The Razzball Podcast is back! And since we taped on Tuesday whilst remembering our American and Canadian heroes, we’re previewing week 11 this week instead of recapping the past week – traveling to the future instead of the past! We’re Back to the Future Part II instead of the original. It’s a jam packed episode with Nick’s new hand-picked intern #8 (oh wait, that’s right, he has a name it’s Kyle) going over AFC matchups, Nick I preview the NFC including my raging Panthers while also hitting up DraftKings, Sky calls in with wire pickups for the home stretch and Murph recaps the past week’s injuries. So much going on that we had to stay professional throughout!
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Jam it or Cram it Sowing the Seeds of Playoff Love
November 12, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Football, Waiver Wire | 73 Commentsby: The Guru
Amazing, isn’t it, my Razzballers? The Fantasy Football playoffs are on the immediate horizon. Seems like only yesterday we were doing mock drafts and arguing about whether to take Adrian Peterson or Doug Martin with the first pick. Hope you went AP. We were all so young, bright-eyed and hopeful then. Sing it: We are the world, we are the children. Three months later, we are a disgruntled bunch of misanthropes throwing back cheap scotch at 8 am, licking our nicotine patches and staring into the dark abyss of Week 11. If you drafted Arian Foster or Aaron Rodgers, it may be time to take up Fantasy Curling. It’s HUGE in Canada. Ask our touque wearing podcast host Nick. He bailed on his team three weeks ago to concentrate on Canada’s national pastime. For the rest of us more “serious” fantasy ballers, it’s time to start thinking a step ahead of the competition and improve our playoff seeds. There is no loyalty when it comes to this silly little game. It’s time to bail on players dragging you down. So long Trent Richardson, your dead to me. Bye, bye, Stevie Johnson, your mom’s here. Colin Kaepernick? Meet me down by the stream so I can tell you about the rabbits. We’re looking for men not mice. It’s time to make the playoff push. It’s time to jam it or cram it.
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RCL Football Update: Week 10
November 12, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Football, Commenter Leagues, Razzball Writers League | 12 Commentsby: JB Gilpin
Welllllllll, my run at RCL glory took a horrible turn this week, as both my squads are looking terrible and suffered tough losses. Why, A-Rod’s collarbone, WHY?! And while my formerly undefeated team has now dropped two straight, at least no one is perfect as Yeshcheese fell this week as the last undefeated. No 10-0 teams this year! The parity is astounding. You can check out the full interactive 2013-2014 RCL Standings tab up under “Leagues” that shows you how you’re stacking up against your Razzball competitors in your journey to RCL glory.
TOP SCORER: Jack Full of Hate is full of fantasy points lately, posting 188.30 points and moving to 6-4 in JB’s Random Commenter League (my league duh!) and topping the RCLs in scoring. How are you only 6-4 when you own the entire Broncos roster? Big weeks from Peyton, Demaryius, and Riley, then 20-point games from Andre Johnson and T.Y. rounded out the winning week and got Jack top honors in a very down week of RCL scoring. The Hannover Hotspurs eked out a win over The Green Bastards making a logjam at 7-3 for the top of the league standings, with RotoZak moving into first place in the league with his points.
Let’s Get Rishard’ed
November 12, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 237 Commentsby: Sky
I swear I mentioned this kid prior to tonight. I did a site search. I did a read through of the buy/sell columns. The only thing left was the podcasts and of course the week Brandon Gibson went down, I didn’t get to mention him. Ah well, just as my wife has kindly pointed out on multiple occasions, I can’t be right ever, er, all of the time. Ah well, maybe someone out there who reads me can remind me when I wrote or talked about Rishard Matthews. Well, no matter, it’s hard not to talk about him after his Monday night line. On a night that seemed anti-fantasy football on so many levels – and anti-good football in general – Rishard was the lone bright spot, racking up a nice 11 catch, 120 yard and 2 touchdown game on 14 targets. On a night where Miami totaled 2 rushing yards on the night, Matthews was the lone bright spot, drawing the weakest coverage while others got stranded on Revis island, Rishard was able to perform on a level even I was a bit surprised with. Moving forward, he’s a great WR4 or 5 for depth with use in deeper leagues but I wouldn’t buy heavily if this is the line that sparks my interest. Look more back at what Gibson was doing when Miami was successful and you have your target area. Anything more, you’re in the money. Of course, if the guys who are actually making the big money to catch the ball in MIA stay M.I.A., this might become the norm. No, I’m not gonna quote Black Eyed Peas. I’m mad at myself for even bringing them up with the title in the first place. In other news from Monday Night Football…
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November 11, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 151 Commentsby: Sky
Ostentatious. Adjective. Definition: Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice. Welp, it sure worked. We saw it all, Tavon Austin, and we’re all impressed. The 98 yard punt return? Flashy. The 81 yard TD catch and run? Swank. The 57 yard bomb? Razzle-Dazzle. Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’m using synonyms here for that ‘o’ word you can’t pronounce. It’s ok, it’s the internet, you only need to know context, you don’t have to know how to actually say them. Well here’s where I’m supposed to say ‘Tavon has arrived’ or ‘look for Austin to test his city limits’ because we pun like that around here. But I’m not gonna. Not even close. NOPE. Sure, it was an impressive day but here’s what doesn’t impress me: the number 2. No, I’m not talking about the polite way to say you’re taking a crap. I’m talking about his receptions in the game. Sure, he had 138 yards receiving but c’mon this game screams fluky. Further problems with the ‘pick up Tavon’ mantra or ‘Tavontra’ if you will? The number 7. That’s the number of drops he has on the year heading into the weekend. That’s tied for the league lead and of the 4 others he’s up against in that category, he has the smallest amount of targets. Third? Kellen Clemens is still throwing to him. That’s, to say the least, not a positive. Look, I’m not saying this kid can’t be good some day but that day isn’t today. In deep leagues, I can see getting interested but if I own any shares I’m looking to move on from Tavon. In other 2013 Fantasy football news from Sunday of week 10…
Please, blog, may I have some more? Last Second Decisions – The Fantasy Other Guys
November 10, 2013 | Last Second Decisions | 120 Commentsby: JB Gilpin
I’m looking across my lineups this week, and I’m feeling like my teams’ narratives are like The Other Guys. My Samuel L. and the Rock who were guns blazin’ and taking care of business have gone down to ridiculous injuries, and I’ve got to go with the wild card play of the cop who shot Derek Jeter, then the lanky cop with the crazy Gator past (no not Aaron Hernandez!) to try and fill in. Marlon Brown last week got me my first desk pop! Those TDs were nice. So I’m hoping to be your Michael Keaton and get the police unit to work together, while also trying to keep my Bed Bath & Beyond profitable and my employees from chasing waterfalls.
Going back to last week’s picks, Marlon Brown actually won me a league last week! I liked that one. Terrelle Pryor and Josh McCown gave you solid games as deep QB plays, and Le’Veon Bell also was very solid. My very deep Myles White call was more for James Jones behind hypothetically out, then the Aaron Rodgers injury made things worse, but a loss nonetheless. For my benchers, Matt Ryan was awful and I indeed got the Vincent Jackson bench right! I feel like I’ve missed on VJax 4-5 times over the past 2 years. Fred Jackson was a wash, but Tom Brady and Danny Amendola had huge games. My bad on that one, I knew the Steelers D was bad, but didn’t think the Pats O would get it together. Here’s who I like in week 10 and their % started in ESPN and Yahoo, respectively (NOTE – these are not always recommendations for 1-for-1 swaps, just guys I like who are understarted and guys I hate overstarted):
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Sawbones Scribings Week 10 – Mister Rodgers Gets Busted Up
November 8, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Football, Injury Report | 32 Commentsby: Andrew Nordmeier
Aaron Rodgers’ collarbone injury impacts everyone in fantasy football. Rodgers is one of the most consistent and healthiest quarterbacks in the league. He’s going to be out up to six weeks with a fractured collarbone.
At least that’s an injury fantasy owners can cope with. It’s serious enough to miss a few games but not enough to put him on the shelf for the season. The other nice thing about it is that Rodgers should be healthy when it comes to fantasy playoff time. So should Randall Cobb.
This kind of an injury (even in the non-throwing shoulder) is one that the Packers will have to be careful on how to treat him and let him heal. Rodgers probably won’t even run for the next three weeks because you want the rehab of this to not be bumpy and jarring. He’s going to spend a lot of time on the bike to keep in shape while he waits for his collarbone to heal up. Even something like a speed bump, if taken too fast, will send waves of pain into his collarbone. It’s going to take time and a lot of softness to get Rodgers healed.
That said, the Packers are accepting donations of bubble wrap to protect their quarterback in for the next four to six weeks.
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Greetings! Tis I, Tehol Beddict, here to counsel you on how to handle bullying on the message board and point out some interesting targets and touches from this past week. Let’s begin with me admitting to be being guilty of the kind of verbal abuse on message boards that would make Richie Incognito seek Jesus. Sh!t down your throat? I’ll kill you? Rich please! These types of kindergarten threats should be handled immediately by responding with extreme prejudice. No, no , no! I don’t mean racially guys, geez! I’m speaking of the military term. Let’s try our best to leave racism out of this unless it’s downing white people as I’m totally fine with that.
Speaking of white people, let’s take a quick break and talk about the Oregon Clucks for a second. What an absolute disgrace they are. I was sitting front row at their National Title loss to Auburn and since that game they have choked each and every single year. The way they were humiliated by Stanford, home of pop-tart of the century, Jonathan Martin, made me physically ill. What a disgusting display of bummery. I am appalled and I’m sure Sky is becoming a Husky fan as we speak. Pathetic.
