The Patriots Way

If you tuned into last night's Monday Night Football like I did, I'm sure there were some things that crossed your mind. First one: I'm fairly certain that drafting Sammy Watkins might have been in error. I mean, why trade multiple picks (1st, and two 4th's) for a receiver that spends more time on the back of a 60's milk carton? Second, I'm sure many wondered if a 0-0 score would be an insurmountable lead for the Bills... I thought it was a fairly close call, but the Bills did scrounge 13 points in a resoundingly ugly fashion. In what is turning into a theme, the weekday games (both Monday and Thursday) have offered nothing this year in terms of football. Football-like? Quite possibly, but we're not getting 100% organic entertainment here. Something-something-Eddie Lacy is fat. Rex Ryan always seems to have a penchant for driving the Patriots nuts and did so again last night, but never quite gets over the hump, just like last night. Also, his hump is named Rob Ryan. Regardless, it was an essentially boring game up until the third quarter's upgrade to semi-interesting, then quickly downgraded to "where's my effing bourbon". Such is the ways of Monday Night... Because of the Thanksgiving Holiday, Rankings (both this week and rest of season) will be released Wednesday morning.

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Bengals Bungled

by: Jay

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Not sure which one is winning the staring contest...[/caption] As we are just days away from Thanksgiving, the NFL Playoff picture is taking shape. (Just as your fantasy leagues move into the playoff portion of their respective schedules.) No team looks particularly dominant, even with two undeafted teams (the Panthers and Patriots) as near-locks to play in January. Each team has a particular set of weaknesses, weaknesses that they have acquired in the first 11 weeks, weaknesses that make it nightmare for all of us. Case in point, the Bengals losing to the Cardinals during Sunday Night Football... Cincinnati is the Enron of football; Promising start, get everyone invested early... and when they fold they leave a lot of people wondering what the f*ck just happened. The Falcons are part of the NFC South, relegating them to disappoint whenever possible, and the Vikings have had their issues (mainly everything on the offense that hasn't abused a child) and the Giants and Bills will find a way to lose their next five games. I'm sure. The Broncos and Colts have quarterback issues, and the Packers and Steelers have interesting ways of defining "defense" and "play-calling". That essentially leaves the Panthers (who calmly brushed Washington aside yesterday) as the most-likely strongest team going into the last few months of the season. An NFC South team making possibly going deep into the playoffs? What I time we live in folks. What. A. Time. Here’s what else I saw during Week 11’s Sunday games…

Sunday Games Live Thread, Week 11

November 22, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 GameDay Notes | 72 Comments

by: Jay

It wasn't that long ago when the Packers were an undefeated 6-0 and were on cruise control right into the playoffs. After losing three straight (and barely hanging onto a victory against my Chargers), the NFC North landscape has changed. Sorta. The Lions are still Lioning their way into their natural habitat of last place, and the Bears are continuing their time honored celebration of profound mediocrity. However, the Vikings (who were, at the beginning of the season, a potential dark-horse candidate) have quietly held onto first place of the division at 7-2. Much of that is due to the emergence of Stefon Diggs and the rejuvenation of Adrian Peterson's career. I guess he just had to switch things up a bit to succeed. Today, we actually get to see a NFC North divisional match-up that isn't your-run-of-the-mill of who are the Packers going to beat up now... Much has been said of Packers struggles, especially a missing Jordy Nelson. Who I guess just went on the IR? Or people just realized he was missing? Regardless, it seems as though they are just a one-dimensional offense at the moment, and that dimension is being eaten whole by Eddie Lacy... Rankings have been updated and can be found here. Join myself 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!

