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Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

What team win projections can tell us about the 17-game 2021 season

Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

Yahoo Sports

Football, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Sports, Sports, Nfl

4.3790 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Casinos around the country have released their win projections for the seventeen-game 2021 NFL season. Scott Pianowski welcomes Sammy Reid of RotoGrinders onto the podcast to look through the odds and try to find some value, but not before tipping their hats and saying happy trails to Alex Smith and Jordan Reed, who both announced their retirements this week.Looking at the win over/unders provided by BetMGM, do the guys find value in Vegas setting the bar for the reigning NFC East champion Washington Football Team at 8 wins? What do they make of the gridlocked top of the AFC North with the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers all vying for supremacy in one of the league's toughest divisions. The Houston Texans currently have their total set at 4.5 wins; is that an optimistic outlook for one of the league's most disappointing franchises?Stay up to date with the latest fantasy news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooFanasy.Follow 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, which is, of course, a fantasy football podcast.

0:09.3

It's another Scott Pinooski episode. That would be me. And we got one of my good friends in the industry.

0:16.0

You know Sammy Reed from his work with roto grinders, with fantasy insiders, just being a man about town.

0:21.8

And he's one of my favorite guys to follow, favorite guy to exchange ideas with because he's

0:26.0

smart, he's shrewd, he's got a very sharp BS detector.

0:30.2

And he gives you different slants that you don't hear everywhere else.

0:33.2

There's a lot of echo chamber in our industry.

0:35.3

Sometimes it just means that the right thing is the obvious thing. But if you hang around Sammy, you will get challenged. You will get new ideas.

0:42.5

And I guarantee you'll be a better, whatever it is you want to be good at. You wouldn't be

0:45.1

better poker player, better fantasy player, better understander of the world. You come to Sammy Reed.

0:50.6

So Sammy Reed, hello. Well, I have to say that is probably the best intro that I've

0:56.0

ever been given. So I appreciate it. And, you know, I've been trying to put off podcasting with you again

1:01.2

for as long as I could because the first time was just so excellent. Right. And so recreating that magic,

1:06.9

you're like, oh, man, you know, the expectations are so high but i'm actually really really happy to

1:11.7

be back on the pod with you and and wrap with you a little bit about what's going on football today

1:16.1

before we get into some of the fun stuff i've got to talk some overunders today we're talking about where

1:20.1

the money is and uh in 2021 football and there's more things we can bet on now but it's also a little bit

1:26.4

harder that i think the room is sharper and our edges are slider. We'll try to figure that out. But before we get to that,

1:32.5

just want to give a hat tip and maybe just a moment of appreciation. Alex Smith announced his

1:36.9

retirement recently. This is, by the way, we're taping this on Tuesday, April 20th. I just wanted

1:41.8

you to know that. And anyway, Alex Smith has retired.

1:45.3

Unbelievable comeback.

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