The Joey Wright was a king without a prince, even though the song 1999 pulsed in the background of the VIP section at Sticks, the only football-themed nightclub on the West Coast. The Battle of Lake Tahoe was won, but the War of the Razzbowl had taken its toll.
"Another New Coke?" the bottle girl asked Joey, her referee-striped uniform reminding him of the Super Bowl Shuffle.
"IT DOES NOTHING FOR ME!" Joey shouted, tossing a red flag on the floor to indicate he was done with his VIP session. The tech bros at the booth across the aisle poked their eyes up from their Nachos Grande and noticed Joey cradling a picture, whispering to it. One of them came over.
"You OK, man?" the tech bro asked Joey.
"Not since I lost The Mick,"
Remember Jason Pierre-Paul's infamous firework accident that resulted in a mangled hand, and eventually a club hand which he'd use to beat offensive linemen over the head? We came into Thursday night's Cardinals at Seahawks game expecting all kinds of beautiful fantasy fireworks, but instead we were left with a limp disfigured hand. Hopefully we can transform this disappointment into our own club hand. It wasn't all bad news though, as Carlos Hyde played it safe with bottle rockets and sparklers in his return from his hamstring injury. Hyde took 14 carries for 79 yards and 2 catches for 16 yards, adding in his 3rd touchdown. But don't get too excited about playing Hyde the sausage with Carlos, odds are Chris Carson (foot) makes his return in week 12. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday for fantasy football:
Another week, another grind! We're really getting to the important weeks of the season. We have three more W's to get to either make the playoffs or get the best seeding we can. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.gif. I know making decisions on who to start and sit isn't as tough as it usually is this year because of the injury cesspool, but I'm here to help. Let's get to the players that I really like for week 11.
I always have to choose what information that makes the article because only so many columns will fit on the page. Well, it's an important time of year, so, if you want to see the full sheet, including more last 3 and 5 week stats and more schedule information, click here. New column this week, DEF vs TE/game ROS, basically, what is the average standing of the defenses vs TE on a fantasy points allowed basis. Not a perfect stat by any means, but it's a start.
THE MAN.
| Ranks |
Players |
Targets |
Last 3 Wks |
Last 5 Wks |
Season Stats |
Snaps |
Sched |
| Prev Rk |
Rk |
Name |
Total Tgts |
Avg Tgts |
Pts/G |
Pts/G |
Pts |
Pts/G |
Team Snap % |
DEF vs TE /game ROS |
| 1 |
1 |
Travis Kelce |
80 |
8.9 |
25.40 |
19.60 |
168.9 |
18.77 |
86 |
18.2 |
- Travis Kelce is a man among boys at TE. He can build a house, fix your car, hunt down dinner, and throw that ball over them mountains. Among non-QBs, he has the 9th most points per game (1 of those 9 is CMC who only has 3 games). KC has bottom 5 match ups left and they finish with strong TE games against the Saints (26th worst vs TE) and Falcons (worst vs TE).
We are now in the Fantasy Football home stretch, week 11! Hopefully you’re reading this because you’re making your playoff push or fighting for a high seed and want to keep winning. Most league’s regular season ends week 13 or 14, so we are in the crucial weeks of the season that can shape the playoff landscape in your league. If you’re not mathematically eliminated, don’t give up, it’s a crazy year! It is make or break time and it is extremely important to find productive players to put in your flex spots. That is exactly why I write this column, to help you make these tough decisions and win your weeks!
Welcome to Razzball's dedicated gambling column-Teasers and Pleasers! Each Thursday during the NFL season, at 11:00 am EST, TnP will post our top bets for the upcoming week. Just sit back and win some money with us in 2020.
We received some great feedback in the comments section last week regarding updating the picks on Saturday or Sunday when injuries are clearer. I will be doing that via Twitter and commenting below this article with any injury-related adjustments to the Best Bets. Thank you all for following along all season, you are one of the MANY resources used to make these selections, but mOST of the key ones can be found right here at Razzball.
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Now let's get to it! Week 11 picks for your betting pleasure.
I just snuck out of a court ordered gambling rehab facility to write this post, so I'll have to be brief. After I was arrested for stealing old ladies' purses from the retirement home down the block to fund my string of Arizona Cardinals' Super Bowl wagers (a 50:1 lock!), the judge sentenced me to 6 month's of in-patient rehab. Since I'll be releasing my weekly fantasy football rankings each Thursday morning for the duration of the season, I've decided to throw in some bonus bold Thursday Night Football predictions along with my expertly handicapped pick for the contest:
Arizona Cardinals (+3) at Seattle Seahawks
Forecast: Kyler Murray. That's it, that's the forecast. What, you want more? Sorry, I'm a little distracted; I spent all day trying to figure out how to inject Kyler Murray highlights into my veins. Actually, I spent the first hour of the day trying to figure that out and then the next 10 hours in the emergency room. Turns out it's "not safe" to insert an HDMI cable into your forearm. Psssh. The medical professionals recommend I continue to ingest my Kyler highlights thru the eye holes only. What do doctors know? I have big plans for rectal consumption of Thursday night's game where Kyler will show off his culinary skills making Russell Wilson look like my Aunt Mildred who can't even cook a frozen pizza. The Cardinals will come out of Thursday alone in first place in the NFC West, just another step toward that Lombardi Trophy I predicted Kyler would hoist back in the preseason. Cardinals 31, Seahawks 21
Wager: Cardinals ML +140 (1 Unit)
2020 Season: 2-8 (-3.65 Units)
Anyway, here's my fantasy football rankings for week 11 which will be frequently updated until Sunday kickoff:
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Your WR top 80 12.0 is here! Despite DeAndre Hopkins' heroics, Davante Adams remains in a tier all his own. Don't worry, there are still plenty of fantastic options to choose from in tier 2. As a rule, injuries will always bump guys down. I am generally pessimistic that players will return on time at full strength without a setback.
