Week 1 Preview: Zeke's back, AB is not

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🗓️ 6 September 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Football podcast, Liz Loza and Matt Harmon tackle some of the biggest news of the NFL ahead of Week 1, and you’d be hard-pressed to find bigger news than Antonio Brown’s supposed, impending suspension. After a reported altercation between AB and Raiders GM Mike Mayock, it seems like any wishes fantasy gamers had of a resurgent AB in Oakland are going up in smoke.Before they get to AB, Jerry Jones gave Ezekiel Elliott the richest RB-contract in NFL history, and the star runner is set to take the field in Week 1. Our experts discuss the fantasy fallout of Zeke’s return, including the subsequent dimmed outlook for Tony Pollard (0:20).Also in the news, OBJ is still being bothered by his hip injury (7:15). What can fantasy owners expect out of the electric receiver? From one stud receiver to another, Julio Jones' status for opening weekend is also in question (9:30). To wrap up the receiver talk, Matt & Liz discuss the latest soap operatics from Oakland's erratic Antonio Brown (15:15).Liz and Matt are then joined by Yahoo’s very own, The Reverend, Andy Behrens. They reveal some of their boldest predictions for 2019, including Andy’s call of Larry Fitzgerald leading the NFL in receptions, Liz expecting Jimmy Garoppolo to finish as a top-15 fantasy QB, and Matt predicting that Miles Sanders ultimately outscores fellow rookie running back, David Montgomery, on route to a top-15 finish (20:50).Finally, they wrap up the show with a preview of Week 1, focusing in on Lions/Cardinals, Steelers/Patriots, Chiefs/Jaguars and Rams/Panthers (44:00).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 Andy @AndyBehrens See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Football podcast.
0:05.0	I'm Liz Loza.
0:06.0	We got Matt Harmon, of course.
0:08.2	Producer Brett is not stressed at all, leading us forward as always.
0:13.3	And of course, football is back, which means, da-da-da-da-da.
0:16.4	There's tons of drama to open the season.
0:18.6	We're going to start with something that I think fantasy
0:21.7	owners should be happy about. Zeke finally signed. And not only did he get paid, we'll give you
0:31.5	more on that in a second, but he, much to the glory of tequila hawkers, became the highest paid
0:36.2	running back in NFL history set to earn 15
0:38.3	million per year for six years. That's $90 million for those of you who aren't quick on the math
0:42.4	with $50 million guaranteed. Good luck standing at the end of those six years. If you even make it
0:49.5	that long, because there's a lot of loopholes that'll let the cowboys out of this. But that's
0:53.7	another show.
0:55.0	Matt, do you think this is a relief to most fantasy owners?
0:58.0	You would hope so, despite the Tony Pollard pumping up that you and I are both guilty of
1:02.0	having done in the last few weeks and days.
1:04.7	I mean, yeah, I know that everyone immediately, like, wants to know what kind of touch, you know,
1:10.3	what kind of touch is doing expecting, what kind of touch? Who's going to have a week one?
1:12.5	I don't know, man.
1:13.5	Like, what do you, this is what you want, right?
1:15.6	Yeah, you want the star running back, back at the building.
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