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Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

Stat trends we love and hate to see: Projecting Mecole Hardman and what's up with Zach Ertz?

Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

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4.7 • 737 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don are here to talk about all the major fantasy trends heading into Week 6 on the latest episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast!Matt and Dalton dive into the stats and trends they love, including Chase Claypool’s rise through the Steelers ranks, Mecole Hardman’s opportunity with Sammy Watkins sidelined and Chase Edmonds increasing snap rate in the Cardinals offense.Unfortunately, there are some trends they don’t like too, like Zach Ertz’s recent performances without Dallas Goedert, DeSean Washington or Alshon Jeffery, and rookie RBs Jonathan Taylor and Clyde Edwards-Helaire failure to meet their hype.Finally, Matt and Dalton engage in their new segment titled “Who Got Shelled,” where they discuss a defense that got absolutely bombarded in Week 5 and a defense they expect to get demolished in Week 6.Remember to stay tuned to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, which will now have FIVE new episodes per week!Follow Dalton: @daltondeldonFollow Matt: @MattHarmon_BYBCheck 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, I'm Matt Harmon, and welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, presented by Planter satisfying your snack cravings for over 100 years.

0:12.0

Dalton, Del Don, joining me today.

0:14.1

Dalton, do you know what satisfied me today?

0:16.5

What's that, Matt?

0:18.3

Let's actually take this a couple different directions.

0:21.0

Because what satisfied me last night was watching Justin Herbert play football.

0:25.2

I mean, this guy is like my favorite, one of my favorite things from the 2020 season so far.

0:31.7

I'm, I don't know about you, man, but like I'm so excited about, about Justin Herbert.

0:36.4

Like, he has, and we'll talk about

0:38.6

the quarterback that he's replaced a little bit later in Philip Rivers, but he has like

0:44.5

launched the chargers up the watchability rankings for me, almost single-handedly. Yeah, Herbert

0:51.3

leads the NFL when pressured and adjusted completion rate and efficiency.

0:56.4

That play when he rolled out to the right, avoided the pass rush and then throwing on one leg on the move, just such arm strength.

1:04.1

So impressive, man.

1:06.2

Totally.

1:07.5

Herbert has just been eye-opening and just must-watch.

1:10.6

And the difference in which my expectations from what I've read about college people expected,

1:15.6

I know that he was considered a possible number one pick like two years before.

1:19.4

And then he had a disappointing final year in Oregon.

1:21.4

But man, he looks like a stud, no doubt.

1:25.0

Yeah, well, I think there's a, like, you could actually give him a little bit of credit for, you know, his kind of backwards way of getting out of being the Giants quarterback.

1:33.7

Because a lot of people said that if, you know, he had been, if he had come out in that previous season, like, he would have been the guy for the Giants instead of Daniel Jones.

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