Matt.
1:24.6	We got a lot to talk about.
1:26.4	Urban Meyer, Matt. We got a lot to talk about. Urban Meyer, man, I mean, we talk a lot about, you know, over unders, lines, spreads, props.
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