Jay

Factory of Sadness Receives Stimulus Package

November 6, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 36 Comments

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Well, what can you say about the Cleveland Browns that hasn’t already been said about, well, the Cleveland Browns? In what was billed as a “rivalry” on Thursday Night Football, I have to ask, if both teams have sucked for most of their history, can it be really called a rivalry? I’d lean towards the no group on that one, but that’s just me. That being said, the Bengals clearly have had the most recent success… at least in the regular season. But let’s go back to the Browns, seeing as Cincinatti appears to be on autopilot for their annual successful regular season run that will end in a one-and-done playoff loss, I have to say, the Browns did give us a valiant effort up until half-time. A stunningly competent Johnny Manziel and quite useful Duke Johnson Jr. helped keep the game close. Odd, as either the Browns are completely devastated about two minutes into a game, or they wait until the last two minutes to begin mass-producing sadness. Here, they were sort of wishy-washy, and I’m not sure if I should commend them or come away with disappointment. Then I realize it’s the Cleveland Browns and I stop caring… Like my wise mother once said: “Just be happy with what you have. There are plenty of people out there who have nothing. And then there are Browns fans.”

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The Injury Report, Week 9: Don’t Kid About These Knees

November 5, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Injury Report | 6 Comments

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So many significant and/or season ending injuries in the NFL this past week.  By the time Thursday comes around there has already been a lot written about these situations, specifically how to value the backups.  The aspect that you probably haven’t seen covered as much at Razzball is how to value the players lost for the season in keeper or dynasty leagues.  So that’s what I’ll be hitting on.  For the players who have suffered less severe injuries, it’s important that we get a handle on their recovery times.  In other words, to properly value Jeremy Langford, we have to know the extent of Matt Forte‘s injury, which is easier said than done.  First I’ll discuss the players with season ending injuries, starting with the most valuable fantasy football players.

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The Max Factor: Dude Where’s my Carr?

November 5, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 8 Comments

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I’ve had a previous openings about injuries but man was last week bad. We saw top performers go down: Lev’eon Bell, Keenan Allen, Steve Smith and Arian Foster among others. We also saw some top names come back, Dez Bryant for example. Even bigger, we saw a ton of defensive players get hurt too. I’m thankful my mom never let me play tackle football growing up, that’s some good parenting right there. Canadian momma thrust me into the vibrant game of curling to keep my need for high intense sport satisfied but without the likelihood of me getting a hockey puck or helmet to the head. Football is a nasty sport when you have some of the world’s best athletes and strongest humans running full speed try to hit each other. With all that said, it’s hell of a lot of fun to watch and cheer on random individual players each week. FOOTBALL!

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Kevin Kumpf

IDP Rankings, Week 9: The Kwon And Only

November 5, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 IDP Rankings, 2015 IDP Report | 26 Comments

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Before the season, I ranked Lavonte David as my #1 LB (over Luke Kuechly) with the logic that he had no internal competition from other LBs on Tampa Bay. While David has had an up-and-down season, he’s still a weekly LB1 on the season. But the big surprise out of Tampa has been rookie Kwon Alexander, who is currently neck-and-neck with David for the season. As a fourth round pick, Alexander was supposed to split snaps with free agent Bruce Carter, but after a stellar preseason he straight up beat him out for the job. I’ve mentioned Alexander in this space before, but after Sunday’s game with 11 tackles, an interception and a forced fumble that he recovered, he’s a household name in the IDP world. I would imagine he’s owned in most, if not all, leagues, but I would still target him if possible, especially in dynasty leagues.

Here’s a look around the rest of the IDP world after Week 8:

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Jay

Rankings, Week 9

November 5, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Weekly Rankings | 152 Comments

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Period Accuracy Rank High Low Percentile
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 56.5% 33 out of 127 59.0% 48.7% Top 30%
2014 58.1% 31 out of 125 60.7% 50.6% Top 25%

Here are the Week 9 Rankings and FanDuel Week 9 Cheatsheet… (The Rest of Season Rankings have been updated and can be found here.)

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Disgrace and Delight, Week 9: Maui Wowi

November 4, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 38 Comments

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Greetings! As many of you know, Beddict is vacationing in the Hawaiian islands, lubing up in tropical oils and scrolling the beaches for anything that breathes to take home and harpoon. So far, so good, as single women flock here in packs like beluga whale pods, just hoping for the chance of a romantic fling. I can’t give them romance, but I can definitely give them the lance. But I’m not here to describe my numerous sexscapades in graphic detail. I’m here to give you an early glimpse at my Week 9 Fantasy Football Rankings. This will officially be my briefest post of all time and I’m not proud of that whatsoever, but my master, Jay, has allowed me to fully enjoy my vacation. Say one thing Jay Long, he’s a compassionate man. I’m forever in his debt as well as yours, for allowing this ridiculously short post, but as my Twitter friend, Dave Lackford, said, “Nobody’s going to read it anyway.”Guess I’ve got to be realistic about these things.

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Smokey Says, Week 9: Keenan Injury Wayans

November 4, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 22 Comments

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What the heck just happened.  Smooth sailing on the ship of the S.S. Fantasy, and then, we hit the large iceberg known as the “injury”.  From a fellow owner of the some of the guys injured, like most of you, survival mode is kicking into high gear.  The news about Keenan Allen is particularly troubling, because I completely bought into Allen, drinking the Kool-aid preseason and basically owning him everywhere.  I even own him in the two-team league that I share with my mom.  Yeah it’s sad, but we share a league, but draft six teams a piece.  The winner gets a sundae at the local ice cream shop with unlimited toppings.  The league is fun, but not accepting new applicants!  So back to the land of Whale’s Vaginas and who in Sam hell will benefit from the pass happy attack of the Bolts.  The names are fairly well bantered around fantasy circles: Stevie Johnson and  Malcolm Floyd are the main beneficiaries of the unfortunate-ness that is the kidney injury to Keenan.  So what you are asking yourself is who to grab, who will be the main beneficiary and basically what the hell do you do with the void that is a WR2 that you now (and me) have.  Well, the good news is that in the sum of several 100 words, the answer or for lack of a phrase, the non-answer will pronounce itself like a lighthouse set in the middle of Iowa.  So hang out, get relaxed, and put on some comfy pants for the next 2-7 minutes, depending on reading level and we can talk this out in a group format.

