Who Are These Guys?, Week 4: I’m a Free Man

I really wish Devonta's last name was Soulman. I'm a soul man would have been a much better title and then I could have linked you to a Youtube clip from the movie. Oh there's a song too? I guess I could provide a link to that as well. Here's week three's team.

POS	Name	Points	Owned
QB	Andy Dalton	31.32	52%
RB	Devonta Freeman	39.8	63%
RB	Chris Johnson	27.5	42%
WR	Rishard Matthews	26.3	32%
WR	Rueben Randle	21.1	28%
TE	Gary Barnidge	19.5	0%
FL	Marvin Jones	17.9	20%
DST	Vikings	15	11%
K	Josh Brown	13	37%

Last week's team combined for 201.84 points. Even that monster performance would fall short of this week's selections. This group of waiver wire fodder has joined forces to score 211.42 points. Man... I need a freaking time machine so that I can get a hold of these posts a week early. Anyone have any leads on a flux capacitor?

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Smokey Says, Week 4: Duke Gives ‘Em the Shocker

September 30, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 19 Comments

by: Smokey

When at the bottom, where else is there to go but up? Well, I guess for the quitters, you can just wallow for a bit, which basically in one sentence just summed up the Cleveland Browns football team. One look at the team and it's obvious why they want Johnny Manziel at the helm. Because he looks sorta good, but not McCown bad. So it's like dollar store loving in the 216. Since we already established that the quarterback situation is an awful boxed lunch of fantasy uselessness, lets move onto a position that may be helpful for you. One look at the Browns running back game and it's pretty awful, but awful is where I come in point a finger and say: Hey, wait a minute! It may look ugly now, but take a deeper look at the plight of the Browns foot patrol. It's supposedly led by Isiah Crowell. Totally exciting right? Well feast your eyes this week on someone different, Duke Johnson. The rookie RB will be a fantasy sneak-a-saurus this week, and I am here to be your crossing guard in the game of life, where life is all about fantasy.

Disgrace and Delight, Week 4: The Rodfather is Here, Kiss the Ring

September 30, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 161 Comments

by: LT Murray IV

Greetings! What a time to be alive! We've all been allowed to witness the glorious gift of the Elder Gods, Tyrod Taylor, make gizzards out of three opposing secondaries. This young legend was COMPLETELY left out of a certain ESPN analyst's weekly quarterback rankings last week, and I for one believe he deserves to be fired for committing such a despicable act of disgracefulness. After Blake Bortles treated their secondary like a porta-potty the previous week, any respectable man would have to assume Tygod would drop a double-dose of feces on those peasants. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! What are people not seeing?! This stallion has every skill-set imaginable and should only improve from here on out. I'm a TAD concerned with Taylor not having Watkins and McCoy in the arsenal this week against the Giants, but I believe he'll make up for that just by taking off and running a lot more. By the way, the Giants are DEAD LAST in the NFL in pass yards given up. Suck that in for a second. Oooohweeee, the Rodfather is a top-5 option this week at QB and a must-own in all formats. If you wanna keep hating, I'll grant you a front row seat into my induction into the "writers wing" of the NFL Hall of Fame (as long as Jay continues editing my work). I am Tehol Beddict and this is, Disgrace/Delight! Take heed!

Through the Wire, Week 4: Karlos the Jackal

September 29, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Waiver Wire | 157 Comments

by: Geoff

Ahhhhh Fantasy Football, how I loathe you. Gentlemen and four ladies, we're living in a world where Larry Fitzgerald, Dion Lewis, and Tyrod Taylor have more points than early rounders like DeMarco Murray, LeSean McCoy, and the bane of my existence, C.J. Anderson. Speaking of Crunk Juice Anderson, can I vent for a minute? I can? Thanks! So I've been playing in a league with some of my former co-workers for about nine years now. [Jay's Note: This sounds familiar, almost as if I've read about this somewhere...] Over the years, the league has developed into a 14 team 0.5 ppr league with two keepers that can only be kept for a single year. For the first time in the league's history, I missed the playoffs last year. Mostly due to a costly oversight on my part where I let Marshawn Lynch go as a first-round keeper for lesser players I perceived to be "better value". Coming into this season, I found myself in a seemingly "better" situation with C.J. Anderson essentially free as a last-round keeper. I built a rather formidable squad on paper around Anderson drafting Antonio Brown, Peyton Manning, Jimmy Graham, and Lamar Miller. Not bad right? Well I'm 0-3, and the laughing stock of the league once again. Damn you Crunk Juice! Now, I'm not going to say all of those aforementioned lads are without fault this season, but none of them have sucked quite as bad as Anderson. So here's the question I'll pose for today: When is it time to move on from a player you heavily invested in? I'm not there yet with Anderson, but Ronnie Hillman is sitting on my bench and I wouldn't be upset if Anderson missed a few games with an injury. Not wishing it on the guy, but it would make it easier to move on. Right? Anyway, we got byes this week and you might need to fill in a few spots, or maybe you own a sh*tbird or two you're looking to dump. Well, not to worry, I have plenty of suggestions to fill your voids. Wait... what?