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November 8, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Football, Fantasy Football Daily Notes | 185 Commentsby: Sky
It ain’t even Turkey day, y’all, and someone out there is serving up plenty. Sure, there are plenty of other days in the year where you take your third helping of something but we all know Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for gluttony…right? IDK, I keep getting this whole holiday thing confused by my 5th serving of App-umpkin pie with whip cream mash up. Coaches always told me I should stretch before the game, am I wrong to assume they meant my stomach before the Lions vs the Packers? Ok, ok that’s extreme hyperbole, but at least by the time Oakland vs Dallas hits, my pants shouldn’t fit, right? Of course, I digress/meander/trail away from the point of this post. Robert Griffin, III has been a mystery wrapped within an enigma, shrouded in intrigue and usually has left fantasy owners feeling a bit frustrated this year but I don’t think that was the case tonight. After 281 passing yards on 24/37 passing and three passing TDs to go with 44 yards rushing, I think you RG3 owners can rest easy tonight. It’s been a very up and down year for Washington which can be blamed on a multitude of things. QB who wasn’t ready to start the year? Check. Poor coaching decisions? Check. Doesn’t part one go with part two? Check. Bad defensive play? Checks all around. It’s been a bad year for Washington on multiple levels and RG3’s year has been filled with the feeling of ‘what could’ve been’ for most fans. Here’s to week 10 being the start of something beautiful for both him and fantasy owners. In other news from TNF for week 10 of the 2013 Fantasy Football season…
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Weekly IDP Rankings: Week Ten For 2013 Fantasy Football
November 7, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Football, Weekly Rankings | 20 Commentsby: Kevin Kumpf
Before I get started talking IDPs for this week, it’s time to put you all at ease. I’m sure many of you spent your entire week tirelessly coming up with nicknames for Robert Quinn and Chris Long, as I suggested last week. But it turns out that they beat us to the punch. Though no announcers ever mention it, the two dominant pass-rushers in St. Louis have nicknamed themselves Black Thunder and White Lightning, and together they are Thunderstorm. I love this for too many reasons. First, it sounds like an ice cream flavor, and the Rams should immediately capitalize on that in their concession stands. Second, and most importantly, it pays homage to one of my favorite sports movies, Major League 2. Tell me you don’t get chills when you see this scene. Chuck Sheen and Randy Quaid at their best if you ask me.
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Bet the Farm: NFL Week 10 Betting Contest
November 7, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Football, Bet The Farm | 22 Commentsby: Josh Carey
Welcome to Bet the Farm, Razzball’s weekly NFL wagering contest. We’re back for our second season and ready to take you on over the course of 17 weeks of NFL play. For those new to the game, here are the rules: You start with $1,000 in contest money to make wagers with. You may join […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Weekly Rankings: A Cutler Above The Rest
November 7, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Football, Weekly Rankings | 231 Commentsby: Sky
I’m scaring myself at this point. I used to take some wild swings at these rankings. Am I getting old and boring like the rest of these fantasy experts? I don’t shave my ear nor nose hair yet. I don’t put it on AM radio yet. Nor do I enjoy reading the newspaper in the morning. Ok *Pinches self* I’m still me and I still like being wild and spontaneous. But my rankings tell me I’m seeing things the way others do. Sure, there’s a few plus 5 or 6 and minus 5 or 6 but none of those wild 10+ swings. I’m gonna need to hit the bars hard tonight, get rejected by some hot chicks and punched out by some young punks to prove I’m still young and alive to myself now…oh well, no different than a typical Thursday I guess. But enough about my counseling session for next week, let’s look at this mess of rankings. Jay Cutler is probably my biggest swing in my rankings this week as clearly I think he’ll return strong if he returns at all. Just to clarify, if McCown is the starter, maybe he moves down to 11th or maybe 12th but last week proved he can play this game so the movement is minimal. Besides that, I find myself believing in MJD more than I probably should this week but can you blame me? Titans D loves to give up rushing yards. They hand them out like dealers hand out free molly pops at raves and his recent weeks have given hope there’s still value in the Oompa Loompa. Conversely, Gore loses some steam in my book with the Panthers in town. Sure it’s a home game but that doesn’t make Carolina pushover. In wide receiver country, Pierre Garcon creeps up to #2 against a Vikings secondary that failed medical school: apply pressure if you wanna stop the bleeding, y’all! Meanwhile in D/ST country, Oakland stays high for me despite the thrashing they took from the Eagles last week. Why you ask? Giants I answer. Wanna know why they call it the Big Apple? Because they’re good for a lot of big TOs. Kickers? Sure, let’s talk about kickers. I called a psychic hotline and they told me the order of which the kickers would go this week but I had to read between the lines. First they told me they were getting a strong George Wendt vibration which clearly stood for the Bears kicker. Then they said they could hear a Volker Bertelmann composition playing which clearly stood for Hauschka. Then they told me they were hearing ‘Cat Scratch Fever’ obviously meant Nugent. I don’t know, I think I nailed it this week. Best first 3 minutes free, each additional minute $1.95 apiece I’ve ever spent of my life. Yeah, I don’t believe it either but still, it’s a better theory to roll with than most. But enough about a position we don’t care about, let’s clear the air. Here’s my rankings for week 10 for the 2013 Fantasy Football…
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