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Yahoo
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
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2025 fantasy predictions: Who is this year's Sam Darnold? (QB that resurrects his career)
Our summer 'Flip the Script' series concludes as Yahoo Fantasy analyst Scott Pianowski joins Matt Harmon to determine who will be this year's Sam Darnold and identify the top breakout quarterback candidates for the 2025 fantasy season. The duo revisit recent QB revival stories from Geno Smith to Baker Mayfield to Sam Darnold to uncover which struggling passer might be next in line for a surprise turnaround. Advertisement Harmon and Pianowski spotlight five quarterbacks who have underwhelmed so far but still have the tools to bounce back, along with three uncertain QB situations worth monitoring. After a deep dive into each case, they make their final pick for who could follow in Darnold's footsteps. Don't miss this episode if you're looking to stay ahead in your draft prep and uncover the next late-round QB gem. (1:00) - Programming note: Pods hit feeds Tuesday and Thursday starting next week (2:15) - Who is this year's Sam Darnold? The QB that resurrects his career (3:00) - What do Geno Smith, Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold all have in common? Advertisement (11:20) - How did Darnold breakout in 2024? What is his fantasy outlook in 2025? (25:15) - Qualifications to be this year's Sam Darnold (27:00) - Candidate: Justin Fields (35:05) - Candidate: Daniel Jones (44:15) - Candidate: Bryce Young (52:50) - Candidates: Caleb Williams and Trevor Lawrence (1:04:15) - Candidates: Giants, Saints, Browns QB rooms (1:14:00) - This year's winner 2025 fantasy predictions: Who is this year's Sam Darnold? (QB that resurrects his career) 🖥️ Watch this full episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Top 10 WRs in 2025 + Chiefs get healthy before training camp, Colts QB battle & more!
Who are the best receivers in the NFL entering the 2025 season? Yahoo Sports' Nate Tice, Matt Harmon and Charles McDonald compare their top 10 wideouts on today's show. But first, Matt and C Mac discuss the latest offseason news in the NFL including Jaire Alexander signing with the Baltimore Ravens, Rashee Rice and Josh Simmons being medically cleared for training camp and more! Advertisement (1:50) - News roundup: Jaire Alexander, Anthony Richardson, Russell Wilson & Rashee Rice (23:55) - WRs 10-8 (37:00) - WRs 7 & 6 (44:35) - WRs 5 & 4 44:35 (56:10) - Top 3 WRs Is Justin Jefferson the best wide receiver in the NFL? (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) 🖥️ Watch this full episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
2025 fantasy predictions: Who is this year's Bucky Irving? (Young breakout RB)
Our summer 'Flip the Script' series continues as Yahoo Fantasy analyst Scott Pianowski joins Matt Harmon to figure out who will be this year's Bucky Irving and pinpoint the best bets to break out at running back in the 2025 fantasy season. The duo revisit Bucky Irving's surprise 2024 campaign and break down the traits that helped him deliver league-winning value. Advertisement Harmon and Pianowski spotlight eleven young RBs ranked outside the top 40 who have the talent and situation to crash the top 10 next year. After a deep dive on each candidate, they make their final pick for who will wear the Bucky Irving crown in 2025. Don't miss this episode if you're looking to stay ahead in your draft prep and find the next hidden gem at running back. (2:45) - Flip the script: Who is this year's Bucky Irving? (8:50) - Breaking out: Looking at Bucky Irving's 2024 season (15:20) - 2025 fantasy outlook for Bucky Irving (21:55) - Qualifications to be this year's Bucky Irving Advertisement (24:00) - Candidate: Jaguars RB Bhayshul Tuten (30:10) - Candidate: Cowboys RB Jaydon Blue (37:18) - Candidates: Rams RB Jarquez Hunter + Saints RB Devin Neal (41:00) - Candidates: Jaguars RB Tank Bigsby, Dolphins RB Jaylen Wright, Bears RB Roschon Johnson (49:05) - Candidates: Cardinals RB Trey Benson, Panthers RB Rico Dowdle, 49ers RB Isaac Gurrendo, Bills RB Ray Davis (56:00) - Winner Our summer 'Flip the Script' series continues as Yahoo Fantasy analyst Scott Pianowski joins Matt Harmon to figure out who will be this year's Bucky Irving and pinpoint the best bets to break out at running back in the 2025 fantasy season. The duo revisit Bucky Irving's surprise 2024 campaign and break down the traits that helped him deliver league-winning value. (Jonathan Bassey) 🖥️ Watch this full episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
3 NFL players set to excel with new teams — and for fantasy football managers — this season
