Streamers, Week 11: The Sanchize Player

It was so close. Literally, wide open in the end zone with no defender within 10 yards of him. Slightly overthrown, but it’s a catch any pass-catcher in the league should make 100/100 times. But not Kyle Rudolph. No, not him.

When watching the game live and seeing the play develop, I got a smile on my face because the sure-to-be Rudolph touchdown would mean it was a good call for him as a streamer. Instead, he dropped it, and instead of scoring 8 fantasy points, he scored 1.20. That’s what happens with fantasy. We only have so much control of what happens. Rudolph let everyone down that was streaming him against the lowly Raiders defense.

Let’s get to the Week 11 streamers, shall we?

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The Stats Machine, Week 11: It’s Miller Time West of Carson City

November 20, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 12 Comments

by: malamoney

Last week I conducted an experiment with The Stats Machine in an attempt to project fantasy points. While I haven’t had a chance to do a thorough examination of the results, at first glance it didn’t appear to be a total failure. Once I dive deeper, I will take what I learn, tweak the machine and come back to you with round two. This week, however, we are back to our regularly scheduled programming as we find out which players aroused TSM last week. Strong fantasy football performances are a natural aphrodisiac in the world of The Stats Machine.

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RCL Update, Week 11: Return of the Me

November 20, 2015 | 2014 Fantasy Football, Our Leagues | 2 Comments

by: J-FOH

So I’m back up in the game
Running things to keep my swing
Letting all the people know
That I’m back to run the show

The return of the ~~Mack~~ Me! I actually don’t really run anything here, hell not even in my own house, but in my car, I’m the boss! We all need theme music when we walk in a room, I would like to say mine is “Return of the Mack”, but I ain’t that cool. It would probably be more like this jam. Okay, that is a cool jam too, but the title says a lot about me. Speaking of jams, has anyone heard the new Logic album? It’s not as good as his last album, but has some damn good cuts on it like this one. What’s that? You never heard his last album? Well here is my favorite cut. If this is all too much for you, or you need me to rewind even further back, and maybe you are a fan of 90’s era rap, then check this one out. *counts hyper-links* Okay, I think I have reached my “Jay hates all my hyperlinks” threshold. Speaking of Jay, how ’bout them Chargers. Low blow jack-a**. Yes, that is me talking to myself but my other personality doesn’t see it that way. Sorry, Jay, better luck next year! Wait, I’m here to do an update. Let’s get to it… I know you all like that I talk about you.

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Jaguars Unleashed

November 20, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 17 Comments

by: Jay

Well, if your life wasn’t already macabre, morose, and too full of malaise, last night’s riveting (ludicrous) game was just for you. While the idea of these two teams playing in prime time was a little bit hard to swallow, I just pretended they were battling for the all important right to permanently move to England. It added some motivation to what was essentially a football game of two color schemes trying to kill off all the epileptics of the world. In what was a close 19-13 game, the Jaguars pulled out the win in such a fashion that I think we should all find something experimentally to snort. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if Satan recorded that game to show it on loop in Hell for the next few millennia… At least next Thursday is Thanksgiving. Food, booze and actual football! (I hope…)

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The Injury Report, Week 11: Julian Edelman, Footlost

November 19, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Injury Report | 18 Comments

by: RotoLance

Julian Edelman’s Sunday shoes are most definitely going to be “kicked off” for the next several weeks. I actually started, umm, researching, let’s say, the Kevin Bacon movie Footloose to see how I could work a Julian Edelman Footloose pun into this post. Then I came across something… interesting. See, I’ve also spent a lot of time researching Star Wars: The Force Awakens as well. And OH MY GAWD OH MY GAWD OH MY GAWD, you guys, it turns out the character’s name from Footloose is Ren McCormack!

The Knights of Ren follow Ren McCormack?

Perhaps all of these fellas just want to… cut footloose?

Anyway, depending on whom you ask, injuries might be the worst thing about fantasy football, the NFL and football in general. (Another candidate for worst thing might include the fact that playing fantasy football can put us in a position where we end up rooting for some real scumbags…). Writing this post sometimes makes me feel like I’m the bearer of bad news. Nevertheless, I’m tasked with bringing you information to help you succeed in playing fantasy football. In my quest to provide actionable fantasy analysis I like to reference people with medical credentials. Well, this primarily turns out to be one person (named David Chao), not people, and as it turns out he is a very controversial figure in the NFL. Yet he also has some of the best, readily available, film based injury diagnoses. I’ve included a paragraph at the end of this post that addresses why I’m ultimately OK with using him as a reference for these injury situations. So with that out of the way let’s talk some fantasy football injuries… (and I promise it’s delightful and full of people missing weeks due to foot injuries).

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The Max Factor: I’d Let A.P. Bridge my Water

November 19, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 6 Comments

by: Max

Why can’t we all just be friends? Random terror attacks all over the world is bad news. My neighbors, a family I had grown up with since I was 10 years old, were actually in Paris when the attack struck. Not fun times. Yesterday at a soccer game between Netherlands and Germany they had to suspend the game due to a potential terror attack. Freakin’ scumbags. I challenge y’all to a fantasy football duel, courtesy of draftkings, to settle this once and for all. There is a new Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, in case you guys were wondering. Apparently he is one of the most beautiful world leaders ever to grace this earth. I would like to see him face Tehol 1 on 1 down the runway, who can create the better Blue Steel. Picture that scenario in your heads right now. Do it. Now that you’ve had to change your pants, let’s talk some football.

