Ravens-Chiefs props: Rashee Rice and Derrick Henry make big season debuts | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and NFL analyst Nate Tice preview Thursday night’s season opener and the individual performances they’re most watching. Listen to the entire conversation on the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast podcast — and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen.

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Any props we want to share with people.

Uh, if we look at this, there’s actually the guy we just talked about, Rashid Rice with over 5.5 receptions.

Uh, I think they’re going to pepper him from below.

Uh, you know this defense, but if they continue like this, we’re going to see some kind of mix of all the different types of coverage.

If you get that.

Sometimes the quarterback will be out.

We want to see the big, sexy plays, all the space that can theoretically be created by Xavier, with plenty of room underneath for someone to catch a lot of balls.

If they’re worried about the speed, they’re trying to run all that stuff.

With all of this double coverage, Roon Smith is running out of the Lions’ huddle, which creates opportunities, and if I think they focus on Kelsey like they would in this type of tough game plan defense, then I think that opens up positions for Rice again.

The other one is the same, crazy defensive tactics, everyone running in all directions looking for Patrick Mahomes, who can run over 20.5 yards.

That was one of mine.

This should be one of my favorite props, especially against defenses like this where third, fifth, third, twelfth.

Okay, Mahomes runs for a first down.

Everything gets funky in the background.

I like that.

Um, I like both of them.

I just wanted to write in chalk that Derek Henry has over 63.5 rushing yards.

This was a team that got a lot better from a run defense perspective.

The Kansas City Chiefs enjoyed the rest of the season, but last year had some good and bad moments.

I don’t know if there are a lot of changes there to look for.

So, um, again, and I think they’re going to try to really showcase Derrick Henry in the first week.

It’s a big revelation for the fans.

For everyone else, it’s a big revelation.

Well, I like your two a little better than mine, but that’s what I wanted to get.

It is, it is really true.

You compete against bags or todd balls, run, run with the ball.

It makes your life easier.

It doesn’t matter who your quarterback is, just run the ball.

It makes life so much easier.

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