Sunday Games Live Thread, Week 10

Through the entirety of my career leisurely watching football, there are certain truths, elements that remain steadfast if you will, that I’ve noticed over time. Sure, most of them involve Dan Synder being a douche, Ray Lewis getting stabby with it, and Phil Sims causing aneurysms, but, minus those wonderful highlights, hating on the New England Patriots seems to be numero uno on that list, not just in this country, but at a universal level. Like, I’m talking Pluto, man. And for all those haters (this galaxy specifically), I give to you, the New York Giants. True, they come from the derpiest division, and provide such levels of derp that Tom Coughlin’s face is permanently shaded red. But that seems to never get in the way when the Giants are playing against the Patriots. While there are other marquee match-ups, like Arizona at Seattle, and, uh, Jaguars against the Ravens? Holy sh*t these games suck. Regardless, can the Giants stop yet another Patriots unbeaten season? It’s not a Super Bowl, so probably not, but I guarantee this is the game to watch…

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FanDuel, Week 10: My Favorite Martian

by: Zach

So apparently people that are colorblind couldn’t watch TNF? Wow. Anyway… I cannot believe we are in the double-digit weeks of the NFL regular season. Much too fast, I say. It was a very good week for the chalk this week, as many highly-owned players did very well for themselves. Personally, it was a very enjoyable and watchable Week 9, with Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, PIT-OAK, MIN-STL, and SF-ATL were all great games to watch and follow. As for myself, it was an alright week. I finished in the top-200 in Fanduel’s $1.25 Million Sun NFL Rush, but for the second week in a row, I failed to place in Razzball’s Fanduel Weekly Contests. This time shall be different I say… while crying. Let’s break it down.

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Razzball FanDuel Contest, Week 10

November 14, 2015 | 2015 Daily Fantasy, 2015 Fantasy Football | 5 Comments

by: M@

It’s not easy finishing ahead of 54 others, especially in Fantasy Football. But like Jeremy Langford against a suspect Chargers defense, you emerged. Let’s see if you can do it again in Week 10, because I’m not hedging my bets on a repeat for Langford vs. the Rams. Speaking of which, you can join Jay and Razzball’s general FanDuel strategist, Zach, along with your fellow readers in this special Razzball-only Contest! Buy-in is just $5.00 and the top-12 finishers in this 55-team league are all part of the prize pool! Sign up here! Regardless, here are some smart plays for the Razzball Week 10 contest…

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Streamers, Week 10: Kissing Cousins

November 14, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Roster Strategy | 15 Comments

by: waterloo

Oftentimes, there’s a streamer that has such a good matchup, that he’s no longer a sleeper throughout the industry. Last weekend, after watching Marcus Mariota carve up the Saints (Go Ducks!), I looked at the Saints matchup for Week 10 and saw Kirk Cousins and the Washington football team on deck. I knew at that point he was going to be my main streamer option for my column, only to see over the next four days that everyone had the same idea. It’s scary to use the “sure thing” as a streamer, because it often blows up in everyone’s face. I expect good things from Cousins this weekend, but wouldn’t be surprised at all if he lets everyone down.

Let’s get to it…

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The Max Factor: Is A-Aron Here?

November 13, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 6 Comments

by: Max

I struggled to pick the team I wanted to talk about today. On one hand, I want to offer you nice exciting players that will do well going forwards, maybe some forgotten players; on the other hand I also want to give you struggling teams that have players to avoid that are generally high marquee guys, so that you don’t overvalue them and fall flat on your face. So I’ve decided to find a team that has both to offer you the best of both worlds! Side note: Celine Dion is performing six live shows in Quebec, Canada if anyone is interested. She is far better than other Canadian artists such as the rude and socially unacceptable Justin Bieber or the narcissistic, selfish, and lackluster Drake. Tehol’s favorite, Tyrod Taylor came back last week and had an average performance that left my team just 10 points shy of a win. Ef you Tehol. Sorry, I didn’t mean it, I love you.

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The Stats Machine, Week 10: Alpha Beta

November 13, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 21 Comments

by: malamoney

This week I’ve flipped the switch on The Stats Machine. Instead of look back, we’re going to look forward. Rather than crying over spilled milk, I’m going to try and figure out when the glass is about to be knocked over and keep it from happening. For some time I have toyed with the idea of trying to enhance the algorithms that drive TSM to be able to project fantasy points. While I am still a long way off, today I present to you my first attempt. What you are about to experience is software that I wouldn’t even classify as beta. More like a beta to a beta of a beta. Pre-alpha kinda shit. Speaking of Alpha Beta, gotta love Ogre! Or as the Nerds referred to, Frederick Palowakski. When asked what he thought about The Stats Machine, he had this to say: Ogre’s response.

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You Can Take Rex Ryan Out of the Jets…

November 13, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 36 Comments

by: Jay

…but can you take the Jets out of Rex Ryan? I think Ryan Fitzpatrick is saying… maybe? Or he’s just horrified at life.

