Welcome back to Part 2 of our Rookie Preview, covering the breakouts and "scrubs" of the groups, instead of the studs and the sure things. (Part 1 can be read
here.)
I'm keeping the same theme from the previous article, but instead of the studs who will be going early or in the middle of our drafts, I will break down the fantasy relevance of each prospect that has significant fantasy relevance, but should possibly fly under the radar, and maybe even talk about where we should draft them, if/when we find them in the draft.
You ready? Let's do this!
Well, that happened.
After much anticipation over the last couple of months, the draft finished up a couple of weeks ago, and now that everything is settled, it is time to look back at the 7 rounds to see what went right for teams, what went wrong, and to analyze some great, and some terrible picks.
Just like every year, there are many questions about which rookies will have the biggest impact this year. Especially in Fantasy.
I was definitely intrigued to see how my mock stacked up against the real thing, and to be honest, it was almost 100% wrong. Prospects slipped, there were many trades, and many reaches, but each prospect we looked at did get drafted, but now we have to analyze how their team fits their playing style, and vice versa.
Here, in the official draft recap (for our purposes), I will break down the fantasy relevance of each prospect that has significant fantasy relevance and maybe even talk about where we should draft them, if/when we find them in the draft. It'll be split up into two parts instead of one long big one, one part being the sure-thing prospects, and the second edition will be about the maybe's, and the sleepers/breakouts that will win you championships.
I'm excited, so let's get to it.
2016 Rankings: Top-200 (Standard) |
Top-200 (Half-PPR) |
Top-200 (PPR) |
QB |
RB (Standard) |
RB (Half-PPR) |
RB (PPR) |
WR (Standard) |
WR (Half-PPR) |
WR (PPR) |
TE (Standard) |
TE (Half-PPR) |
TE (PPR) |
K |
DST
Dynasty Rankings: Top-150 |
QB |
RB |
WR |
TE |
Top-50 Rookies
| 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% |
When planning the rankings release schedule, getting rid of the Kickers and DST rankings as fast as possible is a priority for me. They are just soooo the opposite of what you really need to care about, that even implementing a strategy seems like a waste. Trust me, that time and energy is better spent elsewhere. Like Redtube. Or volunteering at your local shelter. Or doing both at the same time. All scholarly pursuits in my honest opinion. Regardless, defense is still a category that you must adhere to, and leaving it off the rankings would seem like a missing tooth. Pittsburgh knows what I'm talking about...
Despite how irrelevant I think DST AND Kicker’s are, it’s still a position, and this being ‘rankings’ time, we must go forth and use a numerical system to place these defense’s in order. Take out your knives and let us argue over everything henceforth!
2016 Rankings: Top-200 (Standard) |
Top-200 (Half-PPR) |
Top-200 (PPR) |
QB |
RB (Standard) |
RB (Half-PPR) |
RB (PPR) |
WR (Standard) |
WR (Half-PPR) |
WR (PPR) |
TE (Standard) |
TE (Half-PPR) |
TE (PPR) |
K |
DST
Dynasty Rankings: Top-150 |
QB |
RB |
WR |
TE |
Top-50 Rookies
| 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% |
A lot of people come to me and ask “How should I go about drafting a kicker?”. And I respond, “Really bro, that’s what you want to talk about?” Actually, not really. None of that ever happens, and there’s a good reason for that. First, I’m always in my mom’s basement, so no one really comes up to me to ask about anything. Secondly, no one actually cares about kickers. Okay, okay, there are *some* people who draft kickers for one reason or another, but all those reasons are wrong. The Razzball approved strategy here is: Don’t be that guy you know. Which I guess is the opposite of Velveeta’s slogan. We aim high here folks. Look, they are what they are, and that’s a low-tier position on the totem pole of fantasy football. And that’s no joke, because the totem pole exists. Somewhere in New Mexico, with the face of Roger Goodell and Cobra Commander. Hail HYDRA!, amiright? Anyhow, let’s go over a few things about this position (that’s what she said), and then rank-o-rama starts. Prepare your alcoholic beverages…
Despite how irrelevant I think the position is, it still is a position, and this being ‘rankings’ time, we must go forth and use a numerical system to place these kickers in order. And then have a knife fight right afterwards. Sounds exciting, right? Probably just the knives part…
2016 Rankings: Top-200 (Standard) |
Top-200 (Half-PPR) |
Top-200 (PPR) |
QB |
RB (Standard) |
RB (Half-PPR) |
RB (PPR) |
WR (Standard) |
WR (Half-PPR) |
WR (PPR) |
TE (Standard) |
TE (Half-PPR) |
TE (PPR) |
K |
DST
Dynasty Rankings: Top-150 |
QB |
RB |
WR |
TE |
Top-50 Rookies
| 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% |
Welcome to the first installation of what is to be our 2016 Fantasy Football Rankings! It's such a big deal, we have to capitalize the whole shebang. Just like your mother. Because, you know, shebangs. Regardless, as you can see right above my lovely remarks about your mother, we've had some pretty good success with our "ranking accuracy" the past couple of years. To be totally honest, the past two years, Razzball's priority with rankings has been consistency, not necessarily a high-risk/high-reward strategy. And I think it shows and I think it's the better path. Don't worry, I'm patting myself on the back as I'm typing this, which you might thing is hard, but I'm pretty sure elbows weren't really created for any other reason than to do this one thing. Any ways, now that the self-aggrandizing part is completed, I have to state, the quarterback position has gotten increasingly... meh. You have basically a mish-mash of top-5 or top-6 guys that you'd all be happy having, and then a whole bunch of interchangeable pieces until you get around to the point where it doesn't matter anymore. I call that the Andy Dalton zone, or what is essentially the "gingerzone". Which, come to think of it, would probably be a great 80's hairband name. Regardless, here are your 2016 Quarterback Rankings, with the added bonus of Mark Sanchez. You know you want some of that nacho...
What this post presupposes is, what if we aren’t Game of Thrones? We all know winter is coming. Or wait, isn't it here already? I feel like it is, but it kinda makes you wonder, like, what are the White Walkers actually up to right now? Furthermore, what have they been up to the last six years... honestly. Look, this site mixes fantasy football with Game of Thrones like nothing I've ever seen before (kinda like discovering a new genre of porn), but the more and more I think about it, shouldn't winter have overrun the entirety of Westeros? Like, are they just at home watching reruns of Daredevil? Perhaps doing a little gardening? Spring winter cleaning? Regardless, as has been stated in the title, the time to release rankings for the 2016 Fantasy Football season has arrived. Here’s how it’ll all play out, just so you plan your life accordingly!
