But What Does This Mean for Peyton Manning?
November 30, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 29 Commentsby: Jay
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Sunday Games Live Thread, Week 12
November 29, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 GameDay Notes | 45 Commentsby: Jay
I hope everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend thus far. Mine was a bit different than in the past, but came off as a smashing success because of three very Thanksgiving things occurring; Turkey, Beer, and Football. So thankfully, these upcoming Sunday games gave us a few days to nap our festivities off. And just in time, we have the annual Patriots and "whatever team Peyton Manning is playing on" prime time game. Otherwise known as the NFL's Highlander. The one thing that's changed between this football affair (I mean, literally, there's a whole bunch that's changed, but this is the only thing I remember right now in a food-induced light coma) is that there is no more Peyton Manning. After ceding his job to a guy that's had to live his entire life with the fact his parents named him Brock, the storied quarterback duo that the media has, in the past ten years, crafted into the most legendary event ever in the history of man... is no more. Even though, you know, Tom Brady won most of these games, and like, two or three of them were actually good football games. No matter! A new Broncos epoch has begun, and it's name is Brock. Are you ready?
Rankings have been updated and can be found here.
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The Max Factor, Week 12: The Thanksgiving Blues
November 28, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 6 Commentsby: Max
Boys and Girls, I’m finishing business school and I thought it was going to be incredibly hard to go out and find job opportunities in the real world. I enjoy waking up at 10:30 AM every day to eat a bowl of cereal and then trudge over to class, then head home watch Netflix or play video games, get a workout in, then maybe some lady time. I’m enjoying the life right now, but it is coming to an end. My generation of young adults hears that the job market is small and that we’re all going to be hobos or living with our families for a good portion of our life until we all have Phd’s, win the lottery, or sue someone or a company because they screwed up big time. To my surprise, I have had four firms this past week ask me to come in for interviews. I even woke up today with a voicemail and E-mail asking me to come in tomorrow to talk business. I do not want to leave my current 10:30 AM wake ups, but my prospects of not being homeless and doing lots of drugs are really looking up. Thanksgiving day Football will have already been finished when my post goes live, so I apologize for that, but I can’t help but enjoy all these companies calling me and asking to learn about what I can provide them...
FanDuel, Week 12: Thanksgiving Edition (Three Days Late)
November 28, 2015 | 2015 Daily Fantasy, 2015 Fantasy Football | 7 Commentsby: Zach
Food, football, family and friends. I hope everyone had a healthy, happy and safe Thanksgiving. I recently caught up with Razzball's own Tehol Beddict and Doug Moore on Twitter about what they are thankful for in 2015.
Me: What are you thankful for this year Tehol? The new Concussion movie? Because the NFL isn't thankful for that.
Tehol: My new job that has totally ruined my life in every way possible.
I'm pretty confident in that he isn't talking about Razzball. However, if he is, I would lay off the comments. Just kidding, pepper the man with questions. I then quickly reached out to Doug.
Me: What are you thankful for this year?
Doug: In all seriousness? I'm thankful for my family, friends, my girlfriend, the job I have and my co-workers.
I have two issues with this statement. First, he thinks I'm kidding, and possibly a goofy guy? I'm very offended at this generalization. I am very serious. Example A. My second issue? Doug is way too nice and serious guy, and needs to realize that there are more important things in life than family and jobs.
He quickly realized.
Doug: Oh, and for football and fantasy football as well.
Let's review Week 11...
Streamers, Week 12: Money McCown
November 28, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Roster Strategy | 13 Commentsby: waterloo
Johnny Manziel is a punk. Yeah, I like my sports to be entertaining, but I applaud the Browns for benching Manziel. What's the big deal, you say? Well, not only did he lie to the team, but he just left a rehab center and he's out partying. He's a grown-ass man, but he's also being paid as an investment. Sorry, if my investment is acting like a clown when it's clear he's had issues in the past, I'm making the same moves that the Browns did. See you on TV in a few years, Johnny. Let's get to the streamers.
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To be honest, I really don't care much for Thanksgiving. After so many years it has become more of a chore than joy. Who gives a sh*t about the food? I can eat whatever I want, whenever I want anyway. Cramming twenty or so people into an average-sized house is not my definition of fun. Other people's kids annoy me. Especially when they threaten to impede best part of the day. Football. Cries of "I WANNA watch [insert bullsh*t kids show]" by a whiney brat annoy me about as much as when someone somewhat related to me that I could really care less about sits down next to me and tries to tell me about what's gone on in his life since last year when he tried the same thing. But I digress.
Other than a last name that gave me a fitting title, Chris Givens has no business being mentioned in this post. But since he's unknowingly done me a solid, I'll give him his 30 seconds of "fame". After three games with St. Louis where he had 1 reception for 7 yards, Givens was traded to the Ravens. Since moving to Baltimore he's had 12 catches on 24 targets (50%) for 168 yards and a touchdown. I think Antonio Brown topped those number last week alone. Have no "misgivens" about it, if you own this guy, you're bad at fantasy football.
