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Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

The year of the underdog and an early look at NFC/AFC Title odds

Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

Yahoo Sports

Football, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Sports, Sports, Nfl

4.3790 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast is back with Scott Pianowski and friend of the pod, Yahoo's Frank Schwab!Scott and Frank recap the state of handicapping in 2020, which saw and impressive number of road teams and underdogs pull out victories against the spread. Was it a one year blip or has the home favorite edge truly evaporated?And, while we're talking about betting, the guys look at the futures board for NFC and AFC odds to see what teams look like good values early in the offseason, and why the Carson Wentz-led Indianapolis Colts might be worth an early wager.This week’s odds are courtesy of BetMGM.(As always, odds are subject to change.)Follow Frank: @YahooSchwabFollow Scott: @scott_pianowskiCheck 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, hello, hello, and welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, a fantasy football podcast.

0:08.9

And today it's a gambling podcast. What's better than that? I'm Scott Pianowski. I got my main man, Frank Schwab from Yahoo with me today.

0:16.6

You know him from just that A to Z 24, 24-7, 365 NFL coverage he does.

0:22.8

And he's also become one of our pointmen for the gambling revolution.

0:28.6

It's right about all sorts of stuff, bad beats, trends, you name it.

0:32.9

Today we're going to talk about handicapping.

0:35.0

We're to review the 2020 year in NFL gambling, which is pretty

0:39.3

much a year of the underdog, see if we can find any value in the futures market, maybe rant

0:44.0

about a head coach or two, you know, that type of thing. Just put a bow on what just happened

0:48.9

and try to get you ready for the new 2021 gambling season.

0:54.6

It's a really exciting time.

0:55.6

Stuff that's becoming available in more and more states.

0:58.2

And as always, the odds we get on today's program are going to be from our friends at BedMGM.

1:03.6

And if you're not over there, they have some great opening deals to get you in the door and get to some cash in your pocket.

1:11.0

You sign up at bedmgm.com slash Yahoo special.

1:15.5

Use the promo code sportsbook when you make that first deposit.

1:18.7

This is valued valid for users in New Jersey, West Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, Colorado, Iowa.

1:26.4

IA is Iowa, right?

1:31.2

Virginia and Michigan that are 21 years or older, bonus paid and free bets within 24 hours, terms do apply. It used to be that list was just a few states,

1:35.8

is getting longer and longer. It's only going to go up and up. So enough of my talking. Let's

1:40.3

bring in the man, the myth, Frankie Roast Beef. How are you, Mr. Schwab? Doing great. I mean, as you're talking about this, I've always kind of appreciated this,

1:49.2

that, you know, when me and you got into this business years and years ago, gambling was so taboo.

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