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2015 Fantasy Football
RCL Update, Week 6: Pack and Pork Rinds
Last week I tried to lure Jay into a Chargers trap. The results left me thinking, I just wasn't trying hard enough. It made me…
- J-FOH
- October 16, 2015
- 6
2015 Daily Fantasy
FanDuel, Week 6: Jamaal Better Listen
Like always, this week entailed some shock, some disappointments, and some anger and confusion. I'd like to reach out to anyone who played Jamaal Charles on Sunday. I…
- Zach
- October 16, 2015
- 7
2015 Fantasy Football
The Atlanta Failcons
Hey, you guys remember when the Saints destroyed Hurricane Katrina? They basically put a bounty on it and once it made landfall, it was quickly…
- Jay
- October 16, 2015
- 65
2015 Fantasy Football
Thursday Night Football Live Thread, Week 6: Falcons vs. Saints
Ah yes, the required prime time NFC South showdown that's required at least twice a year, featuring mediocracy at it's finest, and always ending with…
- Jay
- October 15, 2015
- 24
2015 Fantasy Football
The Injury Report, Week 6: Jamaal Charles and the ACL Effect
Is there still such a thing as an ACL injury after effect? Adrian Peterson famously rushed for over 2000 yards the year following a December…
- RotoLance
- October 15, 2015
- 31
2015 Fantasy Football
IDP Rankings, Week 6: Kraken Unleashed
Period Accuracy Rank High Low Percentile Week 5 51.7% 9 out of 21 62.8% 33.0% Top 50% 2015 57.7% 5 out of 20 59.6% 49.7%…
- Kevin Kumpf
- October 15, 2015
- 23
2015 Fantasy Football
Rankings, Week 6: A New Contest
Period Accuracy Rank High Low Percentile Week 5 54.4% 37 out of 130 59.7% 41.9% Top 30% Week 4 56.4% 12 out of 135 59.9%…
- Jay
- October 15, 2015
- 135
2015 Buy/Sell
Who Are These Guys?, Week 6: Hurns Baby Hurns
I won my fantasy baseball league this year and am using the winnings to take my wife and two year old daughter to see Mickey…
- malamoney
- October 14, 2015
- 39
2015 Buy/Sell
Smokey Says, Week 6: Digging the Chiefs Grave
Let's just have another article about the waiver wire dandies that are the Kansas City Chiefs running back situation, seems original! The Google hit limit…
- Smokey
- October 14, 2015
- 17
2015 Fantasy Football
The Future of Razzball Football
We haven't reached the end of the 2015 Fantasy Football Season yet, nay, we are still smack dab right in the middle of it, but I…
- Jay
- October 14, 2015
- 119
2015 Fantasy Football
Through the Wire, Week 6: No, the Other Charcandrick
Why can't Chiefs fans have anything nice? First they get broken down Joe Montana and Marcus Allen, then they lose Derrick Thomas, and now this?…
- Geoff
- October 13, 2015
- 96
2015 Fantasy Football
The Benchwarmers, Week 6: Charles No Longer in Charge
So obviously the big news from this past weekend is the loss of Jamaal Charles for the rest of the season. The Chiefs running back…
- Doug
- October 13, 2015
- 12
2015 Buy/Sell
Bear or Bull: Wild Wild West
There's a gonna be some prospecting come waiver wire day this week. The allure of gold drove many in the 1800's to pack up their…
- Son
- October 13, 2015
- 41
2015 Fantasy Football
Monday Night Mike!
Greetings! What a splendid treat it is to fill in for my esteemed editor and boss, Jay (Wrong) the Elder blessed! Let us pray that…
- LT Murray IV
- October 13, 2015
- 152
2015 Fantasy Football
Monday Night Football Live Thread, Week 5: Steelers vs. Chargers
I think everyone knows of my (now patented!) unbiased Chargers fandom when it comes to the pleasurable sport of football. I find solace in my…
- Jay
- October 12, 2015
- 42
2015 Fantasy Football
R.I.P. Chiefs Season
Well, I guess someone forgot to remind us that Jamaal Charles bi-annual end-of-season injury was due. Looking to go up 24-3 in the third quarter…
- Jay
- October 12, 2015
- 75
2015 Fantasy Football
Sunday Night Football Live Thread, Week 5: 49ers vs. Giants
I would normally blame NBC for not flexing out of a football game no one really wants to watch outside of their home markets, but…
- Jay
- October 11, 2015
- 20
2015 Fantasy Football
Late Games Live Thread, Week 5
While I would normally highlight a marquee match-up during the late game slate, there really are none. The Cardinals and Lions is semi-intriguing, if only…
- Jay
- October 11, 2015
- 4
2015 Fantasy Football
Early Games Live Thread, Week 5
The first month of the season is already gone (or I guess more accurately, one quarter), but however you'd like to describe the passage of…
- Jay
- October 11, 2015
- 80
2015 Fantasy Football
Streamers, Week 5: Two For the Price of One
What's the saying again? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Or, should I say, Foles me once and twice. …
- waterloo
- October 10, 2015
- 15
2015 Buy/Sell
The Stats Machine, YTD Rankings
In order to provide the most accurate rankings it was essential that I instruct The Stats Machine to recalculate the first three weeks' results, accounting…
- malamoney
- October 10, 2015
- 3
2015 Fantasy Football
Start ‘Em and Sit ‘Em, Week 5: Bathing in Russell Wilson’s Holy Water
Homies, I'm home! Greetings! I come to you live from Kathmandu, at a retreat where other Elder God chosen worshipers come to participate in peyote smoking,…
- LT Murray IV
- October 10, 2015
- 57
2015 Fantasy Football
RCL Update, Week 5: Are We Having Fun Yet?
You know what I love around here... Jay. If I even mention the Chargers, I get an editors note. [Jay's Note: True.] Like if I…
- J-FOH
- October 9, 2015
- 13
2015 Buy/Sell
The Stats Machine, Week 5: The Most Electrifying Stats
FINALLY!!! The defense has come to The Stats Machine! For the past many weeks I have been promising an updated algorithm in which opposing the…
- malamoney
- October 9, 2015
- 37
2015 Daily Fantasy
FanDuel, Week 5: A Swift Brees
What a weird week. I'm not talking about how the Falcons Devonta Freeman was the only player last week to score more points than Chiefs Kicker…
- Zach
- October 9, 2015
- 6
2015 Fantasy Football
That Was So Very Houston of the Texans
In a surprising turn of events for Thursday Night Football, this game was actually semi-entertaining. I'm saying "semi" because I don't want to get too…
- Jay
- October 9, 2015
- 82
2015 Fantasy Football
Thursday Night Football Live Thread, Week 5: Colts vs. Texans
In a legendary battle between Matt Hasselbeck (with the added bonus of recovering from a viral infection, which I'm just assuming is called "getting old")…
- Jay
- October 8, 2015
- 18
2015 Fantasy Football
The Injury Report, Week 5: The Empire Strikes Steve Smith’s Back
Some dude in black hit Steve Smith's back. And he was off to a great start this year. For some reason I wasn't watching the…
- RotoLance
- October 8, 2015
- 14
2015 Buy/Sell
Smokey Says, Week 5: Poppin’ Willie’s
Put your helmets on (this is for your safety). I don't need to actually wear one, becuase helmets are for squares and homeless roller-bladers. It…
- Smokey
- October 8, 2015
- 10
2015 Fantasy Football
IDP Rankings, Week 5: The (Cow)Boys are Back in Town
Period Accuracy Rank High Low Percentile Week 4 54.3% 15 out of 21 59.9% 31.5% Top 75% 2015 59.2% 5 out of 19 61.9% 50.1%…
- Kevin Kumpf
- October 8, 2015
- 28
2015 Fantasy Football
Rankings, Week 5: The First Quarter
Period Accuracy Rank High Low Percentile Week 4 56.4% 12 out of 135 59.9% 41.1% Top 10% Week 3 59.1% 18 out of 134 65.0%…
- Jay
- October 8, 2015
- 124
2015 Buy/Sell
Disgrace and Delight, Week 5: Peyton the Elder
Greetings! I hope you're all enjoying that missed call from the Seahawks Monday Night Football game as much as I am. I've been witnessing a…
- LT Murray IV
- October 7, 2015
- 118
2015 Fantasy Football
Who Are These Guys?, Week 5: Kissing Cousins
Apparently there is some discrepancy as to what exactly a "kissing cousin" is. Am I even allowed to end a sentence with the word "is"? [Jay's…
- malamoney
- October 7, 2015
- 19
2015 Fantasy Football
2015 Rest of Season Rankings
Period Accuracy Rank High Low Percentile 2015 56.4% 23 out of 132 59.4% 48.3% Top 20% 2014 58.1% 31 out of 125 60.7% 50.6% Top…
- Jay
- October 7, 2015
- 149
2015 Fantasy Football
Through the Wire, Week 5: Cousins and Juniors
I'd like to begin this week's post with a big shout out to the homie Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. Good looks on firing Philbin my…
- Geoff
- October 6, 2015
- 106
2015 Fantasy Football
The Benchwarmers, Week 5: Randling All These Injuries
So like my team (the best team in the league of course) the Patriots had their bye on Week 4, so did I. But now…
- Doug
- October 6, 2015
- 13
2015 Buy/Sell
Bear or Bull: Pocket Rocket
What is a pocket rocket? A miniature motorcycle meant for racing? A pair of aces in poker? A small vibrating dildo? If you answered #3,…
- Son
- October 6, 2015
- 28
2015 Fantasy Football
Supreme Chancellor
This game was like my sex life in that I missed half of it, had no idea what was going on, and didn't particularly care…
- Jay
- October 6, 2015
- 68
2015 Fantasy Football
Monday Night Football, Week 4: Lions vs. Seahawks
A last minute intake of Skittles wasn't enough to fix Marshawn Lynch's hamstring this past weekend, so the Seahawks will be hosting the Lions for…
- Jay
- October 5, 2015
- 22
2015 Fantasy Football
Can Romonobyl Happen if Romo Isn’t in the Game?
In what was a interesting-because-it-was-close-but-sorta-kinda-boring-anyways Sunday Night Football game, Dallas once again proved that they are two different teams depending on which half it is.…
- Jay
- October 5, 2015
- 81
