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ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Dennis Allen not thinking about a quarterback change The Saints didn’t score any points until the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Panthers and quarterback Jameis Winston is playing with a transverse fracture in his back that requires him to wear extra padding, but neither of those things is leading Saints head coach Dennis Allen to consider making a quarterback change. Winston [more] Source link

The 2022 college football season is a month old. Yep, Week 4 was the final weekend of September as most teams are now a third of the way through their regular seasons. With October approaching, there’s no better time to see how the 10 conferences at the top level of college football stack up to one another. And, spoiler alert, the SEC is at No. 1. 10. MAC The biggest two wins for the MAC so far are Bowling Green’s upset of Marshall after the Thundering Herd beat Notre Dame and Eastern… Source link

Last week gave us a ton of excellent performances from multiple players (Lamar Jackson, Tua Tagovailoa, Jalen Hurts, Amon-Ra St. Brown) that you hopefully had in your NFL DFS lineups. Week 3’s daily fantasy football main slate is loaded with a ton of interesting matchups, which means there will be plenty of potential value sleepers and star players putting up points. Our Yahoo DFS tournament lineup targets what we hope is a good mix of both, saving salary at our QB, RBs, and TE spots while… Source link

The 49ers lost Trey Lance for the year. The Colts lost again — in a shutout — in Jacksonville. The Jets, Dolphins and Cardinals all staged wild fourth-quarter road comebacks for wins over the Browns, Ravens and Raiders respectively. Read about it all below before settling in for and NFC North rivalry game in Green Bay. Sunday Night Football Bears at Packers, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC | Live stats Sunday’s late slate 49ers 27, Seahawks 7 | Box score Cowboys 20, Bengals 17 | Box score Broncos 16, Texans… Source link

Coming off a week full of upsets, Saturday’s lineup provides several more opportunities for highly ranked teams to run into trouble. Will we see more chaos in Week 3? Here’s what we’ll have a close eye on today. Time: 12 p.m. | TV: Fox | Line: Oklahoma -10.5 | Total: 65.5 Oklahoma opened the week as a 14.5-point favorite on the road in Lincoln against Nebraska. After Nebraska fired Scott Frost over the weekend, the betting market started taking off. What’s interesting is that as of Saturday… Source link

In this edition of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens discuss the running back situation in Green Bay, including if fantasy managers should be worried about Jones’ workload as the season progresses. Video Transcript [AUDIO LOGO] MATT HARMON: Andy, I’ve been waiting all podcast to ask you, how much should I be freaking out about saying all summer Aaron Jones is the perfect second-round pick? And Scott Pianowski, right there in my corner, gassing me up too. He’s… Source link

“They wrote me off, I ain’t write back though.” What a bar. What a way to cap Week 1 of the fantasy football season. But we were already looking ahead within minutes of Geno Smith dropping the hottest quote of 2022. Injury updates and reactions to offseason assumptions instantly filled our timelines. And we’ll see how accurate some of the analysis was as Week 2 kicks off tonight. [Watch Thursday Night Football on Prime Video: Sign up for a 30-day free trial] Battle for the AFC West gets… Source link

Week 2’s matchups leave a lot to be desired, but you know Sunday’s daily fantasy football main slate will still feature plenty of high-scoring studs and surprise breakouts. Our Yahoo DFS tournament lineup targets what we hope is a good mix of both, paying up for for our QB, RBs, and TE while mining the value bin for our WR picks.  Before we discuss our strategy and picks for Week 2, remember that you only have a $200 budget to work with for Yahoo DFS, so it’s a bit of a different vibe… Source link

Each week I’ll list the best widely available free agents for fantasy football — I define “widely available” as being owned in around half of all ESPN or Yahoo leagues — and some guys who are probably better off in the free agent pool than collecting dust on your roster. Follow me on Twitter @UTEddieBrown if you have questions throughout the week. Here’s my best bets off the waiver wire for Week 2: ADD QB Carson Wentz, Commanders (ESPN: 17%; Yahoo: 14%): Patrick Mahomes and Josh… Source link

In this edition of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski discuss Barkley’s monster performance against the Titans, including how he may go down as one of the top fantasy running backs this season. Video Transcript [AUDIO LOGO] MATT HARMON: Saquon Barkley looks incredible. His receiving usage, first and foremost– runs, 23 routes, which led the team; 33.3% target share, that led the team. He was– there were awesome highlight moments from Saquon Barkley. He looked… Source link