Streamers, Week 4: This Carr Passes Inspection

So, my friend from college sent me a photo today of a T-shirt. Now, I don’t know if it’s because he saw my lineup fail miserably in FanDuel, if he read my column last week, or if he just knows that I love anything fantasy related. The shirt read as follows: “The process was correct, F*ck you, Nick Foles.” Co-sign, T-shirt maker. The last comment I got on my streamers column last week was, “Want to get away? SMH.” Yes, kind sir, I was shaking my head too, because while the calls were correct (remember, this IS a streamers column, meaning they are far from a sure thing), the advice didn’t work out. Ryan Fitzpatrick, meh. Nick Foles? No thanks, bro.

So I don’t need to get away, but I will get back to business this week.

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Start ‘Em and Sit ‘Em, Week 4: The Age of Latavius

by: LT Murray IV

Please Note: Most lineups in most formats, including Daily Fantasy, will lock at 9:30 AM EDT (6:30 AM PDT) tomorrow because of the London game. Don’t forget to set your lineups accordingly!

Greetings! What an exhilarating Thursday Night Football game! Exhilarating if you enjoy watching dumpster fires or binge watching beastiality videos. Sometimes the Elder Gods like to remind us that their more meaningful things one can do with their time other than watch football games. Are you, like me, obsessed with all things NFL? Do you bail out on your significant other or turn down invitations to try exciting new things, simply because you can’t stand the thought of missing out on a single play? Sometimes it’s nice to take a breather, get out of the house and enjoy not being tortured by fantasy football for a few hours. I’d like to challenge those of you that are suffering from the same addiction as myself, to get out and at least take a walk to clear your head and think about some positive changes you can make in your life. Like, for example, stop saving money for your children’s college funds, and instead, send that money to me so that I may continue funding my quest to become world famous. I have Paypal. Cool? Cool, let’s talk about some players I like and dislike, shall we?

I am Tehol Beddict and this is, Start Em’, Sit Em’! Take heed!

My rankings have been updated for Sunday’s game and can be found here.

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RCL Update, Week 4: We Got Ranks!

October 2, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Razzball Commenter Leagues | 28 Comments

by: J-FOH

Welcome to the first RCL update of the year! Please come in, say hello, have some of the complimentary beverages, and peep at how you stack up against the competition. I’ll be your host this season, as I have just finished up on the baseball side. In case you don’t know me, my name is Jack, I’m a Virgo, I like short walks to the fridge and women that aren’t afraid to order take-out if they can’t cook. This year we have a new addition to the RCL Update, the RazzDP’s. Razzballs first ever IDP leagues. [Jay’s Note: I want to thank everyone who decided to join this new format!] After a successful beta last year, we decided to expand the leagues, up the scoring and really people, we have one of the best IDP writers in the game and it would be a waste to not take him on at his own game. I have been a huge fan of the format for a long time and together with Kevin founded these leagues to make it more fun for you. One thing I have always loved about Razzball is how much we interact with our readers. I can’t think of another fantasy site on the net that interacts so well with their community. As a former commenter-turned-writer, I have an extra special passion for this place I like to call home. I’ll also be available in here to answer any football related questions (I actually started writing on the football side first) or if needed, some TV or music suggestions. I hope everyone is having a great year so far and I look forward to all your comments. Now on to the ranks…

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The Stats Machine, Week 4: Green Means Go

October 2, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 60 Comments

by: malamoney

Just one more week until the defense makes an impact on The Stats Machine. With four weeks in the books, I believe that will be enough statistics to make sense of the defensive landscape. In the mean time, let’s power up the old version of The Stats Machine one last time as see what that soon to be deprecated software has got to say about last week. Will it recognize Aaron Rodgers’ five touchdown effort? How about Devonta Freeman’s huge game against the Cowboys? Who does TSM think had a better week, A.J. Green or Julio Jones? Those of you that have noticed that the title was not “Jones Means Go” are one step ahead of the game. And sometimes that’s all that matters. One step.

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FanDuel, Week 4: Green with Envy

October 2, 2015 | 2015 Daily Fantasy, 2015 Fantasy Football | 2 Comments

by: Zach

What a very interesting week. Big Ben could be out multiple weeks, Latavius Murray had a great game, Ryan Mathews had a great game when DeMarco was out, and Blount-Forced-Trauma was in full effect. And Buffalo took advantage of Miami without even buying a drink or driving her home. C’mon Rex Ryan. Be classy. Just like your coaches when you were representing the Green and White. Wisconsin beat Hawaii 28-0, if I am correct. Star running back Corey Clement is being selfish and needs surgery. He could be out 4-6 weeks, which got me thinking. Good for you, Razzball readers of these weekly articles. You guys don’t need injuries, because every week is like a new season. But you already knew that, because Fanduel never has commercials. This week’s (Starting This Week) Tip of the Cap goes to Oakland CB Charles “Chuck” Woodson. What a game-winning interception he had last Sunday to seal the victory against the Browns. His kids demanded, and he put the team on his back. Good for you Chuck. Oh, and before I forget. I don’t always write about how much I love Carson Palmer week to week. I figured you guys had enough. So just as an FYI, if you can put Carson Palmer in your lineup, put Carson Palmer in your lineup. I may not talk about how much I love Carson Palmer, but I do love Carson Palmer each and every week. I love you Carson Palmer.

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Let the Eliteness Wash Over You

October 2, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 88 Comments

by: Jay

During last night’s live thread, I queried: Which Michael Vick would show up? The “watch me earn salary I’m going to do nothing to justify” Vick, or the “I’m going to trigger my disability insurance” Vick. Turns out, it was a little bit of both. I mean, let’s be honest, you can take Michael Vick out of the Jets, but can you really take the Jets out of Michael Vick? While the Ravens 2015 season is still on life-support with a resoundingly dull win in overtime (special thanks to Josh Scobee for doing his best Josh Scobee impersonation, missing like 80 field goals, and all of them in the fourth quarter), it was nice to see Justin Forsett is actually alive and quite well. I had assumed he was legally declared dead, but the gaining of positive yardage was enough evidence to change my opinion on that matter. Despite all of that, watching Scobee slowly (or quickly, depending on how you viewed the game) get into the unemployment line combined with Vick’s underwhelming performance, along with Joe Flacco’s elite everything, all topped off with the worst decision-making by coaches in a long time… well, I’m going to go ahead and call last nights game “Physically Impossible”. Because it sucked and blowed at the same time…

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Thursday Night Football Live Thread, Week 4: Ravens vs. Steelers

October 1, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 GameDay Notes | 43 Comments

by: Jay

Stay classy Baltimore!

In what will be the official debut of “Don’t Give a Sh*t Era” Michael Vick, the 0-3 Ravens travel to Pittsburgh to see if their team is interested in a getting a win. Strangely enough, this was the first ever winless September for the Ravens. Unless you count in terms of public relations, then I would say, based on the picture above, that last season’s September winless record is still intact. The Steelers have their own set of issues with the aforementioned Michael Vick starting with Ben Roethlisberger suffering a MCL sprain last Sunday. While I’m sure still having Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell is nothing to scoff at, it’ll be interesting to see which Vick shows up tonight; will it be the “watch me earn salary I’m going to do nothing to justify” type of game or “I’m going to trigger my disability insurance” type of game. You’d think both would be similar performances, but then you’d be wrong. The game will probably come down to how productive Le’Veon Bell is, now his second official game coming off his suspension. Logic dictates that since Justin Forsett has been an absolute dumpster fire that the Ravens would not be familiar enough with the concept of a running game to be able to defend against it, but I guess we’ll see. On the bright side, the Ravens do have an elite quarterback…

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The Injury Report, Week 4: Ben Roethlisberger’s (Sort of) Broken Knee

October 1, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Injury Report | 36 Comments

by: RotoLance

Last week I may have said something like “the worst part is we don’t know how these injuries will affect the players’ performances”. Then Chris Ivory was active without receiving a carry, which is to say there was no performance to affect. Ouch. But on the plus side, hey, he could have re-injured himself had he played, right? In a way it feels like the fantasy football season hasn’t truly begun until something like this happens. Because it happens. Every. Year. This week we need to discuss the injury situations for newly injured players such as: Ben Roethlisberger, Davante Adams (newly re-injured), Sammy Watkins, Jonathan Stewart, Crockett Gillmore and others. We’ll revisit some other players situations with notes on players (finally) nearing their returns. And if you are wondering about the order, the first section is by biggest affect to least affect on fantasy teams, “On The Mend” is by team.

