He probably doesn’t remember this, but The Joey Wright — former film critic and Frozen 2 aficionado — has changed my life before. You see, in the effort to diversify Razzball holdings into all realms of the media world, we had a short-lived film studio named RazzWorkz, where we leveraged Grey’s ties to A-list celebrities to greenlight independent and gritty films. When I submitted my spec script, Nunchuckers 3: Hail Terry — my coming-of-age movie about Terry McLaurin teaching a group of nuns to play football to save their charter school’s tax-exempt status — it was The Joey Wright whose critical review ended my screenwriting career. Joey said my script was, and I quote, “Worse than Air Bud 6: Mile High Pup, that movie where Patches the Pup spends spring break in the Rockies touring dispensaries and learns a lot of life lessons.” And now, to rub salt in the wound, The Joey Wright has re-taken the lead in the Razzbowl for the second time. So, let’s turn the tables, and now I’ll play the critic to Joey Wright’s Razzbowl sequel.
Week 7 Highlights
We last saw Joey at the top of the Razzbowl in Week 3, when he benefitted from a wild game between his low-owned pair, Aaron Rodgers and Allen Lazard. In a salute to the diversification on his roster, Joey reclaimed the Razzbowl lead with Justin Herbert and a new selection of FLEX plays:
Joey Wright’s Razzbowl Team
It’s good to see my pre-season fave Marvin Jones finally get into the Lions’ passing game, and Joey benefitted from that as well. Led by my #4 QB Justin Herbert, Joey’s team has running back depth combined with explosive big name receivers and huge-game QBs. He’s also got each of the Rams TE along with Hayden Hurst, which gives him a nice floor — and a surprising upside — and a point scarce position.
There are some new players who flew into the top 10 this week. High stakes game manager Tom Kessenrich slipped into the fourth spot behind the strength of a Kyler Murray and Larry Fitzgerald pair (didn’t think I’d ever write that this year…actually I have that pair in a couple leagues so I’m totally lying).
At the fifth spot, Razzball’s own Roto Wan leaped 27 ranks thanks to Russell Wilson and Tyler Lockett cooking last weekend. He also had huge games from Chris Godwin and Scotty Miller, which could be a recurring superstar pair in the next few weeks. Yes, I am not a believer in Antonio Brown. Roto Wan also took the highest scorer of the week award.
FAAB-ulous Finds
Nelson Agholor led the Razzbowl FAAB-ing, which shows the level of desperation that we’re at among managers. Rashard Higgins and La’Mical Perine rounded out the top 3 of a slowing FAAB session that’s reaching the point of exhaustion. With two weeks to go until the cutline, many teams are out of money (points at self), and those teams with cash don’t have much to spend. Antonio Brown showed up on the rosters of five owners who boldly FAAB where no other owners wanted to FAAB. Justin Herbert — again, my #4 QB right now and the QB that brought Joey Wright to the top of the Razzbowl rankings — was somehow available in two leagues.
Home Stretch
Basically, you gotta be in the top half of your league to move on in the Razzbowl after Week 9. Up until Week 9, you’re letting the best ball strategy guide your ship. After Week 9…which by my kindergarten counting would make it Week 10…you’ll have to make your own decisions and set your own lineups.
With the nature of best ball, you’ll need to watch your rankings closely. There are still players who were outside of the top 100 in Week 6 who entered the top 50 in Week 7. In my own league, ranks 5-11 are separated by 60 points (Justin Herbert and Tyler Lockett scored 50+ points each last week). So, although I’m currently ranked 5th in my main event league, a good week from #11 ranked Michael Salfino could flip that ranking entirely. So, if you have the NFC app or are checking on the main site, keep looking over the next two weeks. It’ll be up to you — yes, you! — to set your lineup and try to win those coveted Razzball goods, like Roto Wan’s pocket lightsaber.
Good luck in Week 8!
