Defense Slot vs. Wide Analysis – Key Slot Matchups Week 5

October 8, 2021 | Fantasy Football Strategy |

The goal of this article is to find wide receivers to fade and buy based on how many fantasy points their opponent allows in the slot vs. out wide. In today’s article we will review the key slot matchups for week 5.

The below breaks down where each team allows their fantasy points to wide receivers and is listed from the most to the least amount of fantasy points allowed to the slot this season.

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RazzBowl Update: Week 5

October 8, 2021 | Fantasy Football Strategy |

by: Steve Paulo

Greetings, good friends! Like a case of rosé at one of my backyard barbecues, Week 4 is cashed, and we are almost halfway through the pre-Cutline period of the 2021 RazzBowl.

So crack open a bottle of your favorite old world nebbiolo — maybe a Barolo, maybe a Barbaresco — and pour a tall glass of grown up grape juice as we dive into this week’s FAAB activity and the current standings atop the leaderboard.

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Aliens, Ghosts, Mummies and a Rams Win Over the Seahawks

October 8, 2021 | Fantasy Football Strategy |

by: JB Barry

You could tell the Halloween spirit was in the air in our first Thursday Night Football game in October. We saw the Seattle Seahawks come out in their neon green uniforms, looking like a bunch of aliens to set the tone. Then, right on the opening kickoff, Tutu Atwell took the kick and made it about 10 yards before the ghost of Cortez Kennedy blindsided him causing him to hit the ground and fumble out of bounds with no other players around him. Before the game was over, both quarterbacks had bandages on their hands after having to mummy wrap their respective finger injuries. You knew something spooky was going on when we saw Geno Smith out there with his first real game action since 2017. We are definitely in the Halloween season!

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Sortable Rest of Season Rankings for 2021 Fantasy Football: Week 5

October 7, 2021 | Rest of Season Rankings | 34 Comments

by: Donkey Teeth

“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 5, 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 Mike Williams, D.J. Moore and Diontae Johnson then my positional breakdown doesn’t help you to construct the perfectly reasonable trade offer for James Robinson or Clyde Edwards-Helaire. 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 Report, Week 4: To The Mooney

October 7, 2021 | Air Yards Report | 2 Comments

by: CableBoxScore

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 4, we will do a quick analysis of the list of the 76 wide receivers who finished the week with at least 30 air yards.

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Snap To It: Week 4’s Snap Count Review

October 7, 2021 | Fantasy Football Analysis | 1 Comment

by: B_Don

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Some things stay the same
- All 4 weeks, it has been DeAndre Hopkins, A.J. Green, Christian Kirk, and then Rondale Moore, in that order.
- For 3 weeks, Chase Edmonds has been right around 65% snap rate. Chase Edmonds did get 2 carries inside the 10 this week, unfortunately, James Conner got 5.

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The Curious Case of Cordarrelle
- Cordarrelle Patterson snap rate was on the rise in week 3 reaching 42%. Unfortunately, in week 4 it dropped to 31%. Even without a high snap rate, he’s averaging 12 touches across the last 3 games.

IDP Waiver Wire Targets – Week 5

October 7, 2021 | IDP Waiver Wire Pickups | 2 Comments

by: Jordan Loupe

Hard to believe we are already one third of the way through the regular season in most of our fantasy leagues. By now, you can really start to see which leagues you have a legitimate chance to win, and those in which you’ve donated your entry fee to someone in the accounting department who doesn’t even watch football. It’s ok, it happens to the best of us. Regardless where you are in the standings though, never stop trying. Work the waiver wire, continue to make trades, etc. because you just never know what could happen. Read on to see my favorite waiver add at each position for IDP.

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Fantasy Football Podcast: The Almost Quarter Mark

October 7, 2021 | Fantasy Football Podcast |

by: B_Don

With the 17 game season this year, we’ll hit the quarter mark of games around the first quarter of the games this week. Seems like as good of a time as any to take a look at what has happened so far this season and where we went wrong or right. One in particular is our pre-season and current Ezekiel Elliott ranking. Among other surprises this season, Cordarrelle Patterson and Sam Darnold stand near the top of biggest over performers based on draft ranking.

We look at some of the injuries from week 4 and how they may play out ROS. From the Chicago and Cincinnati RB situations to the Jacksonville WR room, the week 4 injuries could have meaningful impacts on several players. We also discuss the rookie QBs and where we’re at on them for week 5 and beyond. As always, we wrap up with our A$$hole of the Week.

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Week 5 Fantasy Football Primer

October 7, 2021 | Fantasy Football Strategy | 65 Comments

by: everywhereblair

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All right, we’ve made it through 4/18ths of the season and my pocket calculator is absolutely losing its mind. Now that Anthony Miller has been dropped by the Houston Texans and his impending team change will absolutely shake the NFL to its core and bring in a legion of lawyers to inquire about the fairness of having such a talent just walking to another team, it’s time to assess the quality of your fantasy football team. That’s where we come into play. Come and check your head and see if we can get some good players on your team!

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Target Report: Week 5

October 6, 2021 | Target Report | 16 Comments

by: Nic Romero

Week 5 is upon us! This week we have a few players that have created a possible buy-low or sell-high window. First, the weekly refresh for those of you new to the weekly Target Report…

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…

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Check Yo Dep’

October 6, 2021 | Dynasty Fantasy Football Strategy |

by: Paul Blake

Good dynasty football managers will tell you that a working knowledge of NFL runningback depth charts is essential. Many NFL teams like to stash one high potential player either on their practice squad, or 3rd on the depth chart. This player typically has a chance to be 3 down explosive runner if they can overcome the issues that have put them in the position to be buried on the depth chart. Some have significant fumbling problems, others cannot pick up a blitz, and another common dilemma is lack of maturity. I like to fill my roster with these players. I do not have to invest much to acquire them and they could pay huge dividends. If they do not work out, just drop them and pick up the next one. Here are a few that I am looking to acquire (or already have).

Roster Percentages from Fantrax 10/4/2021.

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Weekly Rankings for 2021 Fantasy Football: Week 5

October 6, 2021 | Weekly Rankings | 49 Comments

by: 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 5 rankings for half PPR 2021 fantasy football that will be frequently updated by coin flip up until kickoff:

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