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The Max Factor: Brown, Bell, and Ben

October 1, 2015 | 2015 Buy/Sell, 2015 Fantasy Football | 6 Comments

by: Max

We are starting to get more parity between teams. My 8-8 dream is dead. #$*%. I’ll get over it. Injuries are the most frustrating part of football. Every second play, someone gets hurt and I cringe and cry for them. I myself was destined for stardom as a Division 1 basketball player. At age 17, I subsequently destroyed both my ankles and was just a fraction of what I once was. I feel for Tony Romo, Drew Brees, Kelvin Benjamin, Jordy Nelson and others. I especially felt for Big Ben after watching his leg get caved in versus the Rams this past weekend. It slowly had me heartbroken for Antonio Brown owners, but felt happiness for Le’Veon Bell owners. Today we talk about the outlook of the next 4-6 weeks for Pittsburgh Steelers offense sans Ben Roethlisberger.

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IDP Rankings, Week 4: Another Borland?

October 1, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 IDP Rankings, 2015 IDP Report | 19 Comments

by: Kevin Kumpf

Period	Accuracy	Ranking	High	Low	Percentile
Week 3	50.40%	10 out of 20	60.60%	37.00%	Top 50%
2015	60.9%	3 out of 19	62.7%	49.5%	Top 20%

In IDP leagues, it’s rare for a player to come completely out of nowhere. So much of a defensive player’s stats comes down to opportunity (rather than talent), and it is typically pretty clear who will be on the field each week. Chris Borland is an obvious exception, and he led many teams to championships in 2014. I’m not saying that he’ll be this year’s Borland, but Jordan Hicks is off to a better start than anyone could have imagined. After coming in for the injured Mychal Kendricks and Kiko Alonso, he put up 7 tackles, a sack, and a forced fumble in Week 2. He outdid himself last week in his first start, with 10 tackles, and interception and a fumble recovery. Most impressively to me, Hicks was on the field for 23 more snaps than presumptive starter DeMeco Ryans. The immediate (and long-term) future is cloudy for both Kendricks and Alonso, but as long as they’re out, Hicks looks like a must-start.

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Rankings, Week 4: A Return to Normalcy

October 1, 2015 | 2015 Fantasy Football, 2015 Weekly Rankings | 157 Comments

by: Jay

Period	Accuracy	Rank	High	Low	Percentile
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	56.4%	34 out of 132	60.8%	48.0%	Top 30%
2014	58.1%	31 out of 125	60.7%	50.6%	Top 25%

As the title states (as do the numbers) we are back to kicking ass and chewing bubble gum. And boy am I out of bubble gum. In last week’s rankings post, I mentioned that we would be putting forth a new process for ranking players (or I guess in this case, returning to my original process), and the results were telling. Small sample size (that’s what she said) will always been an issue, but I think the numbers produced were promising, and I’ll be keeping with the same methodology to better serve your Fantasy Football Teams. Here are your Week 4 Rankings…

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Who Are These Guys?, Week 4: I’m a Free Man

September 30, 2015 | 2015 Daily Fantasy, 2015 Roster Strategy | 38 Comments

by: malamoney

I really wish Devonta’s last name was Soulman. I’m a soul man would have been a much better title and then I could have linked you to a Youtube clip from the movie. Oh there’s a song too? I guess I could provide a link to that as well. Here’s week three’s team.

POS	Name	Points	Owned
QB	Andy Dalton	31.32	52%
RB	Devonta Freeman	39.8	63%
RB	Chris Johnson	27.5	42%
WR	Rishard Matthews	26.3	32%
WR	Rueben Randle	21.1	28%
TE	Gary Barnidge	19.5	0%
FL	Marvin Jones	17.9	20%
DST	Vikings	15	11%
K	Josh Brown	13	37%

Last week’s team combined for 201.84 points. Even that monster performance would fall short of this week’s selections. This group of waiver wire fodder has joined forces to score 211.42 points. Man… I need a freaking time machine so that I can get a hold of these posts a week early. Anyone have any leads on a flux capacitor?

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