Stat Nerd Thursday: Aaron Jones, James Conner, Trey Lance, Elijah Moore & BUF/LAR TNF preview

Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don are back for another season of Stat Nerd Thursday ! Heading into the week 1 games, they go deep into their bag of stats and pull out reasons to be excited about Aaron Jones and James Conner, a debate between Trey Lance and Justin Fields, and Elijah Moore’s prospects with Joe Flacco as his QB. The guys close the show with a thorough fantasy preview of the Thursday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Rams, including some DFS recommendations. 01:15 NEWS / Bills sign TE Dawson Knox to contract extension 04:30 NEWS / WR Michael Thomas appears on track for week 1 05:10 NEWS / Joe Flacco is NYJ’s QB1 / Zach Wilson out for first 4 weeks 10:55 NEWS / Chris Godwin’s week 1 availability 15:40 STAT / Aaron Jones led all RBs with 300 snaps with a screen route percentage of 15.4% 20:55 Ranking Antonio Gibson for week 1 21:50 STAT / James Conner averaged 4.5 yards per carry running into light boxes (59% of his carries) 24:35 STAT / Top 5 QB scramble % 32:40 STAT / Dolphins plays the most man coverage (and it’s not close) 38:45 STAT / Top 7 players in air yards share 43:50 TNF preview: Buffalo Bills @ Los Angeles Rams Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at yahoosports.com/podcasts Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app: 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 🖥️ YouTube 📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv And check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials: 📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy ⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy 🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy 🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/