FanDuel Strategy, Week 11: Beastin’ and Feastin’ (with Skittles)

November 21, 2015 | 2015 Daily Fantasy, 2015 Fantasy Football |

by: Zach

Sunday, Sunday. That's what The Mamas and the Papas should have sang about. No one likes Mondays. Example A: Bengals vs Texans. But Sunday was fun, as we saw crack take down Razzball's Week 10 DFS League and take home $60. I finally stopped the cold streak, as I placed 12th, the final position that won. I'll take it. That's what DFS is all about. Also, our very own Matt Hayes finished second, winning $45. Congrats Matt, spend wisely! I would definitely buy Jay a bourbon with the winnings, even though he doesn't write DFS articles. So what? A bourbon is a bourbon, and you should buy it for him. Let's review Week 10 and look at crack's lineup and other highly-owned plays and see how they did! 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!

Razzball FanDuel Contest, Week 11: Strategery

November 21, 2015 | 2015 Daily Fantasy, 2015 Fantasy Football | 2 Comments

by: M@

It takes a lot to beat an opponent. Beating many? Even harder. No, we're not talking hundreds or thousands of competitors, but when faced with the task of topping dozens of potential victors decision-making becomes all the more crucial. Luck drops so that wisdom can rise. There's a proper description for that, but rather than write it out I thought I'd let ol' President Dubya narrow it down to one word.

Eeeexactly. Strategery. And you'll need a lot of it to win a 55-man league in DFS. Listen, fantasy football is filled with luck. In my completely uneducated opinion thrown about all willy-nilly, I'd presume around 54% of fantasy football is luck. However, there's a reason that the same people continually compete in your leagues and rake in stacks through daily fantasy. Ingenuity. Resourcefulness. Persistence. Which, once again, is encompassed by the word: strategery (quit trying to auto-correct my spelling, damn it!). Each week we offer a 55-man Razzball only FanDuel Contest that pays out the top-12 finishers. Think you're good enough to operate beyond just luck and work your way to the prize? Then put your money where your fingertips are and enter the $5 Contest for Week 11!

Streamers, Week 11: The Sanchize Player

November 21, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Roster Strategy | 10 Comments

by: waterloo

It was so close. Literally, wide open in the end zone with no defender within 10 yards of him. Slightly overthrown, but it's a catch any pass-catcher in the league should make 100/100 times. But not Kyle Rudolph. No, not him. When watching the game live and seeing the play develop, I got a smile on my face because the sure-to-be Rudolph touchdown would mean it was a good call for him as a streamer. Instead, he dropped it, and instead of scoring 8 fantasy points, he scored 1.20. That's what happens with fantasy. We only have so much control of what happens. Rudolph let everyone down that was streaming him against the lowly Raiders defense. Let's get to the Week 11 streamers, shall we?

The Stats Machine, Week 11: It’s Miller Time West of Carson City

November 20, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 12 Comments

by: malamoney

Last week I conducted an experiment with The Stats Machine in an attempt to project fantasy points. While I haven't had a chance to do a thorough examination of the results, at first glance it didn't appear to be a total failure. Once I dive deeper, I will take what I learn, tweak the machine and come back to you with round two. This week, however, we are back to our regularly scheduled programming as we find out which players aroused TSM last week. Strong fantasy football performances are a natural aphrodisiac in the world of The Stats Machine.

RCL Update, Week 11: Return of the Me

November 20, 2015 | 2014 Fantasy Football, Our Leagues | 2 Comments

by: J-FOH

So I'm back up in the game Running things to keep my swing Letting all the people know That I'm back to run the show

The return of the ~~Mack~~ Me! I actually don't really run anything here, hell not even in my own house, but in my car, I'm the boss! We all need theme music when we walk in a room, I would like to say mine is "Return of the Mack", but I ain't that cool. It would probably be more like this jam. Okay, that is a cool jam too, but the title says a lot about me. Speaking of jams, has anyone heard the new Logic album? It's not as good as his last album, but has some damn good cuts on it like this one. What's that? You never heard his last album? Well here is my favorite cut. If this is all too much for you, or you need me to rewind even further back, and maybe you are a fan of 90's era rap, then check this one out. *counts hyper-links* Okay, I think I have reached my "Jay hates all my hyperlinks" threshold. Speaking of Jay, how 'bout them Chargers. Low blow jack-a**. Yes, that is me talking to myself but my other personality doesn't see it that way. Sorry, Jay, better luck next year! Wait, I'm here to do an update. Let's get to it... I know you all like that I talk about you.