This list is not league or format specific, but it is based on 2020 rest-of-season projection only. When thinking through tiers and rankings I asked myself simply – “all things considered who would I rather have on my roster?”
Read all of the QB, RB and TE Razzball Rest of Season Positional Rankings now!
When Covid isn't flattening QBs and teams left and right, massive windstorms have completely shut down QBs several times this year. In Week 10, another Vortex Giant (CR25 for you nerds) stomped into many stadiums, leaving giant killers like Nick Chubb and [checks notes] Ben Roethisberger (hmmm) to save the villagers. I've asked fantasy managers to be proactive about rostering useful streaming QBs, if not to provide options in case of Covid or weather, but at the very least to deprive your opponents of a starting QB. This last week, your opponents would have gotten useful streaming games from bottom-tier QBs like Alex Smith, Kirk Cousins, and Philip Rivers. Now, I'm not applauding their games. But when other QBs are facing off against sustained 25MPH winds, gusts to 50MPH, and rain/sleet, those fair weather QB streamers look awfully nice.
It's Jameis Winston week! I've been waiting all season for this. I had a dream last night. It was Mr. 30/30 himself driving down the field. He threw a pick six on the first series to get it out of his way. Normal stuff. The Saints are driving down the field and the Falcons don't have an answer for this drive. It's 2nd and 2 at the Falcons' 11 yard line and wouldn't you know it, frickin' Taysom Hill comes in. Taysom jukes, breaks a tackle, touchdown. Taysom Hill ruins everything, including my Jameis dreams. It was only a dream! I have Jameis as my QB6 in a game that the Saints should dominate. You can find the rest of my rankings below.
B_Don and Donkey Teeth are back to talk about the events of week 10. What a weekend with the grossest week of football so far this season and a new Masters record.
The podcast starts with the Drew Brees injury and what each of us thinks it could mean for the Saints offensive weapons. We discuss the possible fallout of the Stafford and Bridgewater injuries.
With the rise of D'Andre Swift, we take a look at rookie RB rankings from this point forward. The guys can't seem to agree on a specific order, but hash it out. The two then talk about some confusing backfields in the Browns, Rams, Bucs, and Colts, and how we are approaching them over the ROS.
As we move to WRs, B_Don asks DT if he trusts Marquez Valdes-Scantling after 2 strong showings, even with Allen Lazard likely to return to the mix. As with the RBs, the guys discuss a few complicated situations in the Eagles, Bucs, and Steelers. And of course, we finish with the A**hole of the week.
THUMP. That was Week 10 crushing us in the face. It was unpredictable, I know, but let's begin the conversation about the running back position this past week with a look at some of the names that finished inside RB1 territory, with their overall rank listed: RB3 Nyheim Hines, RB4 Ronald Jones, RB5, D'Andre Swift, RB6 Devontae Booker, RB7 Rex Burkhead, RB8 Antonio Gibson, RB10 Wayne Gallman, RB11 Malcolm Brown and RB12 Salvon Ahmed. That's three-fourths of the past week's RB1 finishers going to running backs that were likely all drafted outside of the first five rounds in your fantasy draft and at least three, maybe four players who may not have even been rostered in your league as of Sunday night. Next, let's move over to RB2 territory: RB14 J.D. McKissic, RB15 Boston Scott, RB17 Kalen Ballage and RB23 Alex Collins. Overall, that's 12, or half, of Week 10's RB1-2 crop going to names that likely required very little draft capital to make your roster. Some of those names are less surprising, like Swift and Gibson, but for the sake of argument, both running backs finished outside the top-28 running backs drafted in 2020. It's already been a miraculous year at the position -- for some, perhaps heart-breaking is a more fitting adjective -- and the madness ensued in Week 10, to put it lightly. Fortunately, we can at least say we did not see the same absurd number of running back injuries as we've grown accustomed to.
Even so, it was a truly unpredictable week. Before you begin beating your forehead against the keyboard and your boss yells at you (or partner/child/parents/etc. for those still stuck at home) for disrupting the workplace over fantasy football for the umpteenth time since the onset of September, remember this: we're all in it together. We're all playing the same game, with the same weekly uncertainty factored in and with the same information at our fingertips. That's reason for composure. That's reason to keep fighting the good fight because, as you may have heard me say many times before, the grinders beat the whiners. I've actually never said that before, but you get the point.
It's time to get to the rankings, but before we do, let's take a quick trip around the league.