This week I'm giving The Stats Machine a well deserved opportunity to rest its bits and bytes. It takes a lot of 1's and 0's to fuel its core and with the playoff push in the near horizon, I thought it was the right time to recharge its light cycles. So instead of analyzing last week's performances, I am going to use this space to highlight some stats leaders...
The Injury Report, Week 12: NFL Teams Play Turkey
November 26, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Injury Report | 20 Commentsby: RotoLance
Anyone experienced in playing fantasy football knows that NFL player performance is difficult to predict on a year to year basis. That's in large part because of injuries. The other components making it difficult are teams divulging very little information and teams simply not putting their best players on the field. Sometimes teams do things that are flat out stupid. Exhibit A for the last two points: Stefon Diggs, who started the year as an inactive for the Vikings' first three games. Nobody knows precisely why the Vikings had their best wide receiver inactive for the first three games but it obviously had something to do with them not knowing exactly what they had in the rookie. So as the folks that play fantasy football, we have attempt to know what even the teams themselves don't know. I bring up Stefon Diggs because I nearly wrote a paragraph on him and Adam Thielen in my Week 4 Injury Report. We knew their roles were increasing that week due to injures to wide receivers Charles Johnson and Jarius Wright. I ultimately scrapped it as unnecessary due to the fact that the Vikings bye was the following week and it seemed like it would be difficult to hold Stefon Diggs through the bye what with him being a player the Vikings didn't truly believe in yet.
Who Are These Guys, Week 12: Let’s Rock and Rawl!
November 25, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Roster Strategy | 28 Commentsby: malamoney
If the Seahawks-Niners game had been on Monday night, the title to this post might have been "Monday Night Rawl". There was no way I was going to deny Thomas Rawls of his duly earned honors and bury the lede on this one. I had every intention of taking a page out of my own book and replaying what I said back in week 6 when I was fired up about Rawls. Unfortunately it seems that fellow writer Doug had the same idea when he titled his Through The Wire post. Allow myself to plagiarize myself. I guess it's not really plagiarism if I am repurposing my own words. Here is what I said back in week 6. "The fact that he is only 47% owned is a little baffling. With Lynch out for the second straight week, Rawls should have been picked up everywhere. Especially by Lynch owners. Those that picked him up (like me) and started him (like me) were rewarded with 169 yards rushing and a score. He now has two 100+ yard rushing games. Lynch has none. Keep rawlin, rawlin, rawlin, rawlin…" And that's me quoting me. I'm going to give Doug the benefit of the doubt and assume that he didn't read that post. Besides, we're one big happy family here at Razzball. 
IDP Rankings, Week 12: Get Your House In Order
November 25, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 IDP Rankings, 2015 IDP Report | 24 Commentsby: Kevin Kumpf
There is a lot to keep track of this week. A short work week, travel, seeing your family, eating copious amounts of food, not killing your family, and responsibly partaking in the beverage of your choice. But amidst all that chaos, don't forget about your fantasy team, because Week 12 can be one of the more influential weeks of the season. We're done with byes, so all 32 teams have games this week, and you can drop "bye week fillers" for the best player available. Games also start early on Thursday, so setting your lineup and handling potentially injured players can be tricky. And finally, given where we are in the season, this is a must win game for any team that is not eliminated. So enjoy yourself this week, but not at the expense of a playoff spot or a potential bye.
Here's what I'm thankful for heading into Week 12:
Rankings, Week 12
November 25, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Weekly Rankings | 122 Commentsby: Jay
| Period | Accuracy | Rank | High | Low | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 56.7% | 34 out of 124 | 60.1% | 51.1% | Top 30% |
| 2014 | 58.1% | 31 out of 125 | 60.7% | 50.6% | Top 25% |
Through the Wire, Week 12: Keep Rawlin’ Rawlin’ Rawlin’ Rawlin’
November 24, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Waiver Wire | 28 Commentsby: Doug
Overall, it was a disastrous week in Fantasy Football, let’s face it. We saw injuries galore, some upsets, and some uninspiring performances from fantasy stars. We saw some major injuries, potentially major injuries, and that is what will be dissected in this post, to make sure you guys are making all the right moves as we move that more closely to Fantasy Football playoffs. If you’ve been following and reading my Benchwarmer's series, you probably are first in your league anyway, but for those just joining us for this special Waiver Wire edition, let’s get to it!
Well we're movin on up, to the east side. To a deluxe apartment in the sky. Movin on up to the east side. We finally got a piece of the pie. Fish don't fry in the kitchen; Beans don't burn on the grill. Took a whole lotta tryin' just to get up that hill. Now we're in the big leagues. Gettin' our turn at bat.The player in this week's Bear or Bull was stuck in the Pacific Northwest his first three years in the league. Stuck behind an All-Pro, he didn't get a piece of the pie. Things got worse when he was cut then claimed by the Cleveland Browns, but now he's moved east and finds himself in a great situation and may get his turn at bat. Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to Robert Turbin. While doing research on Turbin, I really gained an admiration for him. The Jefferson's theme song really resonated with me when learning about Turbin's past and personality. Here's a brief synopsis:
