Author: Jay

Jay is a longtime Razzball everything who consumes an egregious amount of Makers Mark as a vehicle to gain wisdom and augment his natural glow. Living in the D.C. area, he also likes spending time visiting the local parks and feeding lettuce to any turtles he encounters, including Mitch McConnell. You can follow him on Twitter @jaywrong.

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2015 Rankings in Review

by: Jay

As you might have noticed, we’ve already gone into offseason mode here at Razzball Football, but don’t worry to all of you who are in unique formats, we’ll continue to do weekly rankings right up to the Super Bowl (and you’ll find our Week 17 Rankings after the jump). But for all intents and purposes, the majority of all leagues have come to an end, including our wonderful Razzball Commenter Leagues, of which we’ll be announcing the grand prize winner later this week. But basically, the rankings have been concluded this year and I’m happy to report, with FantasyPros’ help, our final results (the week-by-week results are available after the jump)…

Year	Accuracy	Rank	High	Low	Percentile
2015	57.5%	22 out of 123	59.9%	51.6%	Top 20%
2014	58.1%	31 out of 125	60.7%	50.6%	Top 25%

As you can see, not only did we improve from last season, we also finished just outside the coveted “Top-20” of all “experts”. (And seeing as how nearly all of those top-20 sites only offer rankings through paid subscriptions, I’m proud we were able to have such a strong showing while also sharing that with our readers without a paywall.)

Now, I don’t normally toot my own horn, mainly because my rib cage is still largely intact, but I want to note that we finished higher than essentially all of the industry leaders; Dalton Del Don, Liz Loza, Andy Behrens, Brad Evans, and Brandon Funston of Yahoo! Sports, John Halpin and Adam Meyer of Fox Sports, Chet Gresham of WalterFootball, Jamey Eisenberg of CBS Sports, Scott Engel of RotoExperts, and Tristen Cockcroft and Eric Karabell of ESPN Sports. (Matthew Berry has removed himself from this group. No clue as to why…) What does this actually mean for you? Well, I’m not totally sure, but you should probably stay away from Yahoo for a while. That’s my take on the situation.

Honestly though, I’d like to think that the community found some sort of fantasy success by reading through my drunken ramblings and d*ck jokes. And if you didn’t, well, based on our accuracy results, you probably did better than most, right? Haha, just kidding. All of our teams sucked complete and utter ass this year because 90% of the league’s players had season-ending injuries by Week 3. So maybe the secret is: ranking is totally easier when only 10% of the player pool is alive? Now there’s something to think about.

You’re welcome, all of you Statistic majors needing a thesis topic…

Here are your Week 17 Rankings and FanDuel Week 17 Cheatsheet…

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Sunday Games Live Thread, Week 16: In Conclusion

by: Jay

That’s right folks, while we still have actual football for the next month, our fantasy season has come to a close. I’d like to thank all of our contributors who did an awesome job this season, and of course, thank you the readers for joining us on this trip of discovery. While it feels like we only “discovered” injuries and that the Browns still suck, I’d like to think it was a little Toy Story 3-esque, ya know, holding hands as we fall down a furnace. In this case the furnace is Dez Bryant’s season, but hey, it’s football. Crazy things happen. I mean, the Falcons used to be 6-0. LOL. Anyhow, thanks for a great season everyone. We’ll be sure to continue our rankings throughout the NFL playoffs for your consumption. (Don’t actually eat your screen of choice while reading that.) And we’ll have choice content during the offseason to keep you grounded while Fantasy Baseball combs over the land. Interesting metaphor usage, but whatevs.

Thanks everyone!

Rankings have been updated for today’s games and can be found below…

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Rankings, Week 16: Happy Holidays!

December 23, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Weekly Rankings | 104 Comments

by: Jay

Period	Accuracy	Rank	High	Low	Percentile
Week 15	56.9%	13 out of 127	62.7%	41.9%	Top 10%
Week 14	55.1%	26 out of 126	60.3%	44.0%	Top 20%
Week 13	57.2%	82 out of 126	65.2%	47.2%	Top 65%
Week 12	62.2%	20 out of 126	65.9%	47.3%	Top 20%
Week 11	54.8%	46 out of 128	63.7%	39.0%	Top 40%
Week 10	56.0%	85 out of 128	65.5%	48.7%	Top 70%
Week 9	61.2%	34 out of 130	67.9%	48.1%	Top 30%
Week 8	56.7%	30 out of 128	66.5%	42.9%	Top 25%
Week 7	57.8%	37 out of 129	66.8%	43.1%	Top 30%
Week 6	54.0%	84 out of 131	65.2%	45.7%	Top 65%
Week 5	54.4%	37 out of 130	59.7%	41.9%	Top 30%
Week 4	56.4%	12 out of 135	59.9%	41.1%	Top 10%
Week 3	59.1%	18 out of 134	65.0%	42.1%	Top 15%
Week 2	53.4%	85 out of 135	65.2%	46.2%	Top 65%
Week 1	56.8%	54 out of 137	62.8%	46.3%	Top 40%
2015	57.0%	24 out of 123	59.7%	51.3%	Top 20%
2014	58.1%	31 out of 125	60.7%	50.6%	Top 25%

Here are your Week 16 Rankings and FanDuel Week 16 Cheatsheet…

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Cam the Man. What? That’s All I Got…

December 21, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 37 Comments

by: Jay

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It’s adorable that Eli thinks if he grows a beard, it’ll help with his perpetual eight-year-old looking face. You have to be at least 14 to do that…

[Puts hands on hips every single time my team screws up, since I had nothing to do with it. And everyone around me doesn’t measure up to my exacting standards that I haven’t somehow been able to communicate to the team over the last umpteen years, mainly because of them. Totally.] -Tom Coughlin. And thus ends the Giants season, (most likely), but don’t worry, the dream still remains alive that the NFC East division (which I also sometimes call Derpville, Population: NFC EAST), won’t have a team that will finish above .500. All that stands in the way is competence from Washington. Haha, we all know what that means. Also, Cam Newton threw another set of about 20 or so touchdowns in the first half and finished the game with 5,258. While that’s partly the Giants being the Giants, it’s hard to deny that Newton has had a MVP-caliber season on a team that’s expected to go far into the playoffs. It’ll be interesting to see how the actual vote settles, with Tom Brady doing Tom Brady-like things and other, whiter players in the mix. I’m sure we can depend on the complete objectivity and unquestionable ethics of all the sports writers to come through. And since the award will be based on the merits, the MVP will probably go to… Peyton Manning.

Here’s what else I saw during Week 15’s Sunday games…

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Sunday Games Live Thread, Week 15: Playoffs Edition

December 20, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 GameDay Notes | 67 Comments

by: Jay

As I’m sure everyone has figured out, we’re knee-deep into our Fantasy Football playoff schedule, and for those of you who’ve made it this far, congratulations! And for those of you who didn’t, well, you’re not here to read this anyhow, so whatever. But no worries, Fantasy Baseball has already started to warm up, but for those of you who remain, here are your updated Week 15 Rankings.

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Rankings, Week 15

December 17, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Weekly Rankings | 109 Comments

by: Jay

Period	Accuracy	Rank	High	Low	Percentile
Week 14	55.1%	26 out of 126	60.3%	44.0%	Top 20%
Week 13	57.2%	82 out of 126	65.2%	47.2%	Top 65%
Week 12	62.2%	20 out of 126	65.9%	47.3%	Top 20%
Week 11	54.8%	46 out of 128	63.7%	39.0%	Top 40%
Week 10	56.0%	85 out of 128	65.5%	48.7%	Top 70%
Week 9	61.2%	34 out of 130	67.9%	48.1%	Top 30%
Week 8	56.7%	30 out of 128	66.5%	42.9%	Top 25%
Week 7	57.8%	37 out of 129	66.8%	43.1%	Top 30%
Week 6	54.0%	84 out of 131	65.2%	45.7%	Top 65%
Week 5	54.4%	37 out of 130	59.7%	41.9%	Top 30%
Week 4	56.4%	12 out of 135	59.9%	41.1%	Top 10%
Week 3	59.1%	18 out of 134	65.0%	42.1%	Top 15%
Week 2	53.4%	85 out of 135	65.2%	46.2%	Top 65%
Week 1	56.8%	54 out of 137	62.8%	46.3%	Top 40%
2015	57.1%	30 out of 123	60.2%	51.1%	Top 25%
2014	58.1%	31 out of 125	60.7%	50.6%	Top 25%

Here are your Week 15 Rankings and FanDuel Week 15 Cheatsheet…

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R.I.P. 2015 Bengals (9/13/15-12/13/15)

December 14, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 91 Comments

by: Jay

Well, we all knew the Bengals season was going to end as soon as they played their first playoff game, the only questions to be answered was the how and why. Unfortunately for the Bengals, the answers came about a month too early. Now sitting at 10-3, Andy Dalton broke his thumb while, of all things, making a tackle (shown above) after throwing an interception. The loss came at the hands of perpetual division rival and bee-uniform wearing Steelers, further complicating the Bengals road to their one-and-done playoff appearance. Even Tyler Eifert went down with a concussion in the first half of yesterday’s game. So you have to wonder, can they still get a bye and go for a loss during the divisional playoffs? Or will that loss come during Wild Card Weekend? All joking aside, you’d have to think that with this year’s Andy Dalton, the Bengals had the best chance they’ve had since the Carter administration to get a playoff victory, but depending on how long Dalton is out, you have to figure that limping into the tournament and unable to get a playoff win is the most likely scenario. And also sounds like a new verse for Alanis Morrisette’s “Ironic”.

Here’s what else I saw during Week 14’s Sunday games…

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Sunday Games Live Thread, Week 14

December 13, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 GameDay Notes | 74 Comments

by: Jay

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If you weren’t already in your league playoffs, chances are, they start today. And if not, next week. And if not, then I have no idea about anything your league is doing. And as the fantasy season comes to a close, so does the NFL regular season. I can’t say that I’ve actually liked the football I’ve watched this season, but that’s mostly because I’ve been perma-drunk and a Chargers fan. Those aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive, but for my purposes in life, they can be. That being said, there are plenty of teams that have under-performed just as much. Like, for instance, the Browns. Alright, this isn’t making me feel any better. What about a riveting AFC North showdown between the Steelers and Bengals? Meh, been there, done that. A tantalizing game between the Cowboys and Packers? Eh, not especially exciting without Romo. So then there’s the Patriots and Texans Sunday Night Football showdown as our last resort for some football, or something close to it. Tom Brady against Brian Hoyer? Yep. That’s definitely the game we’ll be waiting all day for… Sounds. About. Right.

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Rankings, Week 14

December 10, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Weekly Rankings | 113 Comments

by: Jay

Period	Accuracy	Rank	High	Low	Percentile
Week 13	57.2%	82 out of 126	65.2%	47.2%	Top 65%
Week 12	62.2%	20 out of 126	65.9%	47.3%	Top 20%
Week 11	54.8%	46 out of 128	63.7%	39.0%	Top 40%
Week 10	56.0%	85 out of 128	65.5%	48.7%	Top 70%
Week 9	61.2%	34 out of 130	67.9%	48.1%	Top 30%
Week 8	56.7%	30 out of 128	66.5%	42.9%	Top 25%
Week 7	57.8%	37 out of 129	66.8%	43.1%	Top 30%
Week 6	54.0%	84 out of 131	65.2%	45.7%	Top 65%
Week 5	54.4%	37 out of 130	59.7%	41.9%	Top 30%
Week 4	56.4%	12 out of 135	59.9%	41.1%	Top 10%
Week 3	59.1%	18 out of 134	65.0%	42.1%	Top 15%
Week 2	53.4%	85 out of 135	65.2%	46.2%	Top 65%
Week 1	56.8%	54 out of 137	62.8%	46.3%	Top 40%
2015	57.2%	30 out of 123	60.5%	51.1%	Top 25%
2014	58.1%	31 out of 125	60.7%	50.6%	Top 25%

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Newton’s Law

December 7, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 43 Comments

by: Jay

Technically, it’s “Newton’s law of universal gravitation”, but let’s not cut hairs here when it comes to aesthetically pleasing titles. I’m into that whole brevity thing, man. But like Newton’s law — that two bodies in the Universe attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, or, like how Paula Abdul explained while singing with a cartoon cat, that opposites attract, Cam Newton has been able to work with what is probably the most underwhelming receiving depth in the league. Not counting the Browns. (You never count the Browns.) I mean, Ted Ginn Jr. is a starter. THIS IS CRAZY. With last night’s win against the hapless Saints, the Panthers are now 12-0 and the only undefeated team remaining. Or, if you live in Carolina, they are now the only undefeated team with a 11-1 record. Regardless, no matter what unfolds the next month, at this point, it looks like the Panthers are set to make their run to the Super Bowl, where they’ll likely face off against the not-Bengals…

Here’s what else I saw during Week 13’s Sunday games…

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Sunday Games Live Thread, Week 13

December 6, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 GameDay Notes | 50 Comments

by: Jay

Now that the Thanksgiving festivities are behind us, we go into a no-bye schedule from here on out. No offense intended. That’s right folks, if you were tired of watching just two games in the afternoon slot and 67 games to start off the day, well then, the time is here, with a full slate of games, to have… four afternoon games? Seriously? You’d assume in the year 2015, the NFL would have discovered the mathematical operation of dividing by two to plan out a day of football… but we are talking about the NFL here. I suppose if the schedule came out deflated or smoked a joint, it’d be something to fix. But whatever. Who cares when we have such enticing match-ups like the Jets and Giants (The Derp Awakens), and, uh… the Jaguars and Titans? Well, that’s one way to drive traffic to MLBtraderumors… There are the Eagles facing off against the Patriots and for Sunday Night Football, the Colts and Steelers will battle to see who can surround as much mediocrity around their star quarterbacks as they can. To be fair, I think the Steelers win on the count of Andrew Luck being injured. From churning butter. Prove to me he didn’t injure himself churning butter. You can’t, can you?

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DEFCON Lions

December 4, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 28 Comments

by: Jay

In what was a mix of Packers being bad and the Lions being good, one wondered what kind of dark wizardry was at work. True, the Packers had, for the most part, been struggling a bit lately after starting the season 6-0, losing three of their last four heading into last night’s game. Also true is the fact that the Lions, not too long ago, were in a heated competition with San Diego for the first overall pick in next year’s draft, but have surged a bit from worst in the league to a pretty solid below-average team. So while the Lions taking a 17-0 lead at halftime was a bit surprising, one could only help but wonder, how were the Lions going to Browns this up? Well, one thing’s certain… they sure nailed it. In what was a last-ditch hail mary (shown above), Aaron Rodgers was inexorably able to hit Richard Rodgers in the end zone to win the game. I’m calling it: that is the most Lions thing ever. EVER. If something can top that, I’m not sure the world would be ready for it…

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