Jaguars Unleashed

November 20, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 17 Comments

by: Jay

Well, if your life wasn't already macabre, morose, and too full of malaise, last night's riveting (ludicrous) game was just for you. While the idea of these two teams playing in prime time was a little bit hard to swallow, I just pretended they were battling for the all important right to permanently move to England. It added some motivation to what was essentially a football game of two color schemes trying to kill off all the epileptics of the world. In what was a close 19-13 game, the Jaguars pulled out the win in such a fashion that I think we should all find something experimentally to snort. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Satan recorded that game to show it on loop in Hell for the next few millennia... At least next Thursday is Thanksgiving. Food, booze and actual football! (I hope...) Join myself 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!

The Injury Report, Week 11: Julian Edelman, Footlost

November 19, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Injury Report | 18 Comments

by: RotoLance

Julian Edelman's Sunday shoes are most definitely going to be "kicked off" for the next several weeks. I actually started, umm, researching, let's say, the Kevin Bacon movie Footloose to see how I could work a Julian Edelman Footloose pun into this post. Then I came across something... interesting. See, I've also spent a lot of time researching Star Wars: The Force Awakens as well. And OH MY GAWD OH MY GAWD OH MY GAWD, you guys, it turns out the character's name from Footloose is Ren McCormack! [caption id="attachment_40120" align="aligncenter" width="757"]

The Knights of Ren follow Ren McCormack?

Perhaps all of these fellas just want to... cut footloose?[/caption] Anyway, depending on whom you ask, injuries might be the worst thing about fantasy football, the NFL and football in general. (Another candidate for worst thing might include the fact that playing fantasy football can put us in a position where we end up rooting for some real scumbags...). Writing this post sometimes makes me feel like I'm the bearer of bad news. Nevertheless, I'm tasked with bringing you information to help you succeed in playing fantasy football. In my quest to provide actionable fantasy analysis I like to reference people with medical credentials. Well, this primarily turns out to be one person (named David Chao), not people, and as it turns out he is a very controversial figure in the NFL. Yet he also has some of the best, readily available, film based injury diagnoses. I've included a paragraph at the end of this post that addresses why I'm ultimately OK with using him as a reference for these injury situations. So with that out of the way let's talk some fantasy football injuries... (and I promise it's delightful and full of people missing weeks due to foot injuries).

The Max Factor: I’d Let A.P. Bridge my Water

November 19, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 6 Comments

by: Max

Why can’t we all just be friends? Random terror attacks all over the world is bad news. My neighbors, a family I had grown up with since I was 10 years old, were actually in Paris when the attack struck. Not fun times. Yesterday at a soccer game between Netherlands and Germany they had to suspend the game due to a potential terror attack. Freakin’ scumbags. I challenge y’all to a fantasy football duel, courtesy of draftkings, to settle this once and for all. There is a new Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, in case you guys were wondering. Apparently he is one of the most beautiful world leaders ever to grace this earth. I would like to see him face Tehol 1 on 1 down the runway, who can create the better Blue Steel. Picture that scenario in your heads right now. Do it. Now that you’ve had to change your pants, let’s talk some football.

IDP Rankings, Week 11: Bring On The Backups

November 19, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 IDP Rankings, 2015 IDP Report | 34 Comments

by: Kevin Kumpf

A week after seemingly everybody got hurt, the IDP community collectively had a nice bounce back. Several guys had huge weeks in the tackle department, and there were no major injuries on the defensive side of the ball. Additionally, due to injury or subpar play, there was a general QB shakeup across the league, so defenses will get to feast on the likes of Mark Sanchez, Case Keenum, Brock Osweiler, and potentially T.J. Yates. Backups can take some time to get comfortable with the speed of an actual game, so that opens up opportunities for big plays, and they tend to rely heavily on the run game, which obviously leads to more tackles. So while your NFL team may now be in the hands of a overqualified clipboard holder, your IDP team can potentially benefit.