Some of you know how big of a Bill Simmons fan that I am. One of my best internet memories is when he included one of my questions in his mailbag when he still had the Grantland site. Well folks, I snagged my favorite football writer from his site; The Ringer's own, Danny Kelly. We talked briefly about the Bryan Colangelo burner account news (a must read if you live under a rock). We also talked about real football, fantasy football, and Killing Eve. I had a fantastic time and hope you enjoy listening to it!
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Well, it’s not even June, and we’re already losing some big-name fantasy players to the injury bug.
In the first day of their OTA’s, the Los Angeles Chargers have lost their 3rd-year Tight End to a torn ACL for the entirety of the 2018 season. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Buy Albert Wilson in All Formats
May 23, 2018 | 2018 Fantasy Football, 2018 Fantasy Football Buy/Sell |by: RBB4043
Fantasy football is a conundrum, and far too often the most surprising of breakout candidates are far too obvious in hindsight (We should have seen Adam Thielen coming, guys). While even the most well-argued “sleepers” fail to pan out year over year, we as obsessed fantasy football gamers can take solace in the fact that hopefully more often than not, our process was correct. This year, one such player has been calling my name in every single draft. In both best ball and dynasty leagues, this player stares at me in the very late rounds with tantalizing upside that for some reason the rest of the world has yet to see. My most owned player in all formats this year is Albert Wilson, and you should be buying too. He finds himself in the middle of a talent, investment, and opportunity Venn Diagram this year: He is a very good player, has significant opportunity in front of him to be fantasy relevant, and a team has spent significant capital on him through a healthy contract.
In the golden age of rookie production in the NFL, it's only right that I give them their own article. We had two rookies finish in the top 10 in the 2017 season and neither of them were Christian McCaffery or Leonard Fournette. Kareem Hunt, who finished #9, made a late push in the 2017 fantasy draft season at the expense of Spencer Ware's season ending injury. When it was all said and done, Hunt was going in the third and fourth round in a lot of leagues.
Zach joins me for a RazzBlitz episode that is the same way we started it, one on one. We talk about David Johnson's 1,000/1,000 goal and how he compares to the rest of the elite options at running back. We talked about Rob Gronkowski vs. Travis Kelce and finished football talk by analyzing the Buccaneer's wide receiver corps. The second half of the episode we talked about Zach's trip to Rolling Loud hip hop festival.
Do the Cowboys think that they are going to be successful giving Tavon Austin a bunch of touches? Reid and myself weigh in on this, C.J. Anderson, Adrian Peterson, Mark Ingram, Alvin Kamara, and Corey Coleman. We also touch on Zach's latest article before we get into last Sunday's Westworld.
2018 ADP Preview: May Edition
May 8, 2018 | 2018 Fantasy Football, 2018 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy | 2 Commentsby: Zach
Hello everyone, and welcome to the first of many ADP posts here. I'll be taking a look at some early average-draft-position data for fantasy drafts in the fall, my analysis of the players in question, and how things could change between now and August.
Mock drafts are some of my favorite things about things about fantasy football. During the summer, you can usually find me on Fantasy Football Calculator (where we are getting our ADP data from today) for multiple hours on end, practicing and figuring out every strategy that I could possibly use in the next few months.
What's crucial about this is to study public opinion on some of the key players that'll be selected in 2018. What were the opinions of these players earlier in the summer? Has there been some major shakeups to the data over the past few months? Who has risen? Who has fallen? How has the draft impacted things?
These questions will be answered thanks to this series, so let's kick it off and get an initial read on things for the summer.
May the Fourth be with you! I'm not a Star Wars guy but it's still fun to say. The draft is in the past and now we can move on. I couldn't wait to put out some rankings to talk about with all of the readers. Well, I'm not sure how many of you are reading football posts at this point of the year, but if you are, I'm glad you're here.
Razzballers, the NFL draft that we have been talking extensively about has come and gone and now we can actually analyze the picks. Who better to have on to talk about WRs than Reception Perception creator, Matt Harmon? (Harmon's dog even makes a special appearance!)
Side note: When my stupid mouth says St. Thomas, I mean St. Brown (ugh)
After Harmon finishes his visit with us, Reid and myself dive into our teams' drafts (the Bucs and Bills if you're new here). We also quickly touch on West World before Reid talked about the new Avengers film. Enjoy!