Bear or Bull: M&M’s

September 29, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 16 Comments

by: Son

After the conclusion of the 2014 NFL season, the clock was on for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who “won” the right to select No. 1 in the NFL Draft. There was nary a doubt that they would select a quarterback with the top choice. Sorry to all the Josh McCown and Mike Glennon fan club members out there. The question became which one: Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota?

Love to Hate, Week 4: Eifert in Your General Direction

September 29, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 50 Comments

by: Brandon

Hello Razzball! This is the first in a series of weekly articles written by yours truly that will be looking into each of the week's match-ups and picking out one player I Love and one player that I Hate from each game. Before I get into this week's picks, I'll give some background into how I make my picks. The first thing I look at is the Vegas betting lines, specifically the point spread and the over/under totals. These are two huge factors when making picks, especially for daily fantasy sites. If I'm ever debating between two similarly rated players for my Flex position, checking out the point totals could be a deciding factor for me. Of course, between now and kickoff, some of the lines could change by a few points, so it is important to check these again later in the week after some injury situations are cleared up. I'm also going to try and avoid making the obvious picks, as those won't help anybody. Now, onto the picks!

Packin’ in the Rain

September 29, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 120 Comments

by: Jay

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING PEOPLE[/caption] In what was an oft-rainy night an Lambeau Field (IF ONLY IT WERE SNOW, WE'D ALL EXPLODE), our long national nightmare finally ended. No, Alex Smith did not retire. Instead, he finally threw a touchdown to a receiver (shown above), something that hadn't happened in the Chiefs last 17 games. Or, in calendar terms, not since December 8th, 2013. Folks, Andy Reid's long con has finally paid off. That being said, it's so very Chiefs that the record-breaking extravaganza for a useless stat occurred in a game in which they basically got blown out. The garbage time was strong with this one (even almost bringing the game within one possession with 1:25 to play before botching the two-point conversion), but it's abundantly clear that the Chiefs may not be that good at the footballs. In a striking follow-up point, the Packers have shown that they might be pretty good at the footballs. If someone made a movie based on my time here at Razzball, it would be called: An Analytical Life. Or quite possibly WHERE ARE MY DATES? I WAS PROMISED DATES. But enough about myself and my movies, let's make fun of Alex Smith more... New to Daily Fantasy Football? Try out this new free FanDuel’s contest, where half the league is guaranteed to win. (Played on FanDuel before? You can build a team for $5 for a chance of $100,000, part of a one million dollar prize pool!)

Monday Night Football Live Thread, Week 3: Chiefs vs. Packers

September 28, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 GameDay Notes | 32 Comments

by: Jay

After giving away a win to Peyton Manning and the Broncos last week, the Chiefs look to move to 2-1 against the Packers who are from the bay that is green. I believe that's also the name of a Dr. Seuss poem. Or maybe I'm just a poetic person. OR MAYBE WHO CARES. Much like how I feel about this game. Sure, on paper the match-up is interesting, only because the principle cast involves guys like Jamaal Charles, Randall Cobb, Aaron Rodgers, Eddie Lacy... okay, I'm seeing a theme here. The principle cast is essentially from Milwaukee. But don't let that dissuade you from not being entertained, we actually get another chance in our lives to see if Andy Reid will find some way to psychically eat his timeouts. I'm assuming he's done so with the challenge flags, thinking they were ribs with ketchup on them. The game will essentially come down to how healthy Eddie Lacy and Davante Adams are, both suffering from ankle injuries this week. Both have practiced this week and are probable for tonight's game, but if we've learned anything from semi-injured players miraculously being able to be suit up for their games this year, it's that they'll break your hearts and then punch them in the crotch. A heart-crotch punch, if you will. (See Anderson, C.J..) I'd say we're in for an interesting game, but since it's Monday Night Football, I'll just say we're in for a game. A football game, hopefully.

