Greetings! Today, I write to you from the uncomfortable seat of an Alaskan Airlines coach seat. That’s right, I’m headed to Maui, where I hope to relax, get a savage tan, and bust more nuts than Alvin and the Chipmunks at Thanksgiving. [Jay's Note: I hope you're staying in Kihei. Like a second home for me...] If you happen to follow me on Twitter, I’ll be posting daily pictures and trust me, you’re going to want to see this… Actually, you might hate me if you don't already, but when you’re a professional fantasy football writer/thong model, you get to experience some pretty cool things. I just pray Ralph Lifshitz’s wife is able to meet me as planned, as it’s where we first met and created Ralph’s first child. Who am I kidding, she wouldn't miss it for the world. You’ve got to be realistic about these things.
I am Tehol Beddict and this is Start 'Em and Sit 'Em! Take Heed!
Monthly Archives: October 2015
FanDuel, Week 8: Waka Flacco Flame
October 31, 2015 | 2015 Daily Fantasy, 2015 Fantasy Football |by: Zach
Week 7 is in the books. Like always, this week entailed busts, surprises (Nate Washington), some busts and some great games and finishes. However, this was the best week for me, and for many others as Todd Gurley, Julio Jones, Philip Rivers, and Rob Gronkowski were all mid-to highly owned and posted some great numbers, all with 1 TD or more.
Razzball held their second weekly $5 Football League, and it was serious fun. I finished 10/55 (3 points behind Jay!), hitting on such players like Philip Rivers, Todd Gurley, Lamar Miller, and Gronk. It was a good week for the chalk plays, as not many highly-owned players laid duds like they have in the past. I really encourage anyone interested in Daily Fantasy to try Razzball's league (link is right below). It's some good experience, and fun to see how you stack up against your fellow readers, myself, and Jay, who runs Razzball. If you do better than Jay Long himself, you should continue to play DFS, as I am told he is very good. He told me that once.
Join myself, Jay, and your fellow readers in a special Razzball-only Contest! Buy-in is just $5.00 and the top-12 finishers in a 55-team league are all part of the prize pool! Sign up here!
Streamers, Week 8: Hoyer Sets His Alarm
October 31, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Roster Strategy | 21 Commentsby: waterloo
Ryan Mallett always seemed like a jerk. No, not Greg Hardy-level jerk. He's just plain scum. But Mallett didn't seem to care or get it at all, even dating back to college. Watching Hard Knocks showed his personality even more, making it easy to root against him. When he showed up late during the show, you gave him the benefit of the doubt. But when he missed the team flight last weekend, he deserved to get canned, and canned he got.
The quarterback rotation that overrated Bill O'Brien implemented early on is no more, as it's Brian Hoyer's job going forward. He's not a real life good quarterback, but we only care about the results here in fantasy world. Consider him a bye-week replacement or one of your streamers going forward.
The Stats Machine, Week 8: Giving Brady Some Wood Head
October 30, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 16 Commentsby: malamoney
For Halloween this year I heard that many computers are masquerading as The Stats Machine. Just so there is no confusion, let me set the record straight and say that there is only one Stats Machine. It's formula cannot be duplicated as it is only documented in the mind of its creator. Me. For the last seven weeks TSM has cranked out its interpretation of every players performance and reported to you who it believed were the cream of the crop. The upper crust if you will. The Stats Machine doesn't care about how many fantasy points a player scores. Instead it looks at raw performance (stats). Opportunity (snaps and targets). And opposing defenses. After the first four weeks of the season I instructed TSM to spit out its YTD rankings. Let's compare those rankings to the current YTD rankings as defined only by fantasy points. In simpler terms, let's see how the players TSM ranked as the best are now doing based on fantasy points scored after seven weeks... 
RCL Update, Week 8: Zod the Hitman
October 30, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Razzball Commenter Leagues | 10 Commentsby: J-FOH
Welcome back to the best Razzball Football RCL and RazzDP update around. I know, I know, it's the only one... and that's why it's the best! After a little mini-vacation by me (I was sick last week), I have returned to fill you in with what is going on. I have a confession to make. I am having some serious Fantasy Baseball withdrawal right now. Anyone else with me? In the past, football provided the methadone I needed to hold me off til spring, but it's just not cutting it this year. To kill time, I've been buried in Netflix catching up on some series (Narcos!) and watching movies I normally would pay no attention too. I came across Europa Report and The Iceman, and was pleasantly surprised. One is a great space flick, shot very well, that gives you that uneasiness, and the other is a true story about a mob hit man played by the always creepy Michael Shannon. Both these flicks are thumb uppers for me. Hey wait, enough about Netflix, this is suppose to be about football...
Alright guys, let's take a chance to catch our breath.
Wow, what a year so far it has been. From 2014, Daily Fantasy Football has grown so much with advertisements, big winnings, and everything in between. Even here, Razzball didn't have that much to do with DFS, now we have special contests, cheat sheets, strategy articles (3 cheers!), and a lot of that has to do with you, the readers, and the general public.
However, it is important to take a chance to stop, collect ourselves, and take an opportunity to fix mistakes, change strategy, and figure new ways to cash in with different lineups. This article will touch on mistakes, new strategies to implement, and players that have impacted DFS greatly. Let's get to it.
Join myself, Jay, and your fellow readers in a special Razzball-only Contest! Buy-in is just $5.00 and the top-12 finishers in a 55-team league are all part of the prize pool! Sign up here!
Fish Got Squished
October 30, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 32 Commentsby: Son
That pretty much summed up Thursday night's game.
The final score score was 36-7 and it wasn't even that close. The Dolphins' one successful drive was the first one of the second half. It was good to see some fight, although I suspect that head coach Dan Campbell went all Mick Foley on some fools at halftime.
It was cute to see Miami come into this game with some confidence after dispatching of two Arena-league teams. The Dolphins have talent (I picked them to appear in the Super Bowl). Doh! But... you can't be a serious contender when you have a fight song like this...
This past week had a season ending achilles injury to Arian Foster , a significant knee injury to Vincent Jackson, and Darren McFadden came up big while Joseph Randle missed much of his game due to injury. With Foster being the big and oft covered news item of the week and the fact that it's already Thursday, I'm turning my attention to other situations, starting with the newly injured, repeat law breaker (allegedly), the one and only...
Who Are These Guys, Week 8: He Put The “Add” In McFadden
October 29, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Roster Strategy | 17 Commentsby: malamoney
Every week I'm amazed that, theoretically, it is very possible to drop my entire team after Monday night's game and rebuild a winning team with the scraps that are available on the waiver wire. I say theoretically because I really wanted to use that word in this post. That's not completely true. I say as much because, as they say, hindsight is 20/20. By the way, who the heck are "they"? It's easy to read Monday morning's newspaper and pick out the top performers that no one saw coming. After all, that is why they are on the waiver wire in the first place. The skill is being able to identify those players prior to Sunday. Let's take a look at this week's collection of misfits that together, combined for over 200 points (201.98).
IDP Rankings, Week 8: Barron Mark of St. Louis
October 29, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 IDP Rankings, 2015 IDP Report | 40 Commentsby: Kevin Kumpf
Sometimes it takes players a few years to find their footing in the NFL. Whether it's experience, a new coach, or a change of scenery, some guys just need a little extra something to jumpstart their careers. In the case of Mark Barron, he checked pretty much all of those boxes. He played a lot as a rookie, got traded to the Rams in his third year, and had two very different coaching situations in Greg Schiano and Jeff Fisher. Oddly enough, it took a drastic position change to give him his biggest game from an IDP perspective. With Alec Ogletree out for the foreseeable future (and finally officially on IR!), the Rams moved Barron to the WLB slot full time last week, and he responded with a whopping 16 tackles. The fact that he's still listed as a Safety on all sites means that Barron immediately becomes a must own top 10 DB. My biggest concern is consistency, as he's never shown it in the past, but his two biggest issues - allowing big plays and missing tackles - become less of a concern at WLB, where he'll have plenty of help, as opposed to being the last line of defense. This could definitely go poorly, but the upside is impossible to ignore.
As far as the rest of the IDP news heading into Week 8, we start in a familiar spot...
Rankings, Week 8: And the Winner is…
October 29, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Weekly Rankings | 161 Commentsby: Jay
| Period | Accuracy | Rank | High | Low | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 56.0% | 26 out of 124 | 58.6% | 47.7% | Top 25% |
| 2014 | 58.1% | 31 out of 125 | 60.7% | 50.6% | Top 25% |
The Max Factor: A Hill to Tanne On
October 28, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 32 Commentsby: Max
Razzball squire back reporting for duty! In many cases, I would be appalled by the nickname “squire”. I think to myself no one is as great as me! NO ONE. Then I took a look at Tehol’s jawline and general being and… then I realized I had to change my pants. My new jeans then spoke to me and told me “learn from this man and better yourself”. Then I looked at the RCL writers standings and my pants were suddenly no longer dirty. I am ahead of God himself. Bless...
Last week we took a look at the Cardinals offense. Carson Palmer looked fantastic again. He had it all going. Short, medium, and long routes. I’m still sad this is not how Peyton Manning is playing. John Brown looks like he is slowly taking the lead role and stealing Palmer’s heart away from Larry Fitzgerald. It makes me sad because I have no shares in Brown as I was able to steal Larry in the late rounds in many leagues. When it comes to debating whether to start Amendola or Fitz, I instantly get sad. Chris Johnson is clearly the lead back moving forward until he craps the bed, gets injured or fumbles one too many times. Avoid the rest but I would be ok with trying to acquire Ellington at a discount to handcuff CJ2K.
