'Stick to sports,' Coronavirus concerns, and who will fill Deebo's shoes?

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🗓️ 19 June 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Welcome to the Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football Podcast! Liz Loza and Matt Harmon return after a brief hiatus with a new episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Podcast to talk Coronavirus, Deebo Samuel's foot injury, and the idea of 'sticking to sports.'You might've noticed that for the past two weeks or so that we haven't had a show.In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, and the ensuing protests which we support here, we felt wasn’t right to be joking and just focusing on fantasy football while we're all thinking about and facing the realities of systemic racism in the country.We want this show to be a place where we’re able to talk to each other honestly about what we're thinking, when it comes to fantasy football, but also beyond sports. So if you’re looking for a place where we just stick to sports, this podcast isn’t it.Dr. Anthony Fauci says that there shouldn't be a season without a bubble: "Unless players are essentially in a bubble — insulated from the community and they are tested nearly every day — it would be very hard to see how football is able to be played this fall." Liz shares some nuggets from her conversations with an orthopedist and epidemiologist about what to expect this season.And, one nugget of fantasy news, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel broke his foot recently and is expected to miss the start of the 2020 NFL Season. Will someone else in the receiving corps fill his shoes?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_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 and welcome to the Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football podcast.
0:07.1	I'm Liz Loza.
0:07.9	We've got Matt Harmon and our producer Ragu.
0:11.6	Let's just off the top mention the fact that maybe you've noticed for the past two weeks or so.
0:17.9	We haven't had a show.
0:19.8	We collectively both, you know, in terms of
0:23.6	this particular podcast and the rest of the Yahoo Fantasy crew, decided that in the aftermath of
0:29.6	George Floyd's murder and the ensuing protests, which by the way, everyone here supports,
0:35.5	we didn't think it was appropriate to come on and
0:39.3	joke about fantasy football. So we took a beat. We didn't want to do what maybe some people did
0:47.6	and throw up a black square on a Tuesday and not do some reflection and learning. And so we've
0:53.6	taken time to do that. And if you're not cool with that,
0:58.6	then you can unsubscribe because I don't think. And Matt, I'd appreciate if you chime in here.
1:04.5	We're living in a time when you can just stick to sports anymore. Yeah, I mean, my first thought
1:10.5	when this was all happening a couple
1:13.5	weeks ago was like the last thing I wanted to do personally was get on the mic and, you know,
1:20.3	throw back and forth about fantasy football because my thought is like, who cares? Like, I don't
1:26.0	care about that at all right now I mean even it's
1:28.6	been two weeks now and I still feel like stupid every time I post a tweet about Deonto
1:33.5	Johnson's route chart or whatever like really who cares but I agree with you completely that
1:39.3	I think you know a couple of months ago like when we're all starting into lockdown and
1:45.0	quarantine and everything, it was kind of nice to have an escape and have a little bit of something
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