Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry on Kimani Vidal

Podcast10 Biggest Fantasy RB Questions with Austin EkelerAugust 5, 2026

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I'm going with Omari and I'm going to throw the philosophy of hardball wanting to run the ball a ton. Omari and young guy runs the rock for them over there. Runs hard.

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Ekeler picks Vidal as the rushing yards leader

Austin Ekeler picks Kimani Vidal as his choice for the regular season rushing yards leader, citing the Chargers' philosophy of running the ball heavily and Vidal's hard-running style.

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I'm seeing the Omarion Hampton doubters becoming more vocal on the Twitter streets these days They're saying that Kimani Vidal is going to take all h...

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Vidal is an eleventh-round bench target in the passing game skills category.

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Gaining coaching staff praise for pass protection, potentially complicating backfield usage

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McDaniel goes out of his way to add Vidal into the mix of LAC RBs, refers to them as complementary. Vidal seems very live to have a pass-pro/passing...

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Mike McDaniel describes the RB room as complementary and brings up Kimani Vidal (pass pro+) unprompted when asked about Omarion Hampton and Keaton Mi...

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Mike McDaniel describes the RB room as complementary and brings up Kimani Vidal (pass pro+) unprompted when asked about Omarion Hampton and Keaton Mi...

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