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How Yahoo, ESPN Are Handling Fantasy Scoring After Bengals-Bills Postponement

How Yahoo, ESPN Are Handling Fantasy Scoring After Bengals-Bills Postponement

Since the NFL has yet to make an official decision on the Bills–Bengals game that was postponed from Monday after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin suddenly collapsed on the field and went into cardiac arrest, fantasy football owners may be wondering how this affects their league. As Hamlin still remains in the hospital in critical condition in the intensive care unit, the league has hesitated to make any future plans about the Week 17 matchup since players’ and teams’… Source link

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Week 17 & 18 Fantasy Football: Status Updates

Week 17 & 18 Fantasy Football: Status Updates

We understand Yahoo Fantasy Football managers are awaiting news regarding the postponed Week 17 matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills. Our main concern is Damar Hamlin’s health at this time. Our thoughts are with Damar, his family and the Buffalo Bills. These are unprecedented circumstances so we wanted to provide as much clarity as we can while awaiting the NFL’s final decision on the game. Here’s what you need to know if you are competing in a season-long fantasy… Source link

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Week 17 & 18 Fantasy Football: Status Updates

Week 17 & 18 Fantasy Football: Status Updates

We understand Yahoo Fantasy Football managers are awaiting news regarding the postponed Week 17 matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills. Our main concern is Damar Hamlin’s health at this time. Our thoughts are with Damar, his family and the Buffalo Bills. These are unprecedented circumstances so we wanted to provide as much clarity as we can while awaiting the NFL’s final decision on the game. Here’s what you need to know if you are competing in a season-long fantasy… Source link

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Here are the fantasy football MVPs who led teams to the playoffs

Here are the fantasy football MVPs who led teams to the playoffs

Yahoo Fantasy Football has a fun stat on commissioner pages called “MVPs.” That tab counts how often players show up on the Top 500 Yahoo public teams. It’s merely a count, and not even a metric. It’s imperfect. But it’s an interesting measure of who’s moved the needle, and it’s worthy of a look as we get you ready for the fantasy semifinals. Meet the Yahoo MVPs: RB Josh Jacobs, Raiders (62.2 percent rostered on top-500 teams) The overall RB1, drafted in the seventh or eighth… Source link

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Yahoo Fantasy: Who are biggest surprises of NBA season thus far?

The consensus top-24 in fantasy are generally playing to expectation — aside from LaMelo Ball’s unfortunate injury luck and James Harden’s untimely foot ailment. But the same can’t be said for players outside the first two rounds. Here, I’ll opine some of the biggest surprises of the fantasy basketball season a quarter of the way through. Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPG/SG, Oklahoma City Thunder Current per-game ranking: 3 The biggest surprise seven weeks into the season is the… Source link

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Is Christian McCaffrey’s fantasy value capped with the 49ers?

Is Christian McCaffrey’s fantasy value capped with the 49ers?

Yahoo Sports’ Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski explain why McCaffrey’s new team isn’t helping his fantasy stock this season. Video Transcript [AUDIO LOGO] SCOTT PIANOWSKI: I want to be careful how I say this. I want players to play well. I want players to stay healthy and hit their theoretical ceilings as much as they can. But there was a lot of Christian McCaffrey victory lapping a couple of weeks ago, like, oh, aren’t you glad you didn’t fall for that Jonathan Taylor [BLEEP]. CMC, you know he’s… Source link

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NBA Fantasy Stat Stuffers: Players available in Yahoo leagues

NBA Fantasy Stat Stuffers: Players available in Yahoo leagues

Andre Drummond is averaging 8.6 rebounds per game this season. Despite Thanksgiving being in our rearview mirror, stuffing is still on the menu. Specifically, it’s time to serve up some “stat stuffers” still available in most Yahoo leagues and can help fantasy basketball managers in specific categories. Rebounds John Konchar, Memphis Grizzlies (57% available) Konchar is one of the best rebounding guards in the league. The problem has been he wasn’t getting enough minutes at the… Source link

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Fantasy Football: Best Week 12 Rankings

Fantasy Football: Best Week 12 Rankings

Well ladies and gents, we’ve reached a pivotal week of the fantasy football season. Week 12, a week featuring NO byes, a loaded Thanksgiving slate and some intriguing matchups. It also marks a week where many fantasy managers who have been tearing through their league have already clinched the playoffs. Others still are looking at Week 12 as the week where they either lock up a seed, or when the real playoff push begins. Where does your roster stand in Week 12? [Black Friday Sale: 50% off… Source link

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Fantasy football scoring takes a Sunday afternoon holiday

Fantasy football scoring takes a Sunday afternoon holiday

I like to say every batch of NFL results is weird in its own way. The chaos is the product. That’s what we as fantasy managers come to expect. We try to benefit from the entropy, if we can. We turn into the skid. And man, there were plenty of fantasy skids in the early window of Week 11. Several big-name stars put up brick performances on the eve of Thanksgiving. Start in Detroit, where Josh Allen was erratic early and finished with just 197 yards, one touchdown and a piddly seven rushing… Source link

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