Let’s be honest, I don’t think anybody was expecting offensive fireworks in this week’s Thursday Night Football matchup between the Cleveland Browns and Denver Broncos. Leading up to the game, most of the conversation revolved around the players that weren’t playing rather than the ones who would be playing. Cleveland was coming into this one without their starting quarterback Baker Mayfield and both starting running backs in Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt. In addition, both star wide receivers were questionable and up until gameday, Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was questionable as well. Many expected this game to be a grind-it-out low scoring game and that’s exactly what we got.
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Sortable Rest of Season Rankings for 2021 Fantasy Football: Week 7
October 21, 2021 | Rest of Season Rankings | 27 Commentsby: Donkey Teeth
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"But Donkey Teeth, didn't you just provide us with very in-depth and meticulously curated positional rest of season rankings for 2021 fantasy football, week 7, only two days ago?" Why yes, dear reader, and thank you for noticing. This is not an error, nor an oversight. It was all very carefully thought out during my recent peyote ceremony with some local natives. While I do get the positional rest of season rankings to the press promptly each and every Tuesday, prior to waivers and FAAB, I also feel it's important to provide more context later in the week to assist in trade negotiations and other important roster decisions. If you desperately need a running back and are rostering all of Keenan Allen, D.J. Moore and Diontae Johnson then my positional breakdown doesn't help you to construct the perfectly reasonable trade offer for Darrell Henderson, James Robinson or Joe Mixon. Now we also have the overall rankings table below to view positional valuations relative to other positions, while still having the option to sort by individual positions. The best of both worlds, which I tasted during that peyote trip. And over the past two days, I've also taken more time to refine these rankings after digesting more of the week one action and listening to some very valuable community feedback from you intelligent readers. The positional rankings from earlier in the week also delve a bit deeper into the rankings compared to this overall top 150 provided below. Anyway, here's my sortable rest of season rankings for half PPR 2021 fantasy football:
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Air Yards are the Gordon Ramsey of fantasy receiving stats. They tell us exactly what was right and clearly what was wrong with how a receiver performed in a given week. Often, it’s not easy to hear. But you as a fantasy manager need to pay attention to the under-the-hood numbers from your receivers instead of just blindly trusting the box score results, you donkey.
Each week, this column will dissect air yards for actionable info in the weeks to come. For Week 7, we will do a quick analysis of the list of the 71 wide receivers who finished last week with at least 30 air yards.
Welcome to Bye-mageddon! Week 7 sees six teams on bye, including the Bills, Cowboys, Jaguars, Chargers, Vikings, and Steelers. This means that our IDP rosters will be missing a slew of studs this week, such as Tremaine Edmunds, Micah Parsons, Rayshawn Jenkins, Derwin James, Eric Kendricks, and TJ Watt. Even if you’ve had one of the top teams this year, you’re still probably looking to the waiver wire this week to fill some starting spots. Read on to find see my top add at each position for Week number 7.
Week 7 Fantasy Football Primer
October 21, 2021 | 2021 Fantasy Football | 31 Commentsby: everywhereblair
What's up Fantasy Football fans! Are you ready for the NBA season? Ha! Switched topics on you. Now all my ADHD brethren have lost focus and are passing ideas like you're Ricky Rubio. Wait, did I say passing? Quarterbacks pass! Hey, now we're back on topic. I'd do anything for you dear readers, but I won't do that [Grey says I need to make at least one Meatloaf reference per year or else he's cutting by benefits]. ENYWHEY. Let's get you prepped for the 40% mark of the fantasy football season. That's right -- it's 40 week! Besides, it's a bones day. Go get your favorite beverage and drink it -- you deserve it!
Mo Alie-Cox Can be Your TE Hero, Baby
October 20, 2021 | Fantasy Football Strategy | 8 Commentsby: Hobbs
The last 18 months greeted us with a lot of fundamental change and unexpectedness in our daily lives. One thing that has stayed relatively constant is the complete clusterfart provided by the fantasy tight end position. In 2021, some of you used heavy draft capital to snag Travis Kelce, Darren Waller or George Kittle -- maybe even Mark Andrews -- in which case, you hit if you got Kelce or Andrews at fair value, but Kittle has been an injury-derailed bust yet again, and while Waller has been a top five-to-six TE, he hasn't had the booms (outside of Week 1) you'd like to see with that level of investment. With the way this position has played out this year, we can surmise at least 50% of fantasy owners missed at the TE position in 2021. Out of FantasyPros' top-10 tight ends in terms of draft rankings (ECR) entering the season, FIVE are currently outside of the top-10 fantasy tight ends through Week 6 -- four of which are outside the top 14 while three are outside of the top 20 (Kittle, Logan Thomas, Robert Tonyan). Luckily, some owners have already found their saving grace by snagging Dawson Knox or Dalton Schultz (yours truly), but not all have been so lucky, and most of us play in enough leagues where we're still looking for help with one or more teams. But have no fear, as the answer is near. All you need to do is ask: Please, sir, can I have some Mo'.
