Hello one and all. Yes, I’m keeping the draft strategies rolling out. No, this is not by popular demand. Yes, it’s useful information. No, it’s not just filler. Yes, the first few sentences of this paragraph ARE filler. No, it won’t continue much longer. Yes, I promise. See? We’re done now. I know a lot of people have put out general draft strategies and have done so much earlier. I get that. But I also realize for all intents and purposes, the draft season is really starting right about now as most people wait until this week or early next to get their draft on. If you’re already done and you did some of the don’ts well apply some of these don’ts to your next draft. I assume you’re in more than one Fantasy Football league for 2013. To not be would be very unamerican in my book. But enough with that, I have a long list to go over here so I can’t dawdle too long. So lets cover some do’s and don’ts draft strategy for 2013 Fantasy Football…but of course I have to remind you of the Razzball Commenter Leagues before I do so. To not do so would also be unamerican. And now moving on…
Please, blog, may I have some more?Another yahoo draft in the books, another ‘D’ on the report card. I swear, these Yahoo professors have it out for me! I at first thought it was because I didn’t draft a DEF/K but no, they really just don’t like anything I do. Perhaps I’m too contrarian? I don’t know, I didn’t think I was being as such. Though I did draw a big middle finger up in the corner of my draft sheet when I handed it in. Maybe that’s what got me wrung up. To be honestly honest, this is probably the least favorite of the teams I’ve fielded so far but that’s simply based on the lack of depth I have at RB. Someone out there grabbed them like Lynch goes after Skittles. But I digress, let’s take a looksee at Sky’s team for the Razzball Writers League for 2013 Fantasy Football…
Please, blog, may I have some more?For a fourth straight season, Razzball will be interviewing local NFL beat writers for some actual in-depth football knowledge to shed some additional light on our fantasy football knowledge. Keep your eye out for an interview for every NFL team through the summer. This installment comes courteous of Kevin O’Connor from leading New England Patriots blog Pats Pulpit:
Please, blog, may I have some more?Ugh, I’m making the lead paragraph about Mark Sanchez. I know, blech. I might as well have talked about Bob Dole here, it would’ve been just as exciting. But the reality is, despite him not getting drafted even in 2QB leagues, Sanchez was set to be the starting quarterback for the Jets this year. You […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?For a fourth straight season, Razzball will be interviewing local NFL beat writers for some actual in-depth football knowledge to shed some additional light on our fantasy football knowledge. Keep your eye out for an interview for every NFL team through the summer. This installment comes courteous of Josh Kirkendall from leading Cincinnati Bengals blog Cincy Jungle:
Please, blog, may I have some more?The last time we talked about this conundrum I was telling you in my Updated Overall Rankings that I already had Le’Veon Bell pretty low in my rankings and without any more clear cut news about what kind of time he’d miss, I had a hard time moving him down from what was already considered a low RB26. Amazing how two days can change things, eh? I haven’t moved him down my list yet – I figure it would be good to see how many other injuries happen this weekend for preseason week 3 before I proceed and see who performs best amongst his backups – but he’s being said to have a lisfranc injury. They say he’ll be out only 6-8 weeks. I’m thinking back to MJD last year and wondering how much I believe in that 6 or that 8. Granted, the Jags weren’t playing for anything but there were always hopes/rumors he’d come back in season and he never did, though his injury was much later in the year. All this to say, a lot can happen over those 6 to 8 to 10 to…ok, ok a lot can happen over those weeks. Maybe he loses his starting role. Maybe the Steelers look so far out of contention that they want him at 100% before he comes out and decide to shut him down for this rookie year to preserve him. Maybe when he comes back, it becomes a 3 to 4 ring circus of RBs in that Steelers backfield and you’re left wondering what to do with him. As a whole, I’m only a buyer if he goes on IR and my league has an IR spot. It’s the only way to ensure he’s worth the headache at this point. Anyways, here’s what other news I’m hearing on the grapevine for 2013 Fantasy Football…and here we are again. I’ll keep telling you until you do it! Go join/commish a Razzball Commenter League! The life of your family depends on it! Not really! I don’t know why I’m shouting anymore! But please make/join a league! Ok, let’s move on!
