Month: July 2018

Welcome to Fantasy Football: A Beginner’s Guide & 2018 Rankings

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Welcome to the 2018 Fantasy Football Season everyone! Especially my fellow Razzballers, shot-callers, brawlers who be dippin’ in Benz with the spoilers. Something-something-benjamins, by P.Diddy. Puff-Dids. Puffy-Dude. Whatever. Yeah, an old school reference, but I spend all day thinking about Drake thinking about Drake, so I wanted a change of pace. So there you have it. Ahem, rankings… it’s time. I mean, it could have been any time, since it’s a flat circle (alright, alright, alright), but this is the time for my rankings. And what makes my rankings so special? Well, my mom always said I was special, so there’s that. And right after the jump I’ll go over my gravitas in that regard, only because the root word of gravitas is “gravy” which, we can all agree with, is amazing. But before we get started, I wanted to emphasize that this amazing piece of content won’t necessarily contain specific bits of analysis on my rankings. (Feel free to ask any question in the comments section though!) Don’t worry, we’ll be spending the preseason going over that, my loves, my hates, my infatuations but they restraining order probably because I love them too much… all of them. We’ll go over how my rankings stack up against the triumvirate of Disney-owned (or soon to be owned) sport sites like ESPN, Yahoo, and CBS. We’ll even go over my tiers (I’m a sensitive soul), all before the first official snap of the NFL. What I want to accomplish with this post is to not to just release my 2018 rankings, but also to get the ball rolling on what Fantasy Football is all about. (So DEEP.) If you’re one of the above mentioned “Razzballers” or a Fantasy Football veteran (thank you for your service), you’ll probably recognize a lot of what’s to follow. But for those of you who are new visitors, the uninitiated, the initiated, and… actually I think I’m describing the League of Shadows, but whatever, think of this as a welcome guide, even moreso a “beginners guide” to the greatest (at creating ulcers) fantasy sport known throughout the human-explored galaxy. (I mean, we just don’t know what the trending fantasy sport is in Alpha Centuri, do we?)

The TL;DR is: Rankings, Beginners-Focused Content, Ur Mum. Here we go!

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Target Practice: The First Round

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Throughout August, I am going to be breaking down 2018 fantasy football drafts by round. Not to sound like captain obvious here, but the first round is the most important round. Back when I used to read Matthew Berry religiously, he would always emphasize that you can’t win a fantasy football league in the first round, but you can definitely lose it.

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2018 Best Ball Primer

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With the All-Star Break now a memory, many fantasy players have turned an eye from MLB to the looming NFL season. More people than ever are getting into best ball drafts. They allow you to scratch that drafting itch with minimal cost and also strengthen your drafting savvy way more than any mock could. Let’s break down some key components to successful best ballin’.

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2018 Fantasy Football Rankings: B_Don’s Top 202 Rankings, DA Standard

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In DA words of DA Coach, “If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn’t have given us arms.”

With those words of inspiration, it’s no wonder DA COACH has done such amazing things. He won the 2018 World Cup without ever stepping on the field or knowing how to play soccer. He once drank the entire city of Chicago out of green beer simply because he wanted to remove all signs of Packer colors from the city. When DA COACH reads fake news, it becomes reality. If you look at DA STACHE directly, some say it has the power to take a piece of your soul. And DA COACH is still, to this day, able to pass the Baltimore Orioles trade physical. DA Coach would rank fantasy football players for us, but it wouldn’t be fair to have all of the rankings in the exact order they will finish the season.

Seeing as I can only dream of reaching DA COACH’s level, here’s my first run at standard scoring fantasy football rankings for the season. You can see other Razzball rankings from Zach and MB’s May the Fourth Be With You Rankings.

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Hot Take Tuesday: Sony Entertainment Network

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Aloha Razzballers.

Reid here kicking off my weekly installment of Hot Take Tuesday for everyone. I’m going to, for the offseason at least, try and do a division a week and look to throw out one hot take per team. For this initial installment, I’m going to be looking at the AFC East. Hope you are ready for this heat!

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Taking a Look at 2018 Contract Year Players

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With Training Camp about to be in full-swing, it’s a perfect opportunity to take a look at some key players that are entering their final year of a contract, looking to prove themselves to their team or multiple teams if they’re likely to hit free agency.

Contract negotiations and holdouts are as typical to fantasy owners as touchdowns and RBBC’s, so let’s take a look at some names you should keep in the back of your mind as you approach draft day.

Let’s get into it!

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Too Much Ditka & Sausage Pod: Rookie Wide Receivers

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Somehow Donkey Teeth has a job and a girlfriend still despite spending the last 10 days at yoga training and now going away for a week to go fishing, but he has graced us with his presence to bring you the rookie wide receivers podcast. With the MLB All Star break behind us and NFL training camps starting, fantasy football is in full swing. Donkey Teeth and B_Don continue to get you ready for your dynasty drafts as the guys take a look at college tape from the wide receivers in the 2018 draft class and evaluate their NFL prospects.

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