Regular Razzball readers are quite familiar with my affection for NFC East derp, a very special and pronounced derp, to say the least, but sometimes all of us forget the unique derp that is produced by the non-Patriots AFC East. It’s as if the entire east coast can’t play a football game without producing a football-like product drenched with the aforementioned derp. And of course, last night, you have the Bills and Jets, two franchises, who in recent memory, you could only tell apart by the Bills sucking and the Jets blowing. True, it was rainy, it was windy in a short week, with two defense-oriented teams with mediocre offenses, but what we saw last night was the best this division has to offer. In this case though, we’ll call it the “lest”. Add in the bizarre (yet festive!) choice of jersey’s for both teams (shown above)… Not only was I in the mood for lime and salsa, but my left retina possibly detached. But hey, someday we’ll all get to tell our great-grandchildren that we were there for The Great Jersey Apocalypse of 2015. Unless you’re red-green colorblind. Then you’re the luckiest one out of all, because you saw nothing.

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The Injury Report, Week 10: Questionable Players, Questionable Quotes

November 12, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Injury Report | 12 Comments

by: RotoLance

Several years ago while I was working on a project at work that required the crawling/scraping of blog sites, I came across a site called “the “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks”. And it’s a hoot. It’s basically people submitting photos of misused quotation marks, typically appearing on signs, to which the blog poster will comment with some “witty” quip. You can read the site for ten minutes or two hours for the exact same effect because although it’s repetitive, it’s still quite an entertaining waste of time. Read on for some unnecessary quotation marks of my own (along with some “completely” necessary ones, I promise), plus somewhere in here there will be a link to that blog, in case you want to check it out. There may even be a questionable quote or two from a “source”.

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IDP Rankings, Week 10: Down Goes Everybody

November 12, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 IDP Rankings, 2015 IDP Report | 21 Comments

by: Kevin Kumpf

Weeks like this are the worst. Injuries are a daily occurrence in the NFL, but a week with so many big injuries to players who had been feel-good stories makes you want to reset your XBox and start the week over. We can start at the top with Jordan Hicks, a trendy DROY pick who’s now out for the year, but still managed to finish as LB2 for the week. Next is Henry Anderson, who cooled off after a hot start but was still a solid weekly DL option, now done for the year with a torn ACL. Despite the surprisingly successful return of JPP, the Giants lost two IDP contributors for the year in Jonathan Hankins and Jon Beason, who can unfortunately never stay healthy enough to be a reliable contributor. Finally, though he’s not done for the year, Sean Lee, got yet another concussion and is likely to miss this week’s game. Injuries can sometimes open up opportunities for clutch waiver pickups (and I would definitely look closely at Kiko Alonso, Uani’ Unga and Anthony Hitchens), but it’s never fun to say goodbye to players like this.

Here’s what I’m looking at heading into what will hopefully be a much healthier Week 10:

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Rankings, Week 10

November 12, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Weekly Rankings | 134 Comments

by: Jay

Period	Accuracy	Rank	High	Low	Percentile
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	57.1%	32 out of 127	59.5%	50.1%	Top 30%
2014	58.1%	31 out of 125	60.7%	50.6%	Top 25%

Here are the Week 10 Rankings and FanDuel Week 10 Cheatsheet…

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Who Are These Guys, Week 10: Jeremy Spoke In

November 11, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 32 Comments

by: malamoney

At home. Drawing pictures. Of mountain tops. With him on top. Lemon yellow sun. Arms raised in a V… Every Forte owner that handcuffed him with Jeremy Langford didn’t miss a beat this past weekend. And the owners that were able to snag him from the waiver wire were just as happy. With Matt Forte out with an MCL injury, Langford was given the start and as Eddie has said thousands of times over the years, “Jeremy spoke in class today”. He did so with 142 all purpose yards. He carried the ball 18 times for 72 yards and touchdown and caught 3 receptions for another 70. The touchdown was his third of the season. Forte has only two. On the season Forte is averaging 78 yards rushing and 27.3 yards receiving per game. His 548 yards on the ground on 136 carries comes to 4.03 yards per carry. Langford averaged 4 yards per carry on Monday night. Like I said, Matt Fore who? Ok, now maybe that’s a bit harsh. After all, coming into this game the Chargers defense was giving up 116 rushing yards per game. Only Cleveland had given up more. San Diego’s defense was also near the bottom with respect to receiving yards yielded to opposing running backs. Needless to say this is somewhat of an unfair sample. Nonetheless, it might make for an interesting situation in Chicago when Forte is ready to return.

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Smokey Says, Week 10: Keeping it in Family

November 11, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 10 Comments

by: Smokey

This week, you will be getting a little family lovin’. It’s basically a fantasy kind of lovin’ that has a family tree with no branches. So with Week 10 here already and the options to cover every week becoming harder and harder to nail, I figured I would lean to a position that I haven’t covered yet during the year. The quarterback position this week has two studs on bye and one that just fell down and broke his crown. So we are looking for the fill-in of the week for the signal callers… enter Kirk Cousins. For the week that you Philip Rivers, Matt Ryan and to some level Andrew Luck owners have a void, he can be a nice fantasy pick-me-up for a nice home tilt against the Saints. Yeah, those same Saints that have been a fantasy goldmine the past several weeks. So we all know why you came, and unfortunately we are all out of the lovely shrimp ring and gourmet cheese plate, so why not stick around for some intimate family fantasy lessons of life and love?

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