Well, the fantasy football semifinals are in the books (unless you’re like me and definitely not panicking that numerous matchups come down to Monday Night Football), and with that, we …
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The first round of the fantasy football playoffs are (mostly) in the books, and the NFL had a wild and woolly week! It started with the 49ers clinching the NFC …
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For some of us, the fantasy season is over. Well, when 0:00 strikes in the fourth quarter of the Patriots-Cardinals game, it will be over. The playoffs are on the …
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The vast majority of week thirteen is in the books, and we had some major, cataclysmic changes in the NFL landscape this week. Some of it is long-term, some of …
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Thursday Night Football pretty much went exactly how most people figured it would. Josh Allen threw a couple of touchdowns, to Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis, and Rhamondre Stevenson caught …
Read More Week 12 is (mostly!) in the books, and with the conclusion of Sunday’s action, we are now at the traditional three-quarter point in the fantasy football season. But, the NFL …
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Thanksgiving is over, and the real fantasy football stretch run begins now, in week twelve, with the Thanksgiving Day games! We had three games yesterday with a good amount of …
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Week 11 had some ups and downs this week, with Justin Fields getting carted off the field at the end of the game, and Wan’Dale Robinson getting carted off in …
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Thursday Night Football was a heck of a ballgame. While the gods didn’t let us revel in a snow game, we still had a great contest nonetheless. We even learned …
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Ten weeks of NFL football are (mostly) in the books! This one was a return to form for my priors, what with James Conner, CeeDee Lamb and Aaron Jones all …
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Well, what we saw last night certainly was a game played in the National Football League, between two of its 32 franchises! The Panthers and Falcons went toe-to-toe and there …
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Week nine was one of the wildest of the season! We saw the Jets upset, we saw Aaron Rodgers get very upset, and we saw Justin Fields break records! Not …
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The Eagles-Texans game was… weird. There’s no other way to put it. The best team in the NFL played the worst team in the NFL, and as the saying goes: …
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The NFL finally looked normal this week, with scoring and exciting games actually happening, all over the place! As the offenses round into shape, we have some serious questions for …
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In the aftermath of Thursday’s trade that sent wide receiver Kadarius Toney from the New York Giants to the Kansas City Chiefs, there is plenty of intrigue to unpack about …
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While Thursday Night Football was bad for weeks, this week’s Ravens-Buccaneers tilt was just… weird. Both offenses looked completely dysfunctional. The Ravens at least had injuries to point to, as …
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The NFL went through a reckoning this weekend, with numerous high-profile fantasy football players suffering injuries that may or may not cost them some time. Players like Diontae Johnson and …
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The Saints and Cardinals had themselves an actual, honest-to-God football game on Thursday Night Football! The game had a little bit of everything: double pick-sixes, a Taysom Hill touchdown, Kyler …
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Nico Collins of the lowly Houston Texans, Robert Woods coming off an ACL tear on a new team (the Tennessee Titans), and the historically unreliable DeVante Parker on a New …
Read More The NFL was incredibly stupid this week. The Packers lost to both inhabitants of MetLife Stadium in consecutive weeks after dropping one to the Giants last week in London, Bailey …
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We’re through six weeks of Thursday Night Football, and we spent the last two weeks huddling over the cold remains of two touchdowns between the contests, both of which came …
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Except for Monday Night Football, five weeks of the NFL season are in the books. We’ve had some relatively normal weeks and some really weird weeks so far. In terms …
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Oh my God. Oh my God. That was one of the worst games of football that I’ve ever seen, and I went to Mira Loma High School in the early …
Read More The majority of week four is in the books, and this was a wild one! We had Rashaad Penny running all over the Lions’ defense, Geno Smith getting three (?!) …
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In the early spring, I wrote an article about running backs fantasy managers should avoid ahead of the 2022 NFL season, and Chase Edmonds of the Miami Dolphins was one …
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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Rondale Moore is yet to appear in a single game this season due to a lingering hamstring injury. Moore logged two practices this week and says he …
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I normally start off these Absurdity Checks with some pithy little comment about something silly that happened last night. But, given that I am going to lay into the Dolphins …
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Most of week three is in the books, and with the Giants-Cowboys Monday Night Football tilt. If we know one thing about this week, it’s that it was extremely weird. …
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Thursday Night Football turned out to be quite a bit more prolific than we had thought. The Browns took down the Steelers, 29-17, moving the Browns to 2-1 and Pittsburgh …
Read More I don’t know about you, but I’m a sucker for blind hypotheticals. Let’s try this one out for size: through two weeks of the 2022 fantasy football season, which of …
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We’re (mostly) two weeks into the NFL season, and boy howdy was this one a wild one! Tua Tagovailoa had six touchdowns! Jimmy Garoppolo is a starting quarterback again! The …
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The first Amazon Thursday Night Football game of 2022 between the Chiefs and the Chargers had it all: Jerick McKinnon touchdowns, Justin Herbert gritty performances, and puckering Josh Palmer starters …
Read More Week one of the NFL season is in the books, and you know what that means! It’s time to overreact to anything and everything that happened on Sunday. Is Trey …
Read More The Buffalo Bills shellacked the reigning champion Los Angeles Rams last night, winning 31-10. Obviously, this left some fantasy football managers rankled, as two Rams in particular (and one Buffalo …
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Rashaad Penny likely vaulted his plug-and-play streamers to the fantasy football finals this week, posting 135 yards and a touchdown on seventeen carries. This marks his second game with over …
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Amon-Ra St. Brown, aka “The Sun God” is still only rostered in 24.0% of ESPN leagues, but the Lions’ rookie wide receiver is currently on a bit of a hot …
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Well, Duke Johnson Truthers fired him up off of their benches, pulling him up from between Josh Gordon and Andrew Luck at the bottom of their dynasty rosters. And, he …
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The New York Jets took a series of punches to the face, with the New Orleans Saints snatching them out of the sky and throwing them to the ground, like …
Read More Taysom Hill isn’t a good real-life quarterback. Sorry to burst your bubble like that, but it’s true, unfortunately. It’s the number one complaint people levy about Hill, that he isn’t …
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I last wrote about Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth one month ago, his ESPN roster rate was 39.2% and his stock as a fantasy football asset was trending up. Everything …
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The Miami Dolphins’ second-best receiver returned to action on Sunday, with DeVante Parker returning to action after a four-game absence. He hit the ground running, turning in a five-catch, 62-yard …
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As I type this, Patrick Mahomes is taking a knee on Sunday Night Football. Cris Collinsworth and Al Michaels are talking about Andy Reid’s record coming out of a bye. …
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A unicorn. He’s just “built different.” He’s a wide receiver in a tight end body. You’re just being a hater. You can’t ever draft him cheaper than you can this …
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I’ve kicked around the idea of writing this article for a few weeks now. Actually, since Jonathan Taylor beat the brakes off the Jets. So, I guess for about two …
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Cam Newton made his triumphant return to Carolina in week ten. He scored two touchdowns, screamed “I’M BACK” at the cameras, and was able to smirk and say that he …
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Recent fantasy football history provides us with ample instances of patience with rookie running backs rewarding managers. Just one season ago, two rookies (Jonathan Taylor of the Colts and J.K. …
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The Washington Football Team just came out of their bye week. With it, they had a renewed sense of purpose, offing the reigning champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week. Their …
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“WHO IS THIS GUY!?! I THOUGHT HE JUST PLAYED SPECIAL TEAMS!?!” Go ahead and take a guess: Which Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver leads the team in targets, receptions, and is …
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For the second time this season, Calvin Ridley was a surprise scratch dealing with “personal issues,” on Sunday. This time, however, he announced that he would be stepping away from …
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“WHOA!!! A ROOKIE RUNNING BACK GOIN’ OFF ON THE BUCS DEFENSE!?! WHO THE HECK IS THIS GUY!?!” I will freely admit that I am surprised at what took place on …
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Coming into Week 7 with a roster rate of 17.2% on ESPN and 32% on Yahoo, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman should be a waiver wire priority ahead of …
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The Baltimore Ravens were supposed to have J.K. Dobbins, Gus Edwards, and Justice Hill this season. Fate intervened, and we ended up with Latavius Murray, Devonta Freeman, Le’Veon Bell and …