Weekly Refresh
Taking inventory of target share (TS) and snap share (SS) data is a critical tool to help with start-sit decisions, and provide a framework for buy-low/sell-high trade candidates. Every Wednesday the Target Report will highlight key TS/SS data and takeaways from the weekend.
Success in fantasy football is built around opportunity, especially consistent opportunity. Don’t get caught up only chasing fantasy points. Peyton Manning focused more on what happened between endzones versus what transpired on the scoreboard. It is important not to overreact to a poor fantasy outing when the usage is still there. Or overreact to a fantasy explosion for a player that barely found the field or was barely targeted in the game. Trust the data and trust the process…
Fantasy Football Podcast: Bye Week Squid Games
October 20, 2021 | Fantasy Football Podcast |by: B_Don
On the precipice of bye week Armageddon, B_Don and Donkey Teeth take a look at some of the ugly RB situations that some of us may have to wade into this week, such as the Browns without Nick Chubb or Kareem Hunt. Jalen Hurts swings from dynasty jewel to must sell depending on who you talk to, but where do DT and B_Don sit on the subject? Speaking of controversial young QBs, Tua Tagovailoa came back this week and reports are just as varying on him. Beyond what we think about Tua, it could be good for his rookie WR, Jaylen Waddle. The guys go on to discuss the Seattle WRs without Russ, Jonathan Taylor, Darrel Williams, and A.J. Brown.
Weekly Rankings for 2021 Fantasy Football: Week 7
October 20, 2021 | Weekly Rankings | 32 Commentsby: Donkey Teeth
Each week I'll be spending countless hours flipping coins in order to determine an order for my weekly rankings which will be published bright and early each Wednesday morning. It's an elaborate round-robin coinflipping system for each position. Wide receivers alone take me a full Monday worth of coin flips. And I'm currently in the process of filing for workers comp due to carpal tunnel. But it's well worth it, knowing that you, the loyal Razzball reader, appreciate my pain and sweat. Just so you know you can trust me, here's how my coin flipping system stacked up against all of the other 149 industry analysts competing against me in the 2020 Fantasy Pros Weekly Ranking Competition:
Anyway, here's my week 7 rankings for half PPR 2021 fantasy football that will be frequently updated by coin flip up until kickoff:
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Rest of Season Rankings for 2021 Fantasy Football: Week 7
October 19, 2021 | Rest of Season Rankings | 11 Commentsby: Donkey Teeth
Tuesdays at Razzball Fantasy Football are going to be "lit," as the kids say. Although I'm not sure if the kids put it in quotation marks, I'll have to check in with VH1 on that. Regardless, we have the one and only The Joey Wright leading off every Tuesday morning with his in-depth waiver wire advice column. Then Blair spins his MNF narrative with an eloquent Monday Night Football recap and Paul Blake shares some deep league thoughts. Finally, I'll bring it up the rear with my rest of season rankings broken down by position. Reminder, these rest of season rankings are only a very rough guideline to be used for trade formulation and other roster decisions. These are geared toward half PPR formats and should be adjusted accordingly for your particular league settings. Anyway, here's the updated positional rankings for the rest of the half PPR 2021 fantasy football season:
*Note: Sortable rest of season rankings will be published on Thursday afternoons. Until then, check out Rudy's sortable rest of season rankings and projections. Also, don't forget to purchase our tools subscription (we have a FREE 3-day trial!!!) for detailed weekly projections, snap counts and target share data. You won't regret it!
Dynasty League Waiver Wire Options for Week 7
October 19, 2021 | Dynasty Fantasy Football Strategy | 8 Commentsby: Paul Blake
Week seven will likely be a wild one. Bye weeks begin in earnest, and of course, you have the pile of injuries that continues to stack up. It will be a "last man standing" situation this week. And you want to be Bruce Willis, not Tim Allen. By the way, what pretentious title for the sitcom "Last Man Standing". It is no wonder that the show was canceled. I know the rest of us are just a bunch of vegan, chai-sipping wussies staring at our phones, but do you think you could outlast all of us? C'mon Tim, Tool Time is over. Don't embarrass the good folks at Binder. And with that, now on to the list.
Tennessee Wins but Titans Fall: Monday Night Football Recap
October 19, 2021 | Fantasy Football Strategy | 12 Commentsby: everywhereblair
The Titans pulled off a win on Monday Night Football by a matter of inches. That's right men: those inches did matter. Now go take a cold shower and get ready for the next week of football. For the rest of us, let's see who survived the war of attrition that has become 2021 fantasy football:
