Weekly Rankings for 2021 Fantasy Football: Week 1

September 8, 2021 | Weekly Rankings | 85 Comments

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:

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Broken Hearts & Busts

September 7, 2021 | Fantasy Football Strategy | 28 Comments

by: thejoeywright

The night was May 14, 2003. A night I was greatly anticipating because of two big events. First the series finale of my favorite tween television series, Dawson’s Creek or The Creek to the cool kids, was airing and at midnight. Then I was going to see the sequel to The Matrix, which was easily one of the best science fiction films of the previous ten years. It turned out to be the most disappointing night of my twenty-something pop culture obsessed life.

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Zach is Buried So Far in the Rankings that it Ertz

September 6, 2021 | Fantasy Football Strategy | 40 Comments

by: Son

As with most rookie tight ends, it took a few years for Zach Ertz to get comfortable in the league but once he got comfortable, he got COMFORTABLE. From 2015 to 2019, he garnered at least 100 targets in each season, caught at least 74 passes, racked up at least 800 yards, and had a yards-per-target of at least 7.5 in all but one season. In 2018, he caught 116 of 153 targets for 1163 yards and eight touchdowns. He finished as the number 11, 8, 3, 3, and 5 fantasy tight end over that span. Then 2020 happened: 36 catches on 72 targets for 335 yards and one touchdown in 11 games. Writing that Ertz me. Do you know what Ertz me even more, though? Before the start of last season, he was being drafted as the number 55 overall player in NFFC drafts. This season? Number 177. Here’s why he’s a value:

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Top 200 for 2021 Fantasy Football Update: The Home Stretch

September 4, 2021 | Fantasy Football Rankings | 44 Comments

by: Donkey Teeth

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The biggest fantasy football draft weekend of the season is finally upon us. Saturday morning, as you shower and brush your teeth for the first time in three weeks in anticipation of the big day, don’t forget to pull up your buddy Donkey Teeth’s handy dandy top 200 rankings for reference—these rankings will be frequently updated all weekend as football news breaks. Also, don’t forget to put pants on. I know you haven’t been wearing pants very often the past three weeks, but it’s time to put some bottoms on and get out there. Unless you’re in a nudist fantasy league, then you’re already good to go. Speaking of which, does anyone have any openings in their nudist fantasy league? Asking for a friend. Anyway, here’s who’s moving most in my rankings in recent days, along with my updated top 200 rankings for 2021 fantasy football:

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Best Ball: Top Late-Round Targets

September 4, 2021 | Fantasy Football Targets | 2 Comments

by: Sam Shefrin

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Best Ball is a new type of fantasy football that has gained major traction in recent years. This is due to its unique format and lack of commitment needed. Similar to DFS, you draft once, and your work is done. Best ball is now available in almost all states where daily fantasy sports can be found, including Arizona. DFS and Best Ball launched on August 28th in the state, and Arizona Sports Betting is coming September 9th, right in time for the NFL season. This means that you can not only play fantasy but also bet on sports in Arizona. Several of the major brands like DraftKings & FanDuel are offering DFS, Best Ball, and sports betting in the state.

The NFL Season is right around the corner, and our staff has done a ton of Underdog Fantasy Best Ball drafts in preparation for the new season. Best Ball is one of the most exciting and simple ways to play, as once you draft your lineup, you don’t have to do anything else for the remainder of the year. Underdog automatically starts your best quarterback, two best running backs, three best wide receivers, best tight end, and best flex every week throughout the season. With that type of format, the upside is king in the later rounds as you’re looking for players who can break through to your starting lineup over your highly-drafted players. Once you get to the last few rounds in your draft, though, it can be easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of names and not know where to turn for that week-winning upside. The following are some of my favorite targets in the late rounds using Underdog ADP:

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QB Pockets – Where to Draft Your Quarterback

September 4, 2021 | Fantasy Football Strategy | 10 Comments

by: JB Barry

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It’s the holiday weekend and football season is right around the corner. Leagues everywhere are scrambling to set up their fantasy drafts before kickoff this week. Today’s article is going to help you prepare for your draft and help you plan when and how to draft your quarterbacks. The most common leagues are 10 or 12 team redraft leagues where you start 1 QB each week, so in those leagues, you want to have 2 starting quarterbacks when you walk out of the draft room. There are 32 teams in the NFL so you can do this with no problem, but you also don’t want to come out of your draft with Tyrod Taylor as your backup QB. What I’m going to break down for you here in this article is specifically where to target drafting your quarterbacks this year.

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Fantasy Football Podcast: Rankings Comparison

September 3, 2021 | Fantasy Football Podcast | 1 Comment

by: B_Don

B_Don and Donkey Teeth discuss some of the recent season affecting injuries and cuts as we enter a very busy draft weekend. Football is back! We start with the injury news to 2nd year running back, JK Dobbins, and where he fits in with fellow young RBs Cam Akers and Travis Etienne for dynasty value. Cam Newton is out, Mac Jones is in for New England. Where are the guys on the weapons? Jakobi Meyers, Rhamondre Stevenson, Damien Harris, and the tight ends.

B_Don and DT compare their top 200 rankings. We discuss our biggest differences in Miles Sanders, Jalen Hurts, and a bunch of young WRs. We also talk about the guys that missed the cut for one of our lists in Dyami Brown, Tyrell Williams, and who we expect to take the 2nd WR spot for the Chiefs.

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Razzball Staff Bold Predictions for 2021 Fantasy Football

September 3, 2021 | Fantasy Football Strategy |

by: Skorish

Ah, yes. We’re almost there folks.

Homestretch!

In these final days before the beginning of regular season football, let’s take inventory and hear those glorious hot takes that we thrive on in these waning days of the offseason. And who better to direct your vitriol at than the ragamuffins here at Razzball while we walk through their boldest, most hot-blooded predictions for the coming season.

Let’s hear from 13 of your favorite very handsome fantasy writers, shall we?

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Avoiding the Blurbstomp – Kindergarten Telephone

September 2, 2021 | Avoiding the Blurbstomp | 2 Comments

by: C.A. James

Welcome to the Blurbpocalypse, a portmanteau so clumsy that it finally killed the word “Listicle.” We killed a word that has haunted the internet since the very beginnings of time (My kid still can’t conceive of the small portion of my early childhood where every home didn’t have computers/tablets/phones, so I’ve given up explaining the Internet-less world. Zounds, olde fowlkes must ha’e been sinfully bored, what wit the lack o’ 5G)! The aforementioned Blurbpocalypse happens twice a year, once in the MLB and once in the NFL, at the beginning of each league’s season. Teams finalize rosters, which means we collectively scroll through a pantfull of blurbs that look like this:

Sylvester Stone released by the Rams

Stone showed some flashes of his college years over the summer but was unable to carry it into the preseason. Stone was trying to make it a Family Affair, as Los Angeles initially drafted him. Unfortunately, due to some off-the-field issues, the team couldn’t Stand to wait for Stone to get back in shape. Stone released a brief statement: “Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf, Again).

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The Darkest Timeline

September 2, 2021 | Fantasy Football Strategy | 5 Comments

by: everywhereblair

On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. This koan comes from Fight Club, or more casually, from Buddhism. We are creatures that are all disintegrating cell-by-cell, moment by moment. But the thought process that comes with that knowledge isn’t solved by nihilism, or the idea that we just give up and discover that life is meaningless. But rather, the point of the koan is to be aware of one’s inevitable demise and to draw attention to the present moment and its value to you. [record scratch] What’s this have to do with fantasy football, EWB? You say, kernels of cheddar cheese popcorn falling out of your mouth and landing in your Country Time Lemonade (thank you to our sponsors).

This sentiment is important to fantasy sports and betting because on a long enough timeline, most players will succeed. Or, at least they’ll arrive at their predictions. And knowing when to be patient and when to cut your losses is one of the most important skills a fantasy footballer (<—Grandma Donk’s words) can have.

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New Head Coaches/Coordinators: Fantasy Football Impact

September 1, 2021 | 2021 Fantasy Football | 4 Comments

by: Sam Shefrin

Every season in the NFL, there is a ton of turnover between head coaches and offensive coordinators. Coaching can have a huge impact on player performance, and that obviously extends to fantasy football and sports betting. Both of which are now widely available throughout the United States. Arizona just launched DFS and is shooting for September 9th, NFL Kickoff, to launch sports betting. You can use DraftKings Arizona to bet on sports come that launch date. You will also be able to play DFS games with DraftKings in the state.

The following is a breakdown of some of the most notable changes among head coaches and offensive coordinators and how it impacts their players for fantasy football production this season.

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Donkey’s Advocate: Henry Ruggs, Chris Carson & Jakobi Meyers

September 1, 2021 | Donkey's Advocate | 17 Comments

by: Donkey Teeth

The innovation machine never stops here at Razzball. Except for that one time when I tried to use it to heat up some leftover pizza. What a disaster that was! In the modern world of pandemics, riots and keto diets, we know it can be hard to find time to listen to 30-60 minute fantasy football shows. Oh, there’s a squirrel! Sorry, what was I talking about? Right, we’ve created a short-form video series for those of us with the attention span of a puppy. On Donkey’s Advocate, I’ll be bringing on many of the top fantasy football industry experts to sell me on one of their favorite 2021 fantasy football draft targets while I play ~~devil’s~~ donkey’s advocate. All of this will take place in a two-minute rapid-fire segment. In this week’s batch I was joined by Jake Ciely, Jake Trowbridge and Dave Richard to discuss Henry Ruggs, Chris Carson & Jakobi Meyers:

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