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IDP Rankings, Week 11: Bring On The Backups

November 19, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 IDP Rankings, 2015 IDP Report | 34 Comments

by: Kevin Kumpf

A week after seemingly everybody got hurt, the IDP community collectively had a nice bounce back. Several guys had huge weeks in the tackle department, and there were no major injuries on the defensive side of the ball. Additionally, due to injury or subpar play, there was a general QB shakeup across the league, so defenses will get to feast on the likes of Mark Sanchez, Case Keenum, Brock Osweiler, and potentially T.J. Yates. Backups can take some time to get comfortable with the speed of an actual game, so that opens up opportunities for big plays, and they tend to rely heavily on the run game, which obviously leads to more tackles. So while your NFL team may now be in the hands of a overqualified clipboard holder, your IDP team can potentially benefit.

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Rankings, Week 11

November 19, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Weekly Rankings | 132 Comments

by: Jay

Period	Accuracy	Rank	High	Low	Percentile
Week 10	56.0%	85 out of 128	65.5%	48.7%	Top 70%
Week 9	61.2%	34 out of 130	67.9%	48.1%	Top 30%
Week 8	56.7%	30 out of 128	66.5%	42.9%	Top 25%
Week 7	57.8%	37 out of 129	66.8%	43.1%	Top 30%
Week 6	54.0%	84 out of 131	65.2%	45.7%	Top 65%
Week 5	54.4%	37 out of 130	59.7%	41.9%	Top 30%
Week 4	56.4%	12 out of 135	59.9%	41.1%	Top 10%
Week 3	59.1%	18 out of 134	65.0%	42.1%	Top 15%
Week 2	53.4%	85 out of 135	65.2%	46.2%	Top 65%
Week 1	56.8%	54 out of 137	62.8%	46.3%	Top 40%
2015	56.9%	37 out of 125	59.8%	51.1%	Top 30%
2014	58.1%	31 out of 125	60.7%	50.6%	Top 25%

Here are the Week 11 Rankings and FanDuel Week 11 Cheatsheet…

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Smokey Says, Week 11: Stringer Bell

November 18, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 27 Comments

by: Smokey

Football is one of those fantasy sports where people always hate players they have been previously burned by. I can count numerous times that I have been burned, seen the player on waivers and looked at him as an option that I would most likely pass on. For me, that person as of late has been Joique Bell. That was until I saw how he was being developed into the Cooter offensive system in Detroit. The Cooter system sounds like some new down in the valley porn organization that does snuff films with deli meats. Alas, it is not, and you can stop the google search there. The deal with the Lions offense is that they need to go from this to that. Now, this to that isn’t something that can just happen, it takes time. Time Fantasy Football owners don’t really have when it comes down to the season being only 3-4 week longer (playoffs start different in leagues). So why should you invest a look at the Detroit RB situation and why is it something that may behoove you to re-invest some of that burned love toward one of the most commonly passed over options?

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Who Are These Guys, Week 11: Cousins Once Removed

November 18, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Roster Strategy | 41 Comments

by: malamoney

Who are these guys? I’ll tell you exactly who they are. These guys are the players that no one else wants. The players that just sit on your waiver wire week after week, ignored for the hot play of the week. I bet more people picked up Thomas Rawls, James White and Dorial Green-Beckham last week than any of the following undesirable players. But that begs the question, what is your definition of “desirable”? Do you find 189.16 points desirable? If you don’t, I think you might need a new TI-84 and dose of reality. I currently sit in first place in the Razzball Writers league with a record of 9-1. Over those ten games I have averaged 133 points with a margin of victory of 26.8 points. 189.16 points is a little more than 56 points more than my weekly average. These half ass lineups that most of us wouldn’t consider starting even if we were told included players that were going to have a good week, are practically unbeatable.

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Through the Wire, Week 11: Danny, The Pickle-Man, and The Brock

November 17, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Waiver Wire | 66 Comments

by: Geoff

And another one… These injuries man, do they ever stop? Can we go a week this season without a slew of catastrophic injuries that impact all of our teams? This week, the Gods of Football claimed Patriots star receiver and JCC flag football legend Julian Edelman. As if it wasn’t bad enough that Dion Lewis was stripped from all our lives last week, this week we lose a top-5 PPR asset. You know the old expression; the Giants defense giveth and the Giants defense taketh away. At this point, we should all be pretty familiar with the immediate pickup in the wake of OG King Julian’s injury. It’s old pal and wavier wire Week 7 darling Danny Amendola. Now, when Danny isn’t rocking suits with no belt (ever heard of a tailor?), he’s acting as the second receiver in the Patriots machine of an offense. Just 30% owned in Yahoo leagues (and an even lower 21% on ESPN), Amendola should be your top priority add this week. I’d expect WR2 numbers from ole’ Danny from here on out. This is going to be one of your few plug and play adds heading into the playoffs, so claim away.

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Bear or Bull: Twilight, Breaking Manning

November 17, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 33 Comments

by: Son

twi·light

ˈtwīˌlīt/

noun

The soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the perception and hope that the backup can somehow be better than the inept starter.
Hit movie in 2008 that caused panties to moisten, which is the only reason men should know about this movie.
A period or state of suckitude.

As you all know, Peyton Manning was benched for the first time in his career due to bad play. I apologize to the word “bad.” Horrific is more like it. 5/20 for 35 yards and four interceptions.

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