Hello Yahoo Fantasy! Let me kick things off by saying how exciting it is to have my words featured on this site. It's an absolute honor to join the long line of amazing analysts (past and present) who have helped make Yahoo one of the premier fantasy destinations — and I look forward to doing everything in my power to continue that tradition. If you've followed my work over the years, thank you. I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for your support. You're the reason I dedicate so much time and effort to my fantasy content and I can't wait to experience this next chapter of my career with you at Yahoo. Advertisement [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season] For everyone else, I'm eager to share my rankings, trade value charts and overall analysis with you. My focus is always producing the most accurate content possible and the best is yet to come. Starting a new job is always an adventure and comes with a fresh set of challenges. Can my hair ever look as good as Matt Harmon's? Will I misspell "Pianowski" when sending emails? Are my friends going to kick me out of our fantasy leagues now that I'm employed by the platform we play on? I promise to keep you updated on all those storylines, in addition to keeping you informed with everything you'll need to be an annual contender for your fantasy championships. Advertisement On that note, I'm not the only one making a move to a new team this offseason. Plenty of NFL players have found themselves on an unfamiliar roster and are hoping to have success in a different jersey. So, in the interest of giving you some actionable information in my first Yahoo article, here are three players who are going to excel with a new club this season. Davante Adams, WR, Los Angeles Rams Normally, I wouldn't advise investing in a receiver who'll turn 33 before the end of the year, but Adams isn't a typical wideout. He bounced back last season to average 14.2 fantasy points per game (half PPR), which was his eighth top-10 finish in the last nine campaigns: Year Result 2024 WR10 2023 WR18 2022 WR3 2021 WR4 2020 WR1 2019 WR6 2018 WR1 2017 WR6 2016 WR9 Adams' worst result in that stretch came when he was forced to catch passes from Aidan O'Connell and Jimmy Garoppolo. Sure, he won't have his BFF Aaron Rodgers under center, but Matthew Stafford is a more capable passer at this stage of their careers. And there's no denying Sean McVay is operating on a different plane of existence as an offensive play-caller, versus the coordinators Adams dealt with in New York. Advertisement McVay's ability to scheme players open will be a huge plus and the presence of Puka Nacua is guaranteed to attract defensive attention away from Adams. While we don't want to put too much stock in OTA quotes, McVay recently highlighted Adams as someone who stood out in the spring and Rams' OC Mike LaFleur believes the veteran has a lot of juice left in the tank. Stafford has already shown the ability to support multiple star fantasy wideouts in the same season, so don't be surprised when Adams finishes as a top-15 fantasy receiver in 2025 with a chance to post low-end WR1 numbers. Justin Fields, QB, New York Jets We all know there's a difference between real-life success and fantasy output. One of the most obvious examples of that has been Justin Fields. Advertisement His rushing skills alone put him in the fantasy QB1 conversation whenever he's in the starting lineup. In the first six weeks of last season — before the Steelers turned to Russell Wilson — Fields was the QB7 (19.1 fppg), finishing as a top-12 fantasy option in 50% of those outings. That came after the former first-round pick posted QB12 fantasy stats (18.4 fppg) in 2023 and QB6 results (20.5 fppg) in 2022. Aaron Glenn and the Jets have committed to Fields as their starter for 2025 and maybe beyond if he can prove himself worthy. While it might not be pretty to watch, fantasy managers should be jumping at the chance to draft a potential top-10 fantasy quarterback just inside the first 100 picks (95.3 ADP on Yahoo). Jordan Mason, RB, Minnesota Vikings Mason is coming off a career year filling in for Christian McCaffrey and now heads to Minnesota where he'll assume the No. 2 role behind another older back who's dealt with plenty of injuries during his career: Aaron Jones. Advertisement However, don't confuse my interest in Mason for Jones' slander. The 30-year-old back is an extremely likable player who's been a high-end fantasy RB more years than not during his career. It's just important to recognize Jones' age and injury history: Year Injuries 2024 Quad, ribs, hip 2023 MCL sprain, thigh, hamstring 2022 Ankle, knee 2021 MCL sprain, thigh, hamstring, ribs While Jones has only missed seven games during that span, it's fair to question his durability moving forward — especially since the Vikings made a point to trade for help at the position. Mason dealt with ailments of his own last season, but before getting banged up, he averaged 108 yards from scrimmage per contest through the first seven weeks. Earlier in the offseason, Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell referred to Jones and Mason as a 1A/1B backfield and referenced Mason's ability around the goal line, an area where Minnesota struggled in 2024. Advertisement In that role, Mason will be a weekly fantasy RB3/flex option in one of the better offenses in football, with the chance to vault into RB1 territory if Jones misses time at any point. It's going to be a big year for people on new teams and, fantasy-wise, Adams, Fields and Mason should be priority targets in your drafts.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Is Bills WR Keon Coleman ready to seize the WR1 role in Buffalo?