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malamoney

Who Are These Guys, Week 9: Agent Smith

November 4, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 90 Comments

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Mr. Anderson. Welcome back. We missed you. This week I tried to make things a bit more difficult by limiting myself to just the Sunday early games from which to choose. The unsurprisingly reality was that it was still quite easy to cobble together a lineup that would beat just about any team it was matched up against. Next week perhaps I will try using only players from the late games. This week’s crew combined for 180.1 points and includes one player that will undoubtedly be the top waiver wire pickup this week.

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Geoff

Through the Wire, Week 9: Two Caps When You Spell The Man’s Name

November 3, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Waiver Wire | 77 Comments

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As we pick up the pieces in Week 8’s aftermath, the injury Gods have once again smiled on me, and shat on all of you. In last week’s post, I proclaimed that I was rooting for injuries from here on out, and as Megadeath once said, “Killing is my business… and business is good!” So do I care that Le’Veon Bell’s knee crumbled like Tehol’s self respect after being tricked into trappin’ on a weekend trip to FLA? No! No, I do not. My job is not to sob with you, oh no. My job is to slap you in the face, get you to man up, stop crying, and prepare for the war ahead. I’m like General Patton, but for fantasy sports and with a Jewish last name. I think the easiest way to put it is, we got injuries y’all. There is a very solid chance that there is a team out there that three weeks ago boasted Jamaal Charles, Arian Foster, Steve Smith, and Joseph Randle. That guy was probably pretty smug at the time, because his team was probably pretty good. Now he’s panicking like a cabbage in an Irish garden. If you were a good friend, you’d send him here, tell him to ask a question, and let him know it will be alright. If you’re anything like me, you’d give him some bad advice, send him here for even worse advice, and bluntly state “You’re screwed Brah”. But let’s forget that hypothetical owner for a moment, his girlfriend is too hot for him anyway, and he smells like mothballs. We got injuries on injuries this week, so let’s get into it. Here are your wavier wire adds for Week 9 of Fantasy Football…

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Son

Bear or Bull: Can You Diggs It?

November 3, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 29 Comments

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If a player balls out in his first game, you could call it a one-hit wonder. If he does it the following week, then you must go hmmmm. Three games makes a trend. Four puts you on the fantasy football magic carpet ride.

Here are the first four games of Stefon Diggs’ career:

REC TGTS YDS TDS
6 10 87 0
7 9 129 0
6 9 108 1
6 12 95 1

To put that into perspective:

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Doug

Benchwarmers, Week 9: Achilles Heal

November 3, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Roster Strategy | 2 Comments

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Just like Oprah with her giveaways, the football gods certainly gave us a lot of injuries to have to deal with in football and also to deal with in fantasy football. That is what this post is for though, to figure out the treats from the tricks (yeah, yeah, it was late but it still works).

Firstly, we are dealing with the season-ending injury of a consistent fantasy football contributor and one of the best wide receivers to ever play the game. Steve Smith Sr. went down on Sunday with a torn Achilles and is out for the season. Arguably the only wide receiver/tight end worth owning in Baltimore, the task will fall onto a rag-tag bunch of misfits. Now, whether or not the Ravens actually go out and try to acquire a wide receiver before the trade deadline on November 3rd is another story. But for the time being, considering who is there… it’ll be hard to figure out who will pick up the slack. But when Smith down with his back injury before, Kamar Aiken was the one who seemed to be the biggest beneficiary of Smith’s absence. He had two straight weeks of 75+ yards (Week 4 and 5) receiving and saw the most targets of any Ravens wide receiver during that span. He is immediately thrust into an inconsistent WR3 zone that owners need to grab, as first round pick Breshad Perriman does not seem like he will be playing this season. Aiken may not be worth playing right away, but he deserves to be on benches for those who are lacking wide receiver depth.

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Jay

Colts Officially Upgraded to Dolts

November 3, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 104 Comments

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Or downgraded, depending on how you feel. How do I feel? Well… I still can’t quite decide if I enjoyed last night’s Monday Night Football. It had it’s moments, but at the end, I can say that I was overwhelmed with this conclusion: that the Colts pretty much represent how truly reprehensible the AFC South has become. You know it’s serious when I use two really long words that both start with “r”. (I mean, you might have not known that, but now you do. When I bring out the multi-syllabic “r” words, look out!) Anyways, the Colts are now 3-5 after last night’s overtime loss, with their only three wins in 2015 coming against their own division. And, surprising (or I guess not), they are still currently tied for first, despite looking like the AFC version of the San Francisco 49ers. And yes, I’m talking about the newest version that has already started selling (Vernon Davis to Broncos) and has benched Colin Kaepernick for Blaine Gabbert (LOL). Granted, Luck had to deal with a rainy first-half, and has undisclosed rib and shoulder injuries (which actually might be a good thing, or he’d be tempted to build an ark), but some of his passes were straight out of Duck Hunt. And the ones that weren’t? Well, as you can see above, Luck threw an interception that led to a game-winning Graham Gano field goal. Honestly, he’d better be careful, it’s just way too easy to call him Andrew Suck…

Here’s what else I saw during last night’s game… (with bonus Grudenisms!)

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