Big Ben Down

September 28, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 78 Comments

by: Jay

Ben Roethlisberger was forced from yesterday's game against the Rams when Mark Barron fell onto his leg, bending it awkwardly. While my initial reaction was to breathe a sigh of relief for all the women out there who are mobile enough to out-run a one-legged man, my next reaction was that this looked to be a season-ending leg injury. As of now, the prognosis has gone from leg implosion to ACL injury to MCL sprain, which normally takes around six weeks to recover from. Still, while the news improved throughout the day, this remains a huge blow to not just Roethlisberger, but also to the entire Steelers offense. I doubt Michael Vick ever wanted to start another NFL game again, but here he is, ready to provide clumsy pocket-presence mixed with a canon arm that fires anywhere and everywhere you don't want it to. So basically a worse Ben Roethlisberger. While Heath Miller probably will stay the same (for now and eternity), Antonio Brown, Markus Wheaton, and Martavis Bryant (when he returns) will likely have some issues to contend with. Le'Veon Bell benefits the most, as check-downs need to go somewhere, and there will be even more emphasis on the Steelers rushing game. That being said, it can be a double-edged sword when defenses start game-planning against such things, so we'll have to see what kind of magic Offensive Coordinator Todd Haley has ready to go. Haha, Steelers are screwed. But don't worry, Big Ben's third leg still works ladies! (Whether you like it or not...) Here's what else I saw in Week 3... New to Daily Fantasy Football? Try out this new free FanDuel’s contest, where half the league is guaranteed to win. (Played on FanDuel before? You can build a team for $5 for a chance of $100,000, part of a one million dollar prize pool!)

Sunday Night Football Live Thread, Week 3: Broncos vs. Lions

September 27, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 GameDay Notes | 16 Comments

by: Jay

In what is an interesting match-up, if only because we rarely get to see it (I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF IT), the Broncos travel to Detroit to find out if last week's fourth quarter "Manning being just being Manning" is actually repeatable. Much has been said of Denver's lack of any rushing attack, mainly because of C.J. Anderson's toe. Which seems ridiculous. I mean, you want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. I can get you a toe by three o'clock this afternoon... There are some reports that Ronnie Hillman could start splitting carries, but I'm assuming the Broncos prefer positive rushing yardage, so I'm still in the Anderson camp, health and s'mores permitting. The Lions have started 0-2, I think mainly because Matt Stafford forgot that he has a thing called Calvin Johnson on his team. A stifling (I'm running out of adjectives) Broncos defense will continue to make that relationship tense (I'm running out of metaphors), but both offenses are capable of putting up yards. I for one hope this is the most amazing game in the history of games, only because with Drew Brees looking doubtful in Week 4, we'll have a Sunday Night Football game that features Luke McCown and Brandon Weeden coming up. Jesus.

Late Games Live Thread, Week 3

September 27, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 GameDay Notes | 23 Comments

by: Jay

With the Late Games schedule lacking a bit, uh, what's a good word to use here? Ooomph? Yeah, ooomph. I suppose the prime time game would be the 49ers hanging out with the Cardinals in Phoenix, or as Fox calls this match-up: "America's Game". Seems a bit presumptuous, since I like to think that Arizona doesn't really exist as part of America. I suppose much of the tri-city area doesn't really think too highly of San Francisco, but we might be getting too meta here. The Bills also go against the Dolphins, which should be an interesting defensive nap-fest, and seeing as how the Seahawks have been suffering so much, they get a one game reprieve as they go against Jimmy Clausen and the surviving members of the Bears. What's my analysis here? Get your alcoholic beverages ready friends...

Early Games Live Thread, Week 3

September 27, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 GameDay Notes | 101 Comments

by: Jay

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Na na na na na na na nana, Na na na na nana, Gettin stabby wit it[/caption] With no other "marquee" match-ups for the early slate of games this Sunday, I suppose I'm pigeon-hole'd into discussing the always "just about mediocre" rivalry of the Bengals and the Ravens. Not quite up to par with the Steelers and Ravens rivalry, which usually involves a lot of angst and stabbings (Ray Lewis misses those days), the Bengals and Ravens yearly face-off's are like the adopted child of the AFC North's divisional games. Baltimore has seen a bit more success in the playoffs in recent memory, but that's only because I'm comparing them to the Bengals, who last won a playoff game during the Hoover administration. This very early 2015 season though, favors Cincinnati with their 2-0 start. You might say it's because of Skyline Chili, but then I would say, have you ever had Skyline Chili? Rather, it's probably from the surprisingly steady play from Andy Dalton. The Ravens could have a difficult road ahead if they lose and go 0-3, but they do have Murphy's Law on their side. Which usually ends up being the best weapon against Dalton. Plus, the Ravens have the most elite quarterback in the NFL. His 2015 fourth-quarter passing rating of 34.6 and two interceptions proves this as fact. An elite fact if you will... Rankings have been updated for today's games, and can be found here. New to Daily Fantasy Football? Try out this new free FanDuel’s contest, where half the league is guaranteed to win. (Played on FanDuel before? You can build a team for $5 for a chance of $100,000, part of a one million dollar prize pool!)