Is Bills WR Keon Coleman ready to seize the WR1 role in Buffalo? | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast In our latest Yahoo Fantasy Forecast Matt Harmon and Destination Devy's Ray Garvin attempt to identify this year's breakout wide receiver in fantasy. The two analyze Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman breaking out in 2025. Hear the full conversation on the 'Yahoo Fantasy Forecast' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript I do think it's worth throwing Keyon Coleman out here, Ray, because I, look, all of that could be true. Advertisement You know, you can look at his deep red reception perception route tree and still think he's a good pick at wide receiver 51 or 52 just because look, you're attaching again, I know, I, I know he's got, look, nobody knows better than me that he's got problems as a separator. I, I don't think his best deployment is out there at ex-receiver. For every single snap, but based on last year, based on their comments so far this offseason, that's the role that they want Keyon Coleman to have, to be their ex-receiver. I think he'd be better maximized as the guy that you use off the line of scrimmage, a guy that's more of a power slot player. Advertisement He never gonna play in the slot because they got Khalil Shakir, and I think they've kind of ticketed Josh Palmer to be that outside guy that moves around a little bit more than Keyon Coleman. So I, I'm, I'm projecting him as their ex-receiver. Don't love him in that role long term being like a consistent high targeted player. That being said, he's not useless. He's really good on slant routes. He's, he's not great, but he's solid in contested situations, and he's actually really, really good in the same way that Gabe Davis was as a A guy, like, honestly, not a not a good separator, not an ideal fit at X, but just like Gabe Davis, Keon Coleman showed as a rookie. Advertisement He's really good at like getting free on these improv scramble drill plays, which is gonna put big plays in the box score when you got number 17, Josh Allen, as your quarterback. So, um, he might be like a Best ball only guy, but for all my problems with the way the Bills use Keyon Coleman and sort of his player profile, I absolutely don't mind taking a shot on him outside the top 50 receivers. He probably needs a role change or to really, really take a step as a player to be the next JSN, but he's somebody again at that 80P that I don't mind drafting. I, I, I'll just say this, I too, despite some things that concern me when watching Keyon Coleman play, I, I'm a little excited for year two, Keyon Coleman, and I'll just say this, when I'm looking at a result of percent of targets that result in a first down or a touchdown, when I'm lined on the outside, I've got all the receiver names that we talked about today. Advertisement Now all the receiver names on there, uh. Keon Coleman, 40.8%. The only people higher than him was Ricky Piersall, Chris Olave, and Jackson Smith and Jigba. So, I, I mean a better target conversion percentage when aligned on the outside than Downs or Doomsday, R Reed, Pickens, and DeMario. Douglas. So if he can be a more consistent, that's the thing, right? The consistency, the, the talent is there. He absolutely has the talent and the ability to win in the NFL and therefore return fantasy points for us. Can he develop that consistency? The environment should be there. Uh, his role seems to be pretty solidified. Advertisement He wants some more consistency out of Keyon Coleman, but I too, despite a very red, very red tree, Matt, I'm still a little bit in on Keyon Coleman. Reluctantly, because you're just what you're trying to project is him just ascending, right? Natural progression of somebody that we hope works hard, goes out there and he gets a little bit better, right? And I think that is OK to project for Keon Coleman.