Please, blog, may I have some more?For a fourth straight season, Razzball will be interviewing local NFL beat writers for some actual in-depth football knowledge to shed some additional light on our fantasy football knowledge. Keep your eye out for an interview for every NFL team through the summer. This installment comes courteous of Neal Coolong from leading Pittsburgh Steelers blog Behind the Steel Curtain:
Please, blog, may I have some more?I apologize if my tone and voice change by the time you read this whole piece. I’m writing this here lead paragraph before this league has even drafted because I’m gonna link to all these Fantasy Football peeps via their twitter handles. Seeing as I don’t do much advertising of who I follow in the tweety world, consider this a small dosing of it. If all goes well, I’ll keep this bubbly persona throughout but if I have a draft disaster – or a draftaster if you will – I might go full Eeyore up in this mo’fo. But before I go from smug jerk to morose jackass, let’s cover who all was in this little draft of ours.
Please, blog, may I have some more?The Razzball Football Podcast is back! With a full tamale of fantasy goodness pairing Nick with Razzball vet JayWrong, the pair rip through Sky’s 2013 Rankings, starting at the top and Sky’s on-the-limb rank of Doug Martin at numero uno. Poor Sky and his ranks getting picked on at 5:00 AM his time! Long live the East Coast bias! Nick and JayWrong shoot through the rest of the RBs going in the first round all the way into deep sleepers, where I even think I heard Danny Woodhead’s name at one point…? You call that a deep podcast? That’s a deep podcast! It probably helps that JayWrong is a big Chargers fan, if you couldn’t figure that out based on the title… Don’t forget to start up your RCL League where once we get into the regular season I’ll be giving the weekly top scoring team a shout out, or hop into the last few spots in JayWrong’s 2nd RCL league that still has a few spots open.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Pysche! You thought I was gonna lead off talking about Le’Veon Bell didn’t you? Ok, you’re kinda right. That is what I was implying by the title of the post. But this is about updated rankings and as I reviewed where I originally had him – RB26 – and I realized I’d have to question my sanity if I dropped him any lower. I mean, if DMC is RB23, it feels kinda wrong to move Bell any further down without knowing much more about the severity, ya know? Basically, by staying pat, I’m telling you his value is still in that range for me but I also realize when there’s little information, fear drives the market price. If he starts slipping into the role player tiers of guys – behind the Vereens and the Browns – dive in without abandon. If that scares you, think about this: people willingly draft Darren McFadden with the idea he might actually not play in more then even 14 games on the year and they’ll do it much earlier. Now keep in mind I’m not telling you to go crazy on this front. The injury really is a little scary and since he doesn’t have a track record in the NFL we can’t say what we can expect from him if and when he really is healthy. Again, when dealing with rookies and injuries, it’s always a gut call. When dealing with rookie injuries, we’re putting the cig in our mouth and telling lady luck to take aim and fire. There’s danger here but also much promise. Of course, his injury also affects Isaac Redman as he’s currently named the backup but keep your eye on Dwyer as he was the more interesting of the two last year at points. But enough about Steelers woe, let’s get on with the show and see how these Razzball Rankings shake out for 2013 Fantasy Football…oh yeah, I pretended to forget. We’re still doing Razzball Commenter Leagues. If you’re unfamiliar or unaware, click that link and it will whisk you away to another part of this site that tells you all about it. Join a league. Become a Commish. Dye your hair purple. We just don’t care, just click on that link. Alright and with that, we move on…
Please, blog, may I have some more?Over the past couple of months, you’ve seen the rankings, you’ve seen the sleepers, you’ve seen the busts, and you’ve seen the NSFW Blurred Lines video. Now you’re ready to do two things: Draft and Google Image search Emily Ratajkowski with SafeSearch off. I’ll give you a minute…okay welcome back. Now you’re ready to do one thing: Draft.
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