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Through his first 11 starts, Jalen Hurts does not have an inspiring passing line. He also seems to be the King of Garbage Time, pulling out last-second heroics to get …
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Through the first five weeks of the season, it seems as though Mike Williams usurped Keenan Allen as the top wide receiver in Los Angeles. Because of this, people have …
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Through the first four weeks of the season, we were riding high on Sam Darnold. The most recent release from the Adam Gase Penitentiary for the Criminally Terrible at Football …
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The NFL season put (most) of week four in the books, and usually, we get to talk about how we are 25% of the way done with the year. But, …
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We are three games into the NFL season (well 30 teams are, anyway). And as of writing this, Derek Carr averages the ninth-most fantasy points per game. What is leading …
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The Jacksonville Jaguars pass game caused untold arguments this offseason among the fantasy football cognoscenti. Some backed D.J. Chark, some backed Marvin Jones Jr. (raises hand), and others backed Laviska …
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“I’M LOSING IT!!! WHAT THE HECK IS GOIN’ ON?!” Jeezaloo! Count slooowly backward from 20, find your comfy sweatpants/pajama pants/what have you and fix up a cup of tea. You …
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Week two is in the books, and after the first couple of go-rounds, the NFL, and fantasy football just feels… weird. It feels off. Half the starting QBs are new, …
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“OH MY GOD, WHAT DO WE DO?!” Hey, hey… whoa… calm down, readers. Yes, the 2021 NFL season is off to a wild start. It is not lost on any …
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Unheralded 49ers running back comes out of nowhere to kick the door down on the league, and fantasy football prognosticators tell you to drop 30%-40% of your budget on them. …
Read More Every offseason, the fantasy football cognoscenti find certain flexion points for incessant arguments, all offseason long. This offseason, it was Joe Mixon (as always), but also Kyle Pitts. The rookie …
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Two weeks ago, if you were listening to sports radio in Chicago and someone had talked about resigning Mitchell Trubisky next year, you would have thought that person was insane. …
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Logan Thomas has come on in the last 25% of the season for the Washington Football Team. He turned in 13 catches for 101 yards in his week fifteen matchup …
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The Las Vegas Raiders lost starting quarterback Derek Carr in their Thursday Night Football matchup against the Chargers. Carr pulled his groin on the second drive and Jon Gruden & …
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There is nothing sadder than when a good quarterback goes bad. In the case of Philip Rivers, there is no denying that we are seeing a shadow of Rivers’ former …
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Drew Lock was actually good in week fourteen! Well, more specifically, he scored a lot of fantasy football points. For our purposes, that’s kind of the same thing, right? Is …
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No, the title is not clickbait. Drop him. Click that drop button. Then, don’t look back. It’s time to drop the guy who was once on pace to go for …
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Lamar Jackson was so exciting in 2019 that he the first quarterback taken in most fantasy football leagues this year. Now as we approach the fantasy playoffs, many people are …
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Well, that one hurt. If you’re reading this, it probably means that you’re frantically hoping to find a way to hatch the egg that Justin Herbert laid in week thirteen. …
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Baker Mayfield spent his Sunday afternoon throwing for 334 yards and four touchdowns. The Browns tossed aside the Tennessee Titans in the battle of two 8-3 squads. We had left …
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If you know me, you know that I hate tight ends for fantasy football. Outside of a handful of guys, all tight ends are good for is heartache and regret. …
Read More A massive fight rocked fantasy football Twitter this offseason. If you spend any amount of time on fantasy football Twitter, this isn’t exactly… shocking. This time, I’m referring to the …
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Every week, I do the fantasy football cut list, the list of players that you shouuld probably consider shuffling off your roster for the new hotness. Usually, my Absurdity Checks …
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In week eleven, Jakobi Meyers disappointed fantasy managers who grabbed him on the waiver wire with a paltry three receptions for 38 yards. Meyers’ lack of targets this past week …
Read More So, Sean Payton did it. The actual mad lad did it. He started Taysom Hill at quarterback. Nobody wanted to believe it to the point that a sizable portion of …
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Over the course of his four-year career, I’d notice J.D. McKissic’s name popping up, and I would always be surprised that he was still in the league. This season, McKissic …
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Well, it was fun, Leonard Fournette Truthers. Unfortunately, we sit in the afterglow of Ronald Jones II taking absolute control of the Tampa Bay backfield in week ten. That leaves …
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It’s understandable that you don’t trust Brandon Aiyuk. After all, the San Francisco 49ers are on their backup quarterback, 25th-string center (don’t fact check that) and Nick Mullens at center. …
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If you have watched a lot of Detroit Lions games, I’m sorry. Nobody should have to endure that kind of suffering. While subjecting yourself to that torment, I am sure …
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Zack Moss has been on fire the last couple of weeks, but is it time to call him a “set-and-forget” part of your fantasy football lineups? Let’s take a look …
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Well, I was wrong! Things are bad with Clyde Edwards-Helaire, as he has just under 43 yards from scrimmage per game with Le’Veon Bell on the Chiefs. Le’Veon Bell has …
Read More When Marlon Mack went down in week one with an Achilles injury that ended his, most fantasy pundits thought that Jonathan Taylor was about to be a league winner. Eight …
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Jared Goff hasn’t looked good lately. In fact, he’s looked downright washed in three-straight weeks. Is this a portend of things to come for Goff, or is it time to …
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Corey Davis played his fifth game of the year this week (he missed time due to COVID-19). He turned ten targets into eight catches for 128 yards and a touchdown. …
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As I watched the NFC-leading Chicago Bears get eviscerated by the Los Angeles Rams, I ran through the full gamut of emotions. I had been denying they were terrible for …
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If you’re like fantasy football managers in 58% of Yahoo! leagues, you slotted Jerick McKinnon into your starting lineup this week. After all, the Niners put Raheem Mostert on IR, …
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Justin Herbert seems to be the real deal. It took a team doctor puncturing and collapsing Tyrod Taylor’s lung to get him onto the field. But, now that he’s here, …
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When we talk about Jimmy Graham on our fantasy rosters, we aren’t imagining a real team. We are discussing Shangri-la. We are discussing the Elysium Fields. Or Xanadu. A mythical …
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The Kansas City Chiefs won the Le’Veon Bell Sweepstakes this week, signing him to a one-year, $1 million contract to share the backfield with rookie first-round pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire. There’s …
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Every couple of years, Ryan Fitzpatrick puts a spell on us. Let’s call that spell Fitzmagic. He comes into the season hot and we find ourselves asking if this can …
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Through five games, few tight ends have disappointed their fantasy football managers like Zach Ertz. The set-and-forget top-end TE1 has completely fallen off the map at this point. Ertz squeezed …
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If you’re like most of the people out there, you probably half-remember hearing Chase Claypool’s name at some point. You know it now, after he went off for 116 yards …
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If you have Kenyan Drake, you likely took him in the second round. Unfortunately, he hasn’t performed like a guy going as the #17 overall player in PPR leagues. Now …
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Through four weeks of the season, Tyler Higbee ranks as the TE6 by total points. If you ask his fantasy football managers how he’s been, they’ll probably wax poetic about …
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The NFL barely escaped calamity this week as what was almost three games canceled or suspended came down to three. First, the Titans are currently the holder of the Miami …
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When all hope was gone, Nick Foles came around and made players on the Chicago Bears fantasy football relevant again. People remembered why they drafted Allen Robinson so high. Anthony …
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For this week’s Absurdity Checks, I first thought of Kenyan Drake and Joe Mixon. But then, I looked at Kenyan Drake’s numbers and thought that Drake didn’t make for a …
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Through three games, few players have done less for their fantasy football managers than Cincinnati Bengals’ running back Joe Mixon. Fantasy players are apoplectic at his production so far, and …
Read More After his week two performance, a lot of people seem to think that Leonard Fournette is on the rise. While on the surface, it appears that Fournette established himself as …
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We’re currently (mostly) through the first two weeks of the fantasy football season. As of writing this, Gardner Minshew sits at QB10 in fantasy points per game (23.14) after a …
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You had the number one pick in the draft, and you confidently sauntered up to the draft room, queued up Christian McCaffrey, and waited for the fantasy bucks to come …
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A massive concern cloud currently permeates Twitter and our Discord. For whatever reason, and I’m doing my best Mugatu impression here, Austin Ekeler scares people and almost every Ekeler owner …
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Thursday Night Football feels like a million years ago. We barely remember that we might have seen a changing of the guard in Kansas City… No, not Clyde Edwards-Helaire getting …
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Each week I will be discussing the funniest football happenings that take place in the NFL. All the hoopla of the players, crowds, and referees will be under my absurdity …
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In week 15, Breshad Perriman finished as the top-scoring wide receiver. His three touchdown, 110-yard performance rewarded the rare owners who started him. Only owned in 11% of leagues, it’s …
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Should I Drop Jordan Howard? As of writing this, Jordan Howard sits at 72% ownership on Yahoo! That’s over 10x the odds that he has to start this season for …
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Should I Drop Latavius Murray? Fantasy football playoffs are here, and you all should be looking for players to drop in your roster to make room for the late-season hotness. …
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Man, the Rams offense really tricked us, didn’t it? We, the greedy little piggies snatched up whatever shares of the Los Angeles offense that we could; we ignored the warning …
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Should I Drop David Johnson? Hey, I get it: We invested a first-round pick into a known fantasy stud. It’s hard to consider dropping David Johnson for some waiver wire …
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It’s hard to say goodbye to a running back that’s been a perennial talent on your fantasy football roster. We know, it’s difficult to cut ties with someone like Tevin …
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Sammy Watkins truthers went around pumping their fists, hooting, and hollering, after his week one performance this year. Watkins turned in three touchdowns and nearly 200 yards against the Jaguars. …
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Should I Drop AJ Green? 2019’s AJ Green is the fantasy football equivalent of the Oak Island Treasure. Everyone involved has kind of figured out he’s probably a frivolous, resource-consuming …
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Is it time to drop Tarik Cohen? People who drafted Tarik Cohen to their fantasy squads had visions of a high-powered Bears offense involving tons of Cohen targets. This would …
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If you were a Terry McLaurin owner headed into week seven, you were loving life. Scary Terry/F1/McLovin had five touchdowns in five games and was averaging 4.6 catches and 81.6 …
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Should I Pick up Josh Gordon? Week 9 is almost in the books, and it saw Josh Gordon moving to the Seahawks via getting dropped by the Patriots. This has …
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Should I Trade CMC? In our free fantasy advice Discord, we’re being asked to weigh in on a lot of trade offers. CMC is easily the hottest fantasy player in …
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Should I Pick up Mohamed Sanu? We put out an Absurdity Check when we get a ton of the same question on our fantasy football advice Discord, and that question …
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Should I Drop Damien Williams? In our popular Discord for fantasy football advice, we are getting a lot of people asking “should I drop Damien Williams?” Our answer is a …
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It’s almost the halfway point of the regular fantasy season, and still I’m seeing fantasy football “team names” like: This is the current, sad state of affairs in our Football …
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On our free advice Discord, we’re getting a lot of questions about trades from owners who are in a “win now” situation. Should you make a trade if you’re 0-3? …
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It’s time we had a talk about Jimmy Graham. The latest Packer tight end we are trying to talk ourselves into is merely the newest in a long line of …
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There is no denying that Colin Kaepernick set off a powder keg when he first knelt for the National Anthem. Over the past two seasons, this subject has caused a …
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Last week, the NFL announced that Mark Ingram would be suspended four games for violation the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances. When this was announced, a storm of fantasy pundits …
Read More It has come to my attention that I have made a glaring omission on my week fifteen waiver wire article for running backs. By not addressing Mike Davis, I gave …
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We are about halfway through the fantasy football season and to the surprise of nobody, the number one rated quarterback in fantasy football is Tom Brady. How can you not …
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We are about halfway through the fantasy football season and to the surprise of everyone, the best quarterback in football is Alex Smith. Let’s be honest, nobody saw this coming. …
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